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Information about “FOURSOME GENERATOR”
FOURSOME GENERATOR automatically calculates foursomes (teams of four)
for golf tournaments based upon their handicaps. The program allows you
to keep a running roster of members eligible to play, including address,
phone number, and handicap. Information can be updated at any time.
From the roster you mark those who are going to play in a tournament.
FOURSOME GENERATOR generates foursomes so all teams will have an equal
or almost equal handicap total. Other options include:
~ Link players who want to play together while maintaining equal
foursomes
~ Produce mixed foursomes (male and female pairing)
~ Up to 24 trial calculations (no repeats if same players
participate week after week)
~ Generate low/high foursomes
~ Generate random foursomes
~ Players can be ranked in four different groupings
~ Tee times generated automatically
~ Sort roster on any field
~ Print address labels and print reports to printer, disk, or screen.
FG.DOC
FOURSOME GENERATOR
by
C. B. FAIN & ASSOCIATES PC PROGRAMMING
4424 Woodlark Court
Clemmons, NC 27012
COPYRIGHT 1988, 1989 C.B. FAIN & ASSOCIATES PC PROGRAMMING
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
(C) Copyright 1989 by C.B. Fain & Associates PC Programming
DISCLAIMER
Information in this manual, and program changes, may occur
without notice and does not represent a commitment on the
part of Fain & Associates. This program or manual could
contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors.
Changes may periodically be made without notification.
PERMISSION TO COPY
Individuals and organizations are granted permission to copy the
FOURSOME GENERATOR computer program and User's Manual provided that
there is no charge to the individual or organizations that receive
the copy. However, a distribution cost may be charged for the cost
of the diskette(s).
USER-SUPPORTED SOFTWARE
If you find FOURSOME GENERATOR to be of value, your contribution
will be appreciated. (Any contribution is appreciated.)
The address is:
C.B. Fain & Associates PC Programming
4424 Woodlark Court
Clemmons, N.C. 27012
For a $39.00 or more contribution, you will become a registered
user. As a register user the following will be provided.
. Upon registration you will receive the latest updated
FOURSOME GENERATOR program and manual.
. You will be notified of any enhancements that may have been
made since you purchased the FOURSOME GENERATOR.
Enhancements might include-- Computation of handicaps,
print cards, game analysis package, etc. The more
registered users, the more enhancements we will be able to
add.
LET US HEAR FROM YOU
If you have any ideas of enhancements you would like to see in the
FOURSOME GENERATOR feel free to write.
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REGISTRATION BLANK
C.B. Fain & Associates PC Programming
4424 Woodlark Court
Clemmons, N.C. 27012
(919) 460-1628
Enclose is a check or money order for $39.00, for the registration
fee.
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I. INTRODUCTION
A. What does FOURSOME GENERATOR do?
1. Keeps a permanent record of each player's name,
handicap, and "Play?" (Include in Generating
Foursomes?) status.
a. Option to add or drop players from the list.
b. Allows you to update handicaps at any time.
c. Select or change players to include in
generating foursomes.
2. Sort names alphabetically and compresses unwanted
spaces.
3. Calculates
a. Equal Foursome, based on handicaps.
b. Indicates any left over players, which were
not included in a foursome.
c. Also ranks players in four different groupings,
if desired.
d. Scrambling routine allows foursomes to be
mixed.
4. Printouts
a. Printout entire player listing, including
names, other information, and handicaps.
b. Printout of calculated foursomes. Includes group
number, player names, handicaps, rankings, and
total group handicap of each foursome.
B. FOURSOME GENERATOR minimum requirements
1. An IBM or compatible Personal Computer running MS-DOS
or PC-DOS Version 2.0 or later
2. One floppy-disk drive
3. 256K RAM
STARTING FOURSOME GENERATOR
Boot up your computer via DOS.
Place the FOURSOME GENERATOR Program diskette in drive A.
Make sure you are at A> prompt.
If something else besides " A> " appears, such as C> then type
A: followed by ENTER.
A> should then appear.
At the A> prompt type FG then press the <ENTER> key
The FOURSOME GENERATOR is then loaded into computer memory.
