RunScore Client/Server Latest Revisions

Note: Revisions are in RSServerUpdate.exe and RSClientUpdate.exe

You can fetch earlier versions here:

• RSServer 7.2.7.15 RSClient 7.2.7.15 (Level 2010.07.29)
• RSServer 7.2.7.5 RSClient 7.2.7.5 (Level 2010.07.03)
• RSServer 7.2.4.0 RSClient 7.2.4.0 (Level 2010.03.22)

You can also fetch the Sample Races, the Advanced Sample Races, and the Common directory here. The Common directory contains the latest AgeGrade files, USATF Performance Guideline (*.TAC) files, and the USA ZIP code file. These links are provided if you want to fetch the sample races or common files and don't want to do a complete download.

• SampleRaces
• Advanced Sample Races
• Common

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.7.19. Level 2010.09.06

• Fixed some problems with Japanese support.
• Sachko Nagahara pointed out that any field names used in a listing got changed to their proper-case form and showed up this way in Browse, Enter/Edit Names, and Results. Fixed.
• Mike Richard requested that the mode (bibs, times, or both) in Results always be set to "both." Since not everyone wants it this way, this control has been added to Entries.ini. The new control is "Edit Results" which can be set to "bibs", "times", or "both".

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.7.17. Level 2010.09.04

• Bill Schauder found that if he gets an error such as "Not a search field" and clicks on Okay, RS crashes. Fixed. If he clicked on Cancel, the problem does not happen.
• Craig Chiger reported that if he used the "Lap Difference" command in Entries.ini, RSClient did not handle the command and created an error pop-up message. Fixed.
• Bill Teschek reported a problem with the BY command. Turns out the longest search length that RunScore could handle is 61 characters and Bill's field was 67 characters long with a search field of 67. This has been increased to 120 so should not be a problem.
• Jon Krupa pointed out that if you bring up the Open Race dialog and then, without opening a race, you can bring up the dialog again. This should not happen. Fixed.
• Sending output to the browser didn't always work depending on the location of RunScore and the location of the race directory. Fixed.
• Got Chatsworth marked-sense-card reader working for the current version.
• Improved the Japanese language support so that you can select Japanese under the Language button on the Preferences dialog box. The word "Place" on printed results and Live Results now displays the word in Japanese. Also eliminated proper case causing problems with Japanese.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.7.15. Level 2010.07.29

• With help from Sachko Nagahara, Japan, RunScore now supports languages that use double-bytes. She figured out how to use some fields, such as the bib, as single-byte and the names fields as double-byte. RunScore is a non-Unicode program. To use, you have to set your system to support for non-Unicode programs. See details in the Help file.
• Made a change so that on F5: Clear Field, the field in the Unregistered Runner Number (URN) does not get cleared.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.7.12. Level 2010.07.26

• Andrés Alanon Vazquez reported a problem with Version 7.1.7.11 that caused a crash if the *.frm has a label length problem. The bug has been there forever but only rarely causes a problem.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.7.11. Level 2010.07.24

• Building on the new "Not found added" feature in Version 7.2.7.9, improvements were made for chip races that use a ChipID (as opposed to tag races where the tag ID is the bib ID). It used to be that when chip is not found in the database and "Not found added" (from Options) is active, a bib number one higher than the highest bib number in the database was added. This has changed so that now, if the chip is in the BibChip file (either via a Look Up in entries.ini or via an included BibChip csv file in entries.ini), the bib number associated with that chip is used when adding the new entry in the database. If the chipID is neither in the race database or the bibchip file, e.g. a user-owned chip, a new entry with a bib number one higher than the highest bib number is added to the database as before.
• Note: we recommend that you use the entries.ini for your chip assigning rather than the Look Up. It is easier to setup and control. However, for very large races, the Look Up method is faster.
• Emily Graves found that long prompts in a listing caused problems. Fixed.
• Greg McCormick found a case where a null label had found its way into the screen format and caused a problem. Protection added for this case.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.7.9. Level 2010.07.23

• At request of Paul Williams, added a new, local, "Not found added" capability. It is set for each event in the "Edit Event" dialog under the Misc menu item. This is primarily used for select bibs from an external timer. When a bib number is received which is not in the database, a new entry with that bib number is added to the database. If "Not found added" is not checked, the Unregistered Runner Number (URN) is used instead. This new capability allows you to have "Not found added" set for some events and not for others whereas the "Not found added" under Results/Options is global. That is, it applies to all events. Also, this global setting does not affect select times from an external timer.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.7.7. Level 2010.07.22

• Jenna Ginsberg found that the client could edit entries, including the URN, even if its role should not have allowed that. Fixed.
• Ron Larson found a problem when exporting times from an event if the name of the file being exported to is too long. Fixed.
• Steve Gajerski found that there were problems if an event name contained a space character. Fixed so this cannot happen.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.7.5. Level 2010.07.03

• You can now set the lap difference in a lap race in Entries.ini. If two times, in a lap race are within the time, in seconds, the second time is eliminated. Command: "Lap Difference". The default is 10 seconds.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.7.4. Level 2010.06.27

• Jenna Ginsburg found that a Time Format of NONE was not working with the Announcer feature on RSClient. Fixed.
• Cleaned up and fixed some problems in the sample races. Made them available for download independent of the full install (RunScoreSetup.exe).

