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SOFF BALLS Version 5.0 Copyright (c) 1989-1993 All Rights Reserved by Jeff Elwood CompuTater Software 2809 Lordshire Road Madison, WI 53719 (608) 271-1586 THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. See page 2 for more details. SOFF BALLS is a softball/baseball stat management system for league or individual teams. Keeps records for up to 100 teams (99 players per team). Tracks batting, pitching, fielding, won/lost record, game results, and team standings. Computes statistics for selected games. Displays and prints reports. This is a SHAREWARE program (NOT public domain or free software). You are granted permission to use this program on a trial basis. Evaluate the program for 30 days or so. Kick the tires. Drive it around the block. Give copies to your friends to evaluate. If you continue to use it after that, you are required to register. Your support of SOFF BALLS and the SHAREWARE concept is greatly appreciated. To register, send a registration form (or write your name, address, and disk size on a piece of paper) to the address above with a check or money order for $29 (includes shipping and handling). International orders please add $5 and send the check or money order in U.S. funds drawn on a U.S. Bank. Wisconsin residents please add 5% sales tax ($1.45). Copy and share SOFF BALLS with your friends and upload it to your favorite Bulletin Board. Please zip with the name SB50.ZIP. The program must be copied in unmodified form and the README and INVOICE.DOC files must be distributed with the program. Each person that uses SOFF BALLS is required to register. _______ ____|__ | (tm) --| | |------------------- | ____|__ | Association of | | |_| Shareware |__| o | Professionals -----| | |--------------------- |___|___| MEMBER Jeff Elwood is a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with a member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon MI 49442-9427 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to the ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536. Page 2 THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ITS MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NEITHER COMPUTATER SOFTWARE NOR ANYONE ELSE INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DELIVERING THIS SOFTWARE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF USE OF THIS SOFTWARE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SOFTWARE. IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPUTATER SOFTWARE'S LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES EVER EXCEED THE REGISTRATION PRICE, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF CLAIM. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE IS WITH THE USER. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN AND SHALL INURE TO THE BENEFIT OF COMPUTATER SOFTWARE. ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT BY EITHER PARTY AGAINST THE OTHER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN A STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION LOCATED IN DANE COUNTY, WISCONSIN. THE PARTIES HEREBY CONSENT TO IN PERSONAM JURISDICTION OF SAID COURTS. THIS SOFTWARE AND THE DISKS ON WHICH IT IS CONTAINED IS LICENSED TO YOU, FOR YOUR OWN USE. THIS IS COPYRIGHTED SOFTWARE. YOU ARE NOT OBTAINING TITLE TO THE SOFTWARE OR ANY COPYRIGHT RIGHTS. YOU MAY NOT SUBLICENSE, RENT, LEASE, CONVEY, MODIFY, TRANSLATE, CONVERT TO ANOTHER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE, DECOMPILE, OR DISASSEMBLE THE SOFTWARE FOR ANY PURPOSE. Page 3 CONTENTS TOPIC PAGE -------------- ------ REGISTRATION 4 START UP 5 OVERVIEW 6-13 MAIN MENU 6 UPDATE 7-9 INQUIRE 10-12 STANDINGS 12 SET COLORS 12 NAME YOUR OWN 12-13 STATISTICS 14-15 FILES 16 VERSION LOG 17-20 Page 4 REGISTRATION SOFF BALLS is a SHAREWARE program. The SHAREWARE concept is simple. Try this program for 30 days or so. If you decide to use it after that, you are required to register (pay for your copy). Each person that uses SOFF BALLS is required to register. Register by sending a registration form (or write your name, address, and disk size on a piece of paper) to the address on page 1 with a check or money order for $29 (includes shipping and handling). International orders please add $5 and send the check or money order in U.S. funds drawn on a U.S. Bank. Wisconsin residents please add 5% sales tax ($1.45). To print a registration form, select HELP from the Main Menu of the program or type COPY INVOICE.DOC PRN at the DOS prompt. Both ways print