[WriteLog] Learning WriteLog

Tue Feb 21 17:03:40 EST 2023

To find the writelogl.ini file when you open up WL click on export and 
it will save the writelog.ini file.  You can then edit it and re-import 
using the inport function on the same menu.

Keith was right it is now in the registry.

On 2/21/2023 1:51 PM, Bob Wolbert, K6XX wrote:
> Keith,
>
> Thank you. Yes, I've spent hours on both sites. K9JY was especially 
> helpful and the most up-to-date, but is still way behind on version 
> differences!
>
> The ini file location is especially important. Thank you for showing 
> me where to look. Windoze search did not locate any WL .ini files (I 
> guess it doesn't look there?)
>
> Now, as to my specific requests...?
>
> 73 de Bob, K6XX
>
> On 2/21/2023 12:10 PM, Keith Regli wrote:
>> You may have found them, but here are some links.  If not, these 
>> should help:
>>
>> K9JY website <https://k9jy.com/blog/>
>>
>> AA5AU <https://www.rttycontesting.com/tutorials/writelog/>
>>
>> The ini file is found using
>> Run Regedit.exe and go to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\W5XD
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 12:49 PM Bob Wolbert, K6XX <k6xx at k6xx.com 
>> <mailto:k6xx at k6xx.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     I promised to learn WL for a contest this summer and have been
>>     struggling with it since December. It is difficult for a new user to
>>     adopt WL. “Help” is unhelpful—-a prime example: writelog.ini is
>>     discussed throughout, but no longer exists. Most of my recent Help
>>     searches have not answered my issues, hence this post.
>>
>>     As background, I’ve entered ‘a few’ contests over the years, and
>>     started
>>     confuzer logging with CT, progressed through TRLog, TR4Win, then to
>>     N1MM+. I’ve heard glowing reviews for WL over the years, but need
>>     expert
>>     suggestions to optimize the experience. Bluntly, the way it runs 
>> seems
>>     rather clunky.
>>
>>     I have mostly figured out running.
>>
>>     BUT… How to S&P in WL? The way I’ve been doing it is awkward.
>>
>>     Enter call, then Spacebar.
>>
>>     If Non Dupe, F4 to send my callsign, then “,” or F2, which is
>>     programmed
>>     to autolog without requiring a further ENTER.
>>
>>     If Dupe,  F12 to clear it from the callsign window, then turn the 
>> big
>>     knob. Is there way to autoclear this dupe to eliminate second
>>     keystroke?
>>     F12 is in the middle of a row on craptop, so not as easily 
>> located as
>>     with a full-size keyboard. While a key redefinition would work, I’d
>>     rather eliminate this redundant keystroke and have it flash off a
>>     few ms
>>     after pressing the spacebar (and still show up in the bandmap, of
>>     course). Is this possible?
>>
>>     In both cases, there are extra keystrokes from various places around
>>     the
>>     keyboard. Isn’t there a more efficient technique? I’m used to 
>> TRLog/ESM
>>     functionality where the ENTER key is my friend.
>>
>>     Bandmap:
>>     When we tune back to same frequency, the callsign is not 
>> automatically
>>     entered unless I mouse click on it (and the recorded bandmap 
>> frequency
>>     may no longer be zero beat). Can this be automated? Any way to avoid
>>     using the rodent?
>>
>>     General Functionality
>>     Editing my frequent mistakes has been difficult. Why does the cursor
>>     key
>>     move between fields?! If the cursor is in the middle of a 
>> callsign, I
>>     don’t want to have to watch and count the keystrokes to edit a
>>     prefix or
>>     suffix. I just want to hit “lots” of arrows to guarantee the 
>> cursor is
>>     at the beginning or end of a field, and then fix the call. For 
>> example,
>>     5 keystrokes generally assure me that I’m at the correct spot in 
>> all of
>>     the other logging programs. But in WL, I could be in a completely
>>     different part of the exchange. Sometimes. It isn’t consistent. 
>> Isn’t
>>     there a better way?
>>
>>     Why does the default contest setup have fields for “Country” (full
>>     name,
>>     spelled out) and “C” fields? These seem unnecessary and 
>> exacerbate my
>>     cursor movement problem. What the heck is “C”? Any downside to
>>     eliminating them from the entry window?
>>
>>
>>     Nice Features Hiding or Missing?
>>     The other loggers have features that I can’t find in WL.
>>
>>     Multiplier Window. How do I:
>>         —DX contest—show the world, not just one continent.
>>         —Show both Zones and DX mults at the same time?
>>
>>     Partial check. In the contest I’m preparing WL for, SCP databases 
>> are
>>     verboten, but we are allowed both full and partial calls from our 
>> own
>>     log. How is this done? If the SCP window is the only way, how 
>> does one
>>     clear out the SCP file? I really miss seeing possible callsign 
>> matches
>>     winnow down as more letters are entered. Or watch the “duplicity” 
>> of a
>>     callsign that I’ve tuned before typing the entire thing (and hitting
>>     the
>>     spacebar!).
>>
>>     Bandmap decay time. Is it adjustable?
>>
>>     I’ll end on a minor nit: in WPX RTTY, INSert kept selecting my 
>> callsign
>>     and I then called myself. This was addressed by logging myself on 
>> each
>>     band so that I became a dupe.  How is this avoided?
>>
>>     Suggestions are appreciated. TU!
>>
>>     73 de Bob, K6XX
>>
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>>
>> -- 
>> Keith Regli
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