| How do I learn to use the program, or how
does it work? |
An HTML file called manual.html is included witht he installation.
Read this document (using your favourite web browser) and it should give you a step by
step guide. No doubt some of it will be confusing, so then speak to some-one who has
it installed or contact me (David Armstrong) via e-mail or phone.
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| Will the software run on Macintosh or Linux? |
It will only run on Microsoft Windows (W95/98 for v1.4, 3.x, Windows9x
for v1.3). Some other operating systems have Windows emulators, so if have one of
these emulators give it ago (I've never run it under an emulator) - it might work!
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| Will the program handle special Dressage
Events? |
The program has been designed for Combined Driving Events (CDEs). You
may be able to fudge the set-up to cope with a special event, but it has not been designed
for such special events.
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| Is it FEI compliant? |
As from v1.4a it is FEI compliant. Any earlier versions (1.3) are
not.
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| How do I enter Minimum Times? |
You don't. You only enter the Allowed Time, which is otherwise
known as the Maximum Time. The program automatically calculates the Minimum Time - 2
minutes less for Section A, 1 minute less for Section C, and for FEI classes 3 minutes
less for Section E.
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Can the program be used
over a network? |
From v1.5 the program has been designed to operate over a network.
As the MS-Access database is used to store data, there are limitations on the
number of users. MS-Access is not designed as a client-server database, hence will
start to grind when too many users are attempting to use it. I'm not sure of the
limit, but up to 5 users should be no problems, and even 10 depending on the workload.
The speed of the machines and the network will also be a factor in the reponse
times.
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| When I enter Marathon Section Start or
Finish Times they all have the 'PM' indicator? |
This problem has been noted to occur on Windows 95/98. This
happens when the AM/PM indicators are not set to blank. You can find these indicators by
clicking on Settings/Control Panel/Regional Settings/Time. In the 'Time' panel you
will see 2 text boxes with the labels 'AM symbol' and 'PM symbol'. Make the values
in the text boxes blank. Do this by clicking on the drop-down list button and select
the blank line. When both have been cleared, click on the 'Apply' button, then the
'OK' button. Any Marathon Start or Finish Times that were previously entered will
have to be corrected - ie re-type as AM times. With the AM/PM indicators set on, if
you have have entered a Start Time before 12:00, and then enter a Finish time after 12:00,
the program may abend. The safest thing to do is to reset all previously entered
times again once the AM/PM indicators have been turned off. I have yet to determine
the actual cause of the problem, but the above band-aid treatment should get you going.
(Thanks to Lance Thomas for finding this problem - 16/03/99, and apologies to Elton
Chapman for copping this at an event). This problem is now rectified from version 1.3i, and I suspect it may be a bug with Windows 95/98
that is causing the problem.
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Any questions you want
answered, feel free to email me |