the same registration form. When you register: - You will promptly receive the following: - A letter confirming your registration with information about future upgrades and other programs. - The latest version of SOFF BALLS on 3-1/2" or 5-1/4" disk loaded with games from the latest World Series. - Information on how to get a 1 year subscription (six issues) to Shareware Magazine at a reduced price (currently $9.97). - You will be notified when major upgrades to SOFF BALLS become available. They will be offered to you at a reduced price. You will also be notified when other programs, such as BASKET BALLS and a LEAGUE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULER become available. - Technical phone support is FREE. If you have a question, suggestion, or problem, feel free to call the author, Jeff Elwood, evenings and weekends at (608) 271-1586. Page 5 START UP To start SOFF BALLS, get current on the disk drive or hard drive directory where the program resides and type SB at the DOS prompt. SOFF BALLS is menu-driven. Select UPDATE from the Main Menu to add, change, and delete game and player results. Select INQUIRE from the Main Menu to display and print team and player reports. SOFF BALLS can run from a floppy disk or hard drive. However, the program runs faster and more games can be recorded on a hard drive. If you run the program from a 360K or 720K floppy disk, you should probably copy the SOFF BALLS program, SB.EXE, to a separate disk and run from there. This way you'll be able to record more games. README and other files not needed by the program won't be taking up space on the disk. Type COPY A:SB.EXE B: at the DOS prompt to copy the SOFF BALLS program from drive A to drive B. If you also want to copy recorded games (such as the World Series games included on the distribution disk - data files end with .DAT) to the separate disk, type COPY A:*.DAT B: at the the DOS prompt. If you plan to track batting and pitching, for example, a 360K disk will hold about 50 games and a 720K disk will hold about 300 games, if you exclude unnecessary files. To copy the files on the distribution disk to your hard drive, get current on the hard drive directory where you want to copy SOFF BALLS, and type COPY A:*.* C: at the DOS prompt. This is assuming A: is the drive where the SOFF BALLS distribution disk is loaded and C: is your hard drive. Version 5.0 IS compatible with version 4.x. Just replace the SB.EXE file to upgrade. Version 5.0 is NOT compatible with version 3.2 and earlier. However, you can create files in the new file format from files created by 3.x and earlier versions by running SBCONV.EXE. Type SBCONV to start the convert program. Then enter the path where the old files exist and the path where you want the new files to be created. The SBCONV.EXE program is sent FREE upon registration. Make sure you have a backup copy of the SOFF BALLS program, SB.EXE, and periodically make a backup copy of your game and player files (files ending with .DAT). This is very important. To print this documentation on your printer, type COPY README PRN at the DOS prompt. Page 6 OVERVIEW SOFF BALLS is a softball/baseball stat management system for league or individual teams. Keeps records for up to 100 teams (99 players per team). Tracks batting, pitching, fielding, won/lost record, game results, and team standings. Computes statistics for selected games. Displays and prints reports. Lets you name additional categories and design your own reports. Batting, pitching, and fielding reports can be sorted by any category in ascending or descending order. Keep a scorebook for your team(s). Select UPDATE from the Main Menu of the program to record game results. Select INQUIRE from the Main Menu to display and print team record, game results, lineup, batting, pitching, and fielding reports. Select STANDINGS to display and print team standings. Select SET COLORS to select screen colors and error sound. Select NAME YOUR OWN to name game types and additional batting, pitching, and fielding categories. To record the first game for a team, select UPDATE from the Main Menu and select any one of 100 teams without games recorded. From the Update Menu select TEAM NAME to assign the team name, select ROSTER to assign player names, and then select GAME to add game results. SOFF BALLS is menu driven. Select from a menu by pressing the selection number or hi-lighted letter. If you press an invalid key, the program will "beep" to let you know. Just try again. Press F8 to exit SOFF BALLS from anywhere in the