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.7.3. Level 2010.06.26

• John Snitko pointed out that if you typed duplicate bib numbers into results for a non-lap event, you did not get the error message and the duplicate bib remained. Fixed.
• Steven Keith found that the the Assign Numbers command would assign a number to the Unregistered Runner Number (URN) unless you used a select command to prevent it. Fixed so that Assign Numbers can never affect the URN.
• At urging of Steven Keith, add red background text "UNREGISTERED RUNNER NUMBER" to Unregistered Runner Number (entry record 0) so that people realize that they are not editing an entry.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.7.0. Level 2010.06.23

• Latest stable release

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.6.1. Level 2010.06.21

• Art Stockman and Steven Keith reported that duplicate finishers were showing up in some chip races. This problem was introduced in Version 7.2.6.0. Fixed.
• Fixed a problem with semi-automatic alignment using select times where the wrong line was highlighted. Reported by George Groome.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.6.0. Level 2010.06.14

• Added a feature (that Steven Keith has been asking for for several years) to RunScore to allow you to have an external timer such as the Time Machine communicate with RunScore via TCP/IP. This is done by using an adapater that converts the RS-232 serial data stream at the finish line (remote end) to TCP/IP to send to the base computer. The TCP/IP can be either hard-wired or wireless. At the PC end the TCP signals are converted back to RS-232 to go into the computer. Several RunScore users have been doing this for some time. The new feature allows the TCP signal to come directly into RunScore without having to convert back to RS-232. To use this feature, select your timer (Does not work with the Summit timer.) and check the TCP box. Enter the port your system is using at the remote end. After pressing Okay, you will be asked for the IP address of the remote end. That's all there is to it.
• Isabelle Fradette found that if you loaded a chip file for a lap race into RunScore and then loaded it again, they would append to what was already there. RunScore should notice that those records are already there and not add them again. This was only a problem when loading into a lap race. Fixed.
• Fixed a problem pointed out by Art Stockman. When in Enter/Edit Names you search for a person and it is not found, one of the options is "Cancel." If you cancel you were taken to record 0 which is the Unregistered Runner Number (URN). If you don't notice this, you could end up entering registrant data into that spot over and over.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.5.30. Level 2010.06.08

• At suggestion of Steven Keith, when you have in an address, NE, NW, SE, SW, RR (rural route) and you tell RunScore to print them out in proper case, leave "NE" etc. as is instead of changing to "Ne".
• Mike Proctor found that there are problems if you use field Record Number in a listing. Fixed.
• RunScore Live Results now supports PNG (Portable Network Graphics) files in addition to BMP (Windows bitmap) files. PNG files are much smaller than the BMP files for the same image. PNG uses loss-less compression. PNG files are designed for computer-generated graphics. JPEG files (*.jpg) are not supported. They are intended to be used for photographs and use lossy compression.
• Jon Krupa pointed out that the listings sometimes did not alphabetize correctly if there was a hyphen in a file name. Fixed.
• Made some important improvments to Live Results to increase performance and to eliminate flicker. Fixed a bug that was introduced at the time of the conversion to VC++ that greatly affected performance over the Internet. Live Results now works great on a remote RSClient.
• Debbie Burke asked that the Round First command work in a Merge listing as well as in a normal listing. She also requested that Round First work with Total Events and Total These Events. Done.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.5.20. Level 2010.05.28

• Andrés Alanon Vazquez pointed out that with the change to the Number of Laps command, this caused a problem when it is desired to list those who have completed exactly the number of requested. Therefore, a new command, GE Number of Laps, has been added. This includes in the listing those who have completed the number requested or more. But the time for those with additional laps is set as their time when they completed the requested number of laps. The Number of Laps now works like it used to. That is, it includes only those who have completed exactly the number specified.
• He also reported that the Average Lap Time command stopped working. Fixed.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.5.19. Level 2010.05.26

• Fred Sommer and Jacob Smith found that splits were not sorting properly in triathlons. I thought it was because they had the sort command in the wrong place but Steven Keith convinced me that a change was introduced with version 7.2.5.3 when a change was made to place order in an Event to Database file. Fixed so that place order works for both cases.
• At the request of Steven Keith, RSServer and RSCllient now support Summit Timers with Device IDs of 1-8.  The default before was only 1-4.  You can now chain up to 8 Summit Timers into a single session via the "Initialize External Timers" screen.  Due to a current limitation in the Summit Timers interface, you can only have one session at a time in the  "Initialize External Timers" screen, but can chain all your other summit timers to that connected device.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.5.18. Level 2010.05.25

• Bob Teschek reported a problem with a listing file that caused a crash if he hit "Cancel" when a problem with the file occurred. The crash problem has been fixed. The problem with his listing file was that a tab character was in the file.
• Due to problems experienced by Jenna Ginsburg, add protection if the distance used in the RATE or PACE commands have a problem.
• Lonnie Somers was having some problems that were caused by including a Look Up command for ZIP code but not having a ZIP field in his database. Protection has been added to prevent this from causing problems.
• Marek BLAŽEK pointed out that if you do a lap race and set the Number of Laps, only those who complete exactly that number of laps are included in the results. That is fine for those who completed less than the specified number of laps but also leaves out those who may have done some extra laps. Fixed.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.5.14. Level 2010.05.17

• Implemented a suggestion by Sylvan Symth to provide an Update link on RunScore's main page to take the user to RunScore's update documentation at www.runscore.com. At the same time changed the cursor behavior to act like other Windows program to display the arrow cursor when the arrow is hovering over the e-mail, RunScore website, or RunScore updates link.
• Added support for MyLaps BibTag races that go past midnight. To use this, you must specify the race date in the entries.ini file. This is supported by the MyLaps Toolkit but not by ReadLite.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.5.6. Level 2010.05.13

• Jon Krupa found that if he imported entries that had bad data, such as non-digits in a ZIP code field, he got into an unending sequence of error pop-ups from which he couldn't escape. Steven Keith and I could not reproduce this but the problem was fixed by adding some checking to the code.
• George Groome found that if you type a zero into the keyboard of a Time Machine, or similar device, instead of showing the URN number, it entered the first person in the database without a bib number. Fixed.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.5.4. Level 2010.05.10

• Bill Teschek reported that search lengths were not always set correctly if a search length less than a field length was set. Fixed.
• The search field headers in the Results screen were only shown for the first 80 columns instead of all the way across. Fixed.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.5.3. Level 2010.05.08

• Steven Keith found that the Place command in an Event to Database operation, was sorting down instead of up. Fixed. This bug was apparently introduced in version 7.2.4.9.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.5.2. Level 2010.05.07

