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General Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Manual organization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Program Limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Program Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Setup Technicial Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Menus and Screens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Opening Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Season Name Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Season Entry Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Delete Season (Meet) Requestors . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Season Select Requestor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Data Base Maintenance Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Overwrite Database Warning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Default Data Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Event Defination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Event Setup Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Event Defination Requestors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Opening Setevent Requestor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Event Defination Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Event Limit Requestors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Event Requestor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Event Input Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Event Defination Usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Drive or PATH Selection Requestor . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Meet Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Meet Entry Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Meet Select Requestor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 View Meet Data Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 DataBase Audit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Swimmer Setup Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Swimmer Entry Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Swimmer Select Requestor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Meet Results Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Event Entry Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Reports Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Roster Type Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Time Report Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Place Report Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Output Device Requestor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 File Name Requestor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Gender Requestor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Group Select Requestor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Sort Requestor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Meet Select Requestor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Meet Type Requestor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Swimmer Select Criteria Requestor . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Event Names and Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Age Group Names and Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Page 2 Event Group Names and Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Season Summary Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Full Roster Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Swim Meet Roster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Swimmer List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Swimmer List (Names Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Mailing Label Review Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Telephone List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Name and Address List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Fee Status Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Individual Swimmer, Full Report . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Individual Swimmer, Summary Report. . . . . . . . . . . 43 Swim Team Finish and Point Summary. . . . . . . . . . . 44 Time in Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Single Meet Results, by Swimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Single Meet Result, by Event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Swim Ladder, by Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Swim Ladder, by Swimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Custom Requirements and Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Error Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Disk Free Space Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 ABOUT SWIMBASE Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 DataBase Audit Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Disk Access Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Shareware Evaluation Version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Registered Version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Copyright. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 ASP Ombudsman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Defination of Shareware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Disclaimer - Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Pricing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Page 3 SwimBase General Description SwimBase is designed to simplify and automate the records and reports required for a Swim Team. SwimBase will keep the swimmer rosters and results for each meet. Roster reports, mailing labels, telephone lists, events results, swim team ladder and time in water are some of the reports that can be generated by SwimBase. The data entered can be reviewed, modified or deleted at any time. All reports can be directed to the computer screen for review, printed or sent to a disk file for storage, transfer or modification with a word processing program. SwimBase is an easy to use, menu driven program. Most menus and prompts are self-explanatory with little or no use of the manual required. All data is entered into forms with context sensitive help available at any time for each field. These help prompts will give an explanation of the required data and, where appropriate, the allowable input range. Any out of range data input will result in error requestors explaining the problem and the opportunity to correct the offending field. SwimBase is based on the United States Swimming (USS) rules for a dual meet. These rules were used for event types and names, swimmer ages and groups and points. The major differences with the way SwimBase handles results and the USS rules involves the effects of keeping results for only a single team. SwimBase is not designed to keep the results of both teams in a meet. The differences show up in the event entry and point calculation. You need to enter the swimmers' finishing place and if the swimmer finished in a tie or was disqualified. The reports as generated by SwimBase are not specified by these rules but are compilations of meet, event and season results. SwimBase is not connected with the USS in any fashion. The design of SwimBase will allow the results of multiple seasons to be stored and the team roster from previous years to be moved forward each year with automatic updates to the swimmers' age and group. The data from previous years can be reviewed at any time for comparison to the current years results. The standardized reports from SwimBase will allow simplified comparisons of the results between different teams within the same division or league or even teams in different leagues. The reports from SwimBase can be set to include just a single meet, all meets of a particular type or all meets. The results can be sorted by sex, age or name. The results for swimmers can be generated for individual swimmers or for all swimmers or selected by sex. Results are kept of all event entries so not only are the results of swimmers that finish in the top, point scoring, spots available but all other finishes along with all disqualifications, no shows, exhibitions and substitutes. It is possible at any time to summarize all the results of all the events any swimmer was scheduled for at any time. Page 4 Manual organization This manual is organized in the order that the menus, screens and requestors are most likely to be displayed by the first time user. This layout is not very useful as a reference manual. If you are trying to locate a particular menu or requestor then use the index with the menu or requestor heading as input. System Requirements The minimum hardware and system requirements for SwimBase are: IBM PC/XT/AT compatible with 512K RAM Memory. Any monitor capable of a 80 column text display. 2 360K disk drives or 1 720K disk drive or any floppy drive with a hard disk drive. MS/PC DOS 3.0 or greater. 80 or greater column text printer (optional for reports) Program Limitations The program limitations for SwimBase are: Maximum Seasons on a disk: 50 Maximum Meets in a season: 50 Maximum Swimmers in a Season: 255 Maximum Entries in an Event: 16 Slowest time for an event: 9:99:99 Maximum Events in a meet: 256 Program Setup One program file and 2 data files are necessary to use this program. SWIM.EXE is the program file and EVENT.DTA and DEFAULT.DTA are the data files. SWIM.EXE is the main program. The first time SWIM.EXE is run the event data file, EVENT.DTA, and the setup preferences data file, DEFAULT.DTA, will be created in the same directory as SWIM.EXE unless they already exist. See the event setup data form for more information about the event file. See the default data form for more information about your preferences. In order to setup the program follow the steps within the section that cooresponds to your hardware configuration. This setup assumes that you are using the Registered Version Program Distribution disk. Refer to the on-disk setup file for the Evaluation Version. For a Hard Disk System: From the root directory 'C:\' 1) MKDIR C:\SWIMDATA (or substitute your drive letter for the C in the path name. The subdirectory name SWIMDATA can be anything you are comfortable with.) Page 5 2) CD C:\SWIMDATA(or your new subdirectory name) 3) Put distribution disk in floppy drive A: 4) COPY A:\*.* 5) Start program by typing SWIM If you update the PATH statement in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to include the directory created in step 1 then you will be able to start and run SwimBase from any prompt by typing SWIM. If you do not then you will need to change directory (CD) to the C:\SWIMDATA before starting SwimBase. If you prefer to keep your program files in one directory and your data files in another you can do this by putting the SWIM.EXE file in your program directory and creating a seperate data directory. This data directory can be any legitimate DOS directory name. Once you start SwimBase you will need to use the Set or Change Defaults option to set the data directory. Note that the 2 system data files, EVENT.DTA and DEFAULT.DTA should remain in the same directory as SWIM.EXE. Recommended Setup If disk space is not limited the program file, SWIM.EXE, along with the 2 data files, DEFAULT.DTA and EVENT.DTA should be all in the same subdirectory. This subdirectory should also be used as the data directory. The simplest method would be to create a subdirectory C:\SWIMDATA and then copy all the files into it. For a dual floppy disk system: This setup assumes either 2 low density 5 1/4" 360K floppies or a desire to use seperate program and data floppies. 1) Obtain 2 blank floppies. Format 1 and label it as the SwimBase data files. Label the second as the SwimBase program files. 2) Make a DISKCOPY of the program distribution disk and then use that disk to run the program. 3) DISKCOPY A: A: (follow the prompts, use the SwimBase program disk as the destination) 4) Put the original in a safe place. 5) Put the Program files disk in drive A: and the data files disk in drive B:. 6) Start the program by typing A:\SWIM. 7) Answer N to 'Directory Open Failure' requestor. 8) Enter a path (directory) for the data disk, 'B:\SWIMDATA' is recommended Page 6 9) Be sure the data disk is in drive B: and press return. 10) Press Y to create directory. 11) When program starts select 'Set or Change Defaults' and enter the directory from step 8 as the data PATH default. 