Another Free service for EasyLog Users

[Jim Sims W5RYA]

Another free service, available to all EasyLog users, has been added to EasyLog Wiki.  This service is an update to the custom awards for EasyLog.  Awards are gradually being added to the set of custom awards that can be installed in EasyLog logs.  There are now over 120 awards that can be installed in addition to the automatically tracked awards.  The current set is now available at www.easylog.com/wiki.  On the main page, look for the  Awards Update Page link.  Then select either the English or Italian language page for your updates. 

 

Two  files are available.  The first is named custom.zip.  This file contains the prototype awards files for the awards that are installable.  It also contains a PDF file the gives the custom award file name and the full name of the award.  Unzip this file and copy its contents into the EL5\Awards folder of your EL5 installation.  This will update all the existing custom awards and will also add the new ones.

 

The second file that is available is update.exe.  This file name is update.zip.  This file contains the executable file named update.exe that can be used to update the contents of custom awards that you have already installed in an EasyLog log.  It also contains a file with the instructions for use of the executable and a list of the error codes.   If you get an error code other than the one that says a custom award is not installed in your log, it is because there is a structure difference between the old one and the new one.  In this case, the update will not be done because to do so would cause you to lose the award information you have so carefully gathered.

 

For all users, regardless of their support status, a custom awards update will be posted on EasyLog Wiki once per year. 

 

 For those whose support status and access to the User Reserved Area is current, newly added awards will be made downloadable as soon as they are available.

 

Please look also at the DXCC update utility and the QSL Manager update utilities that are also available free on EasyLog Wiki.

 

73,

 

James B. (Jim) Sims
J. B. Sims Services, LLC
P.O. Box 550895
Dallas TX 75355-0895
http://jbsims_services.home.att.net
jbsims_...@att.net or w5...@easylog.com