• Major change to Unregistered Runner Number (URN) (bandit number). The number is now ALWAYS stored in record 0 of the database. That record can only be edited, and only on RSServer, from Tools -> Enter/Edit Names. If you erase the database from Tools, the URN record is retained. If you erase from outside RunScore, a blank URN record is created with the URN specified in the URN Preferences item. One reason for the change is that data entry people often overwrite the URN.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.4.9. Level 2010.05.05

• After a phone discussion with Greg McCormack, he made me realize that I hadn't put the File Save As dialog box back the way it was last fall. It is now. That is, the first File Type is "No extension". If you want the *.lst extension, you either have to type it in or use the drop-down to select the *.lst files. The "lst", "rsm", or "txt" extension will be used if you select one of those file types.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.4.8. Level 2010.05.05

• In the Version 7.2.4.7 fix on the Sort Down/Age Graded Percent fix, Greg McCormick found another problem. The top team was being eliminated. Fixed.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.4.7. Level 2010.05.04

• Greg McCormick reported that Sort Down used with Team Score by field was not working in the current VC++ version. Fixed.
• Wally Maranette reported that the fix from last June to Sort Down for Age Graded Percent used in Event to Database was not working in the VC++ version. Fixed.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.4.6. Level 2010.05.04

• Fixed a bug found by Steven Keith related to auto-save of results. If your path to the directory in which to save the results is incorrect, you will get, in rapid succession, a bunch of pop-ups requiring you to shut down the program. In fixing the bug, it occurred to me that it might solve some other instability problems people have been reporting. Time will tell.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.4.4. Level 2010.05.03

• Several RunScore users do not like the fact that if you do not put an extension on a file name when you save a file, RunScore defaults to a "lst" extension. I agree that this was a bad move. Often we want to save a file with no extension and it causes a problem when the extension is added. This is fixed in this version.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.4.3. Level 2010.03.31

• Josh Drew asked for processing of III as in "John Hancock III" so that "iii" is turned into "III" if "proper case" is chosen.
• Ron Larson produces some complicated XML files. RunScore's automatic XML processing messes up his. New command: "No XML Processing" has been added.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.4.2. Level 2010.03.30

• A bug was pointed out by John Snitko that can cause an RSClient crash but only if a non-search field is made into a search field after RSServer is up. This can happen quite inadvertantly such as doing a search on a non-search field. In that case, RSServer turns it into a search field automatically. If RSClient then connects, it doesn't "know" that field is a search field since it just uses the information in the *.frm file. Fixed.
• The pop up "No finishers" for team results was removed at the request of Sylvan Symth on 2010.03.05. Sid Steinweg found one we missed. Fixed.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.4.1. Level 2010.03.29

• Remove support for ChampionChip Antenna Number and ChronoTrack Reader. These parameters are handled by the middleware and not used in RunScore.
• Add support for the MyLaps BibTag new GroupID that is used to direct a tag to an event in the MyLaps BibTag system. This is supported on Misc/Edit list of Events
• Mike Proctor pointed out that if you delete a record from Browse, a '\' character is placed in the first position of the record, as it should be, but the rest of the record was erased. Fixed so that the record is retained except for the first character which is changed to '\'.
• Jim Oaks found that the Clone was not working for a long path. Fixed.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.4.0. Level 2010.03.23

• Latest stable version
• Jim Oaks found that the DIV field was not being updated when data entry was made from RSClient. DIV WILL update once F4 or Alt-F4 is done from RSServer. Fixed. Itt is now updated in RSClient. The problem was that the DIVISION file was not being copied to the client. Users should try to stop using DIVISION and go to entries.ini for all the capabilities there such as updating the age based on race date.
• Craig Chiger found a problem with an e-mail Subject line over 80 characters. Actually this was a problem for any line in an *.lst file that was too long, not just a Subject line. Fixed.
• Greg McFerren found that the BEST command was not working correctly. It was finding the worst performances instead of the best Fixed.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.3.5. Level 2010.03.08

• Made an improvement to the edit box when you edit a bib or a time (Right-click on a bib or time). Before the edit box had a thick border which had the effect (in Win XP) to hide the lower part of the characters being edited.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.3.4. Level 2010.03.05

• John Snitko reported that RSClient was not displaying its logo on a new installation. RSClient was failing to copy it from RSServer if it was missing. Fixed.
• John Snitko also reported that Look Up was not working on the client if you had more than one Look Up specified. Only the first was working. Fixed.
• Fred Dewsberry found that Look Up stopped working on the server once the RSClient is started. This has been a long-standing bug. Not sure why it took this long for someone to report it. Fixed.
• Sylvan Symth requested that when there are no finishers for a team score, that, instead of displaying an annoying error pop-up, just produce a page with no results -- only the header. Done.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.3.2. Level 2010.03.02

• John Lauces reported that bar codes were not printing correctly. The problem was introduced when the default monospaced font was added to Preferences. Fixed.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.3.1. Level 2010.02.23

• Fixed a problem turned up by Dave Simmons. If a race folder contains a sub-folder, the "File/Save Race As" did not work correctly.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.3.0. Level 2010.02.20

• Fixed a problem pointed out by Jim Oaks. When importing *fna files into results, the Open Dialog box did not show the *.fna files.
• Latest stable release
• Fixed a problem that kept "Update all entries" from working from RSClient.
• When you erase all your entries, RunScore is supposed to create a new database for you with just the Unregistered Number (URN). However, if you defined the Unregistered Runner Number in the entries.ini file but not in Preferences, this was not happening. Fixed.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.2.19. Level 2010.02.15

• A few people pointed out that a PageDown after a F3 search on RSClient did not take you to the next entry. Fixed.
• Bill Schauder pointed out that the controls in entries.ini were not working on RSClient. Fixed.
• Bill Schauder found that Listing files that had a prompt (?) in a ".include" line, did not work from RSClient. Fixed.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.2.18. Level 2010.02.12

• Fixed a problem, pointed out by Krisha Smith, with the SUM command when summing floating point numbers.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.2.17. Level 2010.02.06