12) Each time you are ready to use the program place the program disk in drive A: and the data disk in drive B: and then type A:\SWIM. For a single floppy system: Use this setup for a single floppy system or if you wish to keep both program and data files on the same disk. Note that to keep all files on the same disk it must have a minimum capacity of 720K. 1) Obtain a blank floppy and make a copy of the original program disk. 2) DISKCOPY A: A: 3) Put the original in a safe place. 4) Put the copy in drive A: and start the program by entering A:\SWIM 5) Answer N to 'Directory Open Failure' requestor. 6) Enter a path (directory) for the data disk, 'A:\SWIMDATA' is recommended 7) Press return in response to the 'Place Data disk in Drive' requestor. 10) Press Y to create directory. 11) When program starts select 'Set or Change Defaults' and enter the directory from step 6 as the data PATH default. 12) Each time you are ready to use the program place the disk in drive A: enter A:\SWIM Setup Technicial Review The SWIM.EXE file is the main program for SwimBase. This program is loaded at startup and then is run from RAM memory until the program is exited. As soon as SWIM.EXE loads it will search the same directory that SWIM.EXE is in to find the system defaults which are contained in the file DEFAULT.DTA. If DEFAULT.DTA is not found then it will be created in that directory. After this is loaded then the event data file, EVENT.DTA, is loaded. These files must be located in the program directory (the same directory SWIM.EXE is in) or the data directory. If EVENT.DTA is not located then it will be created. You can use the 'Modify Event Definations' menu to define your events. From this point on the SWIM.EXE file and DEFAULT.DTA file are not required unless the default setup is changed. To change the defaults be sure the disk that contained the defaults is in the same drive as where it was loaded. Page 7 One additional note about viewing reports on the screen is necessary. The report is built in the SWIMDATA directory and could use up to 100,000 bytes for a large report. For this reason you should avoid using a data disk that is nearly full. It is possible after starting SwimBase to remove the program disk and place the data disk in the same drive. After changing the disks use the 'Change Data Disk or Path' option in the main menu to activate the new data files. If you change disks you must use the 'Change Data Disk' option or risk file corruption. Menu Usage The basic use of all menus is the same. The up and down arrow keys are used to move within the menu or by pressing the first letter of a menu item it can be jumped to. The selection is picked by pressing the ENTER key. On the menus that can span more than one screen full of data such as the swimmer requestor the Page Up and Page Down keys move a page at a time rather than a item at a time. The ESC key will return to the previous menu or selection or exit the program from the opening menu. The ESC key is consistent throughout the program to cancel the current selection. There are 2 special keys that are active in any menu. ALT/A (holding down the ALT key and pressing A) will open the 'About SwimBase' window with memory usage statistics. ALT/D will shell out (exit) to DOS. This DOS shell will allow any DOS commands or actions to be taken. You can return to SwimBase at the point you left by entering 'EXIT' at the DOS prompt. Page 8 Menus and Screens /= F1 HELP = 08/22 15:57:05 \ | | | SwimBase | | Opening Menu | |============================| | Select Active Season | | Define New Season | | Remove Existing Season | | Archive Season Data | | Set or Change Defaults | | Change Data Disk | | Modify Event Definations | | Import Season DataBase | | About Swim Data System | |============================| | Exit Swim Data Base | \============================/ Opening Menu This is the initial menu presented when SwimBase is started. All functions of SwimBase are accessed through this menu. Exiting this menu quits SwimBase and returns control back to the operating system. 1) Select Active Season This selection will present the Season Select Requestor with a list of all defined seasons. Pick the season that will contain the data to be used for this session. Most operations within SwimBase are done to the data in a particular season. 2) Define New Season This item is used to define a new season. Before any operations can be done on meets, swimmers or events the season in which they are to exist must be built. When this is selected you will be presented 2 forms. The first will allow you to choose a name for the season and the second will build the information about the season. These forms are discussed in greater detail elsewhere. 3) Remove Existing Season This selection will delete a season. Note that all data associated with this season will be deleted. The swimmers, meets and events will be gone. In normal usage there will be no reason to delete a season. Old seasons should be retained for review in the future. Page 9 4) Archive Season Data This selection will allow you to make a backup copy of a season or restore a previously created backup. Regular backups should be made to avoid data loss in case of a system failure. A full description of these options is contained within the description of the Archive menus and forms. 5) Set or Change Defaults This selection will present a form that allows several configuration parameters to be set. These parameters are fully explained in the Default Data form description. 6) Change Data Disk If the program is kept on a separate disk from the data then after starting the program use this selection to tell the program where to look for the data. A Drive/Path Selection Form will be presented into which you will enter the drive letter to locate the disk. If you will be using the same disks and directories each time then you can set the data path in the Set Defaults form. 7) Modify Event Definations This selection can be used to create, modify, view or print the event defination file. See the manual section on Event Definations for further details. 7) Import Season DataBase This selection is used to copy the swimmer data base from one season to another. The swimmer roster records will be transferred to the new season and the age and group fields updated accordingly. This selection will only import the swimmer records, no meet or event data is imported. The data in the old season is not modified. 8) About Swim Data Base A short description and copyright notice along with the version number and date and the unique serial number for this program. Also included are details on active program and data paths, free Disk, Ram and Stack memory and Ram Heap integrity. This selection can be used to determine the amount of free disk space on your data disks. 9) Exit Swim Data Base Return to DOS, quit program. Page 10 /==============Create New season=============\ | | | Enter new Season Name (4 to 8 characters) | | Press ESC to QUIT | | | | Season Name : ________ | | | | | | | \============================================/ Season Name Form This form will appear when Define New Season is selected. You will enter the name for the new season. The name must be at least 4 characters long and no longer than 8 characters. Some examples would be: MGC1990, SEASON1, OLNEY or TEAM90. /=== Enter Default Data for Season == Press F1 for Help ===\ | Team Name : __________________ | | | | Other Info, Division : ____________________________ | | | | Start date : __/__/__ End date : __/__/__ | | | | Number of Meets : ___ | | | | | | | \==========================================================/ Season Entry Form This is the form used to enter season data. The field descriptions are as follows: 1) Team Name This is the name or base location of the team. This information will appear on any reports generated from data in this season. 2) Other Info, Division This field contains additional information about the team or season to be entered. It also will become part of the header of any reports about this season. 3) Start Date This is the date of the first meet of the season in Month/Day/Year (MM/DD/YY) format. The year from this field is used to calculate the swimmers' age and group information. 4) End Date This is the date of the last meet in the season. This is for informational purposes only. Page 11 5) Number of Meets This is the number of meets in the season. It is also for informational purposes only. If you define more meets than you specified here it will not cause any problems. /========= Delete SEASON Warning ========\ | | | Delete this SEASON Y/N [N] ? _ | | | | MYSEASON | | | | This SEASON and all SWIMMER data, MEET | | data and EVENT data for this SEASON | | will be DELETED. !!! FOREVER !!! | \========= *** FINAL WARNING *** ========/ /========= Delete SEASON Warning ========\ | | | Delete SEASON Name: | | | | MYSEASON | | | | Enter Season NAME to VERIFY DELETE | | Press ESC to QUIT and abort DELETE | | Season Name to DELETE: ________ | \========= *** FINAL WARNING *** ========/ Delete Season (Meet) Requestors Any time you try to delete either a season or a meet this pair of requestors will appear. The first requestor will sound a buzzer and ask for a Yes/No confirmation that you really intend to delete this season or meet. If anything other than Y is entered the process is canceled and you are returned to the menu. If Y is entered the second requestor will appear and you will need to enter the season or meet name to complete the deletion. If this name isn't entered correctly then the process is canceled. If the correct name is entered then the season or meet will be removed. PLEASE NOTE Once deleted there is no way to recover the deleted data. /===============\ | Select Season | |===============| | MGC1991 | | OMSC1990 | | TEST0123 | |===============| | Cancel Select | \===============/ Season Select Requestor This requestor is used by several other menu items to allow the choice of a particular season. A list of all seasons is Page 12 presented and you can chose any season or cancel the operation by either selecting Cancel Select or pressing the ESC key. The action taken after selecting a season will depend on what menu you were in when this menu appeared. The list of seasons will be sorted alphabetically and if more than 12 seasons exist then selections for next page and last page will be included. /==============\ | DataBase | | Maintenance | |==============| | Archive Data | | Restore Data | |==============| \==============/ Data Base Maintenance Menu This menu is used to determine if the data is to be archived (saved from the active files to a backup copy) or restored (moved from the backup copy to the active copy). The Archive data selection should be used as a matter of routine. The Restore Data selection should only be used in times of data base corruption or to share a data base among different systems. /============== *** Overwrite DataBase Warning *** ==============\ | | | The process you have selected will overwrite | | the existing DataBase for the Season you are | | about to select. This should only be done to | | recover from data corruption. | | If improperly used this process could destroy | | your swimmer and meet data bases. BE CAREFUL!!! | | | \================================================================/ /============\ | Overwrite | | DataBase | |============| | Yes | | No! | |============| \============/ Overwrite Database Warning This pair of windows will appear if you have selected to restore a previously archived database. The restoral process will replace the current data with the old data. Page 13 /== Enter Default Data for SDB == Press F1 for Help =\ | | | AutoDetect Monitor : Y Color Monitor : | | Quick Start : Y SKIP DB Audit : Y | | Startup Password : __________ Foreground : 0 | | Delete Password : __________ Background : 9 | | Print Extended Graphics : Y View Color : 1 | | Printer Port : PRN Carriage returns ? : N | | Printer Setup : ____________________________ | | Enter PATH name for SwimBase Data Files: | | PATH = C:\SWIMDATA_______________________________ | | Use 7 Age Groups : N | | | | Yard Factor : __.___ Meter Factor : __.___ | | | | | | Press ENTER to Accept, Any other key to edit | \====================================================/ Default Data Form This form enters default data about your system, printer and preferences. This data is entered once and then will remain in effect unless changed. 