Overview
It's A Hit! Desktop is a Viewer, Printer and File Management application
that is used in conjunction with the It's A Hit! Palm Application and It's
A Hit! Conduit to extend It's A Hit!'s capabilities to your Desktop Computer.
With the Desktop application you can view the games that you have scored
on your Palm device quickly and easily in a format that is the same as
a typical baseball scorebook. You can then print any of these scoresheets
that you view to have a written record of your game. The Desktop
application also works in conjuction with the Conduit to give you the capability
to easily and flexibly move games around between your Desktop computer,
your Palm device. It's A Hit! Desktop also makes it easy for you
to create archives of any group of games which are suitable for exchange
with other It's A Hit! users or for backup purposes.
Chapter 9 of The Tutorial covers
the basics of working with It's A Hit! Desktop.
The Game Menu
The Game Menu changes depending on whether you have a game open in the Desktop application. When you have a game open the menu items are a superset so this menu state is shown below and each menu item is described:
1. | View Current Game
The View Current Game item enables you to view the Home or Visiting Team's Scoresheet for any game that exists in the Current File (the file Current.gms). The toolbar shortcut to execute the same command is the open folder icon at the far left of the toolbar:
Either double click on an item in the list or click on an item and then
click on "Open". A window will open for the specified scoresheet.
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2. | View Archived Game
The View Archived Game item enables you to view the Home or Visiting Team's Scoresheet for any game that exists in the Archive File (the file Archive.gms). The toolbar shortcut to execute the same command is the open folder icon that is 2nd from the left on the toolbar:
Either double click on an item in the list or click on an item
and then click on "Open". A window will open for the specified scoresheet.
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3. | Move Games
The Move Games item enables you to move games between the Current and Archive files. The toolbar shortcut to execute the same command if the open folder icon with two arrow on it.
When you select this the Move Games dialog appears. Simply click
on a game on either side of the dialog and click on the appropriate arrow
to move the game over. Note the that Hot Sync logic copies any games
in the Current File that are not on your Palm device onto the device.
Likewise any games not in the Current File that are in the device are copied
to the Current File. This two way logic enables you to load games
onto your Palm device. You can also load games from other users by
them giving you an Archive File. You can then temporarily use this
as your Archive File, move the game into the Current File and Hot Sync
it down to your device.
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4. | Delete Current Game
Select this menu item, select a particular game and click OK to delete a game from the Current File. |
5. | Delete Archived Game
Select this menu item, select a particular game and click OK to delete a game from the Archive File. |
6. | Print
Choose this menu item to print out the current scoresheet. The print functionality can be executed via the printer icon on the toolbar as well.
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7. | Print Preview
You can inspect what your printout is going to look like using this menu item. |
8. | Print Setup
This is a standard Window print setup function. Note that both portrait and landscape modes are supported by It's A Hit! Desktop. |
9. | Exit
The Exit item quits the It's A Hit! Desktop application. |
The View Menu
The View Menu changes depending on whether you have a game open in the Desktop application. When you have a game open the menu items are a superset so this menu state is shown below and each menu item is described:
1. | Toolbar
The Toolbar menu item causes the toolbar to be present or not. The check mark indicates that it is currently present. |
2. | Status Bar
The Status Bar menu item causes the status bar to be present or not. The status bar is located at the bottom of the main window. The check mark indicates that it is currently present. |
3. | Zoom In
The Zoom In menu item increases the zoom level of the current window. The magnifying glass icon with the '+' sign executes the same command. |
4. | Zoom Out
The Zoom In menu item decreases the zoom level of the current window. The magnifying glass icon with the '-' sign executes the same command. |
The Settings Menu
1. | Set Current User
The Set Current User menu item is used to select the corresponding Hot Sync user directory to locate the Current and Archive files. Typically you'll have only one user on a given Desktop Computer. However, there may be situations you may choose to sync more the one Palm Device on the same machine which will lead to more than one user. Selecting this menu item brings up a list of currently installed Hot Sync users to choose from. If there is only one user, then selecting this item will put up a dialog telling you who the current user is. |
2. | Subs First To Last
Selecting this menu item toggles the scoresheet's display mode from earliest-to-latest to latest-to-earliest. More information. |
The Window Menu
The Window Menu is only available when you have a game opened.
1. | New Window
A standard Windows application function, the New Window menu item opens up a duplicate scoresheet of the currently active scoresheet. |
2. | Cascade
A standard Windows application function, the Cascade menu item arranges the currently open scoresheets into a overlapping series from upper left to lower right. |
3. | Tile
A standard Windows application function, the Tile menu item arranges the currently open scoresheets so that none overlap each other. |
4. | Arrange Icons
A standard Windows application function, the Arrange Icons menu items arranges the minimized scoresheets at the lower portion of the the Desktop application's main window. |
5. | Subsequent Items
Any subsequent menu items that exist on this menu represent the currently open scoresheets. Selecting any of them bring the selected scoresheet to the front and makes it the current scoresheet. |
Help Menu
1. | About It's A Hit! Desktop
The About It's A Hit! Desktop Menu Item is also available as the Question Mark icon on the toolbar.
When you select this menu item the following dialog appears:
The information in this dialog includes the application version number,
your registration number and your current registration status. To
register your version before is expires please follow the instructions
in the Registration Section of this manual.
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Version Has Expired Dialog
If you receive this dialog when you try to launch the application, your trial period has expired. Follow the instructions in the Registration Section of this manual to register your version.
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