• Made further improvements in RunScore's interaction with the MyLaps Toolkit.
• Fixed a problem that could have caused problems with chip/tag-timed lap races.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.2.16. Level 2010.02.05

• Craig Wilson pointed out that the announce screen on RSClient, when running off of an event, does not work until you enter at least one bib number. Fixed. N.B. this feature is not intended to work on RSServer.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.2.15. Level 2010.02.05

• Fixed problem with the handling of multiple locations correctly when using MyLaps Toolkit.
• Jason Biggs had a problem with FTP. The third-party FTP code we were using had some bad code. This did not matter with Borland but the Microsoft Visual C++ handled it correctly and did not allow the operation. Fixed.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.2.13. Level 2010.02.03

• Jim Brimm pointed out that Alt-keys did not work for those keys defined in specific fields.
• Fixed some problems in the mapping from a chip/tag system's location names to RunScore's event names.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.2.11. Level 2010.02.01

• At request of Craig Chiger, add a new date system variable, %Long Date% which will give a date like "January 31, 2010".
• Jim Oaks pointed out that the Alt-keys did not work on RSClient. Apparently they stopped working with the Visual C++ version conversion. Fixed.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.2.10. Level 2010.01.30

• Fixed a problem pointed out by Dennis Joffe. In Live Results if you specify a Field Length longer than the default length for that field, data beyond that field do not show up.
• Ever since Announcer and Instant Results were set to always show in full screen mode, some have asked for this to be an option. That is now the case. In order to display either of these in full screen, you have to add the command Full Screen to your listing.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.2.9. Level 2010.01.28

• The @swap command in Browse was not working correcting. This is used to swap people within the database who were using each others bibs and/or chips.
• Fixed a problem pointed out by Jim Oaks. RSClient would crash if you used a Time Machine attached to RSClient and typed in a select bib number.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.2.8. Level 2010.01.22

• Fixed a problem in RSClient that occurred when you tried to send chip data to the keyboard.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.2.7. Level 2010.01.20

• Scott Langford found a problem with importing the database. It was due to using a Enter/Edit data screen wider than 80 characters. Fixed.
• Working with Mike Proctor, made changes for interacting with the latest MyLaps ToolKit so that RunScore can handle chip/tag data coming from more than one location over one TCP/IP connection when mapping is required for mapping from MyLaps "locations" to RunScore "events."
• A problem was introduced for J-chip files when support for the new MyLaps BibTag was implemented. Discovered by Andrés Alanon Vazquez. Fixed.
• Fixed a problem pointed out by Jason Biggs that caused a Sort Down on a field to sort up.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.2.2. Level 2010.01.16

• Mark Toretsky pointed out that the file names in the Listings were not alphabetizing correctly. The files starting with @ were appearing after those starting with the digit '1'. Also, the order depended on the upper case/lower case characters in the name whereas it shouldn't.
• Have added two RunScore API applications written in C#. One is for finding problem splits in a triathlon. Fetch from http://www.runscore.com/Downloads/FindProblems.zip.The other is for displaying the fastest and slowest runners in an event: http://www.runscore.com/Downloads/FastestSlowest.zip.
• A very simple RunScore API application written in VC++ is at: http://www.runscore.com/Downloads/TestRSAPI.zip

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.2.1. Level 2010.01.16

• Fixed a problem found by Mike Proctor in the new, experimental MyLaps BibTag code.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.2.0. Level 2010.01.11

• Latest stable release

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.1.10. Level 2010.01.10

• Art Stockman pointed out a problem that kept a missing ".include" file name from showing up on the error pop-up. Fixed.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.1.9. Level 2010.01.09

• Fixed a problem that kept a user from deleting all the clients from the clients table under Misc.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.1.8. Level 2010.01.09

• At request of Andrés Alanon Vazquez, add two new commands for use with the Announce screen: "Last Lap Time" and "Average Lap Time."
• Included a tip in the Help screens by Steven Keith about providing RSServer and a race folder on a thumb drive so that the race management people can do their own data entry without actually installing RunScore.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.1.7. Level 2010.01.06

• At request of Steven Keith, make the Update All Entries command fix any upper/lower/proper case problems and any right-justification problems.
• Fixed a bug that causes a client crash if there is no entries.ini file.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.1.5. Level 2010.01.06

• If you add a new client under Misc/Edit Client Table, RSServer crashes. Fixed.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.1.4. Level 2010.01.06

• Scott Langford asked that in Save File As that the filter for "No Extension" be reinstated. Done. Before it was the first filter. It is now just above "All Files".

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.1.3. Level 2010.01.05

• Made a change to the File pull-down of recently opened races. The races had always been stored in a file in the RunScore folder. But it is more logical to store in the Windows Registry. Then they don't depend on the folder in which RSServer is running. It might be a bit annoying when you find you have lost your recent-races pull-down but I suspect it won't be long before you will have recreated it as you open races.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.1.2. Level 2010.01.05

• Steven Keith and Terry Lewis didn't like the way that a font size was computed based on the line/inch. Now if you specify Lines/Inch, the font size (points) will be computed. If you specify the font size (points), the lines/inch will be computed. If you specify both, you are in charge; no computations are mde.
• Brad Pickle pointed out that the File pull-down showing recently used races is not as long as it used to be with the result that the fully qualified name is not displayed making it hard to pick up which race you want. This was a change in the OWLNext base. The change provided more control allowing the longer line to be retained.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.1.0. Level 2010.01.03

• Latest stable release.
• NOTE: This version of RunScore will not run on older Windows operating systems: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows NT. It will run on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7.
• A RunScore API (Application Programming Interface) has been developed. It can be fetched at www.runscore.com/Downloads/testapi.zip (C++) or www.runscore.com/Downloads/testapics.zip (C#). The purpose of the API is to allow programmers to access the RunScore database and results. This could be used to add entrants, to develop new results listings, or many other uses. It is only useful for programmers who can program in C++ or C#..
• At request of Art Stockman, make change to allow changing of event in Initialize External Timer so that data can be directed to a different event without having to shut RunScore down.

