!! ATTENTION !!
I strongly recommend you to _delete_ a installed version of Bundesliga on
your Palm before you install this version if you upgrade from a version
prior to 2.0. The database files aren't compatible and won't be read from
this version.


What's it
=========
Bundesliga is an application that holds the programme of the german soccer
league "Bundesliga" for the 2000/2001 season. You can browse and edit the
programme, enter results and view the table according to the results.

This programm began as my first Pilot application in an attempt to learn how
to program the Pilot. It uses a couple of UI elements and some techniques
found in other source code examples. The first version basically was hacked
together on one weekend in August 1997.

I've provided the source code of the program, maybe it is of some help for
other Pilot newbies. There is limited localization support: to get an
English version of the program, uncomment LANGUAGE=ENGLISH in the Makefile.
But I'm rather unsure, if I got the translation right :-). Also available
are a Spanish version by uncommenting LANGUAGE=ESPANIOL, a Portugese and a
French version (see NEWS.txt for credits :). Other translations
are welcome. Just look at the file "bl.rcp". And, as the "About" states:
it's powered by Linux -- I have no idea, if my setup works with Windows :-)

Other Leagues
=============
There are database files for the most popular european soccer series 
(the ones I found relatively quickly or got emailed by others :-).
Bundesliga and all database files can be installed just like any other
application; if no database is installed when Bundesliga runs the first
time, it will create a database with the fixture of the german Bundesliga
season 2000/2001, that is compiled into the program. 

I'll try to keep up with the results and offer database files for most
of the leagues on my website http://www.pundt.de/pilot/dbfiles/
(no promise though that they will be up to date every weekend :-)

There are some ways to create your own database file:

First one: customizing the program; you'll have to modify the "team" and
"programme" arrays in "bl.c" according to the comments in the source files,
compile the program, remove an installed "Bundesliga" program with the
memory application from your pilot, install and run the freshly compiled
program.  This will create a new database with your fixings, that can be
extracted and distributed.

Second choice: use the Perl script from the "ligen/" directory; the tool 
"convertFixtures" has some comments at its top, that explain how to
create a text file with a programme, that can be converted to a PDB file
understood by Bundesliga. See the provided sample files in the same
directory. 

Third choice: modify the teams and fixture using the builtin
editor. You'll find the editor under "Edit|Fixture".

A database file uses 2778 bytes and has 5 records (optionally 6 with
penalties entered; then it consumes 2866 bytes).

Files
=====
bl-en.prc                       is the English version of the program,
bl-de.prc                       the German version,
bl-es.prc			the Spanish version,
bl-po.prc			the Portuguese version,
bl-fr.prc			the French version.

dbfiles/                        contains database files for various European
                                Soccer Leagues.

ligen/                          contains the fixture tables in text form
                                along with a Perl script to create the PDB
                                files and variable definitions.

What's new
==========
Version 2.2:
o Minor update: French translation by Emmanuel Pain <pain.emmanuel@wanadoo.fr>
o Fixture by team; it can be reached from the statistics form.
o convertFixture script updated to reflect the handicap options.
o Updated database files.

Version 2.1:
o Bug fix: handicaps weren't cleared when league was changed.
o Portuguese translation; thanks to Luiz Alberto Salvador de 
  Santana <salvador@ufba.br>.

Version 2.0:
o Database format has changed; can't read version 1.1 db files and 
  vice versa. I choose to do that, because Bundesliga wasn't able
  to handle the Netherland's league.
o Bug in statistics where OS 3.5 didn't show results fixed.
o Handicaps. You'll find them under "Edit|Teams". Handicaps allow you
  to handle leagues that do a playoff at the end of their regular season
  as well as enter sanctions or deductions.
o The order of the leagues can now be defined.
o Navigation abilities in "Edit|Fixture".
o Increased builtin limits to max 52 match days.

Enhancements and translations are welcome :-)

Have fun with it,
Thomas

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Thomas Pundt <thomas@pundt.de>   |   http://www.pundt.de/pilot/
Schlossstrasse 42, D-40477 Duesseldorf