Welcome to BowlStat
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        Here are a few short notes to assist you in using BowlStat.


 YEARLY STATISTICS/CLUB SCORES
 -----------------------------

        If Yearly Statictics and/or "CLUB" scores are to be maintained, set
 the  "Save  Stats/CLUB  to  disk"  option  in the Defaults EDITOR (General
 Defaults) to "Y".


 VIDEO
 -----

        To  run  BowlStat on a monochrone system, add the "/M" switch - ie.
 BOWLSTAT /M from the DOS command line. This command can also  be  used  on
 color systems to display BowlStat in B/W.


 MEMORY
 ------

        The amount of memory required to store the bowler database  can  be
 reduced  by  suppling the maximum number of bowlers the system will allow.
 For example, to to set the maximum number of bowlers to 200, type BOWLSTAT
 200 from the DOS command line.  If no number is supplied  the  default  of
 891  (99  teams with 9 bowlers per team - BowlStat's maximum setting) will
 be used.  Each bowler record takes approx. 150 bytes of memory. Remember -
 the larger the database, the longer certain operations will take.

        Please note that the MEMORY and VIDEO options can be combined.  For
 example,  BOWLSTAT  100  /M  allocates memory for 100 bowlers and provides
 support for monochrome video displays.

        To produce a hardcopy of the online help files for reference,  type
 MANUAL at the DOS command line.



                              Menu Operation
                              ==============

        All  menu  items  available in BowlStat are accessed through "smart
 menus". To choose an item, move the highlight bar via the  cursor  or  +/-
 keys  of the numeric keypad to the desired choice and press the "Enter" or
 "Return" key.

        If  the menu item is preceeded by a number, then it may be selected
 by a pressing the corresponding number.   In  this  case  the  "Enter"  or
 "Retrun" key is not required to complete the selection.

        For  example,  to  select  "5) BOWLER - Delete" from the Main Menu,
 either move the highlight via the cursor or  +/-  keys  to  the  line  "5)
 BOWLER  - DELETE" and press the "Enter"/"Return" key or press "5".  Either
 method selects the same menu item.

                               Function Keys
                               -------------

         BowlStat makes  use of function keys  F1-F4 and F9-10 for the
 following functions:

  F1  - Help system pop-up window. (always active)
  F2  - Bowler database pop-up window.
  F3  - Team database pop-up window.
  F4  - Database statistics pop-up window.

  F9  - Printer pause.
  F10 - Printer continue.

        Function  keys  F2  - F4 are active at any time after reaching then
Main Menu and are disabled during print operations.  Function  keys  F9-F10
are active only during a print operation.

 Notes:  The  function  keys cannot be "stacked" - only one function may be
         active at any given moment.

         Most prompts in BowlStat are worded so that  any  menu  item  that
         alters a database (team or bowler) requires a "Y"  (yes)  response
         to  a  confimation prompt.  Therefore, the "Enter" or "Return" key
         alone is considered as a NO entry and can be used in  place  of  a
         "N"  and "Enter" or "Return" keystroke sequence.  Also, to utilize
         the numeric keypad, the "+" and "-" keys can be used  to  simulate
         "YES" (+) and "NO" (-)  replys.