RSServer/RSClient Version 7.2.0.0. Level 2009.12.16

• This is the first version of RunScore produced with Microsoft Visual Studio VC++ tools built on top of OWLNEXT which is an independent development based on Borland OWL (Object Windows Library). Almost all development before this point was produced with Borland tools.
• Version 7.0.13.1 is still available on the RunScore site: RunScoreSetup, RSServer and RSClient.
• What are the advantages?
  • The largest advantage from the user's point of view is that we have squashed the bug that produced those "Busy clipboard" pop-ups. The bug was traced to some Borland code. I reported this to the OWLNEXT developers who have fixed it.
  • There are no functional advantages and no preceived speed differences.
  • There are no longer DLLs that get installed in the Windows directory. Therefore, if you want to move RunScore from one computer to another, all you have to do is copy the RunScore folder to a thumb drive and then copy it into the new computer. For those technically inclined, this type of application is called a "static" application instead of the RSS/RSC which was a "dynamic" application since it depended on external DLL files. Note, however, that there are still some DLLs installed with RunScore (Summit timer DLL and Active.com DLL) but since they are in the RunScore directory, they will be copied to the new computer.
  • When I retire from supporting RunScore, it will be far easier to turn the development package over to another person since it will be using modern tools.
  • The Microsoft Visual Studio Interactive Development Environment (IDE) is far superior to the Borland IDE. It should be since it has had an additional 13 years of improvements. This helps me in development and in finding bugs. It is also much more fussy, warning me of possible problems.
  • For those Vista users that were having problems with the special functions of printers in Vista, like Back to Front printing, the VC version incorporates the new Printer Dialog box that works perfectly under Vista. Probably does the same under Windows 7.
• What are the disadvantages?
  • There may be bugs. But Steven Keith and I have been beating pretty hard on it. He is using it fulltime now in his races. Please report any you find. Other users also report no problems.
  • While the install package will be about the same size, updates will be larger since they are static applications. But in this day of high-speed access, I don't see this as a problem.
• Recent changes
  • At the suggestion of Steven Keith, add support for monospace fonts other than "Courier New." In Preferences you can specify what default monospace font you want. It will be used in all listings. These fonts make for much better looking listings. In Help/Index/Preferences are examples showing the difference between an Arial monospaced font and the Courier New font.
  • Another new control in Preferences allows you to specify if you want the page number at the top or the bottom of each page of the printout.
  • Jeff Glaze pointed out that a person with a birthdate of 01/01/2000 did not have their age updated. Fixed.
  • Version control. As before, for RSClient to connect to RSServer, the first three numbers in the version must agree. For example RSClient Version 7.1.0.1 can connect to RSServer Version 7.1.0.3. Before, if the first three did not agree, it was not possible to connect. Now that is only true if only the first two numbers agree. If the first two agree but the third does not, you can connect but you are given a warning. Things will probably work but there may be some functions that do not agree.

Version 7.0.13.1 Level 2009.12.21 RunScore client/Server

• Fixed a few things in ChronoTrack support: Handle longer Point names and handle connectionID command from SimpleClient.

Version 7.0.13.0 Level 2009.12.06 RunScore client/Server

• Please note: Version 7.0.13.1 is still available on the RunScore site: RSServer and RSClient.
• Last Version of RunScore produced with Borland tools
• Implement Time Format for Live Results at request of Steve Gajerski.
• At request of Bill Teschek, add commands for entries.ini to type-ahead. A few were missing.

Version 7.0.12.0 Level 2009.12.01 RunScore client/Server

• Latest stable release.
• Made a change so that if there is a entries.val file and no entries.val.xml, the entries.val is always converted to entries.val.xml.
• Working with Pat Riley, a method has been developed for sending text messages. See Appendix/Text Message.

Version 7.0.11.1 Level 2009.11.26 RunScore client/Server

• John Luaces and Fred Dewsberry reported a crash when connecting the RSClient to the RSServer. Found that this happens if a Look Up command is in the old entries.val file. The Look UP command should be removed from entries.val and put in entries.ini. A change has been made so that this no longer causes a problem.

Version 7.0.11.0 Level 2009.11.25 RunScore client/Server

• Latest stable release. I had thought Version 7.0.10.0 was okay but it had some problems. This one has been more thoroughly tested.

Version 7.0.10.5 Level 2009.11.24 RunScore client/Server

• Fixed the Look Up problem so Look Up now works on both RSServer and RSClient.

Version 7.0.10.4 Level 2009.11.23 RunScore client/Server

• Craig Chiger found a problem with Look Up in RSServer Version 7.0.10.0. It has been fixed but Look Up still does not work in RSClient. A new version will be uploaded as soon as possible.

Version 7.0.10.0 Level 2009.11.22 RunScore client/Server

• Latest stable release
• A problem with age-grading slipped into Version 7.0.10.0 Level 2009.11.20. Fixed.

Version 7.0.10.0 Level 2009.11.20 RunScore client/Server

• Have changed the operation of Look Up in a *.lst file as requested by Steven Keith. If it calls for Look Upand a similar Look Up was not specified in entries.ini, RunScore creates a new Look Does, does the look up on the entire database, and then discards it. The reason for this is that the older method required you to start and stop RunScore do to the look up to add in a bunch of late registrations. You would not want to do this during a race.
• Reorganized sample races into two folders: SampleRaces and Advanced Race Samples. Several people were starting out with the advanced samples and getting into trouble. The races that had "Full" in their name are now renamed without full and put in the Advanced folder.

Version 7.0.9.39 Level 2009.11.07 RunScore client/Server

• Because of a question by Andrés Alanon Vazquez about the case of a chip being swapped but not the bib number, the @swap command has been expanded to handle this situation. For details, go to Help/Index/@swap.

