[Dx4win] DX4WIN 909 config file

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

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, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, https://www.ad1c.us