INSTRUCTIONS TO FOOTBALL LEAGUE EDITOR WRITTEN IN AMOS BASIC GENERAL INFO -: BEFORE MAKING USE OF THIS PROGRAM IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO CREATE A DATA DISK ON WHICH TO SAVE YOUR LEAGUE AND SCORE DATA.YOU MUST FORMAT A BLANK DISK AND NAME IT FOOTBALL ,IT IS THEN NECESSARY TO CREATE 2 DIRECTORIES ONE CALLED SCORES AND THE SECOND CALLED LEAGUES ON THIS DISK. YOU CAN DO THIS WITH YOUR WORKBENCH DISK. THIS PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FOR USE BY MY BROTHER,WHO PLAYED IN A SUNDAY LEAGUE TEAM,AND WANTED TO UPDATE HIS TEAMS LEAGUE POSITION AS SOON AS THE RESULTS WERE AVAILABLE.HIS LEAGUE USED A SCORING SYSTEM WHICH GAVE 9 POINTS FOR A WIN + 1 POINT FOR EACH GOAL SCORED BY THE WINNING TEAM AND 3 POINTS FOR A DRAW.HOWEVER THE PROGRAM ON THIS DISK WILL GIVE 3 POINTS FOR A WIN AND 1 POINT FOR A DRAW.SINCE THIS PROGRAM IS WRITTEN IN AMOS BASIC,I HAVE LEFT IN ALL THE REM STATEMENTS & HAVE NOT COMPILED IT,SO IF YOU HAVE THE AMOS EDITOR,YOU CAN LOAD IT UP AND CONFIGURE IT TO YOUR NEEDS. IF YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT SCORING SYSTEM,AND ARE NOT ABLE TO ALTER THE PROGRAM TO SUIT,SEND THE PROGRAM BACK TO ME INCLUDING A SHORT NOTE OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS AND A STAMPED ADDRESSED ENVELOPE SUITABLE FOR A DISK AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO HELP. THE DATA I HAVE PUT INTO THIS PROGRAM PRINTS OUT FINE ON MY STAR LC10 PRINTER,BUT I AM NOT SURE HOW IT WILL REACT WITH OTHER TYPES OF HARDWARE.MY SYSTEM IS A CBM A500 (1.3) + 1/2 MEG + EXTERNAL DRIVE,THE PROGRAM FUNCTIONS FINE WITH THE DATA DISK IN THE EXTERNAL DRIVE. ALL KEYBOARD INPUTS HAVE A FINITE LENGTH,IF YOU OVERSTEP THIS LENGTH YOU WILL THEN HAVE TO INPUT THE INFORMATION AGAIN. ONE ASPECT OF THE PROGRAM WILL CAUSE A FATAL ERROR,AND THAT IS TRYING TO SEND INFORMATION TO A PRINTER,THAT IS EITHER NOT CONNECTED OR NOT READY TO RECEIVE IT.THIS WILL CERTAINLY CRASH THE SYSTEM.THERE IS AN ALERT BOX DISPLAYED WHEN THE PRINT OPTION IS SELECTED TO AVOID THIS PROBLEM. WHEN SAVED TO DISK,THE LEAGUE AND SCORE OPTIONS ARE SAVED UNDER DATE (SCORE) AND NAME (LEAGUE).THESE CAN BE ANY COMBINATION OF CHARACTERS. THE KILL OPTION WILL ERASE THE SELECTED FILE CHOSEN FROM THE LIST,ON THE DATA DISK,THAT FILE WILL THEN BE REMOVED FROM THE DISK. CREATE LEAGUE -: TO CREATE A LEAGUE, KEY IN THE LEAGUE NAME,THEN DATE AND FINALLY THE AMOUNT OF TEAMS,(ODD NUMBERS OF TEAMS ARE NOT ALLOWED) THEN KEY IN EACH TEAM NAME.(THE PROGRAM WILL CONVERT THEM TO UPPER CASE TEXT). WHEN YOU HAVE KEYED IN THE LAST TEAM,YOU WILL GO BACK TO THE MAIN MENU. VIEW LEAGUE -: THIS IS JUST A STRAIGHT FORWARD LIST OF THE CURRENT TEAM STANDINGS,GO BACK TO THE MAIN MENU BY CLICKING THE MOUSE. EDIT LEAGUE -: ALL ASPECTS OF THE LEAGUE DATA CAN BE ALTERED FROM THIS SELECTION.SELECT THE TEAM DATA YOU WISH TO ALTER WITH THE MOUSE,(THESE ARE LISTED IN LEAGUE TABLE ORDER ON THE MENU).THE ORIGINAL DATA WILL THEN BE POSITIONED ABOVE THE PROPOSED ALTERATION.JUST BY PRESSING ENTER YOU CAN MOVE THE CURSOR ALONG TO THE PARAMETER YOU WISH TO ALTER WITHOUT AFFECTING ANY OF THE CURRENT DATA.IF YOU CHANGE THE LEAGUE NAME,THEN IT WILL BE SAVED UNDER THAT NAME WHEN YOU NEXT SAVE IT. UPDATE LEAGUE -: THIS IS WHERE YOU PUT IN THE LATEST SCORES,PLAYED IN THE CURRENT LEAGUE.SELECT THE HOME TEAM WITH THE MOUSE AND THEN THE AWAY TEAM,CARRY ON UNTIL YOU HAVE ALL THE TEAMS THAT HAVE PLAYED AND SELECT 'DONE' FROM THE MENU.YOU WILL THEN BE ASKED TO PUT IN THE SCORES IN THE SAME MANNER.IF YOU ARE HAPPY WITH THE LAYOUT,YOU CAN THE UPDATE THE LEAGUE POSITONS. EDIT SCORES & VIEW SCORES -: OPERATE THE SAME AS LEAGUE FUNCTIONS. DISK ACCESS -: THE PULL DOWN MENU CONTAINS THE LOAD/SAVE /PRINT/KILL FUNCTIONS,THE SCORES ARE LOADED INDEPENTDENTLY OF THE LEAGUES & CAN BE LOADED FOR ALTERATION & VIEWING ONLY.IF YOU ALTER A SCORE ON DISK FOR ANY REASON,THE ONLY WAY IT WILL AFFECT THE LEAGUE PLACINGS IS TO LOAD IN THE RELEVANT LEAGUE AND EDIT IT.WHEN SELECTING THE PRINT LEAGUE OPTION THE GOAL DIFFERENCE WILL BE PRINTED OUT WITH THE OTHER LEAGUE DATA. THE DATA THAT IS ENTERED INTO THIS PROGRAM IS NOT HELD & MUST BE SAVED TO THE DATA DISK IF IT IS TO BE RETAINED FOR FURTHER USE. IF YOU FIND ANY BUGS,OR HAVE ANY IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS PROGRAM PLEASE LET ME KNOW.ANY DONATIONS OF A FINANCIAL NATURE WILL ALSO BE WELCOME IF YOU FIND THIS PROGRAM USEFUL. ANTHONY M.MCMANUS 23 PEVERIL ROAD, PETERBOROUGH. ENGLAND. PE1 3PX.