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- SwimBase
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- Version 2.00
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- Q U I C K S T A R T
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- Last updated: March, 1993
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- SwimBase Quick Start
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- This document will present one example of how to setup
- SwimBase and define your events, season, meet and swimmers.
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- After you have successfully installed (see INSTALL.DOC and
- SWIMBASE.MAN) the SwimBase program on your disk you can follow
- these simple steps to get started. Refer to the SwimBase program
- manual (SWIMBASE.MAN) as you proceed for a complete explanation of
- each menu item and form field.
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- Program and Menu Usage
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- The basic use of all menus is the same. The up and down arrow
- keys are used to move within the menu or by pressing the first
- letter of a menu item it can be jumped to. The selection is picked
- by pressing the ENTER key. On the menus that can span more than one
- screen full of data such as the swimmer requestor the Page Up and
- Page Down keys move a page at a time rather than a item at a time.
- The ESC key will return to the previous menu or selection or exit
- the program from the opening menu. The ESC key is consistent
- throughout the program to cancel the current selection.
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- You can exit any input form or menu by pressing the ESC key.
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- There are 3 special keys that are active in any menu. ALT/C
- (holding down the ALT key and pressing C) will open a time
- calculator window. This calculator will allow you to add, subtract
- and divide time in minutes:seconds:hundreds format. See the manual
- section on the Time Calculator for details. ALT/A (holding down the
- ALT key and pressing A) will open the 'About SwimBase' window with
- memory usage statistics. ALT/D will shell out (exit) to DOS. This
- DOS shell will allow any DOS commands or actions to be taken. You
- can return to SwimBase at the point you left by entering 'EXIT' at
- the DOS prompt.
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- PAGE 2
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- Program Setup
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- Step 1. Define the System and Team Defaults
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- Start the SwimBase program and select 'Set or Change
- Defaults'.
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- Review these settings using the program manual (SWIMBASE.MAN)
- to see if they are appropriate for your PC and swim team. In most
- cases you will be able to proceed with your setup without modifying
- any of these defaults.
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- Step 2. Define your meet events and scoring rules.
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- Select 'Modify Events or Age Grps' from the Opening Menu and
- then select 'Modify Globals' to set the global parameters for your
- events. Refer to the program manual for complete details.
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- Now elect 'Modify Events or Age Grps' from the Opening Menu
- and then select 'Modify Events' to define each event. Your swim
- league manual should have a list of all the events that you will
- need and these should be entered here.
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- You should also review the age groups by selecting 'Set Age
- Groups' to ensure that the defined age groups are correct for your
- team.
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- Step 3. Define a Season.
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- Select 'Define New Season' from the Opening Menu and enter the
- appropriate data for your season.
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- When this is complete then select 'Select Active Season' and
- pick your new season in order to move to the Main Menu.
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- Step 4. Enter your swimmers personal data.
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- Select 'Swimmer data Add or Modify' from the Main Menu and
- then 'Add Data for New Swimmer' from the Swimmer Setup Menu and
- enter each swimmer's data.
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- When you are finished return to the Main Menu.
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- Step 5. Define one or more of your Meets.
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- Select 'Meet Data Add or Modify' from the Main Menu and build
- one or more of your Meets.
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- When you are finished return to the Main Menu.
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- PAGE 3
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- Step 6. If you have meet results available, enter them now.
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- Select 'Event Data Add or Modify' from the Main Menu and then
- select 'Add Individual Event Results'.
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- You can select your swimmer's names by entering the swimmer
- number (available in the Roster Reports), by entering the first few
- letters of the swimmer's last name or by the swimmer's last and
- first initial separated by a space.
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- Select the appropriate event number.
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- Enter the swimmer's time remembering that if the time is less
- than 1 minute to use zeros not spaces to pad the time (IE: 0:23:42,
- not :23:42).
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- Enter the status and place.
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- At this point you are ready to start pulling the various
- reports from the Reports Menu. Access this menu from the Opening
- Menu, Reports, View or Print.
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- Refer to the program manual to see what each report does or
- just experiment with them. No report will modify your data so there
- is no risk involved in requesting any report.
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