[WT-support] default.dta file

Tue Aug 18 13:49:43 CEST 2009

Larry

Let me try to save you some work. I think I know what is happening, 
although because I am not a programmer I don't really understand why.

In the example I gave about my own callsign, GW3KJW is in the 
default.dta but I don't think it's in any other current dta files. That 
indicates that the N+1 window IS using the default.dat file, but for 
some reason doesn't recognise any callsign with / <name> which it 
therefore doesn't display. I assumed that it would do so, because when I 
used exactly the same file in N1MM logger with its own N+1 logic, then 
these entries with /<name> were displayed. I suspect that might also 
have been so in Writelog, but my usage of that prog. is a few years old, 
so I cannot be sure.

I'm guessing therefore that the difference is in the parsing of the 
files in WT which ignores the /<callsign>, but no doubt you will know 
definitively. The bottom line is that  it doesn't really matter since as 
long as I can get the necessary info. by opening the partial window that 
will be OK. Some people complain because the roses have thorns, but 
others rejoice that the thorns have roses. All loggers have some thorns 
but all are beautiful in their own way ;-)  

That's getting too much like Eric Cantona, so I'll QRT now!

73

Clive
GW3NJW

Clive Whelan wrote:
> Bob and Larry
>
> Thanks for your perspectives
>
> Firstly Bob I never normally use the partial or N+1 windows, nor e.g. 
> exchange guessing, since I just copy what I hear ( I am 100% CW btw).
>
> then you ask
>
> <<Are you selecting "Used files list" in the check partial pop-up menu 
> to determine which file is being used by each window?
> Are you checking "In log only" in the pop-up menu?  You probably don't 
> want to do that.>>
>
> To the second part, no .
>
> To the first part, yes of course, although it is puzzling that despite a 
> lot of info being in the window, no option is available, only to close 
> the window. However I confirm that for both windows default.dta is 
> selected.
>
> Sometimes an example is helpful, so that if e.g. I enter my own 
> callsign, then the N+1 window lists GW3NJW GW3KJW but the partial window 
> lists GW3NJW/Clive, which of course is what is in the default.dta file . 
> iow it is a sort of " friends" file and lists the names of almost 500 
> ops. that I would like to greet by name. I find that in my dotage ( 
> sorry Larry that's a strange word in the English language!) I am no 
> longer able to remember the names of 500  friends  ;-)
>
> Please let me know how else I could help resolve this problem.
>
> 73
>
>
> Clive
> GW3NJW
>
>
>
> Bob Wilson, N6TV wrote:
>   
>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Clive Whelan 
>> <clive.whelan at btinternet.com <mailto:clive.whelan at btinternet.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Well, here is the problem, and I think this must be a  bug.
>>
>>
>> I am unable to replicate this problem using WT 4.1.0 on a CQ 160 log.  
>> It seems to be working as documented.  Please send specifics (full 
>> names of all files, type of contest).  Text files must end in .SCP, 
>> binary files must end it .DTA.
>>
>>     I only had the N+1 window open and not the check partial. When the
>>     latter is open the default.dta file IS used, but NOT in the N+1 window
>>     where the contest specific file is maintained.
>>
>>
>> Are you selecting "Used files list" in the check partial pop-up menu 
>> to determine which file is being used by each window?
>> Are you checking "In log only" in the pop-up menu?  You probably don't 
>> want to do that.
>>
>> If I put a DEFAULT.SCP file (text file) or DEFAULT.DTA file (binary) 
>> in the {AppData}\databases directory, then WT always uses that DEFAULT 
>> file for both Check Partial and N+1 windows, regardless of which one 
>> is open.  If I remove those DEFAULT files and restart WT (or use the 
>> text command REOPENNOW), WT uses CQWW_160.SCP for both Windows.
>>  
>>
>>     The help file says
>>     specifically:
>>
>>     <<it will be used as default file for
>>     partial and N+1 checks instead of contest-specific default file.>>
>>
>>     note BOTH files are quoted. I checked this in all the contests I have
>>     used with WT, and since this is quite a small number, also checked a
>>     couple of new contests, and the result is always the same. I cannot
>>     believe that this is a function of the default.dta file structure
>>     itself
>>     if it works in the N+1 window, but if you need a  copy I can send
>>     it to
>>     you. I know that several other people are also using the same file
>>     which
>>     is the same one as is used in N1MM.
>>
>>
>> I just downloaded MASTER.SCP and MASTER.DTA from 
>> http://www.supercheckpartial.com/ to {AppData}\databases, saving them 
>> as DEFAULT.SCP and DEFAULT.DTA, respectively.
>>  
>>
>>     The problem is not urgent as I can live with having both partial
>>     and N+1
>>     windows open.
>>
>>
>> Maybe I don't understand what you're trying to do.  I keep both 
>> windows open all the time.  One let's me know that I've got a full and 
>> known callsign, and the other that I've probably copied one letter 
>> wrong somewhere.  The colors tell me whether we've worked before, so I 
>> never check "In log only."
>>
>> 73,
>> Bob, N6TV
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