[WriteLog] WriteLog 11.32 and wl_cty.zip - Problem Solved

Thu Feb 25 15:25:32 EST 2016

Thanks to all for the help!

I solved this problem that has been plaguing this computer for several 
years.

As Bruce, W1CSM, suggested it indeed had to do with file permissions on 
the six DAT files whose names are in CAPS (CQZONE.DAT etc).

Unlike all the other files in the Program Data\Writelog folder these six 
files somehow had "Everyone", "SYSTEM" and "Administrator" as users with 
only Read permission but did not have "Jerry" with Write permissions

So when Writelog, running under user=Jerry, downloads the wl_cty.zip and 
tries to extract the files, the first of the six files could not write 
and the function files.

After trying to gain ownership and add a new user for "Jerry" I realized 
that the easiest thing to do was to just delete these six files and let 
the zip extraction re-write them. This worked.

I think the new web download has gotten past the "download failure" of 
before unless I logged in as Admin.

Again thanks to everyone for the clues that got me on the proper track.

Now on to the other long standing issue I have with MMTTY.

Jerry, W6IHG

On 2/25/2016 3:32 AM, Gary AL9A wrote:
> Jerry,
>
> Apparently I misunderstood your issue as you were talking about
> downloading a zip file, unpacking it and then trying to get wl_cty
> converted so WL would recognize it.  Not sure I can offer any help if it
> is a file permission thing.
>
> As for my Win 10 setup the current wl_cty.dat file is located in
> C:\ProgramData\WriteLog.  I looked in the file and the VERSION is for
> Peter I Island, so that is the last one the File/Web Update Country
> Files... routine downloaded and converted into the format WL uses.  I'm
> not sure where that converted file resides on any system.
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Pixton
> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 4:21 PM
> To: writelog at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] WriteLog 11.32 and wl_cty.zip
>
> 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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