Sport Systems

Ranking Revision 4.7 History

First production release 08/08/99 This page lists subsequent key bug fixes and enhancements

Latest Change 21/12/02 BAGCAT Age Correction Factors updated for 2003

Latest Module Revision Dates 01/08/02 - RNKCON47.EXE Ranking File Consolidation

28/06/02 - PTSGRD47.EXE Points & Grades Reporting

03/05/02 - TMSREP47.EXE Times/Performance Tracking

03/05/02 - RNKREP47.EXE Ranking Lists

03/05/02 - SWMREP47.EXE Swimmer Performance Reports

04/07/01 - RNKFLM47.EXE Files Maintenance

08/05/02 - RECMGR47.EXE Swimmers Records Management

02/10/99 - RFINIT47.EXE Ranking Files Initialisation

Ranking File Maintenance 02/10/99 Swimmer records file checking against the valid swimmer file does a check on name, date of birth and squad. This means that when swimmers change squad they will be identified and given the chance to update to their current new squad - We think this makes sense, even though it is tedious the first time

30/1/00 The Rank file status report aborted when January is only month with new year data. Default month had not been initialised - Not a Y2K bug, had been there since 1986 and never reported/identified.

Swimmer Performance Reporting 4/10/99 When the swimmer sex had been defined in the valid swimmer file (an optional action) AND the Single swimmer performance report option was selected the logic for forming the name of the Ranking file to use was wrong. Corrected.

27/10/99 This module was occasionally giving differing grades between the swimmer performance report and the grades report. The swimmer performance report was incorrectly using the reference time for the next release of GB Long course points.

14/2/00 Second and subsequent surname inputs for swimmer performance report did not clear previous name field - fixed.

20/2/00 Was using hard coded number of lines per page for Grade & LEN points report, logic changed to use setting from system configuration file. (Hard coded setting was 61 lines per page - note that HP Deskjet are only 58 lines per page)

26/06/02 Corrected grades report - under some circumstances it was not identifying best swim in the current year

Ranking List Reporting 21/10/99 The Ranking list report with the Valid swimmers option selected was comparing name, date of birth and squad. This has been changed to name and date of birth only. The effect had been to omit swimmers who had changed squads.

27/12/99 It was possible to direct ALL TIMES report to screen, which caused system abort with 'Bad File Number' message - because this o/p assumes disk or printer output without checking. Trap added both ways (ALL then screen and screen then ALL).

13/3/00 Selection of cut off by TIME failed with Illegal function call. A column No. had not been set correctly - FIXED.

15/11/01 Ranking list report capacity increased to handle up to 600 swimmers in a single list.

Swimmers Records Management 28/10/99 1. Corrected sex matching during input from meet results disk. Was not taking account of all possible permutations of B(oys),M(ale) or G(irls),W(omen),L(adies),F(emale).2. Corrected bug which allowed wrong swimmer through when actual swimmer was missing from Valid file AND the Valid file had a single other match on surname.3. Tidied up on screen display of full and year only birth dates - during results disk input mode.

7/12/99 The loop on months did not terminate when December only selected. Also various anomalies with century prefix once in 2000. New mechanism developed for handling retrieval of range of months. Also error reporting enhanced when user attempts to use future months for reporting.
NOTE - MICROSOFT HAVE SET HIGHEST DATE LIMIT TO 21/12/2078.Also added feature to trap swimmer names without space or a delimiter during results input from file.
Minor amendments to headers in records reports.
Also applies to Records Files Consolidation and Ranking File Maintenance

27/12/99 Corrections/enhancements made on 7th December had introduced a new bug in name parsing of results from disk, causing the user to have to respond YES to name change for every swimmer. Fixed.

14/02/00 User got blue then black screen on return to main menu after record O/P to printer. The Printer channel was not being closed correctly.Program aborted if user did Escape on Screen/printer/Disk menu - Fixed.

08/05/02 Mixed sex and Semi-Finals support implemented. Checked already OK for SKINS events.

Ranking File Consolidation 01/08/02 When the system limit on number of swimmers was increased (see below) a bug was introduced that could cause the same swimmer to appear more than once in the same ranking list - FIXED

General 22/01/02 Swimmer array size limit increased from 1500 to 2000.

05/11/02 Missing Equivalent Times program added to download.

REV 4.7 - 2002 Edition 22/01/02 To support the new 2002 onwards GB points, Age Correction Factors, Grades and to remove the LEN points system now abandoned by LEN.
The original system has always generated reports based on converted times. This approach is maintained for Ranking List Reporting and abandoned for all other reports. Swimmer Performance Reports, GB Points, BAG Points and Grade reports all now offer option to select Long or Short Course, where Short Course means all pool lengths apart from 50m. This is consistent with ASA strategy on swims done in non-standard length pools.
It has been necessary to introduce an additional module and menu level in the report format selection process. This strategy has an additional benefit in that the main start up program for all versions of the system since the Y2K versions remain unchanged and that we can distribute a single refresh for all Rev 4.9, 4.10 and 4.11 Meet Organisation end users via the web site.

