[WriteLog] WriteLog 11.32 and wl_cty.zip

[Jerry Pixton]

But Gary,

That is the function I am saying DOES NOT work on this strange computer. 
It works fine on my other computers.

There is something strange going on with folder/file permissions I 
think. I did not get a change to recreate the Writelog folder today. 
Will try that tomorrow.

Does any one know which file actually contains the "version name"? Even 
with the new files in the Writelog folder I am still getting "Cape 
Verde" which was the last one I went through the "Change user to Admin 
and then run "Convert CTY to Writelog" kludge. Does something get 
transferred from a CTY file into a Writelog file??? Or????

Thanks anyway

Jerry, W6IHG

On 2/24/2016 1:32 AM, Gary AL9A wrote:
> Jerry,
>
> In WL V11.32 you should no longer be downloading the wl_cty.zip file and
> trying to install it yourself with Convert CTY to WriteLog.  The new
> improved method is to simply open WriteLog, preferably with a contest
> module that has the Country field in the Entry window.  Then go to
> File/Web Update Country Files... and click on it.  The newer WL V11
> releases will automatically download all the various .bin and .DAT
> files, including wl_cty.dat.  From the list that displays you can select
> which ones you want or just accept them all to be sure you are getting
> the latest updates.  Then click on the Apply Update button and they will
> be converted for you.  Now go to the Call field and type in VERSION and
> Space to the next field.  In the Country field it should now say PETER I
> Island, which is the current wl_cty file version.  Much easier and
> simpler than the old method, which doesn't work anymore!
>
> However, the File/Update Data Files... option no longer works at all.
> Wayne discontinued trying to support this activity so you must go to the
> SCP web site and download the various .DTA files manually and place them
> somewhere on your computer.  It doesn't matter where they reside, but
> you will have to go to Setup/Super Check Partial and Browse to the
> location where you placed the downloaded files and select the one you
> want to use.
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Pixton
> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 11:38 AM
> To: writelog at contesting.com
> Subject: [WriteLog] WriteLog 11.32 and wl_cty.zip
>
> Writelog Help,
>
> I have spent the better part of the afternoon trying to figure out why
> WriteLog (v 11.32) fails when trying to download, unzip and install the
> wl_cty files.
>
> This is the same Win7 computer I have commented on in the past that the
> only successful way was to log in as ADMIN and then run the Convert app
> - otherwise it always failed to download the file. I thought I would
> solve the problem but not so
>
> My other Win7 computer, that I use to shadow my contest log and in case
> the main radio computer fails, has no problem using either the newer
> (v11.32) method or the older "convert" method.
>
> Today, with my usual non=admin user, I can download the wl_cty.zip file
> and I find it in c:\User\All Users\Writelog. But when I click on the
> Apply Update button I get messages "Failed to unzip wl_cty.dat" and at
> other times "Failed to unzip DXCCDOS.DAT".
>
> It is like there was a "write" problem. The Writelog folder in marked
> "read only" for its files. But so is the folder on the computer that
> works. I can not seem to change the folder privilege even as Admin?
>
> I manually unzip the files into the Writelog folder and see all the
> files with a 2/21 date. But WriteLog still says it has the Cape Verde
> version, not the Peter 1 Is version. Cape Verde is the last one I went
> thru the Admin user to Convert.
>
> Anyone have any ideas as to what to try. What step is not being done
> when the files are just manually unzipped into the Writelog Application
> Data folder? Where does the version name come from?
>
> Really hate the kludge of restarting the computer to get to the Admin
> User and using the old method of Convert for each new Country File
>
> Jerry, W6IHG

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