ProfitPress Mega CDROM2 Shareware Freeware (MSDOS)(1992)(Eng)

home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search

/ ProfitPress Mega CDROM2 …eeware (MSDOS)(1992)(Eng) / ProfitPress-MegaCDROM2.B6I / APPS / DATABASE / GLFCMP10.ZIP / GOLFCOMP.DOC < prev next >

Wrap

Text File | 1991-07-17 | 27.1 KB | 822 lines

The Golfing Companion ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Golf Course Database and Handicap Calculator Copyright (c) 1991 Great Bellowing Moose Software All Rights Reserved Version 1.00 July 15, 1991 Great Bellowing Moose Software 2101 Sandstone Drive Abbotsford, B.C. V2S 5W4 Canada SIGNET @ 25:2604/101 DATA c/o BriDon BBS (604) 859-7570 Table of Contents Table of Contents ....................................... i Definition of Shareware ................................ ii Registration Information ............................... ii Warranty .............................................. iii License ............................................... iii Note from Me ........................................... iv ORDER FORM .............................................. v System Requirement ...................................... 1 Overview ................................................ 2 Course Overviews and Costs............................... 3 Course Directory ........................................ 5 Personal Handicap Calc .................................. 7 "Setting a Tee Time" Tips ............................... 8 Page i DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you are expected to register. Individual programs differ on details -- some request registration while others require it, some specify a maximum trial period. With registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue using the software to an updated program with printed manual. Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group. For example, some authors require written permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their Shareware. Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy. And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the product, you don't pay for it. REGISTRATION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Golfing Companion is distributed as shareware. If you paid a public domain" vendor for this program, you paid for the services of copying the program and not for the program itself. Rest assured, that nothing ever gets to the originators of this product. You may evaluate this product, but if you make use of it past a few weeks, you must register your copy. We offer registered users a the most up to date copy of the program with a serial number registered to them as well as their name appearing in the opening screen. Registered users will also receive technical support, as well of notices of any updates, should they occur. If after a couple of weeks you are still using The Golfing Companion, a registration of $35.00 CDN ($30.00 US) will be appreciated. Please fill out the supplied registration form and send it along with your remittance to the given address. Page ii WARRANTY ~~~~~~~~~~ This product is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, any warranties of merchantableness and/or fitness for a particular purpose. Great Bellowing Moose Software shall not be liable for any damages, whether direct,indirect, special or consequential arising from a failure of this product to operate in the manner desired by the user. Great Bellowing Moose Software shall not be liable for any damage to data or property which may be caused directly or indirectly by use of the product. Under no circumstances will Great Bellowing Moose Software be liable to the purchaser, or to any user, for any damages, including any lost profits, lost savings or other incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the product, or for any claim by any other party. License The Golfing Companion is owned by Great Bellowing Moose Software, and all right, title, and interest in and to the program and all documentation, code and logic which describes and/or comprises the program is vested in Great Bellowing Moose Software. Non-registered users are granted a limited license to use The Golfing Companion on a trial basis for the purpose of determining whether The Golfing Companion is suitable for their needs. Use of The Golfing Companion, in ways other than the one stated above, requires registration. Registration permits a user to use The Golfing Companion on a single computer. Users may not modify The Golfing Companion in any way. All users are granted a limited license to copy The Golfing Companion only for the trial use of others, subject to the above limitation, and also to the following: - The Golfing Companion must be copied in unmodified form. - No fee,charge or other compensation may be accepted or requested by any user. - The Golfing Companion may not be distributed in conjunction with any other product. Any violation of these provisions will constitute an automatic revocation of your license and will subject you to substantial liability under applicable provincial, state, and federal laws. Page iii YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOMED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bug reports, comments and suggestions are always