On 26/03/2014 20:35, Laurie VK3AMA wrote:
Hi Laurie,
Joe,
Do you expect a future public release with the new Windows
%APPDATA%\WSJTX storage of data files to be version 1.4.0 or greater?
That sounds like a good idea to me. There are a couple of further
complexities. The new version as coded at present also uses a temporary
directory for temporary files. The files wsjtx_status.txt and
decoded.txt are considered as temporary files. Those live in a directory
under the Windows temporary directory.
The data files path is rooted at what
SHGetSpecialFolderPath(0, path, CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA, FALSE)
returns and the temporary file path is rooted at what
GetTempPath(MAX_PATH, tempPath)
returns unless that is empty where "C:\tmp" is used instead.
In both cases the use of multiple instances of wsjtx adds an extra
element. Multiple instances are run by adding a command line option to
wsjtx of '-r <rig-name>' or '--rig <rig-name>'. If the '-r' or '--rig'
option is present the data and temp paths end element becomes 'wsjtx -
<rig-name>'.
So for example wsjtx.log might be found at:
C:\Users\bill\AppData\Local\wsjtx\wsjtx.log
for wsjtx started as 'wsjtx' or 'wsjtx --rig'.
wsjtx_status.txt and decoded.txt might be found at:
C:\Users\bill\AppData\Local\Temp\wsjtx\wsjtx_status.txt
and
C:\Users\bill\AppData\Local\Temp\wsjtx\decoded.txt
A second instance started as 'wsjtx --rig "My other rig"' would have the
files at:
"C:\Users\bill\AppData\Local\wsjtx - My other rig\wsjtx.log"
"C:\Users\bill\AppData\Local\Temp\wsjtx - My other rig\wsjtx_status.txt"
"C:\Users\bill\AppData\Local\Temp\wsjtx - My other rig\decoded.txt"
The wsjtx temporary directory and it contents are deleted on program exit.
If so, I can do a simple version number check of the main wsjt-x
window title and have JTAlert look in the correct location. This way I
can make a release of JTAlert that will already be "in the wild" for
when you go public.
I think there is another issue with JTMacros. The free text field is now
an editable combo box, you can still write to its line edit but I
noticed in my testing that JTMacros didn't work.
Whatever you decide, here is a link where you can download an installer
for wsjtx that exhibits the new file location behaviour:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4192709/wsjtx-1.4.0-win32-new-file-locations.exe
This is not an official release of any type and is only for testing
purposes.
I doubt there is any great rush on this Laurie as I expect a quite few
issues will need resolving in wsjtx before any release in the wild.
de Laurie, VK3AMA
73
Bill
G4WJS.
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