1) AutoDetect Monitor If this is set to Y then the program will automatically detect the presence of a color monitor and use color. In some cases it is possible that the monitor type indicated by the system does not match what is actually installed, this is a common problem with portable PCs. If this occurs then set this to N and set the proper monitor type in the next field. You can also force a color monitor to display in black and white by setting this field to N and the next field to N. 2) Color Monitor If you are using a color monitor then select Y, else N. This field will not appear if AutoDetect Monitor is set to Y. 3) Quick Start The program will display an opening banner for a few seconds if this is set to N. To go directly to the opening menus set it to Y. 4) SKIP DB Audit The program will run a check on the integrity of the database structures each time a season is selected if this is set to N. This step can be skipped by setting this to Y. The few seconds lost while the data base check (audit) is run is a small price to pay for insurance of your data. 5) Startup Password If you wish to require a password to access any of the data then enter that password here. The password can be any Page 14 string of characters up to 10 in length. To remove a password once one is entered use 'NOPASSWORD' (uppercase) as the password. Note that you will need to know the old password to remove it. 6) Foreground You can use this selection to select any one of ten different color combinations for the menus, screens and messages by entering a number between 0 and 9. The changes are effective as soon as the default data form is accepted. 7) Delete Password If you wish to require a password to delete data but not one for access then set a password here. The same requirements for removing this password apply. 8) Background This selection acts the same as for Foreground selection except it controls the window background and shading. These colors are a subset of the foreground colors so changing Foreground will effect the Background. 9) Print Extended Graphics Set this to Y if the printer supports the Extended or IBM line drawing character set. The best looking reports can be obtained with this set to Y. If the reports generated with this set to Y have garbage through them then you will need to set this to N. 10) View Color This selection acts the same as Foreground and Background but it controls the colors for any reports that are viewed on screen. 11) Printer Port When you reach this selection a secondary selection requestor will open that will allow you to select which printer port your printer is attached to. The possible selections are: PRN for the DOS default printer port, LPT1, LPT2 and LPT3 for the possible parallel ports and COM1 thru COM4 for the possible serial ports. If you select one of the COM ports you will need to define the port parameters (Baud, bits etc.) before starting SwimBase. See the DOS MODE command for details. 12) Carriage returns SwimBase sends a linefeed (new line or LF) at the end of each line when it generates any printed reports. Most printers will convert this linefeed to a linefeed/carriage return pair. If your reports run off the right edge of the paper it is probably because your printer does not follow this convention. Changing this field to Y will send both a linefeed and a carriage return to the printer. On a HP Laserjet the appearance of this problem is the Page 15 first line of the report will print and then the rest of the page will be blank. Changing this field to Y will cure this problem. Using '1b 26 6b 32 47' as the printer setup for a HP Laserjet will cause the printer to follow the standard LF to LF/CR conversion. 13) Printer Setup This is the string that will be sent to the printer before any thing is printed. The string needs to be entered as hexadecimal characters with each character separated by a space. An example would be '1b 7 1'. Most printer manuals use hexadecimal in the reference section. 14) PATH = If the data files are going to be kept in a directory different from the directory with the program file 'SWIM.EXE' then set the directory PATH here and the program will automatically use those files. The path can be entered as either a full or relative path name. Some examples of legitimate paths would be C:\SWIMDATA , C:\DATA\SWIMDATA or SWIMDATA. 15) Use 7 Age Groups SWimBase can be set to use either 5 age groups or 7 age groups. If this field is set to N then the available age groups are: 8&U, 9 - 10, 11 - 12, 13 - 14 and 15 - 18. If set to Y then the groups are: 6&U, 8&U, 9 - 10, 11 - 12, 13 - 14, 15 - 16 and 17 - 18. A 'SENIOR' group is also available. 16) Yard Factor and Meter Factor If your league swims some meets in pools measured in meters and others in pools measured in yards and you want to normalize the reports to show all times as meters or yards then you can enter the Yard to Meter and Meter to Yard multiplier factors here. A suggested yard to meter factor would be 1.11 and a meter to yard factor would be 0.901. If there is any entry in these fields then any reports will allow an option of reporting in Yards, Meters or As Entered. Event Defination Event Setup Description When 'Change Event Definations' is selected a data file, EVENT.DTA, will be created or modified if it exists. This file contains the event names and data definations. The information contained in this file is the names, points per place, maximum points for the event, age group, event type, point basis, team or individual, and the start and end event numbers. There can be up to 256 events defined (50 in the MCSL version of SwimBase). This file is used by the SWIM main program and needs to be either in the SWIM program directory or data directory. Page 16 Event Defination Requestors /============\ | Event | |Definations | |============| | Review | | Change | |============| \============/ Opening Setevent Requestor This requestor will appear when 'Change Event Definations' is selected. Select Change if you wish the define new event definations or change existing definations. Select Review to view or print your existing definations. | Event Definations | | | |============================================================================ | | Low event number = 1, High event number = 150, Finishers Scoring = 4 | |============================================================================ | | Event Name G AGP EGRP TYP MAX p1 p2 p3 p4 | |============================================================================ | | 1 - Boys 12 & U 100M Ind. Medley B 11-12 IM BOTH 8 5 3 2 1 | | 2 - Girls 12 & U 100M Ind. Medley G 11-12 IM BOTH 8 5 3 2 1 | | 3 - Boys Open 200M Med. Relay B 15-18 DNC TEAM 8 7 0 0 0 | | 4 - Girls Open 200M Med. Relay G 15-18 DNC TEAM 7 7 0 0 0 | | 5 - Boys 8 & U 25M FreeStyle B 8&U Free BOTH 8 5 3 2 1 | | 6 - Girls 8 & U 25M FreeStyle G 8&U Free BOTH 8 5 3 2 1 | Event Defination Report This is a partial event defination report. The field definations are as follows: 1) Low event number This is the lowest definable event number as entered in the event defination requestor for lowest event. 2) High event number This is the highest definable event number. 3) Finishers Scoring This is the number of finishers (places) that can generate points for the swimmers. In the example the 4 means that places 1 through 4 will receive points while the rest will be classified as DNP - Did not Place. The allowable range is 3 to 6. 4) Event Name This is the name of the event. Page 17 5) G This the gender for this particular event. G is for Girls and B is for Boys. 6) AGRP This is the age group for this event. 7) EGRP This is the event group for this event. This field is used for the event by swimmer report. 8) TYP This field determines the point accumulation type to be used for this event. 9) MAX This is the maximum number of points that the team can accumulate from the event. 10) p1,p2,p3,p4,p5,p6 This the the number of points awarded for each finishing place, 1st through 6th. The p4, p5 and p6 entrys may not appear depending on the status of the Finishers Scoring value. /= Enter Lowest Event Number \ | | | Lowest Event : 1__ | | | \============================/ / Enter Highest Event Number \ | | | Highest Event : 150 | | | \============================/ /= Enter Finishers Scoring \ | | | Finishers Scroing: 4__ | | | \============================/ Event Limit Requestors These requestors are used to set the lowest and highest event number and the number of Finishers Scoring. The range for the event numbers must be between 0 and 255 with the lowest event being at least 1 less than the highest. The range for Finishers Scoring is 3 to 6. Each time Event Defination is run you will be prompted for these values but after the first run the initial input will be retained unless changed. Page 18 /=== Enter Event to Update ==\ | | | Event (1 - 150) : ___ | | | \=== ESC to Save and Exit ===/ Event Requestor This requestor is used to select an individual event for input or update. /===================== Event Number 001 Details =====================\ | | | Decription : _1_-_Boys__12_&_U__100M_Ind._Medley_ Active : Y | | | | Age Groups: 1 - 5,9 for 8&U, 9-10, 11-12 , 13-14, 15-18(Open). 9=DC| | Age Group (1 - 5,9): 3 Gender : B | | | | Event Groups: 0 - 4,9 for Free, Back, Breast,Fly or IM. 9=DC | | Event Group (0 - 4,9): 4 | | | | Select points for each finishing place (0 - 9) | | 1st : 5 2nd : 3 3rd : 2 4th : 1 5th : 0 6th : 0 | | | | Enter basis for point accumulation, [I]ndividual, [T]eam or [B]oth | | Scoring basis : B Maximum Team Points for Event: 8_ | \====================================================================/ Event Input Form This form is used to input the details of a single event. The field definations are as follows: 1) Description This is a narrative description of this event. The discription can be up to 36 characters in length. This the how this events description will appear in all reports. 2) Active The field selects if this group is active. If this is set to N then this event will be ignored for all reports. Any used event defination should be set to Y. Page 19 3) Age Group This is the age group that will compete in this event. The age group selections are: 0 - 6 & U 1 - 8 & U 2 - 9 - 10 3 - 11 - 12 4 - 13 - 14 5 - 15 - 18 6 - 15 - 16 7 - 17 - 18 8 - SENIOR 9 - Do Not Care 4) Gender Select B for Boys or G for Girls. 5) Event Group This is the event group selection for this event. The event group selections are: 0 - Freestyle 1 - Backstroke 2 - Breaststroke 3 - Butterfly 4 - Individual Medley 5 - Free Relay 6 - Medley Relay 9 - Do Not Care 6) 1st place (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th) This the the number of points accumulated for each finishing place. 7) Scoring basis This determines how this event in handled for individual and team point accumulation. If the event is consideded a TEAM event then only a single score per finishing place will be included in the team reports. 8) Maximum Team Points This is the maximum points that the team can earn in this event. Event Defination Usage This selection will build, or modify if it exists, the data file EVENT.DTA. This data file will need to be in the directory with the SwimBase main program or in the SwimBase data file directory. You can exit and save your changes at any time by pressing the ESC key. Page 20 Before you begin building your event definations you will need to determine what numbering you will use for the events and how you want the events to appear in the reports. During event data entry you will select the event by the event number entered in the Event Requestor where you defined the event. The report will only show the data entered into the discription. If you want an event number to show then you need to enter it into the discription. The entered number and the printing number can be different. If you are skipping event numbers then be sure that those event numbers have the Active field set to N or else they will appear in reports with no data. /================= Enter PATH For SwimBase data =================\ | | | Enter Path name for Data Files | | Enter ESC to return to Opening Menu | | | | PATH = C:\SWIMDATA_______________________________ | | | | EX: C:\SWIMBASE\SWIMDATA or B:\SWIMDATA or SWIMDATA | | | \================================================================/ Drive or PATH Selection Requestor This form is used to enter the new disk drive and/or PATH for the swim data files. If you need to change from one data disk (floppy) to another or need to load the program and then change the floppy this selection should be used. This can also be used to keep multiple database files on your disk. If you are using one single path on the hard disk then the PATH entry in the Default setup should be used. /= F1 HELP === 03/06 07:41:58 \ | | | SwimBase | | Main Menu | | Active season | | --> OMSC1990 <-- | | | |==============================| | Meet Data, Add or Modify | | Swimmer Data, Add or Modify | | Event Results, Add or Modify | | Reports, View or Print | | Audit DataBase Structures | | Change Season Information | | Display Season Information | |==============================| | Return to Opening Menu | \==============================/ Page 21 Main Menu This menu will appear after a season is selected from the Opening Menu. It is divided into 7 parts. The first 4 selections will present submenus and the other 3 will result in actions as defined below. 