welcome! Please drop us a note and tell us of your experience, good, bad, or boring. All constructive input in regards to a program is invaluable. The more input and "wishes" I get from you, the more all can enjoy both The Golfing Companion and the game of golf as well. I hope you enjoy The Golfing Companion. Thank you for at least examining my product. The most current release can be obtained through BriDon BBS at (604) 859-7570, or from the address below for a $7 CDN ($6 US) media and handling fee. BriDon BBS is the official support BBS for all of my software. When requesting from the address below, be sure to include the version which you are using incase the version you have is the most recent release. In such a case, I will contact you and ask what you to do. I can be contacted at the address below, on BriDon BBS by my name DEAN WEST or by Netmail to my mail only system @ 25:2604/101 of Signet. This program and all related files are Copyright (c) 1991 by Dean West Great Bellowing Moose Software 2101 Sandstone Drive Abbotsford, B.C. V2S 5W4 Canada The Golfing Companion was created using Turbo Pascal 5.0, portions are Copyright(C) Borland International, 1987, 1988. page iv The Golfing Companion ver 1.00 Registration Form July 15,1991 ------------------------------------------------ Great Bellowing Moose Software 2101 Sandstone Drive Abbotsford, B.C. V2S 5W4 Canada Quantity Item Price Total ___ The Golfing Companion ver 1.00 @ $35.00 CDN $________ Registration.... provides: ($30.00 US) - the latest version registered to you on a disk: (please specify media) ___ 5¼ [ ] ___3½ [ ] - technical support - update notices Subtotal $________ ___ I you would like a diskette shipped with the most recent release @ $7.00 CDN $________ (unregistered version) ($6.00 US) ___ 5¼ [ ] ___ 3½ [ ] Total $________ Please make payment by check or money order payable to "Dean West". Name __________________________________________________________ Company __________________________________________________________ Address __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Phone __________________________________________________________ Please help us determine the distribution of Our Software ---------------------------------------------------------- Check The Box Below That Most Accurately Describes Where You Acquired This Program. [ ] - Local BBS [ ] - Shareware Catalog [ ] - User Group [ ] - Software Store [ ] - SDN system [ ] - Other - Please Specify _____________________________________ Please use the space below as well of the back of this page to provide us with any suggestions or problems you have encountered. Your support is greatly appreciated! ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Page v SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Minimum Requirements - DOS 3.0 or better (written on DOS 5.0) NOTE: May work on older versions of DOS but I have not done so. - An IBM PC, PC-XT,or PC-AT - 256K bytes of memory - One diskette drive, (Hard drive preferred) - Color Display ( autosensing program, will detect if color is not available and will default to monochrome display ) Hardware Used During Development - I list the following information only as a reference to let you know that a blazing fast 80386 machine is not required. I have tested this software with Herc, CGA, EGA, and of course VGA. As mentioned above, the software is auto-sensing in regards to what graphics hardware you have. This software will work on all the video standards listed above without having to reconfigure any part of the software. - DOS 5.0 - 10 Mhz 80286 machine. - VGA monitor and card - Hard Disk. Page 1 OVERVIEW ~~~~~~~~~~ COURSE OVERVIEWS AND COSTS - Allows you to enter general information of a golf course, including the costs of services the total yardage, course par, phone numbers, and comments about the course. The sample data file accompanying this program are actual courses in my area. GOLF COURSE DIRECTORY - Allows you to enter specific course information, such as phone numbers, address, the yardage and par for EACH hole. The IN, OUT, and TOTAL for both yards and par is calculated for you from the entered data. There is also a field for which tees the listed yards are for should it be a while before you play that particular course again. PERSONAL HANDICAP CALC. - This subprogram will prompt you for your name each time you select it. It stores you previous 20 sets of round information, and uses this to calculate your handicap using the method set out by the R.C.G.A. "SETTING A TEE TIME" TIPS - This section puts up a screen full of information that has been determined from golf courses local to my home. REGISTRATION INFORMATION - This displays Registration, Warranty, and License information, along with a note from me. All the above features are selected for a user friendly main menu that allows simple cursor key movements to highlight the feature you want to use. A simple press of the enter key gets the option up and running. There are a few configuration options available by pressing the appropriate function key. These function key options allow you to turn on/off the clock as well as change the display colors for those using a color monitor and display HELP while in the main menu. Each option has its own set of junction key