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GOLFRECS
User instructions
The program GOLFRECS and this documentation are copy-
righted material. You are permitted to make copies of the
program and this documentation and to distribute them provided
that no charge is made for them (except possibly a fee, not to
exceed $10, for the medium on which they are transferred). The
GOLFRECS program may not be distributed without a copy of this
documentation.
The GOLFRECS program is provided "as is" with no warranty
(expressed or implied) about its performance.
The program
The program GOLFRECS runs on IBM PCs and compatibles. It
will store and maintain golf records and compute handicaps; the
number of games, players, or courses that it can handle are
limited only by the amount of internal memory in your computer
and the amount of external storage you have available on disk.
The files
The program expects to find three files on the logged
drive: GOLF.PLR, a file which holds the list of players;
GOLF.CRS, which holds the list of courses and their ratings;
and GOLF.GAM which holds the games recorded and handicaps. If
any of these files is not present on the logged drive, as will
happen when you first use the program, GOLF.RECS will create
them as empty files and start with empty lists.
The screen
The screen is divided into five areas or windows. Three
of these are used to display the player, course, and game
lists, one is used for entering commands, and the fifth has a
list of the valid commands.
Obviously the lists cannot be shown completely at any one
time so only a portion of each list is visible on the screen.
In order to see different parts of the lists the lists can be
scrolled independently using the cursor keys. Each list can be
scrolled up one line using the up-arrow key or down one line
using the down-arrow key, up one window using the PgUp key or
down one window using the PgDn key, to the top of the list
using the Home key, or to the bottom of the list using the End
key. The lower left hand corner of the screen shows which win-
dow is currently being scrolled. To change the current window
use the left- and right-arrow keys.
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Entering commands
You communicate with the program through the command
window. When the program is waiting for you to enter a command
you will see a ">" prompt in this window. The legal commands
are listed at the bottom of the screen. These commands can be
entered in either upper or lower case, and when ever you enter
a command that is not legal or makes no sense the program will
annoy you with a beep. Once you have entered a command
GOLFRECS will prompt you for whatever information it needs.
You can cancel any command which you are entering by pressing
the ESC key.
Adding a player or course
To add a new player use the "P" command. You will be
prompted for the player's first and last names and then asked
if you are happy with the name entered. When you are happy
type "Y" and the name is inserted into the list in its place in
alphabetical order. If you are not happy, enter an "N" and you
can try again or quit. Entering a new course is done similar-
ly. Use the "C" command. You will be asked for the name of
the course and its rating.
Entering a game
Use the "G" command to enter a new game. You will be
prompted for a date, a player, a course, and a score. For both
the player and course you will not type in names but rather
type the number of the player and course as they appear in the
other lists. Once again, you will be asked if you are happy
with what you have entered before it is stored in the game
list. Games are stored in chronological order.
To save some effort there is a simple way to enter pieces
of this information if they match the previously entered game.
When you are being prompted for something which is to be enter-
ed with the same value as the last game entered, you need only
type a slash (/). For example, if you are entering four games
played on the same day on the same course enter the first game
in the usual way, and for each of the other three type the
player's number and score when you are prompted to do so, but
enter "/" for everything else asked for.
Deleting entries
The "D" command deletes either a player, course, or game.
You will be asked which type of entry you wish to delete and
then asked for the number of the entry. Before removing it
from the list you will be asked if the entry is correct. You
can only delete one entry at a time. If a player is removed
from the player list his/her games will still remain in the
game list.
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Computing handicaps
GOLFRECS will compute a handicap for each game entered if
so wished. Handicaps are not computed when a game is entered
-- the handicap column is at first blank. Enter the "H" com-
mand to compute handicaps. You will be given the option of
computing the handicaps for one player (you must enter the
player's number) or for all players. If you elect to compute
handicaps for one player the program will compute the handicap
for the first game for which a handicap has not already been
computed and will recompute the handicap for each of that
player's subsequent games. If you elect to compute handicaps
for all players this process will be done for every player in
the player list. If a player's name has been deleted from the
player list handicaps will not be computed for his/her games.
If a player has 20 or more games entered in the game list
the handicap will be computed and displayed in the handicap
column of the game list. If there are less than five games in
the list for that player no handicap will be computed but a
dash (-) will be displayed. If there are five or more but less
than 20 games entered handicaps will be computed and displayed
with an asterisk (*).
Listing games
The "L" command can be used to list games to the screen or
to the printer. You will be given the choice of listing either
a single player's games or all games. If you choose to list
one player's games you have the choice of listing them to the
screen (they will be displayed in the game window) or listing
them to the printer. If you choose to list all players you can
only list them to the printer. In addition, you will be given
the choice of listing either all games (either for a player or
for all players) from the beginning of the game list, or just
listing the most recent games. If you choose to list recent
games you will be asked to supply a date and only games played
on or since that date will be listed.
Exiting the program
When you are finished, use the "Q" (for quit) command to
leave the program.
D. J. Nordstrom
Chicago, IL
1988
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