Version 7.0.9.38 Level 2009.11.05 RunScore client/Server

• Version 7.0.9.37 was on the web only a few hours before people asked about swapping bib numbers in a chip/tag race. They wanted the bib and chip to stay in the record and the rest of the fields moved. This is done by adding an optional parameter to tell how many fields to keep in place: @swap 123 124 to just swap everything but the bibs and @swap 123 124 2 to swap everything but the bibs and chip fields.

Version 7.0.9.37 Level 2009.11.04 RunScore client/Server

• Add a new command "Look up Replace" which works just like the Look Up command except it replaces all matching fields. The Look Up command does not replace, say, a city name if there is already data in the field. This feature is handy if you have a chip/tag race and have a large number of missing finishers. If you have a database for these extra runners, the Look Up Replace command can automatically put them in at the proper place in the database.
• At request of Tony Newton and Steven Keith, have added a new command: Update All Entries. This is somewhat similar to the Alt-F4 to update but is much faster since it doesn't involve all the checking of fields. The main purpose is to process the commands in your entries.ini after making a change.
• With the advent of more and more Chip/Tag systems and the use of multiple split points on races, the old way of handling the Swap of bib numbers between two people became a problem.  With one or two events, it was easy to use the old "@Swap n1 n2" that swapped the bib numbers in two finish positions in the event.  But, with multiple split events or triathlons, this had to be repeated across all events to work.  It also was overwritten when your refreshed or re-downloaded the finish times and bib numbers.
  
   To correct this, you can now swap the information assigned to bib numbers in the Database, just like the athletes did in real life, when they swapped bib numbers.  When you open the Browse screen and type in:  "@Swap bib#1 bib#2",  RunScore will swap the data assigned for those two bib numbers, so that all the events will now have the correct info listed for the bib numbers and finish positions.  Now the bib numbers match the person who actually wore them.
• Add support for RFID chip system via TCO/IP. RFID had been supported earlier but only by loading files produced by the RFID system.

Version 7.0.9.26 Level 2009.10.30 RunScore client/Server

• Becky Mestas requested for a larger number of names be allowed in the drop-down-search box in Enter Names. She had a large database with more Smiths than could be displayed. Done.

Version 7.0.9.25 Level 2009.10.22 RunScore client/Server

• Tony Newton pointed out that if you search for an unknown bib number in Live Results, the pop-up error message doesn't go away until you click on it. It should go away just by pressing Enter. Fixed.

Version 7.0.9.24 Level 2009.10.21 RunScore client/Server

• Fixed a problem pointed out by John Snitko. When using the Announcer screen with Announce Event feature it was causing a crash when there were a large number of finishers in a lap race.
• Fixed a problem with Live Results pointed out by Tony Newton. It was causing strange bib numbers to show up on the Live Results screen on RSClient as new finishers were added on RSServer either manually or by scanning in tags.

Version 7.0.9.19 Level 2009.10.19 RunScore client/Server

• Fixed some problems with Laps to Rounds command and how RunScore finds the correct event when a round/pass is specified. Pointed out by Steven Keith.
• Working with Steven Keith, define a new type of event called a "Spill" event. You can put this beyond the last event for which you have rounds/passes specified to catch extra passes. For example, say you want Round 1 to go into Run and Round 2 to go into Bike. If a person crosses the mats extra times, these times would go ino the spill event.
• Tony Newton pointed out that the last digit of a time was being cutoff in Live Results. Fixed.

Version 7.0.9.14 Level 2009.10.15 RunScore client/Server

• The Live Results now runs in full-screen mode.

Version 7.0.9.13 Level 2009.10.15 RunScore client/Server

• John Snitko found that the header in the Announce Screen on RSClient was moving to the right after each bib number was typed in. Fixed.

Version 7.0.9.11 Level 2009.10.13 RunScore client/Server

• A number of improvements have been made to the Announcer Screen. It now displays in full-screen mode so you no longer see the Windows menu bar. This is particularly nice when used on a large screen or with a projector.
• Working with Andrés Alanon Vazquez, Marek Blazek, and John Snitko, have added ability for Announce screen to have headers across the top. This only makes sense for monospaced fonts like Courier New and when using the "No Squeeze" option with Announce.
• In addition to the "automatic headers," you can create your own using the Header/.end of header commands.

Version 7.0.9.2 Level 2009.10.08 RunScore client/Server

• John Snitko found that RSClient was crashing using Announcer because he specified so many fields. Problem fixed by increasing the size of an internal buffer.
• The type-ahead in the RunScore Editor is now optional because of a request by Tony Newton and Steven Keith. You can deselect it in Preferences. The command drop-down is retained.
• Implemented type-ahead and command drop-down on RSClient. Previously it only worked on RSServer.
• John Snitko observed that if you pressed Enter in Annouce without typing in a bib number, you would get a "Number not found" message. Fixed so that nothing happens for this case.

Version 7.0.9.0 Level 2009.10.07 RunScore client/Server

• Latest stable release.

Version 7.0.8.45 Level 2009.10.05 RunScore client/Server

• Mike Proctor said he often types in a new name and, by mistake, presses F3 (search) instead of F4 (update). RunScore then asks if the user wants to do a new search or not. Either reply erases what was just entered. Mike asked for a third option, Cancel, that will retain what was just typed. Done.
• Fixed crash problem with Announce reported by Pat Leone and Jeff Castro.
• Josh Gerber reported that Alt-F4 (update all entries) caused a crash. It turned out that all his bib numbers were blank. Fixed.

Version 7.0.8.42 Level 2009.10.01 RunScore client/Server

• Pat Leone reported that the Announce command by itself, that is without an event or header specified, was sending output to the printer instead of to the screen. Fixed.

Version 7.0.8.40 Level 2009.09.30 RunScore client/Server

• Jenna Ginsburg and Jeff Castro reported a problem with auto-run causing a crash. Jeff provided a race folder that allowed us to find and fix the problem.

Version 7.0.8.39 Level 2009.09.29 RunScore client/Server

• Fixed a problem, reported by Wally Marantette, that caused a "Duplicate Finishers" listing to crash.

