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Welcome to BowlStat
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Here are a few short notes to assist you in using BowlStat.
YEARLY STATISTICS/CLUB SCORES
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If Yearly Statictics and/or "CLUB" scores are to be maintained, set
the "Save Stats/CLUB to disk" option in the Defaults EDITOR (General
Defaults) to "Y".
VIDEO
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To run BowlStat on a monochrone system, add the "/M" switch - ie.
BOWLSTAT /M from the DOS command line. This command can also be used on
color systems to display BowlStat in B/W.
MEMORY
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The amount of memory required to store the bowler database can be
reduced by suppling the maximum number of bowlers the system will allow.
For example, to to set the maximum number of bowlers to 200, type BOWLSTAT
200 from the DOS command line. If no number is supplied the default of
891 (99 teams with 9 bowlers per team - BowlStat's maximum setting) will
be used. Each bowler record takes approx. 150 bytes of memory. Remember -
the larger the database, the longer certain operations will take.
Please note that the MEMORY and VIDEO options can be combined. For
example, BOWLSTAT 100 /M allocates memory for 100 bowlers and provides
support for monochrome video displays.
To produce a hardcopy of the online help files for reference, type
MANUAL at the DOS command line.
Menu Operation
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All menu items available in BowlStat are accessed through "smart
menus". To choose an item, move the highlight bar via the cursor or +/-
keys of the numeric keypad to the desired choice and press the "Enter" or
"Return" key.
If the menu item is preceeded by a number, then it may be selected
by a pressing the corresponding number. In this case the "Enter" or
"Retrun" key is not required to complete the selection.
For example, to select "5) BOWLER - Delete" from the Main Menu,
either move the highlight via the cursor or +/- keys to the line "5)
BOWLER - DELETE" and press the "Enter"/"Return" key or press "5". Either
method selects the same menu item.
Function Keys
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BowlStat makes use of function keys F1-F4 and F9-10 for the
following functions:
F1 - Help system pop-up window. (always active)
F2 - Bowler database pop-up window.
F3 - Team database pop-up window.
F4 - Database statistics pop-up window.
F9 - Printer pause.
F10 - Printer continue.
Function keys F2 - F4 are active at any time after reaching then
Main Menu and are disabled during print operations. Function keys F9-F10
are active only during a print operation.
Notes: The function keys cannot be "stacked" - only one function may be
active at any given moment.
Most prompts in BowlStat are worded so that any menu item that
alters a database (team or bowler) requires a "Y" (yes) response
to a confimation prompt. Therefore, the "Enter" or "Return" key
alone is considered as a NO entry and can be used in place of a
"N" and "Enter" or "Return" keystroke sequence. Also, to utilize
the numeric keypad, the "+" and "-" keys can be used to simulate
"YES" (+) and "NO" (-) replys.