Competition Planner Software - User instructions

Contents

• Add/edit/delete Organisations. (A)
• Add/edit/delete  Competitions. (B)
• Edit round headings. (C)
• Duplicate competition (not present in all software versions). (D)
• Add team. (E)
• Modify team list. (F)
• Shuffle list. (G)
• Reset list to pre-shuffled state. (H)
• Place output into sub-web. (J)
• Misc notes.

Produce new Organisation.

Clicking on the button at (A) will open the Organisation form. This allows you to order and edit the Organisation names. Clicking on its Add button will open a second Organisation form where you can enter the new Organisation's name. If you are a sub-web, click on the Is sub-web button, then click save. The name is added to the Organisation list, which you can then close. Select the Organisation in the combo box on the main form.

Produce new Competitions.

Clicking on the button at (B) will start a similar sequence as for producing a new Organisation (see above), with similar forms (renamed).

Edit round headings .

Clicking on the button at (C) will change the list display to allow you to edit the round headings. You can click on the Auto Generate button to initate the process by showing how many headings will be required for the quantity of entries. Select an item to open the Edit form which is simiar to the form as used in the Add Team item (see below).

Duplicate competition.

Clicking on the button at (D) will make a duplicate of the currently selected competition, and add the word PLATE at the end of the name.

Add teams.

Clicking on the button at (E) will open the Add Team form. Enter the team members one per line. Click on its save button when the team will be added to the main form list.

Modify team list.

Clicking on the buttons at (F) will allow you to:

• Raise the selected item in the list order so re-arranging its display order and therefore who the team plays.
• Add a team to the list (see above).
• Edit the team name, which will open the same form as used in the Add Team item (see above) but will the currently selected team's data entered.
• Delete the currently selected team from the list.
• Lower the selected item in the list order so re-arranging its display order and therefore who the team plays.

Shuffle list.

Clicking on the button at (G) will use a Randomize algorithm to re-order the list, simulating a team "Draw". You can re-set to the original order by clicking on the Reset List button (see below).

Reset list.

Clicking on the button at (H) will attempt to reset the list to its pre-shuffled state.

Produce output.

Clicking on the button at (J) will open the Output form:

• Clicking on the Output to Microsoft Word will open Microsoft Word (if installed) with the competition knockout displayed.
• Clicking on the Output to default browser will open Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera or whatever you have chosen to be your default browser with the competition knockout displayed.
• Click on the Copy filepath to clipboard button in preparation for the Output to sub-web (see below).

Place output into sub-web.

Open your sub-web and login. Click on the Web update file button, then:

• Click on the Browse button. Paste (mouse right-click, select paste) the clipboard item you obtained in the final stage of Produce output (see above).
• Click on the Upload button.
• Click on the Process button.

DON'T RUSH! This final bit is done on the internet and you must wait until each stage is complete before going on to the next one, and that can take a little while!!

Misc. notes

If a Season/Organisation/Competition combination already exists on the web, when you again place the output into the sub-web the previous contents will be deleted with the new contents replacing the old ones. However, you will lose any modifications you have made on the web. In other words, don't do it if you have started to enter results!!!!!!!!

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