1) Add or Modify Meet Data This selection is used to create, change, delete or view meet data. Note that this is the meet definition itself, not the event results within that meet. The meet must be defined before any event data is entered. 2) Add of Modify Swimmer Data This selection is for the creation and maintenance of the swimmer roster. All swimmer specific information is entered and maintained here. 3) Add or Modify Event Results This entry is for the event data within a meet. The meet and the swimmers must be defined before the events can be entered. 4) View or Print Reports This item displays the report menu which allows the selection of several different reports concerning the data entered in the previous menu items. 5) Audit DataBase Structures This selection will preform an integrity check on the database for the currently active season. This is the same check that is run when the season is first selected if the 'SKIP DB Audit' default is set to N. 6) Change Season Information This selection will allow any of the information that is entered when the season was created to be changed with the exception of the season name. Once created the season name cannot be changed. Note that if you are trying to move from one year to the next you shouldn't change the last year's season data but create a new season and then import the previous year's swimmer data. 7) View Season Information This selection will display the data entered when the season was created along with 2 additional fields, Number of Meets defined and Number of Swimmers. These 2 fields represent the actual number of meets that have been defined in the Meet SetUp Menu and the number of swimmers entered in the Swimmer SetUp Menu. Page 22 /==== 08/22 15:57:25 ===\ | | | SwimBase | | Meet SetUp Menu | | Active Season | | --> TEST0123 <-- | | | |========================| | Add Data for New Meet | | Change Existing Meet | | Delete Existing Meet | | View Existing Meet | |========================| | Return to Main Menu | \========================/ Meet Setup Menu This menu is accessed from the Main Menu and controls the entry of Meet data. The Meet data refers to the basic meet itself, not the results of the events within the meet. There are 4 selections available. 1) Add Data for New Meet This item will allow the definition of a new meet. When this is selected a form will appear in which you will enter the pertinent data about the meet. That form and the required entries are described in the Meet Entry Form. 2) Change Existing Meet This selection will allow changes to be made to an existing meet. You will be presented a Meet Select Requester from which you will select which meet to change and then a prefilled meet entry form will appear. Make the desired changes in this form. 3) Delete Existing Meet This entry is used to remove a meet. The Meet Select Requester will allow you to choose which meet to remove. When this is done all event data for that meet will also be removed. 4) View Existing Meet The final item will allow you to review the previously defined meets. See the View Meet Data Form for details about the fields displayed. Page 23 /========== Enter Meet Data == Press F1 for Help ==========\ | | | Meet date : __/__/__ Meet type (A, B, or T) : _ | | | | Location : __________________ | | | | Opponent Name : __________________ | | | | Pool Measured in Meters? : N | | | | | \==========================================================/ Meet Entry Form This is the form used to enter or change meet data. The field descriptions are as follows: 1) Meet date The date of the meet in Month/Day/Year (MM/DD/YY) form. This date will become part of the Meet Select Requester and will appear on any reports about this meet. 2) Meet type (A, B, or T) Determines if this meet is a 'A' team meet, 'B' team or 'T' for time trial. These entries are used during report generation for point generation and separation. This also appears on the Meet Select Requestor. 3) Location This is the location of the meet. This is informational only and will appear on any reports about this meet. 4) Opponent This is the name of the opposing team in a meet. This entry will also become part of the Meet Select Requestor. 5) Pool Measured in Meters? This field is used to indicate rather this meet is held in a pool that is measured in meters or yards. Enter Y if the pool is meters. After all the fields are completed a requestor will appear asking that you verify your desire to enter this meet. Answer Y to confirm or N or press ESC to cancel the addition. Page 24 /==== 08/23 10:01:34 ===\ | | | Select Active Meet | | Type Opponent Date | | | | A HILLANDALE 06/16/90 | | B TANTERA 06/20/90 | | A CEDARBROOK 07/14/90 | | Cancel Select Meet | | | \========================/ Meet Select Requestor This requestor is used by several other menu items to allow the choice of a particular meet. A list of all meets is presented and you can select any meet or cancel the operation by either selecting Cancel Select Meet or pressing the ESC key. The action taken after selecting a meet will depend on what menu you were in when this menu appeared. The list of meets will be sorted by date and if more than 12 meets exist then selections for next page and last page will be included. /=================== Swim Meet Data =======================\ | | | Meet date : 06/16/90 Meet type (A, B, or T) : A | | | | Location : HILLANDALE________ | | | | Opponent Name : HILLANDALE________ | | | | Swimmers Competing : _63 Events Entered : 152 | | Times 1st : _21 2nd : _28 3rd : _36 4th : _24 | | Times DNP : _43 Total Points : _285 | | Points per Event : 1.875_ Time per Event : 0:57:64 | | | | Press Any Key | \==========================================================/ View Meet Data Form This form will summarize the information for a single meet. The data contained here is duplicated in the Meet Summary Report. Refer to the reports section of this manual for definations of the fields contained in this form. Page 25 /=======Database Audit In Progress=======\ | | | Please Wait | | | \========================================/ DataBase Audit This window will appear whenever a Season is selected. While this window is present the system is checking the integrity of the database. The Meets and Swimmer Databases are checked for range and reasonableness. If no errors are found then the window will close after a few seconds. If a Swimmer error is encountered you will be given an opportunity to edit the swimmer record. Generally, Meet error are not correctable and Swimmer errors are correctable. The best course of action in response to any error is to restore the archived season data. (You did archive your data didn't you?) /===== 08/22 15:57:32 ====\ | | | SwimBase | | Swimmer SetUp Menu | | Active season | | --> TEST0123 <-- | | | |==========================| | Add Data for New Swimmer | | Change Data for Swimmer | | Delete Data for Swimmer | | Display Data for Swimmer | |==========================| | Return to Main Menu | \==========================/ Swimmer Setup Menu This menu is accessed from the main menu and controls the entry of swimmer data. All data specific to an individual swimmer is entered or modified through this menu. 1) Add Data for New Swimmer This selection is used to add a new swimmer to the data base. See the Swimmer Entry Form for an explanation of each field. The program keeps track of each swimmer by assigning a number to the swimmer upon entry into the program. This number is selected by the program and will be used during other entry processes to refer back to this swimmer. The program is limited to 255 swimmers in any given season. 2) Change Data for Swimmer This selection is used to change any data about a swimmer. You will select which swimmer to change from the swimmer selection requestor. Page 26 3) Delete Data for Swimmer This selection will delete a swimmer from the data base. You will select which swimmer to delete from the swimmer selection requestor. If any event results have been entered for the swimmer then they will be deleted along with the swimmer. 4) Display Data for Swimmer This selection allows you to review the swimmer data. One swimmer at a time will be displayed in the data entry form. You can not edit the data in this form. /============ Enter Data for Swimmer == Press F1 for Help ===========\ | | | Last : ________________ First : ________________ MI : _ | | Birth date : __/__/__ Sex (M/F) : _ Age : 0_ Group : 0 Team : _ | | | | Telephone Numbers : | | Home : (___) ___-____ Work : (___) ___-____ Emer : (___) ___-____ | | | | Mother's Name : | | Last : ________________ First : ________________ | | | | Father's Name : | | Last : ________________ First : ________________ | | | | Address : ________________________________________ | | City : ____________________ State : __ Zip Code : _____ | | | | Fee Paid : $______ Swimmer Number : ___ | | | | | | | \====================================================================/ Swimmer Entry Form This form is used to enter or modify swimmer data. The field definitions are as follows: 1) Last This is the swimmer's last name. 2) First This is the swimmer's first name. 3) MI This is the swimmer's middle initial. 4) Birth Date This is the swimmer's date of birth. 5) Sex (M/F) This is the swimmer's sex. F for female or M for male. Page 27 6) Team This is the team that this swimmer will be competing on. The available selections are A, B, T or leave the entry blank. This field is only used for the swim meet roster report to allow just the swimmers for a particular meet (team) to be printed. 6) Age This is the swimmer's age relative to July 1 of the year of the first meet date for the active season. If this field is left blank during data entry then it will be calculated by the program. If data is entered that conflicts with the calculated value then a requestor will ask confirmation of the entered data. The date for the first meet used in this calculation is the First Meet Date field entered on the Season Defination Form. 7) Group This is the swimmer's age group. This field will be calculated by the program if left empty during data entry. If the data entered conflicts with the calculated data then a requestor will ask confirmation of the entered data. 8) Telephone Numbers These are the home, work and emergency telephone numbers for the swimmer's parents. 9) Mother's Name These are the mother's last and first names. 10) Father's Name These are the father's last and first names. 11) Address This is the swimmer's street address. 12) City This is the swimmer's city. 13) State This is the swimmer's state. 14) Zip Code This is the swimmer's zip code. 15) Fee Paid This is the fee paid by this swimmer. Page 28 16) Swimmer Number This is the swimmer number as assigned by the program. This number can not be changed by the user and will remain permanently assigned to this swimmer. A Listing of the assigned numbers can be obtained in the Swimmer List report. /= F1 HELP === 08/22 15:58:36 \ | Select Swimmer Name No. | |==============================| | Anderson, Betsy 1 | | Anderson, Dan 2 | | Bolt, Laura 3 | | Bolt, Lindsay 4 | | Bostill, Catherine (P7) 5 | | Bostill, Maura 45 | | Bost, Chistopher 67 | | Bost, Matthew 68 | | Pullough, Jimmy 69 | | Pullough, Mandi 70 | |==============================| | View Last Page | | View Next Page | | Cancel Select swimmer | \==============================/ Swimmer Select Requestor This requestor will appear any time it is necessary to select a single swimmer by the swimmer's name. Both the swimmers name and number are displayed. There are cases where the swimmers number is used to identify the swimmer. The Swimmer List report can be used for a full listing of each swimmers' number. /= F1 HELP === 08/22 15:57:37 \ | | | SwimBase | | Meet Results Menu | | Active season | | --> TEST0123 <-- | | | |==============================| | Add Individual Event Results | | Change Individual Results | | Delete Individual Result | | Review Individual Results | |==============================| | Return To Main Menu | \==============================/ Meet Results Menu This menu is used to enter or modify the meet event results. All the meet event results are entered through this menu. The first step in using any selection within the menu will be to select a meet from the Meet Select Requestor. Page 29 1) Add Individual Event Results This selection is used to enter new data for the results of an event. The Event Entry Form will be used for the input of the event data. See the Event Entry Form for details. 