Chip 2001 Mobile/Chip_Mobile_2001.iso/palm/spiele/scoreshe/scoreshe.exe/readme.txt

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This is Readme.txt for ScoreSheet version 1.6.1

ScoreSheet is ⌐1998-2000 by Roger Chaplin <[e-mail]>
                            http://home.att.net/~foursquaredev/


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| Contents |
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    Introduction
    Compatibility
    Quick Start
    Usage
    Registering
    Revision History
    Limitations
    Planned Improvements
    Ideas for Improvement
    Warranty and Disclaimer
    Limitation of Liability


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| Introduction |
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ScoreSheet is intended as a general purpose score keeping utility.
Features include:

    o Quick entry of players' names; just start writing
    o Accomodates positive and negative scores
    o Score in rounds, or in random order
    o Checkbox beside each player's name so you know whose score has
      been entered for this round and whose has not
    o Support for games that involve bidding
    o Undo a score, in case you made a mistake
    o View and edit a player's score history
    o Scores up to +/- 2,147,483,647 (32-bit accumulator) for those
      really long games
    o Optional automatic sorting of players by score at the end of each
      round, either highest to lowest or lowest to highest
    o Selectable font size -- tailor the display to suit your needs
    o Programmable reset score value, for games that begin with a score
      other than zero
    o Number of players limited only by your available memory
    o Up to 15 independent lists of players -- keep your family Scrabble game
      separate from your Saturday afternoon dominoes
    o Includes a "bone tracker" for playing dominoes -- check off the bones
      that have been led

Whenever you and your friends or family sit down to play a game, and you
need to go find a piece of paper on which to keep score, use ScoreSheet
instead.


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| Compatibility |
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ScoreSheet runs on any Palm Computing platform, using any version of Palm OS.
At the time of this writing, this includes the Pilot 1000 and 5000, PalmPilot
Personal and Professional, Palm III, Palm IIIe, Palm IIIx, Palm IIIxe,
Palm IIIc, Palm V, Palm Vx, Palm VII, IBM WorkPad (all models), Handspring
Visor (all models), and TRG Pro.


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| Quick Start |
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Step 1: Install the included scoresheet.prc on your Pilot. If you are unsure
        how to do this, consult the handbook that came with your organizer,
        and look for "Installing Applications".
Step 2: Start the program.

If you are upgrading from version 1.4 or 1.5, your player lists and
preferences are preserved. Also, if you have registered one of these versions,
you will not have to re-enter the registration code.


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| Usage |
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Entering new players:
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Tap the "New player" button, or just start writing. New players are assigned
to the presently active category (the popup trigger in the upper right corner
of the screen). If the active category is "All", new players are assigned to
the "Unfiled" category.

Maintaining separate lists of players:
--------------------------------------
Tap the category trigger to pop up the list of player lists. To switch to a
different list, tap its name. To create a new list, or rename an existing
list, tap "Edit Categories..."

Scoring:
--------
ScoreSheet can be made to work in two different ways: scoring in rounds, and
scoring in "dribs and drabs" (a term suggested by a customer). Scoring in
rounds is the only method supported by ScoreSheet in v1.5 and earlier.
Scoring in rounds is useful for games where all players score at once, such as
card games that are played in hands, or where each player scores in turn one
after another, such as Scrabble. Other games, such as certain dominoe games,
do not progress in rounds. For these games, disable the ScoreSheet Scoring in
rounds feature.

    Scoring in rounds:
    ------------------
    Beside each player's name is a checkbox, indicating whether that player
    has been scored for this round. If the box is unchecked, tap the player's
    name to pop up the score form, where you can enter the player's score,
    then tap the Add score button. If a player's box is checked, tapping his
    name will present you with the opportunity to undo the player's last
    score, or to go to the player's Details view.

    Once a score has been entered for every player, ScoreSheet unchecks all
    the boxes, and performs sorting by score (if you have enabled it on the
    Preferences screen).

    Scoring in dribs and drabs:
    ---------------------------
    When you tap a player's name, the score form pops up, letting you enter a
    score for that player. There is no explicit undo feature, but you can
    change a player's previous score using the Details view.

    Once you have entered a score for a player, ScoreSheet sorts by score (if
    you have enabled this on the Preferences screen).

Bone Tracker:
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Keeping track of players' scores is only one part of the task of a score
keeper when you're playing dominoes; you also have to keep track of which
bones have been led to begin a hand. To use ScoreSheet's Bone Tracker, go to
the Preferences screen and select the size of the domino set you are using. A
small domino button will appear at the bottom of the main screen, right next
to the "Reset scores" button. Tap this domino button to bring up the Bone
Tracker screen. You can check and un-check the boxes as you like.  When you
reset scores using the "Reset scores" button, ScoreSheet also unchecks all the
bone checkmarks for you.

Bidding
-------
If you are scoring a game that involves bidding, enable this feature on the
Preferences screen (Menu->ScoreSheet->Preferences from the main screen). Then
at the beginning of a round, tap the player name that holds the bid, enter the
bid value, then tap the Bid button. This causes a diamond to appear beside the
player's name, indicating that this player holds the bid. If you have made a
mistake (selected the wrong player, or entered the wrong amount), simply
follow the procedure again give the bid to the correct player or enter the
correct bid amount. When you enter a score for the player who holds the bid,
if that score is greater than or equal to the bid amount, the score is added
to his total. Otherwise, the bid amount is deducted from the player's total.