program. Press ESC (escape key) to navigate backwards in the program. You can exit SOFF BALLS by repeatedly pressing ESC from anywhere in the program. The specific purpose of ESC is documented on the bottom of most screens. The purpose of other special keys used in the program is displayed on screens where they can be used. OVERVIEW - MAIN MENU Main Menu choices are UPDATE, INQUIRE, STANDINGS, SET COLORS, NAME YOUR OWN, and HELP. Select UPDATE to record game results, maintain rosters, assign team names, remove Special Selects, and delete game and player files for the selected team. With INQUIRE you can display and print the team record, game results, lineup, batting, pitching, and fielding statistics. STANDINGS will compute team standings for any combination of up to 100 teams. Use SET COLOR to select the screen colors and error sound. Select NAME YOUR OWN to name up to 7 game types and up to 5 additional batting, pitching, and fielding categories. Select HELP to print a registration form. Page 7 OVERVIEW - UPDATE When you select UPDATE from the Main Menu you will advance to the Select Team for Update Screen which lists 100 teams. Select a team. This will take you to the Update Menu where your choices are GAME, ROSTER, TEAM NAME, REMOVE SELECTS, DELETE FILES, and SELECT TEAM. Use GAME to add, change, insert, and delete game and player results. Use ROSTER to add, change, and delete player names from the roster. Change the team name with TEAM NAME. REMOVE SELECTS will remove Special Selects for all games. DELETE FILES will delete all game and player results for the selected team. SELECT TEAM lets you select another team. Select TEAM NAME from the Update Menu to change a team name. Change the name or press F1 to assign a generic name (i.e. Team 1). You might want to include the year in a team name for documentation purposes (i.e. 1991 Warriors). This is especially helpful if you plan to record games for the same team in more than one year. To avoid confusion as to which team you're working with, it's best (not necessary) to assign the team name before you set up the roster or add game results. Changing the team name has NO effect on game and player results recorded for that team. Game and player results relate to the team number, NOT the team name. Select ROSTER from the Update Menu to set up and maintain a team roster. You can add, change, and delete player names on the roster. All players must be assigned a player number from 1 to 99. One way to assign player numbers is to use the uniform number of the player. The player number is used by SOFF BALLS to identify players and will not appear on any reports. Up to 99 player names can be added to the ROSTER. Deleting a player or changing a player name has NO effect on results recorded for that player number. Player results relate to the player number, NOT the player name. Select GAME from the Update Menu to update game results. You can add, change, insert, and delete a game. After selecting the game to update, you will advance to the Game Screen. All entries on the Game Screen are optional. Press F1 to update game results. WHEN YOU DELETE A GAME, ALL PLAYER RESULTS RECORDED FOR THAT GAME WILL ALSO BE DELETED. After updating game results, except when deleting a game, you will advance to the Player Screen where you can update player batting, pitching, and fielding results. The only way to get to the Player Screen is to press F1 on the Game Screen. Page 8 Game Screen entries (default values are shown to the right): Game Date - 00/00/00 Game Location - spaces Opponents - spaces Innings Played - 0 Runs For - 0 Runs Against - 0 Game Comment - spaces Game Type - Game type 1 Home or Visitors - HOME Special Select (YES/NO) - NO Select 1 of 7 game types on the Game Screen. The descriptions for these game types can be changed by selecting NAME YOUR OWN from the Main Menu. These game types can be used to compute statistics for all SOFF BALLS reports. For example, you could name game type 1 LEAGUE and game type 2 PRACTICE. Then you would select game type 1 when updating game results for league and game type 2 when updating game results for practice games. You could then compute league statistics by only selecting game type 1 on the Compute Screen or practice games by only selecting game type 2. The Special Select indicator on the Game Screen can be set to YES or NO. You could Special Select night games, weekend games, road games, or whatever you want. Then you could compute statistics for those games within any game types. For example, if