On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 5:57 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Georgek5kg@aol.com" target="_blank">Georgek5kg@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<u></u><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><div>I installed them in C:/ProgramData/Win-Test/databases</div><div> </div><div>Now, here is where I always get stuck with WT. How do I select the specific check partial file that I want for a particular contest?</div>
</font></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>You copy or rename it to match the contest name:</div><div><br></div><div>MASTERSS.DTA -> ARRL_SS.DTA</div><div>MASTER.DTA -> CQWW.DTA</div><div class="im"><div><br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"><font color="#000000" face="Arial">I see in the documentation (yep, I read it several times) that the check partial file that you wish to use must be renamed to be DEFAULT.DTA. </font></div>
</blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>Not sure which documentation you read, but the <b>search order</b> and <b>required file names</b> are explained in great detail here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://docs.win-test.com/wiki/Check_Partial_and_Np1_Files" target="_blank">http://docs.win-test.com/wiki/Check_Partial_and_Np1_Files</a></div>
<div class="im"><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">
<font color="#000000" face="Arial">I only want the SS log to use MASTERSS.DTA, and the other logs to use other check partial files of my choosing.</font></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>Rename MASTERSS.DTA to ARRL_SS.DTA and it will be used only for the ARRL Sweepstakes (as long as you delete DEFAULT.DTA). Keep MASTER.DTA, and will be used for all other contests, unless there is a contest-specific filename like CQWW.DTA or ARRL_DX_USVE.DTA that overrides it, as explained in the documentation.</div>
<div><br></div><div>For example, rename</div><div><br></div><div>MASTERSS.DTA -> ARRL_SS.DTA</div><div>MASTERDX.DTA -> ARRL_DX_USVE.DTA (database for K/VE side, DX only, no domestic callsigns)</div><div>MASTERUSVE.DTA -> ARRL_DX_DX.DTA (database for DX side, US/VE callsigns only)</div>
<div><br></div><div>and keep MASTER.DTA for everything else.</div><div><br></div><div>The guys used different naming conventions, but doing the above should work well as long as you don't have a DEFAULT.* file that takes precedence over all of the above.</div>
<div><br></div><div>73,</div><div>Bob, N6TV</div><div><br></div></div></div>