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USING THE FOURSOME GENERATOR SCREEN
The following is a sample FOURSOME GENERATOR screen ---
# Name / Other Information Handicap Play?
------------------------------------------ --- F2-CALCULATE
1 |Abbott, Will 766-7864 |7 | |1| F3-FILE
2 |Alspaugh, Todd 876-9876 |4 | |1| F4-PRINT
3 |Appel, Fred 678-9874 |9 | |0| F5-SORT
4 |Austin, D. Q. 768-9872 |10 | |1| F6-RANKINGS
5 |Autry, Jerry 722-6754 |12 | |0| ESC-EXIT
6 |Baker, Henry 765-6781 |4 | |1|
7 |Ballard, James 723-9995 |7 | |0| KEYS
8 |Barclay, John 765-7823 |9 | |1| ----------
9 |Barr, Paul 733-4896 |7 | |1| ARROWS
10 |Battle, D.J. 998-8653 |4 | |1| HOME
11 |Beck, Ron 765-6895 |11 | |1| END
12 |Beeson, Keith 746-7482 |10 | |1| F9-Tab Left
13 |Benbow, Gilmer 766-3748 |7 | |0| F10-Tab Rigt
14 |Bernard, Sam 745-8383 |9 | |1| PG UP-Page U
15 |Billings, Chuck 958-4231 |3 | |1| PG DN-Page D
16 |Blake, Cam 988-4637 |9 | |0| INSERT
17 |Bland, James 677-7774 |13 | |1| DELETE
18 |Bowman, Rob 788-6574 |8 | |1|
19 |Bray, Jim 766-5647 |12 | |1|
20 |Chapman, Gary 988-5325 |1 | |0|
-------------------------------------- ---
The left column contains the player's names and any other
information you wish to include. The two columns to the right
of the player's names are used to record corresponding
handicaps, and to indicate if the player should be included in
the computed foursomes. On the right of the screen is a list
of valid function keys and cursor movement and editing keys.
ENTERING DATA
A. NAMES / OTHER INFORMATION
1. Adding names
If you want to add a new player to the roster, just
write his/her name in the next available position.
Press function key F5 to sort the list of names
alphabetically.
2. Erasing names
If you want to delete a player name from your roster
erase the player's name using the DELETE key or blank
the name out with the space bar. Press function key F5
to sort the list. The handicap and other information of
the deleted player is erased and the vacant space
filled.
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B. HANDICAPS
To update a player's handicap, just type the new
handicap in, over the old one.
C. INDICATING PLAYERS TO INCLUDE IN THE GENERATED FOURSOMES
To indicate that a player is included in the generated
foursomes, place a "1" in the "PLAY?" column next to the
player's name. All player's that have a "1" beside
their name will be included in the generated foursomes.
Those with a "0" in the "PLAY?" column will not be
included in the computed foursomes. To update a
player's "PLAY?" status, just type a "1" or a "0" over
the old "PLAY?" status.
CURSOR MOVEMENT
Cursor Control Keys
Right Arrow --> Cursor moves right one space.
Left Arrow <-- Cursor moves left one space.
Down Arrow Cursor moves down one line.
Up Arrow Cursor moves up one line.
BACK SPACE Moves cursor back one space.
PG UP (Page up) Moves cursor Up one page.
PG DN (Page down) Moves cursor down one page.
HOME Move to start of column.
END Move to end of column.
F9 Move left one column
F10 Move right one column
INSERT Toggle insert mode on and off.
DELETE Delete character under the cursor.
FUNCTION KEYS
Program control keys
KEY DESCRIPTION
F2-CALCULATE Calculate Foursomes and print to screen
or printer.
F3-FILES Save and load files from disk.
F4-PRINT Print player roster.
F5-SORT Sorts the player's names alphabetically
and deletes unnecessary spaces.
F6-RANKINGS Enter customize ranking groups for
players.
ESC-EXIT Exit whatever you are doing, including
the program itself.
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CALCULATING FOURSOMES
After you have marked which players are participating in
the tournament, you are ready to compute foursomes.
To compute, press Function key F2. A window will pop
up. You must choose which mode to use in calculating
the Foursomes. Normal mode calculates foursomes with
total group handicaps as close as possible for each
foursome. Use the scramble modes to reduce repetition
of foursomes if the same players play together week
after week. Each scramble mode scrambles the foursomes
in a different way. Note that the scramble modes are
less accurate in calculating equal foursomes.
After selecting a calculation mode choose to send the
results to either the printer, or the screen.
FOURSOME GENERATOR begins computing foursomes.
The number of foursomes computed is the number of
participants, divided by four rounded down to the
nearest whole number.