options that will be described later. Pressing the <ESC> key will exit the current option, or in the case of the main menu section, will exit the program. There is no need to worry about saving any entered information as the software handles that automatically. Page 2 COURSE OVERVIEWS AND COSTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This section is meant to be used as a general information type area where you can find out in a short amount of time all relevant information about a given golf course. To make a selection from the right window, move the highlighting bar up/down by pressing the up/down arrow keys. When the function you want is highlighted, press ENTER. To Make a selection from the left window, Press the appropriate function key associated with that key: F1: HELP - To view the help file, press function key (F1). Press ESC (the Escape key) to exit from viewing the help file. F3: COLORS - If you don't like the default colors, they can be changed with this command. F4: CLOCK ON/OFF - Toggle the date/clock information on and off. F5: SORT - Sorts the database file by the name of the golf course. The sort is case sensitive. F6: PACK - Removes any records that were <D>eleted in the VIEW AND EDIT area F7: BACKUP - Backs up the database either to a floppy, or restores the database from a backup. ESC - Press the ESC (Escape Key) to exit this sub program. You don't have to worry about saving any changes you made to the data. The program will do that for you. The VIEW AND EDIT area: use the <F>ind option to locate a course using its name. You will be shown the costs for various services of that course (ie. rental of pull carts, power carts ...) . You will also be shown prices of various green fee option ( ie. 18hole, 9 hole, weekend and day rates...). The total yards of the course will be shown as well as the par. Also included is 4 line comment area, where any information you find pertinent to the particular course may be entered. The <C>hange option allows you to edit information that is displayed. The VIEW & EDIT menu commands: D - Delete. This will delete a record. Actually, it will fill the record with blanks so it can be re-used. F - Find. Searches the database by record number this is the fastest way to find a record. C - Change. Use this command to change a record name, or related information. B - Begin. Moves to the first record of the database. E - End. Moves to the last record of the database. + Move forward one record. Displays the next record in the database. - Move back one record. Displays the previous record. ESC - Press the Escape key while changing a record will complete the editing process. Pressing the Escape key while viewing will exit the edit menu. Page 3 COURSE OVERVIEWS AND COSTS - cont'd ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The ADD A RECORD feature allows YOU to enter information on any golf course that you want. Information, including the costs of services the total yardage, course par, phone numbers, and comments about the course. There is sample data in the database for this program which are actual courses in my area. Use these as a guide if you don't quite understand what is meant to go into each field. The sample data may be deleted at any time in the VIEW AND EDIT area. ESC - Press the Escape key while changing a record will complete the editing process. Pressing the Escape key while viewing will exit the edit menu. Page 4 COURSE DIRECTORY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This section is meant to be used for specific information about the course itself. Specific information such as yardage and par for EACH hole may be entered. The address of the course and the telephone numbers for both the clubhouse and proshop. The IN and OUT totals as well as the course total will be calculated by the program. To make a selection from the right window, move the highlighting bar up/down by pressing the up/down arrow keys. When the function you want is highlighted, press ENTER. To Make a selection from the left window, Press the appropriate function key associated with that key: F1: HELP - To view the help file, press function key (F1). Press ESC (the Escape key) to exit from viewing the help file. F3: COLORS - If you don't like the default colors, they can be changed with this command. F4: CLOCK ON/OFF - Toggles the date/clock information on and off. F5: SORT - Sorts the database file by the name of the golf course. The sort is case sensitive. F6: PACK - Removes any records that were <D>eleted in the VIEW AND EDIT area F7: BACKUP - Backs up the database either to a floppy, or restores the database from a backup. ESC - Press the ESC (Escape Key) to exit this sub program. You don't have to worry about saving any changes you made to the data. The program will do that for you. The VIEW AND EDIT area: use the <F>ind option to locate a course using its name. You will be shown the the name and address for the course along with the related telephone numbers. You will also be shown the yardage and par for each hole. The <C>hange option allows you to edit information that is displayed. The VIEW & EDIT menu commands: D - Delete. This will delete a record. Actually, it will fill the record with blanks so it can be re-used. F - Find. Searches the database by record