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Version Date Comments
1.0 08-20-90 -Origianl release of Fantasy Football Manager.
1.1 11-13-90 -Name changed to Fantasy Football Assistant as Fantasy
Football Manager was trade marked by another company.
-Fixed problem with divisions when using 12 teams.
-Expanded player window in Score Entry so it shows all
players for a selected NFL team at once. Eliminates
possibility of missing a player if there were players
on the next page.
-Added team defense and team coach (if using those
options) to the Team Roster report.
-Added a reprint option to Update Standings so the
current standings can be reprinted.
1.2 11-19-90 -League options has a field for entering the name of the
league. This name will appear on all the reports, helpful
when running more than 1 league to identify the league the
reports are for.
-Current week's detail scoring report now has an option to
print the detail for the reserves as well as the starters.
This option is set with the League Options function. The
report will also be sorted by player position: quarterbacks,
running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, kickers and
reserves.
-Team roster report will now show each player's year-to-date
point total. This point total can be changed manually (if
needed) in the Team Setup function.
-Team Setup function now has an option to make it easier to
trade players between teams. Pressing [F9] at the player's
name will allow you to trade that player with another player
from a different team, eliminating the need to delete and
re-add players.
-When displaying a look-up window and the Num Lock is on,
Num Lock will automatically be turned off so the arrow keys
on the numeric key pad can be used. After the look-up
window is removed, the Num Lock key will be restored to its
original condition.
-Maximum number of reserves that can be used for a starting
lineup has been increased from 5 to 9.
1.3 06-25-91 -Team Setup will give a warning message if the team
defense or coach is on another team's roster.
-Pressing the down arrow key at the player's name in Team
Setup will go directly to the next player, skipping NFL
team, position and year-to-date points.
-Menu list was getting too big to fit on 1 menu, so
added a Reports Menu.
-Reports are in a separate program (FFAPRNT.EXE).
When a report is selected, there will be a slight
delay while the reports program is being loaded into
memory. When returning to the menu, there will be
another delay while the menu program is being loaded.
-New report to print the schedule.
-New report to print team's starting lineups.
-The standings report will now print next week's schedule
(if schedule is set up).
-Update/Print Standings will only print the results of the
week if the current week is a playoff week.
-Registered users will receive a registration file
(FFAREG.DAT) that contains a personal registration number
and their name. Registration is a one time fee.
-On-line help supports scrolling by line as well as by page.
-You can now enter and save notes by pressing [F5] at any
input field. This feature is useful for keeping track of
player transactions (trades, new pick ups, etc.)
-A new function called NFL Table Maintenance has been
added. This function is used to change the default
team codes/names for the NFL teams. This can also
be used to set up a table for college, World Football
League, or Arena teams.
1.3a 07-22-91 -Fix for problem of getting illegal number of quarterbacks
message when setting up a new team.
1.4 08-17-91 -Import function added (Score Entry - Import) to be able to
import an ascii text file downloaded from a bulletin board
to import the scores for the basic and performance scoring
methods.
-NFL roster list is available. A player can be selected
from the list and imported into the team's lineup,
eliminating manual entry of name, position and NFL team
code.
-When updating scores manually, the player list will
now indicate whether the player is a starter or
reserve, for those leagues that do not wish to update
stats for a non starter/reserve.
-New option added to enter scores either by fantasy
team or NFL team when entering scores manually. Use
League Options to set this option.
-Added ability to print out a notes file on the Reports
Menu.
1.4a 09-02-91 -Import file format change for kickers.
-Fix for Team Setup when selecting a LARM player from
the NFL roster list, it would mistakenly put LARD for
the player's team code.
2.0 07-13-92 -Fix for win/loss percentage showing incorrectly when it
dropped below .100 .
-FFA now consists of 3 menus, the main menu, a reports menu,
and utilities menu. The main menu contains the functions
that are normally used to enter scores and update standings.
The reports menu contains all the reports that can be gen-
erated by FFA. The utilities menu contains functions that
are rarely used, such as League Options, Win/Loss Main-
tenance, etc.
-For all look-up windows, if all entries are currently
visible in the window, the window frame will be a single
line box. If there are more entries than can be shown in
the current window, the window frame will be a double line
box.
-New functions added to enter and report transactions.
Transaction Entry and Transaction Report.
-New functions added to enter and report team owner infor-
mation such as name, address, phone #, fax#, comments.
Owner Setup and Owner Report.
-New function added to be able to customize point values
for the performance and distance scoring methods (Scoring
Maintenance).
-New function added to be able to restore the previous
week's data files (assuming there is enough room on the
disk to create backup files).
-New function added to set printer options (Printer Setup).
Can now set the device name, initialization codes and 8
lines per inch codes.
-Added bonus for registered users - Draft Assistant. This
program will help set up the draft by randomly assigning
team numbers and the draft order. You can also manually
adjust the draft order to account for draft trades. As the
draft is taking place, it will track each round and pick
by selecting the player from the roster list. It will show
what players have been selected and also what players are
remaining, with several different sort options. When the
draft is done, team rosters are automatically loaded into
FFA. This program is only available directly from the
author.
-Flex option added to League Options, allows any combination
of wide receivers and/or tight ends to satisfy a legal
lineup.
-Sort Team Roster option added to League Options which is
used to automatically sort the team rosters by position.
-Team Setup will now warn if a player is already on another
fantasy team.
-When entering weekly scores, pressing [F4] will display
a window showing the points that have been entered for each
NFL team. Helpful to determine if some teams have not
been entered yet.
-When entering scores manually, starters will be noted with
a "s" next to their name and reserves will have a "r".
-Pressing [F4] in Starting Lineup will clear the status of
each player, making it easier to enter starting lineups.
-Starting Lineup report shows the current week number.
-All reports have the option to go to the printer, screen,
or file. Also have the option of specifying the number of
copies to be printed.
-Can now print Current Week's Detail report AFTER updating
the standings. This will only work if there was enough room
on the disk to create the backup file, and Enter Weekly
Scores has not been used for the current week.
07-27-92 -Fix for problem with Out Of String Space error when execut-
ing Team Setup after using Enter Weekly Scores AND using
the distance scoring method.
07-29-92 -Fixed problem in Team Setup when deleting a player and then
file is saved, would get a duplicate player message. Also
fix for not recognizing a duplicate player if the same
player was in the same position (player #) on another
roster.