40 players in tournament 40/4 = 10 foursomes
41 players in tournament 41/4 = 10.25
rounded down = 10 foursomes
1 player left out
42 players in tournament 42/4 = 10.5
rounded down = 10 foursomes
2 players left out
FOURSOME GENERATOR notifies you of any left over
player(s) which are not included in a foursome.
SAVING and LOADING A FILE
To save or load a file press F3 and choose the load or
save option. The file screen will then appear. With the file
screen you can specify the name of the file to load or save,
and also the drive and directory the file should be saved on or
retrieved from. The current drive, subdirectory, and directory
of files is always displayed on the screen. Files are
displayed in lowercase letters and subdirectories in uppercase
letters inclosed by <>. You can list directories on any drive
or subdirectory by doing the following.
Let's say you want to list the directory on the A drive. Type
the following and press ENTER --- A: To list directories on the
B or C drive, type --- B: or C: If you are using a fixed disk
and want to see a subdirectory, type --- C:\SUBDIR You can also
look at directories under multiply paths too. --C:
\SUBDIR1\SUBDIR2\SUBDIR3\
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A simple way to move through subdirectories is to use the arrow
keys to move the highlight bar down into the text directory.
Select the subdirectory to move to by pressing ENTER when over
the directory you want to move to. If you are already in a
subdirectory and want to move to the "parent" directory
highlight either <.> or <..> and press ENTER.
SAVING ---
To save a file type the name, including whatever extension
you want, and press ENTER. You can give your file any name as
long as the following applies.
1. File name can be no longer then eight characters.
2. Only A-Z and 0-9 are valid characters.
If the file you want to save already exists on disk you can
move the highlight bar down with the arrow keys and press ENTER
when over the file name to save.
LOADING ---
Whenever you want to add or delete names, update
handicaps, or compute foursomes just load your previously
created file into computer memory. To do this, either type the
name or move the highlight bar to the file and select it.
Any time you need to exit the file screen press ESC.
PRINTING THE ROSTER
To print your roster press Function key F4. A window
will then pop up.
Before you start printing, make sure --
1. The printer is on.
2. The paper is set to top of form. The program is
set to jump over the perforation of each page.
3. Pressing ESC pauses printing until you choose to
resume or abort.
SORTING AND COMPRESSING
To sort your roster alphabetically press Function key F5.
The FOURSOME GENERATOR then Sorts the player's names
alphabetically, and compresses all unwanted spaces.
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SPECIFYING RANKING GROUPS
Press F6 to call up the ranking window.
-----------------
| LOWER | HIGHER |
| LIMIT | LIMIT |
RANK |-------|--------|
A | 0 | 0 |
B | 0 | 0 |
C | 0 | 0 |
D | 0 | 0 |
------------------
This allow you to rate the players according to handicaps,
into four groups. Groups A,B,C, and D. You choose the
range of handicaps for each group. If you do not care to
rate players according to handicaps, just leave this
screen with zeros. If you do this, each participant is
rated as an "A" player.
EXITING THE PROGRAM
To exit the FOURSOME GENERATOR press the ESC key while
viewing your roster.
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APPENDIX A
BACKING UP YOUR PROGRAM DISK
It is important to make a backup of your program disk in case
the original copy is damaged. To do this, follow the steps
below.
Get 1. Your DOS disk
2. Your master Program disk
3. A blank floppy disk
Place the DOS diskette in floppy disk drive A.
If something else besides " A> " appears on the screen, such as
C> then type A: followed by ENTER. A> should then appear.
At A> prompt type DISKCOPY A: A:
The following message will appear ---Insert source disk into
drive A: Press any key when ready
Remove the DOS disk and place the master Program disk in drive
A and press any key.
After a while the following message will appear ---Insert
target disk into drive A: Press any key when
ready
Place the blank floppy disk in drive A and press any key. When
the disk drive stops turning, your backup is complete. Place
the master copy in a safe place and use the backup copy from
now on.
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APPENDIX B
ONE FLOPPY DRIVE SETUP
To run FOURSOME GENERATOR using a one floppy drive system
you need the following.
1. Program Disk
2. Data Disk (Blank formatted disk) If you do not have a
blank formatted disk, you need to format one. See the
FORMAT command in your DOS manual.
1. Place the Program diskette in drive A.
At A> prompt type FG followed by ENTER
2. After the program has been loaded, remove the program
disk from drive A and replace with your Data disk.
All the Data files you create, load and save will be
placed on your Data disk.