you Special Select night games and have set up games types of LEAGUE and TOURNAMENT, you could then compute statistics for league games played at night or tournament games played at night. Another way to use Special Select is to set the indicator to YES when you want to make special computations. For example, maybe tournament X is played over 4 weekends with other tournament games played in between. To compute statistics for tournament X, set the Special Select indicator to YES for tournament X games and then select Special Select and only TOURNAMENT games on the Compute Screen. The Player Screen lets you add, change, and delete BATTING, PITCHING, and FIELDING results. Entering results is optional (you can always add results later). Press F1 on the Player Screen to change between ADD, CHANGE, and DELETE mode. Press F2 to change between BATTING, PITCHING, and FIELDING. Press F3 to view the roster. Press F4 to display team totals. Press F5 to return to the Game Screen. To update player results, enter a player number, press ENTER, add or change the results (except when deleting player results), and then press F1 to update. To determine a player number, press F3 to view the roster. To add results for a player not on the roster, select a number not assigned a name and use that number. Then select ROSTER from the Update Menu and assign a name to the number results were recorded for. Player results relate to the player number, NOT the player name. Page 9 When updating player results, all player numbers with recorded results are displayed in the PLAYERS RECORDED box. The total number of batters, pitchers, and fielders entered for the game is also displayed. Press F4 to display team totals. This can be a valuable auditing tool. It helps to total player results (runs, hits, etc.) in your scorebook in the same order they are entered on the Player Screen. This can make entering player results easier. A future version of SOFF BALLS might let you customize the input order so you could taylor the program to your scorebook. For BATTING, PITCHING, and FIELDING you can record results for up to 5 NAME YOUR OWN categories. These category names can be changed by selecting NAME YOUR OWN from the Main Menu. For example, to track infield hits, you could name a category IH and then record player results for it. NAME YOUR OWN categories are cumulative - player results will be totaled for the team. Results entered for NAME YOUR OWN categories relate to the relative position of the category, NOT the category name. See STATISTICS on pages 14 and 15 for a detailed list of all batting, pitching, and fielding statistics that can be recorded and computed by SOFF BALLS. Select REMOVE SELECTS to remove Special Selects for ALL games. This is much easier than individually changing each game. After removing the Special Selects, you can select CHANGE from the Update Game Menu to set new Special Selects. A future version of SOFF BALLS will make it easier for you to Special Select games - you won't have to use the Update Game Menu. Select DELETE FILES from the Update Menu to delete all player names, game results, and player results for the selected team. The team name will remain unchanged. This function might be used to delete the files which came with the distribution disk or games added while "playing" with the program. BE VERY CAREFUL USING THIS FUNCTION. The roster, game results, and player results recorded for the selected team will be deleted. Periodically make a backup copy of your team and player files (files that end with .DAT). See page 16 for a description of these files. To copy your team and player files from drive C: to drive A:, type COPY C:*.DAT A: at the DOS prompt. Page 10 OVERVIEW - INQUIRE When you select INQUIRE from the Main Menu you will advance to the Select Team for Inquire Screen which lists 100 teams. Select a team. This will take you to the Inquire Menu where your choices are RECORD, GAMES, BATTING, PITCHING, FIELDING, LINEUP and SELECT TEAM. RECORD displays the won/lost record. Select GAMES to list game results. Use BATTING, PITCHING, and FIELDING to compute team and player statistics. With LINEUP you can create and print a team lineup. SELECT TEAM lets you select another team. Reports can be printed from RECORD, GAMES, BATTING, PITCHING, FIELDING, and LINEUP by pressing F1. When you print a report, except for LINEUP, you can either use the default report title or you can enter your own. You can print from 1 to 99 copies for any report and select whether you want to form feed (advance