Ranking Revision 4.7 History

First production release	08/08/99	This page lists subsequent key bug fixes and enhancements

Latest Change	21/12/02	BAGCAT Age Correction Factors updated for 2003

Latest Module Revision Dates	01/08/02	- RNKCON47.EXE	Ranking File Consolidation
Latest Module Revision Dates	28/06/02	- PTSGRD47.EXE	Points & Grades Reporting
	03/05/02	- TMSREP47.EXE	Times/Performance Tracking
	03/05/02	- RNKREP47.EXE	Ranking Lists
	03/05/02	- SWMREP47.EXE	Swimmer Performance Reports
	04/07/01	- RNKFLM47.EXE	Files Maintenance
	08/05/02	- RECMGR47.EXE	Swimmers Records Management
	02/10/99	- RFINIT47.EXE	Ranking Files Initialisation

Ranking File Maintenance	02/10/99	Swimmer records file checking against the valid swimmer file does a check on name, date of birth and squad. This means that when swimmers change squad they will be identified and given the chance to update to their current new squad - We think this makes sense, even though it is tedious the first time
Ranking File Maintenance	30/1/00	The Rank file status report aborted when January is only month with new year data. Default month had not been initialised - Not a Y2K bug, had been there since 1986 and never reported/identified.

Swimmer Performance Reporting	4/10/99	When the swimmer sex had been defined in the valid swimmer file (an optional action) AND the Single swimmer performance report option was selected the logic for forming the name of the Ranking file to use was wrong. Corrected.
Swimmer Performance Reporting	27/10/99	This module was occasionally giving differing grades between the swimmer performance report and the grades report. The swimmer performance report was incorrectly using the reference time for the next release of GB Long course points.
	14/2/00	Second and subsequent surname inputs for swimmer performance report did not clear previous name field - fixed.
	20/2/00	Was using hard coded number of lines per page for Grade & LEN points report, logic changed to use setting from system configuration file. (Hard coded setting was 61 lines per page - note that HP Deskjet are only 58 lines per page)
	26/06/02	Corrected grades report - under some circumstances it was not identifying best swim in the current year

Ranking List Reporting	21/10/99	The Ranking list report with the Valid swimmers option selected was comparing name, date of birth and squad. This has been changed to name and date of birth only. The effect had been to omit swimmers who had changed squads.
Ranking List Reporting	27/12/99	It was possible to direct ALL TIMES report to screen, which caused system abort with 'Bad File Number' message - because this o/p assumes disk or printer output without checking. Trap added both ways (ALL then screen and screen then ALL).
	13/3/00	Selection of cut off by TIME failed with Illegal function call. A column No. had not been set correctly - FIXED.
	15/11/01	Ranking list report capacity increased to handle up to 600 swimmers in a single list.

Swimmers Records Management	28/10/99	1. Corrected sex matching during input from meet results disk. Was not taking account of all possible permutations of B(oys),M(ale) or G(irls),W(omen),L(adies),F(emale).2. Corrected bug which allowed wrong swimmer through when actual swimmer was missing from Valid file AND the Valid file had a single other match on surname.3. Tidied up on screen display of full and year only birth dates - during results disk input mode.
Swimmers Records Management	7/12/99	The loop on months did not terminate when December only selected. Also various anomalies with century prefix once in 2000. New mechanism developed for handling retrieval of range of months. Also error reporting enhanced when user attempts to use future months for reporting. NOTE - MICROSOFT HAVE SET HIGHEST DATE LIMIT TO 21/12/2078.Also added feature to trap swimmer names without space or a delimiter during results input from file. Minor amendments to headers in records reports. Also applies to Records Files Consolidation and Ranking File Maintenance
	27/12/99	Corrections/enhancements made on 7th December had introduced a new bug in name parsing of results from disk, causing the user to have to respond YES to name change for every swimmer. Fixed.
	14/02/00	User got blue then black screen on return to main menu after record O/P to printer. The Printer channel was not being closed correctly.Program aborted if user did Escape on Screen/printer/Disk menu - Fixed.
	08/05/02	Mixed sex and Semi-Finals support implemented. Checked already OK for SKINS events.

Ranking File Consolidation	01/08/02	When the system limit on number of swimmers was increased (see below) a bug was introduced that could cause the same swimmer to appear more than once in the same ranking list - FIXED
Ranking File Consolidation
General	22/01/02	Swimmer array size limit increased from 1500 to 2000.
General		05/11/02	Missing Equivalent Times program added to download.

REV 4.7 - 2002 Edition	22/01/02	To support the new 2002 onwards GB points, Age Correction Factors, Grades and to remove the LEN points system now abandoned by LEN. The original system has always generated reports based on converted times. This approach is maintained for Ranking List Reporting and abandoned for all other reports. Swimmer Performance Reports, GB Points, BAG Points and Grade reports all now offer option to select Long or Short Course, where Short Course means all pool lengths apart from 50m. This is consistent with ASA strategy on swims done in non-standard length pools. It has been necessary to introduce an additional module and menu level in the report format selection process. This strategy has an additional benefit in that the main start up program for all versions of the system since the Y2K versions remain unchanged and that we can distribute a single refresh for all Rev 4.9, 4.10 and 4.11 Meet Organisation end users via the web site.