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[WriteLog] WL cursor etc. problems

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Subject: [WriteLog] WL cursor etc. problems
From: dj3iw@t-online.de (DJ3IW Goetz)
Date: Thu Apr 10 17:38:06 2003
Thanks for all the advice given, the solution for these 
problem was found. It's really simple. My .ini had an 
entry under Configuration  - ShowCountry=0  to remove the
(for me) unneccessary fields COUNTRY and C in the WL entry window.
Removing this entry or setting it =1 solved the problems.

73 de Goetz
dj3iw@t-online.de
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au@bellsouth.net>
To: "DJ3IW Goetz" <dj3iw@t-online.de>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] WL cursor etc. problems


> The problem is because it's an SM6SRW module.  All SM6SRW
> modules are full of bugs and no one wants to fix them.
> 
> 73, Don
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "DJ3IW Goetz" <dj3iw@t-online.de>
> To: "WriteLog" <writelog@contesting.com>; <w5xd@writelog.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 9:25 AM
> Subject: [WriteLog] WL cursor etc. problems
> 
> 
> > Hi Wayne and WL reflector readers!
> > 
> > I think I came across a real software problem in WL.
> > Everything pertains to RTTY contesting with WL only.
> > 
> > Although I am registered user for more than a year,
> > the 2003 BARTG Sprint was my first real use of WL.
> > Subsequently I ran the WPX and BARTG Spring RTTY contests
> > with WL. I was very pleased by WLs flawless performance in
> > these contests.
> > The recent EA RTTY contest however changed the picture.
> > Citing from my previous mail to the WL reflector, this is
> > was happened:
> > "1) In the Rttyrite window ALL (new)callsigns were
> > highlighted in GREEN. There was NO YELLOW for new
> > multipliers EXCEPT for US and Canadian calls.
> > 2) When highlighted calls are clicked into the entry 
> > windows call field usually you get an "add-on" text
> > like New Station and (if applicable) New Multiplier
> > beneath the callsign. In the EA RTTY ONLY US and
> > Canadian calls (and a few EA calls) did get the New 
> > Multiplier indication. All others merely were hinted
> > New Station - even though they were in fact new mults.
> > 3) Scoring of multipliers as shown in the Band Summary
> > window was correct.
> > 4) Using the INSERT key put the highlighted call into
> > the call field and sent the correct contest message.
> > HOWEVER, these calls were NOT labeled New Station and/or
> > New Multiplier - just nothing! AND the cursor STAYED in
> > the call field, did not move on to the next field as usual.
> > (MoveNextOnEnter=1 is set in the WL Ini)
> > 5) As a result of this problem, the ENTER key would NOT
> > send the QSL/QRZ message as set up and expected. In each
> > such case I had to move the cursor manually to the next field."
> > 
> > To be a bit more precise about 4) and 5), clicking on the
> > received contest exchange in the Rttyrite window did move
> > this exchange to the proper field in the Entry window.
> > The cursor however REMAINED in the CALL field with the
> > subsequent "malfunction" of the ENTER key.
> > 
> > Meanwhile I did a lot of testing about this cursor problem.
> > Hardware used: Pentium 2.3GHz with 512MB Ram
> > OS:            Windows XP Home
> > TNC:           SCS PTC-II on COM2
> > Software:      WL 10.40J, 10.34B and 10.39C,
> >                SM6SRW modules 030222, 020630 also WITHOUT these.
> > 
> > Unfortunately I found ONLY these contests WITHOUT the cursor problem:
> > - BARTG Sprint RTTY,
> > - CQ/RJ WPX RTTY,
> > - BARTG Spring RTTY,
> > - A.VOLTA RTTY,
> > - CQWW RTTY,
> > - WAEDC RTTY.
> > 
> > ALL others did have the cursor problem ( 4 and 5 above) and a lot of them
> > the incorrect multiplier highlighting too.
> > Running WL without the SM6SRW modules did NOT change things.
> > Earlier versions of WriteLog were tested (after deinstalling 10.40J) and
> > showed the same problem.
> > 
> > Please help.
> > 
> > 73 de Goetz
> > dj3iw@t-online.de
> > 
> > 
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