to top of next page) at the end of the report. Reports can be printed with graphics characters or without. If you select graphics characters, your printer must be set up for it. You can select to print from 40 to 99 lines per page. The line length for the report is displayed so you can ready your printer accordingly. For example, if the line length is 120 characters, you might need to set your printer for condensed print if you have a dot matrix printer that only handles 8 1/2" wide paper. All printing is directed to LPT1. From RECORD, GAMES, BATTING, PITCHING, and FIELDING you can press F2 to compute the report over using different selection criteria. Select a game number range, any combination of 7 game types, and ONLY Special Select games (YES/NO). Then press F1 to compute. For example, you could compute the TEAM RECORD for games 1 to 10 that have a game type of 1,2, or 7, and are Special Select games. On the Compute Screen you can also select (YES/NO) whether you want to include reaching on-error in the on-base percentage (OBP) and the number of innings per game (1 to 9) for computing earned-run average (ERA). Both of these selections will be saved to disk. Reports will show the selection criteria used to compute the report at the top of the screen. GR stands for game range, GT stands for game type, and SS stands for ONLY Special Select games. A selection display of GR:ALL GT:ALL SS:N means that all games have been selected. A selection display of GR:1-10 GT:1 SS:Y means that only games 1 to 10 with a game type of 1 that are Special Select games have been selected for the computed statistics. Select RECORD to display the won/lost record for a team. Games won, games lost, runs for (RF), runs against (RA), and the win percentage is displayed for each game type with recorded games and for total games. Press F1 to print the report and F2 to recompute the report. Page 11 Select GAMES to display game results. Press F3 to display the long game description and F4 to display the short game description. The short description shows the game date, game type, opponents, and the score. The long description also shows the location, innings, and game comment. Press F1 to print the report and F2 to recompute the report. Press F3 in BATTING, PITCHING, and FIELDING to change the report format. Select the categories you want on the report in the order you want them. Selections will be saved to disk. Press F4 in BATTING, PITCHING, and FIELDING to change the sort order of the report. You can sort the report by any category in ascending or descending order. Selections will be saved to disk. Only 15 players can be listed on the BATTING, PITCHING, and FIELDING reports at one time. Use the PGUP (page up) key and PGDN (page down) key to page through the list of players. The screen will display "MORE PAGES" or "LAST PAGE" if more than 15 players have been selected. If you have selected more categories than fit on the BATTING or PITCHING screen, the screen will display "ARROW KEYS Page L/R". Use the left and right arrow keys to page left and right to view all the categories. Press F5 and enter a player number in BATTING, PITCHING, and FIELDING to display game by game statistics for individual players. The player name is displayed at the top of the screen. The game number and game type is displayed for each game selected. Cumulative totals are computed for the player. Press F1 to print the report, F2 to recompute player statistics, F3 to change the report format, F4 to return to the team screen, and F5 to look at a different player. Select BATTING to display team and player batting statistics. Press F6 or F7 to divide the players into 2 groups based on a selected minimum number of plate appearances or games played respectively. Both groups will be in the same sort order. Press F1 to print the report, F2 to recompute the report, F3 to change the report format, F4 to change the sort order, and F5 to look at an individual's game by game statistics. Select PITCHING to display team and player pitching statistics. Press F1 to print the report, F2 to recompute the report, F3 to change the report format, F4 to change the sort order, and F5 to look at an individual's game by game statistics. Select FIELDING to display team and player fielding statistics. Press F1 to print the report, F2 to recompute the report, F3 to change the report format, F4 to change the sort order, and F5 to look at an individual's game by game statistics. Page 12 See STATISTICS on pages 14 and 15 for a detailed list of all