ScoreManager Programme

ScoreManager has a number of Programme Settings which affects the way it works and how it responds to various activities through out the competition process. The available settings and explanation of the impact are shown in the following figure.

This option enables ScoreManager to automatically fill in information it may have about athletes and judges when creating entries or assigning judges to panels. Enabling this option will make creating entries and judging panels significantly faster.

his option enables ScoreManager to automatically save key information about athletes and judges when they are either first entered into a competition or panel, or when changes are made to their information in subsequent competitions.

By default ScoreManager requires the competition recorders to mark a round as complete before they can draw the starting order for the next round. The purpose of doing this is to ensure that all of the marks for the round have been entered before moving on to the next round. This is particularly important if more than one recorder is involved in entering athlete scores into ScoreManager.

Disabling this option will allow new start orders to be drawn at any stage of the competition without checking whether all of the scores for the round have been entered.

Requiring recorders to update the progress of the competition as it occurs also enables users filling other roles in the competition e.g. CJP, announcer, organiser, etc. to quickly see how the competition is progressing.

When ScoreManager automatically displays grades on its scoreboards it saves data about the grades in temporary files. Over time the amount of data in these files can build up and slow the scoreManager programme down. Selecting this option makes ScoreManager delete this information each time it is closed.

Like any computer programme there is a risk that the data ScoreManager uses may be lost or corrupted. Enabling this option will mean that ScoreManager creates a backup of its data each time the programme is closed. This backup is saved in the folder C:\ScoreManager\Backup.

If you do not wish to reminded to take a backup each time you close the programme, ticking the box "Hide the back up reminder.." will stop the reminder message being shown.

This backup does not eliminate the need for a programme of regular backups on your computer.

Enabling this option will cause ScoreManager to show the advanced settings for grades each time a new grade is created or the settings for an existing grade are changed.

The values entered this option will determine the spread of execution scores which will trigger a warning message to appear when entering an athlete's score. It is possible to enter the spread with a single decimal place e.g. 0.5. Leave this box blank or enter 0 if you do not wish to see any messages.