number this is the fastest way to find a record. C - Change. Use this command to change a record name, or related information. B - Begin. Moves to the first record of the database. E - End. Moves to the last record of the database. + Move forward one record. Displays the next record in the database. - Move back one record. Displays the previous record. ESC - Press the Escape key while changing a record will complete the editing process. Pressing the Escape key while viewing will exit the edit menu. Page 5 COURSE DIRECTORY - cont'd ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The ADD A RECORD feature allows YOU to enter specific information on any golf course that you want. Specific information, including the yardage and par for EACH hole as well as the address and telephone numbers. There is sample data in the database for this program which are actual courses in my area. Use these as a guide if you don't quite understand what is meant to go into each field. The sample data may be deleted at any time in the VIEW AND EDIT area. ESC - Press the Escape key while changing a record will complete the editing process. Pressing the Escape key while viewing will exit the edit menu. Page 6 PERSONAL HANDICAP CALCULATION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This subprogram will prompt you for your name each time you select it. Your name is used to create a filename, in which your previous 20 scores are stored. These scores are recalled and used in the calculation of your handicap. At least five (5) scores need to be entered before you will have a valid handicap. You will be given a notice on screen if you do not have enough rounds entered. Your handicap will still be calculated, it just won't be valid by R.C.G.A. standards. Also, at least one score must be entered before a handicap may be calculated. You will be given an error message should you forget this rule. PLEASE NOTE: that the database for this subprogram is limited to 20 entries, since only the 20 most recent entries are required to calculate your handicap. Do not be alarmed if you notice your oldest entry gone and your most recent entry replacing it. The database works off of the order in which you enter the dat, NOT by any other method. Be sure to input you information chronologically To make a selection from the top window, move the highlighting bar up/down by pressing the up/down arrow keys. When the function you want is highlighted, press ENTER. To Make a selection from the bottom window, Press the appropriate function key associated with that key. F1: HELP - To view the help file, press function key (F1). Press ESC (the Escape key) to exit from viewing the help file. F3: COLORS - If you don't like the default colors, they can be changed with this command. F4: CLOCK ON/OFF - Toggle the date/clock information on and off. ESC - Press the ESC (Escape Key) to exit this sub program. You don't have to worry about saving any changes you made to the data. The program will do that for you. ADD A NEW SCORE - Will allow you to enter a new set of information into the system. Press the <ESC> key when your finished entering the record. <CTRL-Q> will abort the entry, should the entry being entered not be wanted. PLEASE NOTE: An addition with improperly entered information will result in an incorrect handicap calculation.If this occurs, go to the VIEW and/or EDIT A SCORE section and delete it. If you are in the ADD A NEW SCORE section, <CTRL-Q> will abort the entry in progress Page 7 PERSONAL HANDICAP CALCULATION - cont'd ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CALCULATE YOUR HANDICAP - Calculates your handicap. You must have at least one score entered before selecting this option. At least five (5) scores are needed for the calculated handicap to be valid. This program uses the method set out by the R.C.G.A. This is done by saving your last 20 sets of round information and using the appropriate numbers of differentials should 20 sets of round information not be available. The number of differentials used to calculate the handicap is based on the number of available scores. The appropriate number of differentials are added together, multiplied by 10, divided by the number of differentials used, and then this number is then used to find the appropriate handicap in a pseudo look up table. VIEW and/or EDIT A SCORE - Will allow you to look up and if need be edit a previously entered set of information. Press ENTER or down arrow to skip by a field. The VIEW & EDIT menu has some extra commands: D - Delete. This will delete a record. Actually, it will fill the record with blanks so it can be re-used. + Move forward one record. Displays the next record in the database. - Move back one record. Displays the previous record. C - Change. Use this command to change a record name, or related information. ESC - Press the Escape key while changing a record will complete the editing process. Pressing the Escape key while viewing will exit the edit menu. "Setting a Tee Time" Tips ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This section puts up a screen full of information that has been determined from golf courses local to my home. If you have any other "tips" or suggestions, please send them to me so that I may pass them along to other users. Page 8