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Using QuickLOAD Updates
I recently acquired the latest update to QuickLOAD (QL). I purchased it specifically because it includes the new Hornady ELD projectiles. Well (with QL closed), I ran the install file i.e., I put the CD in the CD-readable drive in my PC and accepted the autoplay “run qupdate.exe” option. After the install I launched QL and went to the bullet selection window…where I did not find the desired ELD projectiles. Having been a PC component supplier, with responsibility for Tech Support, in a prior life, I simply called the provided 800# and asked, “What’s up”. [Frankly, using the provided User’s Manual – on the original program CD - would have also led me to make the call. It does not address updates at all.]
So…here’s what I found I needed to do under a couple of what, I suspect, are fairly typical scenarios. Both scenarios assume that you have already run the update and have started QL.
Scenario 1, you want to select projectiles from only your preferred supplier (e.g., BulletCo or BulC).
To go back to the as-shipped (original) list of projectiles, go thru steps 1-3 (above) and select the “qloadfw.bul” file in the list at step 3. The “file:” text will now show file:\qloadfw
Scenario 2, you want to select projectiles in only one caliber (e.g. .338).
To go back to the as-shipped (original) list of projectiles, go thru steps 1-3 (Scenario 1, above) and select the “qloadfw.bul” file in the list at step 3. The “file:” text will now show file:\qloadfw.
IMPORTANT: Note that a “338.bul” file now exists in the “Load Bullet File” dialog (Scenario 1, step 1). You can have multiple “xxx.bul (caliber)” files and swap back and forth by:
I much appreciated Ed Dillon’s time on the phone…and the 800#. His company, NECO, is the exclusive seller of QL in the US. Find QL info and purchasing opportunity at www.neconos.com.
I recently acquired the latest update to QuickLOAD (QL). I purchased it specifically because it includes the new Hornady ELD projectiles. Well (with QL closed), I ran the install file i.e., I put the CD in the CD-readable drive in my PC and accepted the autoplay “run qupdate.exe” option. After the install I launched QL and went to the bullet selection window…where I did not find the desired ELD projectiles. Having been a PC component supplier, with responsibility for Tech Support, in a prior life, I simply called the provided 800# and asked, “What’s up”. [Frankly, using the provided User’s Manual – on the original program CD - would have also led me to make the call. It does not address updates at all.]
So…here’s what I found I needed to do under a couple of what, I suspect, are fairly typical scenarios. Both scenarios assume that you have already run the update and have started QL.
Scenario 1, you want to select projectiles from only your preferred supplier (e.g., BulletCo or BulC).
- From the main program window (the way the program launches), Cartridge Dimensions window (middle/left side), double click on the text, “File:” to the right of “Selected Bullet”. That will open the “Load Bullet File” dialog box.
- Scroll down the file name list (left side) until you find BulC (your preferred supplier).
- Click that file name (highlights) and then click OK (upper/right).
- The dialog will close and the “file:” field will show file:\BulC
To go back to the as-shipped (original) list of projectiles, go thru steps 1-3 (above) and select the “qloadfw.bul” file in the list at step 3. The “file:” text will now show file:\qloadfw
Scenario 2, you want to select projectiles in only one caliber (e.g. .338).
- From the main program window (the way the program launches), list of icons across the top/left, click the seventh (7th) icon from the left (suppose to look like a pair of binoculars over a bullet image).
- In the just-popped-up “Searching in all *.bul files” dialog box, enter the desired caliber (e.g., .338) and click OK (upper/right).
- Accept (click) OK in the “Browse for Folder” dialog box.
- Accept (click) Yes in the new, unnamed dialog box – to respond to the question “Do you want to save the bullet collection into a new bullet file?”
- Accept (click) OK in the “Save as” dialog box (upper/right).
- If the “Overwrite this file?” question comes up in a “File/read-write” dialog box, click Yes.
To go back to the as-shipped (original) list of projectiles, go thru steps 1-3 (Scenario 1, above) and select the “qloadfw.bul” file in the list at step 3. The “file:” text will now show file:\qloadfw.
IMPORTANT: Note that a “338.bul” file now exists in the “Load Bullet File” dialog (Scenario 1, step 1). You can have multiple “xxx.bul (caliber)” files and swap back and forth by:
- Follow Scenario 1/step 1
- Select the desired (pre-set-up) caliber file
- Hit OK (upper right).
I much appreciated Ed Dillon’s time on the phone…and the 800#. His company, NECO, is the exclusive seller of QL in the US. Find QL info and purchasing opportunity at www.neconos.com.