Resetting scores:
-----------------
The Reset scores button on the main view resets every player's score to the
programmed reset value. You can change this reset score on the Preferences
screen. By default, it is zero. Only the players in the active list are
affected; scores in other lists are unchanged. If the bone tracker is active,
the Reset scores button also clears all of the bones checkboxes.

Editing player details:
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The Details view allows you to change a player's name or score, and allows you
to move the player from one list to another. It also displays the player's
score history, and allows you edit any of his past scores. Tap the player's
name in the main view, then tap Details.

    Changing a past score:
    ----------------------
    On the Details view, scroll the History list until the score you want to
    change is visible. Tap that score, and a Change Score dialog will pop up.

Clearing the player list:
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To remove all players from the active list, use Menu->Player->Delete all.

ScoreSheet preferences:
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Use Menu->ScoreSheet->Preferences to access the Preferences screen. There, you
can control:
    the display font
    the Bone Tracker
    the scoring mode (Score in rounds)
    the bidding feature
    sorting by score
    reset score


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| Registering |
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ScoreSheet is shareware. A single user license costs $6.00. The unregistered
version limits you to two players. When you register you will receive a code
to unlock the program, which will remove the 2-player limitation. Registration
also entitles you to technical support. You may register ScoreSheet at either
PalmGear H.Q or Handango.

PalmGear H.Q.:
    2500 East Randol Mill Road, Suite 117
    Arlington, TX 76017
    800.741.9070
    http://www2.viaweb.com/pilotgearsw/rogerchaplin.html

Handango:
    http://www.handango.com/

When you register at PalmGear H.Q. or PalmCentral, please include the RegCode
that appears on the ScoreSheet registration screen (Menu->ScoreSheet->About,
then tap the Unregistered Shareware button). Using this code will help to
ensure that you receive the correct unlock key. To help ensure the accuracy of
this code, you can copy and paste it into a Memo Pad memo, then HotSync that
memo to your desktop computer, then copy from the Palm Desktop program into
the PalmGear or Handango purchase form in your web browser.

If you wish to register more than one copy, enter the Pilot User Name and/or
RegCode for one of the devices on the online order form, and email the other
Pilot User Names and/or RegCodes directly to [e-mail].

Since this is shareware, with try-before-you-buy opportunity, all sales are
final.


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| Revision History |
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April 29, 2000      v1.6.1
    o Bone Tracker now handles up to double-15 dominoes

March 12, 2000      v1.6
    o Added "dribs and drabs" scoring
    o Added color icons for the app launcher

February 25, 2000   v1.5
    o Fixes to make it run on Palm OS 3.5

January 2, 2000     v1.4
    o Added support for bidding games

May 6, 1999         v1.3
    o Added score history
    o Added support for multiple display fonts

March 22, 1999      v1.22
    o Minor change to category popup lists to eliminate potential problem for
      PalmOS 3.1 (PalmIIIx and PalmV) users

March 1, 1999       v1.21
    o Widened score column on main screen so as not to truncate large
      scores
    o Already scored message box now contains player's name and last
      entered score

February 26, 1999   v1.2
    o Added the Bone Tracker

February 22, 1999   v1.1
    o Added support for categories
    o Added programmable reset score
    o Added initial score for new player
    o Added edit player name and score

March 21, 1998      v1.0
    First public release
    o Added the New player button on the main screen
    o Shareware version with code to unlock

March 15, 1998      v0.03
    First limited public release for alpha testing


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| Support |
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If you have suggestions, comments, constructive criticism, or questions,
please let me know. I give priority on technical questions to registered
users, but I do try to answer all questions. And who knows? Your
suggestion may become the next new feature!


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| Limitations |
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1.  On the New Player and Player Details forms, the program makes no attempt
    to ensure that you enter only decimal digits (0-9) and the minus sign (-)
    in the Score field. If you enter non-digit characters in this field the
    program will not crash, but neither will you get a reasonable number.


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| Planned Improvements |
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None.


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| Ideas for Improvement |
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1.  Support for "trick" games (Hearts, etc.)
2.  Support for Pinochle
3.  Simple +/- buttons on the main form, for games like Cribbage where you
    score a point or two all the time.


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| Warranty and Disclaimer |
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This Software is distributed in the hope that it might be useful, but WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND; not even the implied warranties of MERCHANTABILITY,
fitness for ANY particular purpose, or for non-infringement.


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| Limitation of Liability |
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UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY, TORT, CONTRACT, OR
OTHERWISE, SHALL ROGER CHAPLIN, FOURSQUARE DEVELOPMENT OR ITS SUPPLIERS OR
RESELLERS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL,
INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR
MALFUNCTION, OR ANY AND ALL OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES. IN NO EVENT
WILL FOURSQUARE DEVELOPMENT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT
FOURSQUARE DEVELOPMENT RECEIVED FROM YOU FOR A LICENSE TO THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN
IF ROGER CHAPLIN OR FOURSQUARE DEVELOPMENT SHALL HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY. THIS
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL NOT APPLY TO LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL
INJURY TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE LAW PROHIBITS SUCH LIMITATION. FURTHERMORE,
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THIS LIMITATION AND EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.