Version 7.0.8.38 Level 2009.09.28 RunScore client/Server

• Andrés Alanon Vazquez discovered that Division Place in the Announce screen no longer worked. Fixed. Also made a change so that you can display the place and a division place referring to the same event.
• Added command type-ahead and drop-down to the RunScore editor. This allows you to see the commands that start with the letters that you type. You can then pick the one you want using the cursor keys or the mouse. Or you can continue typing until what you have typed has only one corresponding command. At that point the rest of the command will be filled in.
• Have added a test to make sure that RSClient and RSServer are at the same level. The first three numbers in the Version must be the same.
• Debbie Burke pointed out a problem with the Unregistered Runner Number (URN). If you don't have a URN defined in either Preferences or in your entries.ini file, then it should work as before. That is, the first entry in your database becomes the URN. A change has been made to make this work like it used to.
• Have added three commands to entries.ini: Not found added, Show additional, and Show select event.

Version 7.0.8.25 Level 2009.09.18 RunScore client/Server

• At request of Andrés Alanon Vazquez add gun-time support for J-chip. If a gun-time arrives, it is placed in the file Guntime.ini.
• Working with Denika Voget found that there are problems if you set the number of chip fields to zero. Fixed so that this can't happen anymore.
• After many requests, the "Message" command has been added to the Announcer screen.
• Steven Keith made a great suggestion with respect to the Announcer screen. He suggested it be tied to an event using a new command Announce Event. In this way, whenever a new finisher is recorded into that event, the finisher's name and other information will automatically be displayed on the screen. This makes it much easier to set up and gives more flexibility. For example, you no longer need to have the screen fed by chips. For example, you could tie it into the select event which is fed from the keyboard of an external timer.
• Steven Keith pointed out that the /*** ... ***/ form of comment was not supported in entries.ini. Fixed.
• Add new command Average which is used in conjunction with the Sum command. When used it computes the average of the fields instead of the sum of the fields. Works for integers, floating point numbers, and times. Suggested by Steven Keith.
• Again at request of Steven Keith, add Starts with (or SW) command. You can use this in a conjunction with "Select" to select out all entries that start with the specified characters.

Version 7.0.8.12 Level 2009.09.07 RunScore client/Server

• At suggestion of George Groome, make the external editor field in Preferences scrollable so you can enter a longer path name.
• Also, made some corrections to the help files with respect to the fact that you can use an external editor to receive RunScore output.
• Fixed a problem pointed out by Andrés Alanon Vazquez that the effect of a language change did not show up until you processed "To editor" (F7).
• Fixed a problem in Chip Race section of Help pointed out by Bill Schauder concerning chip races and whether the first or last read was used.
• Jenna Ginsburg asked for a Footer to be able to handle the centering of a line as is done in Headers. Done.
• Jenna pointed out that times past 24 hours were not working on RSClient for Winning Time active chips. Fixed.
• Added support for new feature in ChronoTrack's SimpleClient that allows for data stream to be restarted if the TCP connection breaks. With this feature, the data doesn't have to start from the beginning.
• Add location-to-event mapping for J-chip at request of Marek Blazek.
• Fixed an alignment problem with lap event output.

Version 7.0.8.2 Level 2009.07.29 RunScore client/Server

• Made another fix to the browser output at request of Jenna Gingburg.
• At request of Steven Keith, provide a way to cancel out of a @ listing that has multiple duplicate finisher problems.

Version 7.0.8.0 Level 2009.07.16 RunScore client/Server

• Latest stable release.
• In working with Jenna Ginsburg, found that the feature for putting chips in a laps event and have them automatically populate subsequent events according to the rounds/laps setting had never been implemented on RSClient. Done.
• Jenna also pointed out that with Time Format set to NONE and outputting to the browser, the finish time header still shows up. Fixed.

Version 7.0.7.40 Level 2009.07.16 RunScore client/Server

• At request of Tony Norton, we have made the "Listings beep" optional. He found it annoying, especially when running an auto-run listing. Others, such as Steven Keith, like the beep. It gives some assurance that RunScore is responding. The default is to have the beep off. It can be turned on from Preferences.

Version 7.0.7.39 Level 2009.07.15 RunScore client/Server

• At request of Kevin Jackson, add a check for non-unique bib numbers when you "Update All" (Alt-F4). This can also be done be creating a "Remove Duplicates" listing which checks for duplicate bib numbers. Be sure to check only those bib numbers that are not blank.
• Kevin Jackson also requested an "undelete" for the Entries screen. This has been implemented by the normal Windows "undelete" command Ctrl-Z. It just restores the most recently deleted record. (Note: if you want to undelete a change in a results file, use F9 to reload the bibs and times.)
• Jack Spaulding had a problem with age-grading. It turned out some birthdays were in as the current year which produced ages of -1. A check is now made when doing age-grading to make sure an age is not negative. A check has always been there to protect against an age greater than 100.
• Working with Jenna Ginsberg and Denika Voget, add support for Winning Time Active chip system via TCP/IP.
• At request of Richard Rosant and Stephen Keith allow MINUS or PLUS commands to subtract or add a fixed time to an event before merging it using the "Merge Events" command.
• At request of Jon Krupa, add "Move Up" and "Move Down" to the editing of your list of events (under Misc.). Makes it much easier than the Cut and Paste method although the Cut and Paste are left there for large moves.

Version 7.0.7.17 Level 2009.07.01 RunScore client/Server

• Doug Cleavenger found that the first record in a file from the Jaguar system was not being handled correctly. Kurt Hansen from Jaguar, provided information about the first few characters in their file that are an industry standard. This has been incorporated so that the files now read correctly.