2) Change Individual Results This selection is used to change the results of an event that has already been entered. 3) Delete Individual Result This will delete an event result. 4) Review Individual Results This selection will display the event results individually. /======== Enter New Data for Event == Press ESC to EXIT =======\ | | | Swimmer Number : ___ | | | | Event Number : 15 | | | | Time : _:__:__ Status : F Finishing Place : __ | | | | | | | \==============================================================/ Event Entry Form This form is used to enter the results for a single event within a single meet. 1) Swimmer Number This is the number of the swimmer. Use the 'Swimmer List' report from the Swimmer Roster Reports to get an alphabetical listing of the swimmer's with their numbers. The swimmer's name will be displayed after the number is entered for verification. Data entry into this field can consist of either the swimmer's number or up to the first 8 characters of the swimmer's last name. If enough characters are entered to select only a single swimmer then the swimmer's name will be selected. If more than one matches then a selector is presented with each possibility. If you enter nothing then a requestor with all swimmers will be presented. 2) Event Number This is the Event number as defined during event defination. See 'Modify Event Definations' in the Opening Menu for a listing of the events. This will default to the last event entered. If you do not wish to change it then just press enter. The event name will be displayed after the event number is entered for verification. Page 30 3) Time This is the time for the event in minutes, seconds and hundredths of seconds. 4) Status There are 6 different statuses allowed. 'F' is used for a successful finish with no qualifiers. 'S' is a successful finish for a Substitute swimmer. 'E' is a successful finish by a swimmer in the event for 'Exhibition'. 'T' is for a Tie. The point are awarded for a tie based on the point total of 2 places divided in half, as an example a 1st place tie would be the 1st (6) and 2nd (4) place points divided by 2 (=5). Only 2 way ties are allowed. 'N' is for a No show and 'D' is for a disqualification. 5) Finishing Place This is the swimmer's actual finishing place. Places 0 through 15 are tracked. A place of 0 is used for cases where there was no finish (a disqualification for example) or when the swimmer wasn't actually a competitor against the other swimmer (swimming exhibition). Places 1 through 6 can be used to calculate points. The number that actually calculate points is set during the Event Defination Setup. The remaining places are kept for informational purposes only. These true place numbers (0 - 15) will appear on certain reports. The point calculations would be the same if 0 was used for all cases that the swimmer finished out of the points. /= F1 HELP === 08/22 15:57:43 \ | | | SwimBase | | Reports Menu | | Active season | | --> TEST0123 <-- | | | |==============================| | Swim Team Roster | | Event and Swimmer Times | | Swimmer Places and Points | | Meet Summary Report | | Season Summary Report | |==============================| | Return To Season Main Menu | \==============================/ Reports Menu This menu accesses the reports section of the program. There are 3 sub-menus and 2 reports available from this menu. The 3 sub-menus are: 1) Swim Team Roster 2) Event and Swimmer Times 3) Swimmer Places and Points Page 31 And the 2 reports are: 1) Meet Summary Report 2) Season Summary Report See the sub-menus for a description of the general classification of each report class. The reports that are included within each section are described with the reports themselves. /=====================\ | | | Select Roster Type | | | |=====================| | Full Roster | | Name and Address | | Telephone List | | Swimmer List | | Mailing Labels | | Swim Meet Roster | | Fee Status Report | |=====================| | Exit Roster Reports | \=====================/ Roster Type Menu This menu contains all the reports that are based on the swimmer data entered in the Swimmer entry menu. These reports have nothing to do with the results of the meets. See the reports themselves for greater detail. /===== 08/22 15:57:51 ====\ | | | Select Time Report Type | | | |==========================| | Swim Ladder, by Event | | Swim Ladder, by Swimmer | | Meet Results, by Event | | Meet Results, by Swimmer | | Time In Water | |==========================| | Exit Time Reports | \==========================/ Time Report Menu This report menu is based on the time results of the various events. See the actual reports for greater detail on each report. Page 32 /= F1 HELP = 08/22 15:57:54 \ | | | Select Place Report Type | | | |============================| | Team Summary | | Swimmer Summary, 1 Swimmer | | Swimmer Summary, Full Team | | Swimmer Detail, 1 Swimmer | | Swimmer Detail, Full Team | |============================| | Exit Place Reports | \============================/ Place Report Menu This report menu is based on the place and points finish of the events. See the actual reports for greater detail. /============\ | Output DEV | |============| | Screen | | Printer | | Disk File | |============| | Cancel | |============| \============/ Output Device Requestor This requestor is used whenever a report is generated to determine it's destination. If Screen is selected then the report will be displayed on the screen and you can scroll or page through it or search for data. For a full description of what can be done here see the description of the Screen Viewer. The next selection is Printer and this will send the full report to the printer. The final selection is to send the report to a file. You will be prompted for a file name with an absolute or relative path name. If you select Cancel then no report will be generated. /====================================================\ | | | Enter Full or Relative Path and Filename | | | | Report Filename : ________________________________ | | | \====================================================/ File Name Requestor This requestor will appear in response to the selection of 'File' as the destination device for a report. You will need to enter either a file name or a file name with a relative or absolute path name. Some examples would be: MYREPORT.RPT SWIMDATA\REPORT.102 C:\TEMPDATA\SINKREPT Page 33 /============\ | Gender | |============| | Both | | Male | | Female | |============| | Cancel | |============| \============/ Gender Requestor This requestor will appear in response to the request for several different reports. The selection used will determine if the report will contain only male swimmers, female swimmers or all swimmers. If Cancel is selected or ESC is pressed then you will be returned to the report menu and no report will be generated. /==============\ | Select Group | |==============| | All Groups | | 8 & Under | | 9 - 10 | | 11 - 12 | | 13 - 14 | | 15 - 18 | |==============| | Cancel | |==============| \==============/ Group Select Requestor Page 34 This is an example of the Group selector with the Preference selector for 7 age groups set to N. This requestor will appear in response to the request for several different reports. The selection used will determine if the report will contain all groups or just one particular age group. If Cancel is selected or ESC is pressed then you will be returned to the report menu and no report will be generated. /============\ | Sort Order | |============| | Name | | Age | | Sex | |============| | Cancel | |============| \============/ Sort Requestor This requestor will appear in response to the request for most reports. The selection here will determine the order that the report is sorted. If name is selected then the report will be in Last name, First name order. Age will sort by age and sex will provide female and then male order. Like all requestors, this one can be canceled by selecting Cancel or pressing ESC. /=============\ | Meet Select | |=============| | All Meets | | Meet Type | | Single Meet | |=============| | Cancel | |=============| \=============/ Meet Select Requestor This requestor will appear during the generation of certain reports to select if the report should include all meets, a particular meet type or a single meet. If Meet Type or Single Meet is selected then another requestor will be used to obtain your selection of type meet or specific meet. Page 35 /===========\ | Meet Type | |===========| | A Meets | | B Meets | | T Meets | |===========| | Cancel | |===========| \===========/ Meet Type Requestor This requestor will appear during the generation of certain reports to select the type of meet to be included in the report. The type letter is the meet type selected when the meet was defined. /= F1 HELP ========= 03/06 15:00:53 \ | Swimmer Select Criteria | |====================================| | All Swimmers on Team Included | | Only Swimmers with Event Results | |====================================| | Cancel | |====================================| \====================================/ Swimmer Select Criteria Requestor Some reports can consist of all swimmers or only swimmers that have results in the meet or meets selected. Use this selector to choose between all swimmers or swimmers with event results. Event Names and Numbers All event names and numbers are user changable with the 'Modify Event Definations' selection in the Opening Menu. Use the 'Modify Event Definations' selection to view or print a list of your event definations. Age Group Names and Numbers This is a list of the assignable age groups and their definations. No. Age Group 0 6 & Under* 1 8 & Under 2 9 - 10 3 11 - 12 4 13 - 14 5 15 - 18 6 15 - 16* 7 17 - 18* 8 SENIOR* * = Only available if 'Use 7 Age Groups' in the preference setup is set to Y. Page 36 Event Group Names and Numbers This is a list of the assignable event groups and their definations. No. Event Group 0 Freestyle 1 Backstroke 2 Breaststroke 3 Butterfly 4 Individual Medley 5 Free Relay 6 Medley Relay 9 Do Not Care Page 37 Reports The following pages contain examples of some of the reports available. To save space these are all partial reports. The actual report length will vary depending on the number of swimmers, meets and events entered. Each time a report is requested you will be prompted for the output device to send the report to. Some notes for each device: Screen When a report is to be displayed on the screen a file viewer is actually called by the program to display the report. Once the report appears on the screen you can move through the report by using the cursor control keys or jumping to a line or by searching for data. The top line always contains a list of the keys that can be used to move around and status of what line is displayed at the top of the screen and the total lines in the file. If the beginning of the line is '1 of 239' then this means that line 1 is at the top of the screen and the file is 239 lines long. If the second field is ???? then the file is over 400 lines long and the entire file has not been read yet. The arrow keys, Page Down and Page Up , Home and End work as their names imply. To search for data press 'S' and then enter the data to be searched for. To repeat the last search press 'R'. To print the current page press 'P'. When 'P' is pressed then you enter a concurrent printing mode that will print each new page or line displayed until 'P' is pressed again. To print a single page you would press 'P' twice. Press ESC at any time to exit. Printer The report will be sent to the printer port or device as selected in the default setup. The port can be changed thru the 'Set or Change Defaults' selection in the opening menu. See that selection for further details on the printer port and setup parameters. The report will be formatted for a 80 column, 66 line page. This is a 8 1/2 by 11 inch page with a standard size font. A formfeed will be sent to the printer after each page. There are 2 selections in the Default Setup that can effect the printing. The first is the printer setup string and the second is the selection of the extended character set. See the Default Setup selections for more information about these 2 fields. Disk File You will be prompted for a file name for the report. See the Output Device Requestor for file naming conventions. No facilities are provided within SwimBase to view or modify a report once it is sent to a file. You can use FVIEW.EXE to view the report after exiting SwimBase or by 'shelling' to DOS by entering ALT/A from any menu. Page 38 Scoring The following rules are used to calculate the point totals on the reports. A) The point totals for each place are defined when the events were setup with the 'Event Defination Setup'. B) The number of finishers that earn points in an event are defined with the 'Event Defination Setup'. C) The points can be defined as 'Individual', 'Team' or 'Both' which determines how the points are accumulated for reports. Team points will not appear on individual reports. D) Ties are scored by splitting the point total for the 2 tied places between the swimmers. This is reflected in both the swimmer and team reports. Since the tie can be with a swimmer from the competing team fractional points are possible. 