You will have to define a new field. you can't change the width.
This is another example of why WriteLog will never be complete until a MUCH
BETTER and GUI method of defining contest becomes part of it. I said it
before and will say it again, I am willing to pay for this. PLEASE do
something soon.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Les, VA7LC
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 12:18
> To: Scot Herrick
> Cc: WriteLog Reflector
> Subject: [WriteLog] Minnesota QSO Party
>
>
> Scott, Minnesota seem to have changed the rules slightly for
> their QSO Party on Feb 2nd.
> They now require NAME and SECTION for the exchange for both in
> and out of state. I am
> hoping to take part this weekend. I looked at the contest in
> WriteLog and at the "Exchange
> Format Setup" under the Contest menu and was able to change the
> "NR" to "NAME" but wasn't
> sure how to extend the field to about 10 spaces to take a name.
> Do you know how to do
> this?
> Secondly I see in the Multipliers window that the counties are
> three characters long (some
> are two and some are four!), however the exchange is for two
> characters for the county.
> Would I be able to change the Multiplier window to two characters
> by Aliasing the counties
> in the NamedMul.ini file?
> What usually happens in these situations is that rather than miss
> the contest I end up
> using another logging program, but I would really like to use WriteLog.
> The State QSO Parties are really quite popular and I think it is
> a weakness of WriteLog,
> that although it does cover a lot of contests it is weak in this area.
> Thanks for any advice you may have.
>
> Les, VA7LC
>
>
>
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