On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 3:32 AM Radivoj Kar, F6GNZ wrote: > In DX4WIN 909 Help list it is written: > Write current preferences to a text file formatted as an INI file > > Saving your current preferences in a text file allows you to restore your > setting to a previous configuration. This way you can save multiple > preferences, but it also facilitates upgrading to newer versions when the > format of the configuration file has changed. To reload your preferences, see > Load Configuration File. > You will be prompted for the name of the text file, which, by default, is the > file config.txt in the SAVE directory. ???? > WHY Config.TXT ??
Hi Radi, The .INI file was/is in plain text format, as is config.txt I believe for version 9, Paul wanted to avoid non-standard file extensions. For example, the custom awards file is no longer named DX4WIN.AWD but instead is named custawds.dat. In other words, text files use the .TXT extension, while non-text (i.e. binary) files use the .DAT extension. Of course, that makes it a little more difficult to use some of the files, particularly the saved configuration, between different versions of DX4WIN. But on the other hand, it makes it easier for the user to look at and/or modify a .TXT file because Windows will open these it using Notepad as the default editor. Windows might open a different application for a .INI file. I hope this answers your question. -- Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreis...@alum.mit.edu>, https://www.ad1c.us ______________________________________________________________ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