3 way ties are not supported. E) The Meet Summary and Season Summary report scoring is limited to a maximum of points for a given event as setup with 'Event Definations'. If more than the maximum points are scored, such as a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finish, then any points above the maximum are discarded. The full points are reflected in the individual swimmer reports. /==============================================================================\ | Meet Summary Report 03/16/91 09:18:44 | | 1990 OLNEY MILL DIVISION F Page 1 | |==============================================================================| |Loc. : HILLANDALE Opp. : HILLANDALE Date : 06/16/90 Type : A | |Report Includes : All Swimmers All Groups | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Swimmers Competing : 63 | |Times in Water : 152 | |Times 1st : 21 | |Times 2nd : 28 | |Times 3rd : 36 | |Times 4th : 24 | |Times DNP : 43 | |Total Points : 285 | |Points per Event : 1.875 | |Time per Event : 0:57:64 | |Points per Swimmer : 4.524 | |Events per Swimmer : 2.413 | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| \==============================================================================/ Meet Summary Report This report will summarize the results of a single Meet. The report can be generated for all swimmers and all groups or by selected gender and/or group. Field definations: Page 39 Swimmers Competing The number of swimmers included in the report that were entered in one or more events. Times in Water This is the total number of times a swimmer entered water in an event. The relay events will count as 4, individual events as 1. Times 1st Number of first place finishes by this team. Both an individual and relay event will count as 1. Times 2nd, 3rd, 4th Number of times a swimmers finished in these places. Times DNP Times a swimmer finished in 5th or latter place or was disqualified or no-showed. Total Points Points earned by all team swimmers in this meet. Points per Event Total points divided by Events Entered. Time per Event Average Time in Water for each event entered. Points per Swimmer Total points divided by Swimmers Competing. Events per Swimmer Events entered divided by Swimmers Competing. Page 40 /==============================================================================\ | Season Summary Report 03/16/91 09:18:50 | | 1990 OLNEY MILL DIVISION F Page 1 | |==============================================================================| |Report Includes : All Swimmers All Groups All Meets | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Meets Summarized : 3 | |Swimmers Competing : 94 | |Times in Water : 380 | |Times 1st : 62 | |Times 2nd : 57 | |Times 3rd : 67 | |Times 4th : 50 | |Times DNP : 144 | |Total Points : 665 | |Points per Event : 1.750 | |Time per Event : 0:50:63 | |Points per Swimmer : 7.074 | |Events per Swimmer : 4.043 | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| \==============================================================================/ Season Summary Report This report will summarize the results of a season. The individual field definations are the same as those used for the Meet Summary Report with one addition. The Meets Summarized field is the number of meets that this report includes data from, not the total number of meets in the season. As with the Meet Summary report you will be allowed to specify which age group and gender to include in the report. You can also select all meet types or just A, B or T meets. /==============================================================================\ | Full Roster 08/26/90 08:43:19 | | 1990 OLNEY MILL DIVISION F Page 1 | |==============================================================================| |First Name MI Last Name Age Group Sex DOB | | Father's Name Mother's Name | | H Phone W Phone E Phone | |Address | |City St. Zip Fee | |==============================================================================| |Betsy Anderson 7 8 & U F 11/23/82 | |Dan Mary | |(301) 750-3411 (000) 000-0000 (000) 000-0000 | |12313 Benesfield Rd. | |Olney MD 20832 0.00 | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Dan Anderson 11 11 - 12 M 08/09/78 | |Dan Mary | |(301) 750-3411 (000) 000-0000 (000) 000-0000 | |12313 Benesfield Rd. | |Olney MD 20832 0.00 | Full Roster Report This report will show all the data entered about each swimmer. The first report block will contain the various field definations and each following block will be the information for one swimmer. Page 41 /==============================================================================\ | Swim Meet Roster 08/26/90 08:44:51 | | 1990 OLNEY MILL DIVISION F Page 1 | |==============================================================================| | Swimmer Name \ Address \ City \ST\S\Ag\ DOB \ | |==============================================================================| |Anderson, Betsy \12313 Blenefield \Olney \MD\F\ 7\11/23/82\ | |Anderson, Dan \12313 Blenefield \Olney \MD\M\11\08/09/78\ | |Dane, Laura \6312 Rundown Rd. \Olney \MD\F\13\06/11/77\ | |Dane, Lindsay \6312 Rundown Rd. \Olney \MD\F\ 9\02/23/81\ | Swim Meet Roster This report shows a single line of information for each swimmer. Requestors will allow selection of all swimmers, swimmers on a particular team (A, B or T), one or both genders or only a single age group. By combining the available options almost any group of the team can be printed as a single list. /==============================================================================\ | Swimmer List 08/26/90 08:44:27 | | 1990 OLNEY MILL DIVISION F Page 1 | |==============================================================================| |Swimmer No. Swimmer Name Age Group Sex DOB | |==============================================================================| | 1 Anderson, Betsy 7 8 & U F 11/23/82 | | 2 Anderson, Dan 11 11 - 12 M 08/09/78 | | 3 Dane, Laura 13 13 - 14 F 06/11/77 | | 4 Dane, Lindsay 9 9 - 10 F 02/23/81 | | 99 Giswell, Catherine (P7) 7 8 & U F 08/29/82 | Swimmer List This report shows each swimmer's number, age, group sex and DOB. This list is used to identify each swimmer's number for event data entry. This list is obtained by answering NO to the Show Names Only requestor. /==============================================================================\ | Swimmer List 03/17/91 13:23:08 | | 1990 OLNEY MILL DIVISION F Page 1 | |==============================================================================| | No. Swimmer Name No. Swimmer Name No. Swimmer Name | |==============================================================================| | 1 Anderson, Betsy 2 Anderson, Dan 3 Balt, Laura | | 4 Balt, Lindsay 99 Bosnett, Catherine (P 5 Bosnett, Maura | | 6 Bolt, Chistopher 7 Bolt, Matthew 8 Bullroll, James | | 9 Bullroll, Mary 10 Bullroll, Timmy 11 Bunit, Matthew | Swimmer List (Names Only) This report shows each swimmer's number. This list is used to identify each swimmer's number for event data entry. This list is obtained by answering YES to the Show Names Only requestor. Page 42 /=================== Review Label ====================\ | | | To the parents of: | | Betsy Anderson | | 12313 Blenefield Rd. | | Olney, MD. 20832 | | | | | | Print Label ? <Y>es, <N>o, <D>on't ask. | \=====================================================/ Mailing Label Review Window This window will appear when the Mailing Labels report is selected. Each label will be displayed and you can choose to print it by pressing 'Y', to skip it by pressing 'N' or to print them all by pressing 'D'. Each label will consist of "To the parents of:" on the first line and then the swimmer's name, address, city, state and zip. The printout is set for 1 up, 3 1/2 by 15/16 inch address labels. Avery Label stock number 4145 or equivalent. /==============================================================================\ | Telephone List 08/26/90 08:44:18 | | 1990 OLNEY MILL DIVISION F Page 1 | |==============================================================================| |Swimmer Name Parent's Names Age Home Phone | |==============================================================================| |Anderson, Betsy Dan Mary 7 (301) 570-4311 | |Anderson, Dan Dan Mary 11 (301) 570-4311 | |Dane, Laura Timothy Diane 13 (301) 774-4935 | |Dane, Lindsay Timothy Diane 9 (301) 774-4935 | Telephone List This report will list each swimmer and the swimmer's parents' first names along with their home telephone numbers. /==============================================================================\ | Name and Address List 08/26/90 08:44:00 | | 1990 OLNEY MILL DIVISION F Page 1 | |==============================================================================| |First Name MI Last Name Age Group Sex DOB | |Address | |City St. Zip Fee | |==============================================================================| |Betsy Anderson 7 8 & U F 11/23/82 | |12313 Blenefield Rd. | |Olney MD 20832 0.00 | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Dan Anderson 11 11 - 12 M 08/09/78 | |18813 Blenefield Rd. | |Olney MD 20832 0.00 | Name and Address List This report shows the name, address, sex, DOB and fee paid by each swimmer. Page 43 /==============================================================================\ | Fee Status Report 08/26/90 08:45:02 | | 1990 OLNEY MILL DIVISION F Page 1 | |==============================================================================| |Swimmer Name Fee Paid | |==============================================================================| |Anderson, Betsy 10.00 | |Anderson, Dan 5.00 | |Dane, Laura 10.00 | Fee Status Report This report will show the total fee paid by each swimmer and the total fee collected by the team. /==============================================================================\ | Individual Swimmer, Full Report 08/26/90 08:50:01 | | Brown, Jimmy Age Group 11 - 12 | | 1990 OLNEY MILL DIVISION F Page 1 | |==============================================================================| | Event Name Status Time Place Points | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Meet -> 06/16/90 HILLANDALE HILLANDALE Type = A | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |23 - Boys 11 - 12 50M Backstroke F 0:50:77 3 2 | |31 - Boys 11 - 12 50M Breaststroke F 0:49:22 2 3 | Individual Swimmer, Full Report This report will show a detailed list of all the events that a swimmer entered with their finishing place and points and a total summary line. /==============================================================================\ | Individual Swimmer, Summary Report 08/26/90 08:47:21 | | Brown, Jimmy Age Group 11 - 12 | | 1990 OLNEY MILL DIVISION F Page 1 | |==============================================================================| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Total A Meet points = 8, B Meet points = 13, T Meet points = 0 | | Times 1st = 1, 2nd = 4, 3rd = 2, 4th = 0, DNP = 0 | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Individual Swimmer, Summary Report This report will show a summary of the number of events entered and the total points accumulated. Page 44 /==============================================================================\ | Swim Team Finish and Point Summary 08/26/90 08:46:03 | | Summary for All Meets | | 1990 OLNEY MILL DIVISION F Page 1 | |==============================================================================| | Swimmer Name Age 1st 2nd 3rd 4th DNP Pts | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Bolt, Chistopher 11 0 0 2 1 3 5 | |Bolt, Matthew 10 0 0 0 1 1 1 | |Brown, Jimmy 11 1 4 2 0 0 21 | Swim Team Finish and Point Summary This report will show the times placing and points for the team. It can be generated for the full season or a type of meets or for a single meet. /==============================================================================\ | Time In Water 08/26/90 08:45:52 | | 1990 OLNEY MILL DIVISION F Page 1 | |==============================================================================| | Meet Date -> 06/16/90 07/14/90 Average | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |EVENT #1 | |Swimmer 1 1:38:38 1:35:60 NS NS NS 1:36:99 | |Swimmer 2 1:45:67 1:43:70 NS NS NS 1:44:68 | |Swimmer 3 1:47:49 1:46:62 NS NS NS 1:47:05 | |Average 1:43:84 1:41:97 NS NS NS 1:42:90 | Time in Water This report shows the time in water for the first 3 finishers for each event for the first 5 A type meets and the total averages. NS in any field means that the event in question was Not Swum or not swum yet. /==============================================================================\ | Single Meet Results, by Swimmer 08/26/90 08:45:39 | | 06/16/90 HILLANDALE HILLANDALE Type = A | | 1990 OLNEY MILL DIVISION F Page 1 | |==============================================================================| |Swimmer (Time, Place) \ Free \ Back \ Breast \ Fly \ IM \| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Bolt, Chistopher \0:40:15 5\ NE \ NE \0:21:56 3\ NE \| |Bolt, Matthew \ NE \0:23:62 4\ NE \ NE \ NE \| Single Meet Results, by Swimmer This report shows the time and finish place for each swimmer in a meet in the 5 event groups listed. If the swimmer has competed in more than one event of a particular group, (EX: 2 freestyle events), then only the highest numbered event will appear in this report. The report is laid out by swimmer. NE stands for Not Entered. Page 45 /==============================================================================\ | Single Meet Result, by Event 08/26/90 08:45:30 | | 06/16/90 HILLANDALE HILLANDALE Type = A | | 1990 OLNEY MILL DIVISION F Page 1 | |==============================================================================| | Swimmer Name Time Place Points | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Event # 1 - Boys 12 & U 100M Ind. Medley | | Lester, Michael 1:38:38 2 3 | | Brown, Matthew 1:45:67 E 0 | | Leshards, Raymond 1:47:49 3 2 | | Pulman, Kevin 1:51:99 4 1 | Single Meet Result, by Event This report shows the results of a single meet laid out by event order. /==============================================================================\ | Swim Team Ladder 08/26/90 08:45:13 | | 1990 OLNEY MILL DIVISION F Page 1 | |==============================================================================| | Swimmer Name Time Meet Place | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |EVENT # 1 - Boys 12 & U 100M Ind. Medley | | 1. Lester, Michael 1:35:60 07/14/90 1 | | 2. Rampbelt, Chris 1:39:35 06/20/90 S | | 3. Pulman, Brian 1:40:34 06/20/90 0 | | 4. Bolt, Chistopher 1:43:70 07/14/90 5 | | 5. Newlmeyer, John 1:44:81 06/20/90 1 | | 6. Browm, Matthew 1:45:67 06/16/90 E | | 7. Richards, Jimmy 1:47:02 06/20/90 3 | | 8. Richmond, Raymond 1:47:49 06/16/90 3 | | 9. Pulman, Kevin 1:51:99 06/16/90 4 | |10. Franlin, Neal 1:58:14 06/20/90 6 | |11. James, Gregory 1:58:72 06/20/90 0 | |EVENT # 2 - Girls 12 & U 100M Ind. Medley | | 1. Hammonds, Kari 1:39:84 07/14/90 3 | | 2. Stratizartsi, Jackie 1:45:72 07/14/90 5 | | 3. Flesheman, Katie 1:46:80 07/14/90 6 | | 4. Columbi, Michelle 1:49:88 06/16/90 6 | Swim Ladder, by Event This report shows the best finishing time of each swimmer in an event sorted by event and finishing time. This report includes the results of all meets in a season with the top 32 finishers. Page 46 /==============================================================================\ | Swimmer Event Ladder, Individual 06/17/91 18:29:29 | | 1990 ROLLING HILLS DIVISION F Page 1 | |==============================================================================| | Swimmer Name | | Event Meet Time Place | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Anderson, Betsy | | 2 - Girls 12 & U 100M Ind. Medley 06/16/90 1:11:11 T1 | | 2 - Girls 12 & U 100M Ind. Medley 06/16/90 2:12:12 3 | | 8 - Girls 9 - 10 50M Med. Relay 06/16/90 0:13:10 2 | | 8 - Girls 9 - 10 50M FreeStyle 06/16/90 1:11:11 4 | | 34 - Girls 13 - 14 50M Breaststroke 06/16/90 1:23:11 1 | Swim Ladder, by Swimmer This report shows the 2 top finishes for either an individual swimmer of for the entire team. The report is sorted by swimmer with all meets checked and the best 2 finishes for each event the swimmer entered listed. Custom Requirements and Enhancements Words to Go would like to hear of any requirements that your team or league has that are not supported by SwimBase. Depending on the nature of the changes they may be added into the next release. Requests for custom programming to taylor SwimBase to your particular needs will also be evaluated. Error Handling The three most likely sources of errors when using SwimBase are insufficient free disk space, insufficient free ram space and disk hardware errors. Depending on when and where the error occurs will determine how the error will be handled by the program. In some cases a warning will appear that will allow you to correct the error before continuing. Others will forbid the offending action from occurring and other will force the program to exit. Some examples with suggested corrective action follows. /== Insufficient Free Disk Space ==\ | | | Disk Space Available LESS | | than space required (143,000) | | | | | | Press Return | \==================================/ Disk Free Space Warning This warning occurs if an attempt is made to create a new season or meet on a disk with less than the required space. The space required varies with the number of meets planned. The corrective action is to erase some files off the disk or use a new disk. The 'ABOUT SWIMBASE' selection can be used to gain more information about the disk free space. Page 47 Program Directory : C:\BC\SRC\SWIM\ Data Directory : C:\SWIMDATA Data Disk Memory Free : 3,133,440 bytes Ram Memory Free : 249,680 bytes Stack Memory Free : 11,898 bytes Ram Heap Check : HEAP OK ABOUT SWIMBASE Statistics This is a partial screen from the About SwimBase screen. The last 4 items are of interest when trying to correct error conditions. The disk free required to create a season or view a large report on the screen is around 150,000 bytes. Ram memory should remain above 100,000 bytes to view reports. Stack free should stay above 10,000 bytes and the Heap check should always be HEAP OK. The disk space can be corrected by erasing files off the disk. If the last 3 fail to meet requirements then there is most likely a conflict with a memory resident program that was loaded before SwimBase was started. /============= Database Audit found Errors ============\ | | | Record #3 contains 8 errors | | ACTIVE,LNAME,FNAME,MINIT,AGE,SEX,PSRECNO,PSSRECNO, | | Continue running Audit or EDIT Y/N/E [N] | | | | | \======================================================/ DataBase Audit Errors This requestor will appear if the database audit finds a problem with the database. It is bad news, the worst, oh horror of horrors, but seriously folks here's what we do. This could have been caused by a disk drive error or a bad spot on your disk or a wild write caused by a power surge. You have three possible ways to proceed. Select N and the audit will stop here. Select Y and the audit will continue to the next error or until complete. Select E and you can edit and update the offending record. The best course of action would be to restore a previously archived season data file. If one error is found it is possible that others are there and the accuracy of the data could be compromised. /============= DISK ACCESS FAILURE ============\ | | | Error: drive not ready on Drive A: | | Insert Proper Disk | | Select: <A>bort, <R>etry or <I>gnore [R] | | | | | \==============================================/ Disk Access Failure Page 48 This requestor will appear if there is a problem with the disk drives or disks themselves. The first line will indicate what the error was and which drive was involved. The error shown is caused by changing the data path to the A: drive when no disk is in the drive. The proper course of action is to either correct the error and select R or select I and then pick another drive or path. Selection A will almost certainly cause the program to crash. Can't view Reports The most likely cause of this failure is insufficient free space on the data disk. Be sure that the data directory has at least 100,000 bytes of free disk space. This can be checked in the About SwimBase screen. Warranty Trial Use (Shareware Evaluation Version) Warranty The Shareware evaluation (trial use) version is provided AS IS. Donald L. Wahl MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Registered Version Only Warranty Donald L. Wahl warrants the physical diskette(s) and physical documentation provided with registered versions to be free of defects in materials and workmanship for a period of ninety days from the date of registration. If Donald L. Wahl receives notification within the warranty period of defects in materials or workmanship, and such notification is determined by Donald L. Wahl to be correct, Donald L. Wahl will replace the defective diskette(s) or documentation. The entire and exclusive liability and remedy for breach of this Limited Warranty shall be limited to replacement of defective diskette(s) or documentation and shall not include or extend to any claim for or right to recover any other damages, including but not limited to, loss of profit, data, or use of the software, or special, incidental, or consequential damages or other similar claims, even if Donald L. Wahl has been specifically advised of the possibility of such damages. In no event will Donald L. Wahl's liability for any damages to you or any other person ever exceed the lower of suggested list price or actual price paid for the license to use the software, regardless of any form of the claim. Donald L. Wahl SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Page 49 Support Support will be provided for a period of 90 days from the date of purchase. This support can be obtained by phone (301-855-6427, 45 minute connect time limit), by US Mail (see address below) or by EMail (Compuserve, 76515,1510 or Byte Information Exchange, dwahl). Copyright This software is protected by United States copyright law. This software can only be used on ONE computer at any given time. It can be moved from one computer to another so long as it cannot be used on more than one computer at any given time. Backup copies can be made for archival purposes. Refer to the included document file 'LICENSE.DOC' for further information. ASP Ombudsman This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536. Defination of Shareware This program is distributed as Shareware. Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you are expected to register. Individual programs differ on details -- some request registration while others require it, some specify a maximum trial period. With registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue using the software to an updated program with printed manual. Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group. For example, some authors require written permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their Shareware. Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy. And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the product, you don't pay for it. Page 50 Disclaimer - Agreement Users of SwimBase must accept this disclaimer of warranty: "SwimBase is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use of SwimBase." SwimBase is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part of another system. The essence of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you find this program useful and find that you are using SwimBase and continue to use SwimBase after a reasonable trial period, you must make a registration payment of $49.00 to Donald L. Wahl. The $49.00 registration fee will license one copy for use on any one computer at any one time. You must treat this software just like a book. An example is that this software may be used by any number of people and may be freely moved from one computer location to another, so long as there is no possibility of it being used at one location while it's being used at another. Just as a book cannot be read by two different persons at the same time. Commercial users of SwimBase must register and pay for their copies of SwimBase within 60 days of first use or their license is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting Donald L. Wahl. Anyone distributing SwimBase for any kind of remuneration must first contact Donald L. Wahl at the address below for authorization. This authorization will be automatically granted to distributors recognized by the (ASP) as adhering to its guidelines for shareware distributors, and such distributors may begin offering SwimBase immediately (However Donald L. Wahl must still be advised so that the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest version of SwimBase.). You are encouraged to pass a copy of SwimBase along to your friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy if they find that they can use it. All registered users will receive a copy of the latest version of the SwimBase system. Copyright (C) 1990, 1991 Donald L. Wahl Words to Go 2710 Apple Way Dunkirk, MD 20754-9705 301-855-6427 CIS: 76515,1510 BIX: dwahl Page 51 Pricing Single use license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49.00 Software can be used on only 1 computer at any time. Includes latest disks and printed manual. League license (per team in league [Min. 30]). . . . . .$30.00 ea Equivalent to Single use license in usage rights for each team. Includes 1 copy of disks and manual per team licensed. Page 52 Index About Swim Data Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 ABOUT SWIMBASE Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Add Data for New Meet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Add Data for New Swimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Add Individual Event Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Add of Modify Swimmer Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Add or Modify Event Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Add or Modify Meet Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Age group Names and Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Archive Season Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 ASP Ombudsman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Audit DataBase Structures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 AutoDetect Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Birth Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Change Data Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Change Data for Swimmer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Change Existing Meet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Change Individual Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Change Season Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Color Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Copyright. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Custom Requirements and Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Data Base Maintenance Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 DataBase Audit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 DataBase Audit Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Default Data Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Defination of Shareware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Define New Season. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Delete Data for Swimmer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Delete Existing Meet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Delete Individual Result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Delete Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Delete Season (Meet) Requestors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Disclaimer - Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Disk Access Failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Disk File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Disk Free Space Warning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Display Data for Swimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Drive or PATH Selection Requestor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 End Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Error Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Event and Swimmer Times. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Event Defination Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Event Entry Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Event Group Names and Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Event Input Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Event Names and Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Event Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Events Entered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Events per Swimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Exit Swim Data Base. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Extra disks or Manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Father's Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Fee Paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Fee Status Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 File Name Requestor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Page 53 Finishing Place30 First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Floppy disk system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Foreground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Full Roster Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Gender Requestor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 General Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Group Select Requestor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Hard Disk System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Import Season DataBase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Individual Swimmer, Full Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Individual Swimmer, Summary Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Last . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 League license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Mailing Label Review Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Main Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Manual organization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Meet date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Meet Entry Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Meet Results Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Meet Select Requestor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 34 Meet Setup Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Meet type (A, B, or T) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Meet Type Requestor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Menus and Screens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Meter Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 MI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Mother's Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Name and Address List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Number of Meets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Opening Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Opening Setevent Requestor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Other Info, Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Output Device Requestor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Overwrite Database Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 PATH = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Place Report Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Points per Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Points per Swimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Pool Measured in Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Pricing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Print Extended Graphics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Printer Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Program Limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Program Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Quick Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Registered Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Remove Existing Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Reports Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Review Individual Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Roster Type Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Scoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Season Entry Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Season Name Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Season Select Requestor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Page 54 Season Summary Report40 Select Active Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Set or Change Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Setevent Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Setevent Event Requestor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Setevent Limit Requestors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 SETEVENT Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Setevent Requestors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Setevent Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Setup Technicial Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Sex (M/F) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Shareware Evaluation Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Single floppy system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Single Meet Result, by Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Single Meet Results, by Swimmer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Single Team license. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Single use license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 SKIP DB Audit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Sort Requestor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Start Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Startup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Swim Ladder, by Swimmer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Swim Meet Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Swim Team Finish and Point Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Swim Team Ladder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Swim Team Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Swimmer Entry Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Swimmer List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Swimmer List (Names Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Swimmer Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 29 Swimmer Places and Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Swimmer Select Criteria Requestor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Swimmer Select Requestor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Swimmer Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Swimmers Competing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Team Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Telephone List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Telephone Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Time in Water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Time per Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Time Report Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Times 1st. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Times 2nd, 3rd, 4th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Times DNP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Total Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Use 7 Age Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 View Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 View Existing Meet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 View Meet Data Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 View or Print Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 View Season Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Yard Factor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Zip Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27