There is Indeed an .ini file.
It is your Callsign. Ini
So in my case w3kb.ini
There are various Sections of the INI file such as [CONFIGURATION] or [ENTRY}
in that one file.
So in this particular case (as noted below) the AutoSaveCount=1 parameter went
in the [ENTRY] section of the overall w3kb.ini file
Keith W3KB
-----Original Message-----
From: WriteLog <writelog-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of robert beaudoin
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2023 4:24 PM
To: writelog@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] A Learning Experience in the WAE CW Contest
Good Afternoon Keith and Jamie
I believe there is no more writelog.ini ?? so what file did you guys
put AutoSave in ?
73 BoB WA1FCN
On 8/14/2023 2:11 PM, Keith Beebe W3KB wrote:
> Jamie NS3T
>
> Highly appreciate that information.
>
> In looking into the current HELP section of Writelog: the AutoSaveCount
> parameter should now be in the [ENTRY] part of the .INI file and Not in the
> [CONFIGURATION] Section.
>
> I took your advice to look into it and ***There is indeed a note that
> as of Version 12.29 if such a parameter was in the [CONFIGURATION]
> Section it is removed and now placed in the [ENTRY] section***
>
> I am running the very latest Version 12.73F.
>
> Therefore I have simply added In the [ENTRY] section of the .ini file:
>
> [ENTRY]
> AutoSaveCount=1
>
> Let’s see how this works out.
>
> Thanks !
>
> Keith W3KB
>
>
> From: Jamie Dupree <jamie.dupree@verizon.net>
> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2023 10:01 AM
> To: Keith Beebe W3KB <keith@w3kb.net>; WriteLog Reflector
> <writelog@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] A Learning Experience in the WAE CW Contest
>
> Keith -
>
> You can set Writelog to save your log after every 'x' QSO, so you don't have
> to rely on the journal file. I have my log save after every QSO, just in
> case. It is done in the background, automatically, and does not cause any
> problems with my operating system.
>
> This is an old item that I saved on how to do it. You should check to
> see if this has changed over the years
>
> - Paste this line into the [Configuration] section of the writelog.ini:
>
> AutoSaveCount=1
>
> This ensures the log will be saved after every entry. If you don't want it to
> save that often, just increase the number.
>
> 73 Jamie NS3T
>
>
> On Monday, August 14, 2023 at 09:29:41 AM EDT, Keith Beebe W3KB
> <keith@w3kb.net<mailto:keith@w3kb.net>> wrote:
>
>
>
> I am a WriteLog contesting software user.
>
> I was operating in the weekend's Worked All Europe (WAE) CW contest and had
> 110 QSOs and 25 QTCs (Messages) as of early Saturday morning. I had planned
> to operate all weekend.
>
> All of a sudden there were multiple electrical power "Blips" (rapid On-Off)
> that happened. That "crashed" the computer logging the contest.
>
> When I got back in operation I noticed my 110 contacts were still in the log
> but my QTC's were not. What's going on?
>
> I had to drop out of the WAE CW contest because my QTC's were gone and the
> Writelog software now thought I was back to QTC #1. Could not realistically
> send another QTC because the content tracking of the specific messages and
> their composition plus the QTC numbers were gone.
>
> Writelog does indeed have a safety mechanism for such situations in that it
> has what they call a "journal" backup file in case things like power outages
> happen. It makes a journal of the log during a contest.
>
> However, here's the part of that operation that I missed. "These changes
> (QTCs) are Not written to the journal file and Cannot be recovered if you
> exit or crash without saving your log."
>
> For this specific contest Writelog does not automatically backup QTCs during
> the logging process. It recommends periodically Manually saving the log
> during the contest. Well, I didn't do that and of course along comes the
> power "blips".
>
> I should have looked closer to Writelog's setup instructions for this
> specific contest.
>
> At least I now know what happened and now know what to do in the future
> specifically for the WAE CW contest.
>
> Keith W3KB
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