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General System Features
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T-N-T has been designed to be very easy to use with a good pointing device. In
addition to the usual Windows interface conventions, you will find the following
features:
o The Focus Bar. To keep navigation of menus to a minimum, select the
attributes of interest directly from the dialog bar at the bottom by
spinning them into focus for operations invoked by menu options.
o Dialogs that permit updating or changing data can be prefilled by
double clicking on the accompanying listbox.
o Graphical representations with the ability to save current selections
as the default view.
The Basics
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To use T-N-T for tracking scores and maintaining a football pool, you will start under
the File menu and establish the list of participants. If required, you can change the
team names for those instances where a team moves to another city. Double clicks will
generally move items into an edit box or add them to a list. Most other interaction
requires only a single mouse click.
The schedule may need to be entered. The database provided on the evaluation copy of
this software should already have the current season's contests, however, if not, future
(or past) schedules may be entered at any time.
Once the schedule has been entered, copies of the current week's contests can be printed
for distribution to participants by selecting Weekly Schedule from the Reports menu.
Each week the participant's predictions and game scores should be entered by accessing
the dialogs from the Edit menu option. After scores are entered, or anytime scores are
changed, its important to allow subtotaling to complete. Many queries rely on the
completion of this process to display accurately.
To determine which teams you may decide to "pick" as winners, you may want to let the
computer make its predictions. When the Predictions option is selected there will be
two algorithms available. Past history is used to assign a numerical weighting to
various categories and the team that has the highest numbers in the majority of the
categories is declared the predicted winner.
If you wish to do further analysis under the View menu. Standings are available as they
were during the season and week in the focus bar. An individual team's performance can
be seen by viewing a summary of their games played both at home and away, against
divisional or non divisional opponents. The complete list of game history is shown by
default, but can be narrowed by spinning to the opponent of interest on the focus bar and
pushing the Focus Team button. Finally, the results of participants weekly predictions
can be reviewed by selecting the Current Leaders option.
Finally, to see how your predictions stand up against the computer's and other participants,
you can review it with the bar charts availabe under Graphs. The Current Week view is
intended for review against your colleagues, whereas the Season To Date graph is useful
for reviewing trends in your picks versus the computer generated predictions.
Trouble Shooting
The following problems may be experienced when running the software.
o T-N-T makes extensive use of VBX controls which are memory intensive.
If fonts grow larger or other items appear to be drawing incorrectly
or out of proportion, it may be because of a shortage of memory. This
can be corrected by closing windows within T-N-T or other Windows
applications.
o In the event of a power outage or some other abnormal end while running
T-N-T, one or more of the database or indexes may become corrupt. This
condition will usuallly appear at start up immediately after such a
disruption resulting in an error message similar to the following:
"Error #: -xx Opening File File Name: PLPKPOF.DBF
This could also occur if another application has the file open concurrently.
If you feel that the indexes are damaged, try running TNTRENDX from a DOS
prompt and it may repair the databases. Registered users will certainly
receive any assistance required to correct or replace the corrupt database.
Waranty Disclaimer
THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING WRITTEN MATERIALS (INCLUDING INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE) ARE
PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. FURTHER, MICRO MOONLIGHTERS, DOES NOT
WARRANT, GUARANTEE, OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE, OR THE RESULTS OF USE,
OF THE SOFTWARE OR WRITTEN MATERIALS IN TERMS OF CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY,
CURRENTNESS, OR OTHERWISE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE RESULTS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE
IS ASSUMED BY YOU. IF THE SOFTWARE OR WRITTEN MATERIALS ARE DEFECTIVE YOU, AND NOT MICRO
MOONLIGHTERS OR ITS DEALERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AGENTS, OR EMPLOYEES, ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF
ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION.
THE ABOVE IS THE ONLY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
THAT IS MADE BY MICRO MOONLIGHTERS, ON THIS MICRO MOONLIGHTERS PRODUCT. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN
INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY MICRO MOONLIGHTERS, ITS DEALERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AGENTS OR
EMPLOYEES SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY OR IN ANY WAY INCREASE THE SCOPE OF THIS WARRANTY AND
YOU MAY NOT RELY ON ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR ADVICE. YOU MAY HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY
FROM STATE TO STATE.
NEITHER MICRO MOONLIGHTERS NOR ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION,
OR DELIVERY OF THIS PRODUCT SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR
INCIDENTAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION,
LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, AND THE LIKE) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH
PRODUCT EVEN IF MICRO MOONLIGHTERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
This Limited Warranty shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of Washington.
Acknowlegement
BY USING THE SHAREWARE VERSION OF T-N-T FOR WINDOWS YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS
LIMITED WARRANTY, UNDERSTAND IT, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS' TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU
ALSO AGREE THAT THE LIMITED WARRANTY IS THE COMPLETE AND EXCLUSIVE STATEMENT OF AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND SUPERSEDE ALL PROPOSALS OR PRIOR AGREEMENTS, ORAL OR WRITTEN, AND
ANY OTHER COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE PARTIES RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE LIMITED
WARRANTY.
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Any Additional Notes Below Here
If you wish, please feel free to put personal reminders or any other essential information
into the remainder of this document.