batting, pitching, and fielding statistics that can be recorded and computed by SOFF BALLS. Select LINEUP to create and print a team lineup. Up to 20 players can be added to the lineup and up to 9 innings worth of fielding positions can be listed. Press F1 to print the lineup and F2 to view the roster. The lineup will NOT be saved when you exit. This is the initial attempt at providing a lineup function. Feel free to make suggestions for enhancements to this function. OVERVIEW - STANDINGS Select STANDINGS from the Main Menu to compute team standings. Any combination of the 100 teams can be selected. After selecting the teams, you will advance to the Compute Screen. Select a game number range, any combination of 7 game types, and ONLY Special Select games (YES/NO). Then press F1 to compute. Games won, games lost, win percentage, runs for (RF), runs against (RA), and games behind are displayed for each team selected. Press F1 to print a report. To create team standings, game scores must be recorded for all teams selected. ONLY GAME SCORES are needed by SOFF BALLS to create team standings. Game location, innings, etc., are not needed. Batting, pitching, and fielding results are also not needed. However, each team must be added to SOFF BALLS. OVERVIEW - SET COLORS With SET COLORS you can set the background, window, foreground, and hi-light colors. A Sample Screen shows you what the screens will look like. Press F1 to set all screens for monochrome display (color monitors will still show colors with this setting). Press F2 to change the error sound or turn the error sound off. OVERVIEW - NAME YOUR OWN With NAME YOUR OWN you can name up to 7 game types. For example you could name the first game type LEAGUE and the second game type PRACTICE. Then you would select game type 1 when adding game results for league games and game type 2 when adding game results for practice games. You could then compute statistics for league by only selecting game type 1 on the Compute Screen, practice games by only selecting game type 2 on the Compute Screen, or league and practice games by only selecting game types 1 and 2. If your league has 2 rounds, you could name game type 1 LEAGUE R1 and game type 2 LEAGUE R2. Game types are only labels. Statistics are computed based on game type number, NOT the name. Page 13 With NAME YOUR OWN you can also name up to 5 additional batting, pitching, and fielding categories. To track infield hits, you could name a category IH and then record results under that heading on the Player Screen when updating player results. Then by selecting IH on the Format Screen, you could add infield hits to the Batting Report. Naming a category is for labeling purposes only. Statistics relate to the relative position of the category, NOT the category name. It's a good idea to NAME YOUR OWN game types and additional batting, pitching, and fielding categories before you start adding games. However, SOFF BALLS will let you NAME YOUR OWN game types and categories at any time. Page 14 STATISTICS Below is a list of the batting, pitching, and fielding categories that are tracked and computed by SOFF BALLS version 5.0. BATTING: PA Plate appearances HP Hit by pitch U1 User defined R Runs SO Strike outs U2 User defined H Hits SH Sacrifice hits U3 User defined 2B Doubles SF Sacrifice flies U4 User defined 3B Triples SB Stolen bases U5 User defined HR Home runs CS Caught stealing OE Reaching on-error DP Double plays hit into BB Walks RBI Runs batted in G Games = number of BATTING records on file AB At bats = PA - BB - HP - SH - SF 1B Singles = H - 2B - 3B - HR TB Total bases = H + 2B + (2 * 3B) + (3 * HR) SLG Slugging percentage = TB / AB OBP On-base percentage = (H + BB + HP) / (AB + BB + HP + SF) <== major league method or (H + BB + HP + OE) / (AB + BB + HP + SF) BA Batting average = H / AB PITCHING: IP Innings SH Sacrifice hits U1 User defined 1/3 1/3 innings SF Sacrifice flies U2 User defined R Runs WP Wild pitches U3 User defined ER Earned-runs BK Balks U4 User defined BF Batters faced GS Game started U5 User defined H Hits GF Game finished (but not started) HR Home runs CG Complete game BB Walks DEC Decision HB Hit batters (Win, loss, save, no decision) SO Strike outs SHO Shutouts G Games = number of PITCHING records on file OAB Opponents at bats = BF - BB - HB - SH - SF OAV Opponents batting = H / OAB average SO9 Strike outs per = (SO / Innings pitched) * 9 9 innings ERA Earned-run average = (ER / Innings) * Innings per game Page 15 FIELDING: PO Putouts U1 User defined A Assists U2 User defined E Errors U3 User defined U4 User defined U5 User defined G Games = number of FIELDING records on file C Chances = PO + A + E FA Fielding average = (PO + A) / C Page 16 FILES The following files come with the SOFF BALLS distribution disk, are created by the SOFF BALLS program, or are sent upon registration: SB.EXE ............ SOFF BALLS program (all versions). Type SB to start the program. README ............ The documentation file you are currently reading. If you copy the SOFF BALLS program (SB.EXE) for a friend, be sure to give them a copy of the README and INVOICE.DOC files too. INVOICE.DOC ....... Registration form. The same form can be printed by selecting HELP from the program's Main Menu. VENDOR.DOC ........ Contains a long and short program description for vendors distributing SOFF BALLS. FILE_ID.DIZ ....... SOFF BALLS program description for BBS. SBSETUP.DAT ....... Color settings, name your own categories, report formats, and other setup options are stored in this file. SBTEAMS.DAT ....... Team names file. 100 team names are stored here. SBPN1.DAT ......... Player names (roster) are stored in this file. One file for each team: SBPN1.DAT, SBPN2.DAT, ......., SBPN100.DAT SBGS1.DAT ......... Game results are stored in this file. One file for each team: SBGS1.DAT, SBGS2.DAT, ......., SBGS100.DAT SBPS1.DAT ......... Player batting, pitching, and fielding results are stored in this file. One file for each team: SBPS1.DAT, SBPS2.DAT, ......., SBPS100.DAT ======= The files below are sent upon registration ======= SBCONV.EXE ........ Convert program. Type SBCONV to start. Will create files in the 4.x file format from files created by version 3.2 or earlier. 4.x format is compatible with version 5.0. SBCONV.DOC ........ Convert program documentation. SB50.ZIP .......... Zipped SOFF BALLS version 5.0. Feel free to upload this file to your favorite bulletin board. Page 17 VERSION LOG SOFTBALL STATISTICS Version 1.0 - Completed in 1987. - Program written to computerize the processing of softball statistics the author, Jeff Elwood, had been doing manually. - Tracks TAB,OAB,H,R,D,T,HR,SAC,BB,SO,RBI,SA,BA. - Program NOT COMPATIBLE with any versions of SOFF BALLS. SOFF BALLS Version 2.0 - Completed in 1989. - Major rewrite of the SOFTBALL STATISTICS program. - Program renamed SOFF BALLS. - Program is NOT compatible with the SOFTBALL STATISTICS program. - Program features: - On-line documentation. - Records games for up to 10 teams. - Roster limit of 40 for each team. - Tracks 4 game types: LEAGUE, TOURNAMENT, MISCELLANEOUS, and ALL GAMES. - Tracks TAB,OAB,H,R,D,T,HR,SAC,BB,SO,RBI,SA,BA. - Computes statistics by game type and game number range. - Reports on team record, game results, and batting statistics. - Displays and prints reports. - Ability to color customize screens. SOFF BALLS Version 2.1 - Completed in 1990. - Program IS compatible with version 2.0. - Created INVOICE.DOC file for user convenience. - Created README.DOC file to compliment on-line documentation. - Added ability to give alternate title when printing Team Report. - Other minor changes not worth noting. SOFF BALLS Version 2.2 - Completed in 1990. - Program IS compatible with all previous versions of SOFF BALLS. - Keeps records for up to 20 teams instead of 10. - Added ERASE FILES option to Update Menu to delete player names, game results, and player results files for the selected team. - Added ability to reset team name to generic name (No Name) on the Team Name Screen. - Program now deletes all files created by SOFF BALLS which have 0 records from DOS directory when program ends. - Other minor changes not worth noting. Page 18 VERSION LOG continued SOFF BALLS Version 2.3 - Completed in 1990. - Program IS compatible with all previous versions of SOFF BALLS. - Modified program to run on monochrome display systems without the use of a graphics card or simulator. - Added ability to set screens for monochrome display. - Reduced size of program. - Other minor changes not worth noting. SOFF BALLS Version 3.0 - Completed in early 1991. - Program IS compatible with all previous versions of SOFF BALLS. - Added pitching statistics. - Added stolen bases and on-base percentage. - Added ability to create team standings for all league games or one of four league rounds. - Added runs scored and runs allowed to Record Screen. Also added ability to view game scores by game type on Record Screen. - Added ability to give alternate report titles to all printable reports. - Removed game arch entry (limited, unlimited, baseball) from