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- Welcome to BowlStat
- ===================
-
- Here are a few short notes to assist you in using BowlStat.
-
-
- YEARLY STATISTICS/CLUB SCORES
- -----------------------------
-
- 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
- -----
-
- 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
- ------
-
- 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
- ==============
-
- 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
- -------------
-
- 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.