[WriteLog] save configuration

[Jeff Stai]

Wow - there's a tangled web. The plot, as they say, thickens...! jeff wk6i

On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 1:56 PM Dick Green WC1M <wc1m73 at gmail.com> wrote:

> WK6I wrote:
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> >So if all that is really stored in the .ini how could you recover
> positions and sizes from older logs? :)
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> I did some more experimenting, and found that what led me to my conclusion
> is a bug or omission in Writelog’s Recover Layout command or the File…Save
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> Here are the circumstances:
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>    1. For years I operated WL maximized with all windows docked, except
>    Check Call, which was undocked and positioned above the Entry windows.
>    2. Recently I decided to reduce the size of the main log window and
>    undock all the other windows, positioning them below and to the side of the
>    log window. I saved my 2019 IARU log with that format.
>    3. When I open my 2018 IARU log, however, the main window is not
>    maximized. It’s the size I used for the 2019 IARU contest.
>    4. Which windows are open, whether or not they’re docked and (on
>    closer inspection) their positions match what was in the 2018 IARU log.
>    5. The smaller main window led me to believe that window sizes are not
>    recovered from the .wl file, though the other window parameters are
>    recovered.
>    6. However, if I maximize the main window, the screen looks exactly as
>    it did in the 2018 IARU contest – window dock/undock status, size and
>    position included.
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> My conclusion now is that WL does not recover the maximized/minimized
> status of the main log window. It may also ignore that parameter for
> sub-windows, but I haven’t  tested that.
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> 73, Dick WC1M
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> *From:* Jeff Stai <wk6i.jeff at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Sunday, July 21, 2019 1:20 PM
> *To:* Dick Green WC1M <wc1m73 at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* Writelog Reflector <writelog at contesting.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [WriteLog] save configuration
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> On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 12:36 PM Dick Green WC1M <wc1m73 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> While the window statuses (which one are open, docked/undocked) are in the
> .wl file, the position and sizes of the windows are in the ini file.
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> hi Dick - I appreciate that everyone is posting what they believe happens.
> But in the Tools menu there is a Recover Window Layout that you can do, and
> you can recover from any other .wl file. So if all that is really stored in
> the .ini how could you recover positions and sizes from older logs? :)
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> By the way, that's become one of my favorite WL commands! I sat down
> yesterday in the multi-user space that I contest in, started a new log, and
> the Entry window was missing! So your supposition about the previous
> contest for new logs may be right.
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> To be fair, the docs do say: "Tools Recover Window Layout - When you do a
> File Save, WriteLog saves its current window layout in the .WL file. Use
> this command to recover just the window layout."
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> Hopefully someone who knows the nuts and bolts will weigh in. Cheers!
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> 73 jeff wk6i
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> Jeff Stai ~ WK6I ~ wk6i.jeff at gmail.com
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> RTTY op at W7RN
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RTTY op at W7RN
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