Game Screen. Dropped plans for its use. - Renamed some statistics headings (i.e. OAB to AB). Also removed TAB (total at bats) from reports. - Changed generic team and player names from "No Name" to "Team 1" and "Player 1". - Added ability to turn music on or off. - Removed much of on-line HELP to reduce size of program. README file still contains complete documentation. - Many minor changes not worth noting. SOFF BALLS Version 3.1 - Completed in fall of 1991. - Program IS compatible with all previous versions of SOFF BALLS. - Program now saves INNINGS PER GAME selection used for computing earned-run average. - Changed to use the same key (F1) to print reports on all report screens. - Removed music when program starts up. - Redesigned registration form. - Other minor changes not worth noting. Page 19 VERSION LOG continued SOFF BALLS Version 3.2 - Completed in fall of 1991. - Program IS compatible with all previous versions of SOFF BALLS. - Fixed "bug" - was computing OBA as .000 when all plate appearances were walks; should be 1.000. "Bug" was spotted by a registered user in Americus, Georgia. SOFF BALLS Version 4.0 - Completed in March of 1992. - Program is NOT compatible with any previous versions of SOFF BALLS. SBCONV.EXE can be run to convert files to new 4.0 file format. - Keeps records for up to 100 teams instead of 20. - Rosters expanded to 99 per team. - Added fielding statistics. - Added more batting and pitching categories. - Added NAME YOUR OWN option to the Main Menu for naming 7 game types and up to 5 additional batting, pitching, and fielding categories. - Up to 99 hits, runs, etc, can be entered for individuals on Player Screen. Previously, 9 was the limit. - Added ability to insert game. - Added Special Select indicator and game comment to Game Screen. - All entries on Game Screen are now optional. Just press F1 to add game. - Split sacrifice category to sacrifice hits and sacrifice flies. - OBP can now be computed including reaching on-error (optional). - Sacrifice flies are now held against OBP (major league method). Wasn't possible before because sacrifice flies and sacrifice hits were one category. - Added ability to select games when computing Team Standings and Team Record. - Team standings can now be computed for up to 100 teams. - Redesigned game results report. - Redesigned Roster and Player Screens. - Removed game results from Record Screen. - Added ability to print up to 99 copies for all reports. - Added ability to select form feed (YES/NO) for printing reports. - Removed Verification Screen processing. - Removed "SOFF BALLS" from printed reports. - Added ability to change error sound in SET COLORS. - Changed OBA to OBP and AVG to BA. - Many other minor changes not worth noting. Page 20 VERSION LOG continued SOFF BALLS Version 4.1 - Completed in August of 1992. - Program IS compatible with SOFF BALLS version 4.0. However, version 4.1 in NOT compatible with versions 3.x and earlier. SBCONV.EXE can be run to convert files created by 3.x and earlier versions to new 4.x format. - Added ability to sort batting, pitching, and fielding reports by any category in ascending or descending order. - A few other minor changes not worth noting. SOFF BALLS Version 5.0 - Completed in February of 1993. - Program IS compatible with SOFF BALLS version 4.x. However, version 5.0 is NOT compatible with versions 3.x and earlier. SBCONV.EXE can be run to convert files created by 3.x and earlier versions to the new format. - Added ability to display and print game by game batting, pitching, and fielding statistics for individual players. - Added left/right paging when displaying batting and pitching statistics so all categories can be viewed without reformatting report. Printed reports can now show all categories also - user must ready printer accordingly for longer report lines if necessary. - Added ability to print roster. - Added LINEUP option to Inquire Menu for printing a lineup. - Added REMOVE SELECTS option to Update Menu. This option removes Special Selects for all games by pressing F1. - Modified Format Screen to make it easier to use. - Modified input routine to use the HOME, END, INSERT, DELETE, BACKSPACE, and LEFT/RIGHT ARROW keys. - Can now input up to 999 for each category making it possible to enter a season's worth of statistics at one time. - Batting, pitching, and fielding reports now centered on printed page if less than 80 characters long. - Can now select how many lines to print per page (40 to 99). - Many other minor changes not worth noting.