TWO FLOPPY DRIVE SETUP
To run FOURSOME GENERATOR using a two floppy drive system
you need the following.
1. Program Disk
2. Data Disk (Blank formatted disk) If you do not have a
blank formatted disk, you need to format one. See the
FORMAT command in your DOS manual.
Place the Program diskette in drive B and Data Diskette
in drive A. If something else besides "A>" appears on
the screen, such as B> type-- A: followed by ENTER
At A> prompt type B:FG followed by ENTER
All the files you create, load and save will be placed
on your Data disk in drive A.
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APPENDIX C
HARD-DISK SETUP
If your computer has a hard disk drive, you'll probably want to
put the FOURSOME GENERATOR Program and Data files on the hard
disk.
The following steps assume that your hard disk is drive "C:",
your floppy disk drive is "A:", and that you want to put the
Programs and data files into a subdirectory on the hard disk
called "GOLF". You can modify this example to match your own
requirements.
1. "Boot up" your system from the hard disk. You should see
DOS prompt ("C>" or something similar) on your screen.
2. Make a subdirectory to hold the Program and data files:
Type--
MD \GOLF
3. Place the Program diskette in the "A:" drive.
4. Copy everything from the "A:" drive into the GOLF
subdirectory on your "C:" drive: Type--
COPY A:*.* C:\GOLF
5. Now that you've set up your GOLF subdirectory, you should
store the program distribution diskette in a safe place.
Whenever you want to run the FOURSOME GENERATOR Program,
just perform the following steps after booting up DOS.
1. Change Directories (get into the GOLF Program
subdirectory): At C> type --
CD \GOLF
2. Then enter the name of the program FG when you
want to run it.
FG followed by <ENTER>
3. The program will be loaded into memory and you are
ready to go.
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COPYRIGHT NOTICE
(C) Copyright 1988, 1989 by C.B. Fain & Associates All Rights
Reserved
If you have any comments about this software write to
C.B. Fain & Associates
4424 Woodlark Court
Clemmons, N.C. 27012
(919) 460-1628
If you or someone you know has a need for specialized
software we are in the business of writing programs for
PC's and compatibles. We offer quality work at reasonable
prices. Feel free to write or call, we will be glad to
see what we can do for you.
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FILE1174.TXT
Disk No: 1174
Disk Title: Foursome Generator
PC-SIG Version: 2
Program Title: Foursome Generator
Author Version: 3.00
Author Registration: $39.00
Special Requirements: None.
FOURSOME GENERATOR is a program which automatically calculates
foursomes (teams of four) for golf tournaments based upon their
handicaps. This program allows you to keep a running roster of members
eligible to play, and up to 500 people can be entered on each list.
Separate lists may be saved to disk. You can edit and update the names
and handicap numbers at any time, and the program lets you define the
range for the handicap numbers.
Once the names are entered, the program can sort the list
alphabetically. From a list of names you can mark the names of those
people who are going to play in a foursomes tournament. The program
then quickly generates foursomes so all teams will an equal or almost
equal handicap total. This program allows you to aproduce a printout of
the entire player listing or a printout of the calculated foursomes.
File Descriptions:
README DOC Introduction.
FG DOC Documentation.
FG EXE Main program.
FG DAT Data file.
PC-SIG
1030D East Duane Avenue
Sunnyvale Ca. 94086
(408) 730-9291
(c) Copyright 1988,89 PC-SIG, Inc.
GO.TXT
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║ <<<< Disk No 1174 FOURSOME GENERATOR >>>> ║
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║ To start the program, type FG (press enter) ║
║ ║
║ To copy the documentation to your printer, type MANUAL (press enter) ║
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README.DOC
This disk contains the following.
FG.DOC FOURSOME GENERATOR Manual. To print this manual
on your printer type COPY FG.DOC PRN [press
ENTER]. (Be sure your printer is turned on before
you do this.)
FG.EXE FOURSOME GENERATOR Program. Type FG to run the
program.
FG.DAT Data file required by FOURSOME GENERATOR to run.
README.DOC This file.
Directory of PC-SIG Library Disk #1174
Volume in drive A has no label
Directory of A:\
FG DAT 48 2-12-89 12:51p
FG DOC 25309 2-20-89 2:43p
FG EXE 73081 2-12-89 12:45p
FILE1174 TXT 1299 9-13-89 10:29a
GO BAT 38 1-18-88 1:38p
GO TXT 540 10-13-88 12:20p
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