Version 7.0.7.15 Level 2009.06.26 RunScore client/Server

• Fixed another problem with the /** ... **/ comments. Problem was pointed out by Steven Keith and Mike Proctor.
• Brent Herron reported a problem with RunScore and Winning Time. When attached to the WT controller, he could not select the Winning Time options. Fixed.
• When the "Progress" pop-up was removed some time ago, the progress messages were sent to the status line. However, due to priorities, they were not showing up until the processing was done. Therefore, these messages have been moved to the "comment" line on the Listings screen. Also, will also hear a beep when you process a listing file to give you audible feedback that a file is being processed processing.
• In addition, if you update all your records on the Enter/Edit screen with Alt-F4, the progress is shown on the "records" line.

Version 7.0.7.9 Level 2009.06.13 RunScore client/Server

• Jeff Castro found a serious bug that was introduced in version 7.0.7.5 with the handling of /**...***/ comments. Fixed.

Version 7.0.7.8 Level 2009.06.12 RunScore client/Server

• Fixed a problem found by Wally Marantette. If you computed an order of finish based on age-grade percent, you ended up with the reverse order. That is, the best runner finished last.
• Sylvan Smyth found that US Triathlon age computation did not work if you used the separate YY, MM, DD fields. Fixed.

Version 7.0.7.5 Level 2009.06.07 RunScore client/Server

• Steven Keith discovered that "automatic sort" was not implemented when using Combine Events. Fixed.
• Josh Merlis suggested use of /* to begin several lines of comments and */ to exit comment mode. This is the same as is used in many programming languages. Done.

Version 7.0.7.4 Level 2009.06.02 RunScore client/Server

• Team slowest command for scoring a bike race based on the time of the slowest finisher of a team was added some time ago but it was not documented. This is now documented in the Help screens under Team commands.
• Susan McManus found some errors in the ZIP-code file. In place of a few cities it had things like BRA #5. Fixed.
• At request of Steven Keith, added a feature to the import of bibs into results. If a bib is not found, you can specify whether you want to handle all unknown bibs the same way: (1) assign Unregistered Runner Number, (2) add to the database or (3) ignore. Or, you can continue to handle them one at a time as in the past.

Version 7.0.7.2 Level 2009.05.31 RunScore client/Server

• Made some further improvements to loading a *.cda file.

Version 7.0.7.1 Level 2009.05.30 RunScore client/Server

• No sooner had I released version 7.0.7.0 than Craig Chiger found a problem when bringing in *.cda (comma-delimited ASCII) file. Fixed. I plan to promote this, or a subsequent release to the stable release after a few more days of testing by users.
• Jon Krupa asked for RunScore to continue importing times and bib numbers even if a line has only a a time or a bib number instead of both. Done.

Version 7.0.7.0 Level 2009.05.29 RunScore client/Server

• Latest stable release

Version 7.0.6.15 Level 2009.05.22 RunScore client/Server

• If data in an entries.ini file is longer than the intended field, it could cause a problem. Fixed.
• The protection for editing the Unregistered Runner Entry (URN) (in version 7.0.6.11) caused a pop-up to appear when updating all entries (Alt-F4). Also, you would get the pop-up even if you had no URN. Both problems have been fixed.
• Made some progress in fixing the "busy clipboard problem." In doing this we had to make some changes to the RunScore editor. Now the blue, vertical line does not appear when you first open a file but as you work on it, the blue line will appear. Steven Keith was key to this improvement. He was able to find cases that failed fairly often.
• At request of Marek Blazek from the Czech Republic changed import of database to allow other than comma as the delimiter. When RunScore discovers that a file does not have a comma in the header, it requests the user to enter what delimiter the file uses. If the delimiter is the tab character, you enter the word "tab". If you import from a listing file, you can set the "Import delimiter" according to the type of file.

Version 7.0.6.11 Level 2009.05.17 RunScore client/Server

• Have stopped shipping the special version of Notepad.exe. It was causing some problems. Instead you can now use the normal Windows Notepad or use another editor. To use another editor, set its location in Preferences. If you don't specify another editor, the Windows Notepad will be used by default.
• Often a data entry person types over the Unregistered Runner entry, often called the "bandit" entry. This can cause lots of problems. There are now protections. If you DO want to change the entry, you will be warned (twice) about what you are about to do. This feature was requested by Steven Keith.
• At request of Bill Teschek add command "Laps to Rounds." This moves multiple finishes by a runner in a LAPS event into subsequent events based on which lap has been completed. This is done automatically in a chip race but this command is to fix problems such as a runner not crossing a mat on a given lap. The time can be inserted and the Laps to Rounds command run to reassign the various laps,
• Marek Blazek from the Czech Republic requested that the Event to Database PLACE command work for lap races. The place is computed by determining the order by laps finished and for those with the same number of laps, based on time. Done.

Version 7.0.6.6 Level 2009.05.08 RunScore client/Server

• Fixed a problem with auto-alignment pointed out by Mike Moore. When inserting bandits, the last bib was turned into a bandit instead of moving down one slot.

Version 7.0.6.5 Level 2009.04.16 RunScore client/Server

• At request of Andrés Alanon Vazquez made a change to Announce so that if Net Time is specified, the number of laps displayed is one less to account for the initial passing. Also, the time is computed by subtracting each runner's initial passing from the most recent one.
• Made a change to HTML output so that the results are as they were with RSW if the CSS file runscore.css is not found. In addition, you can now have a "local" *.css file in a race directory called entries.css.
• Brad Pickle pointed out that you could no longer close an external timer without leaving RunScore. Fixed.

Version 7.0.6.0 Level 2009.04.05 RunScore client/Server

• Latest stable release

Version 7.0.5.54 Level 2009.04.03 RunScore client/Server

• Fixed a problem with entries.ini pointed out by Debbie Burke.
• Fixed a problem with a header that uses "Rank" that caused mis-alignment. Spotted by Jacob Smith.
• George Groome pointed out that RunScore crashes if the *.dta file is read-only. RunScore now pops up a message about it being read-only and then terminates. To fix, change properties of the file using Windows Explorer, My Computer, or any other file manager.
• George Groome also found that if you use the PLUS command to add in early starters, each person without a time assigned had 0.01 added to their time. Fixed.

Version 7.0.5.52 Level 2009.03.25 RunScore client/Server

• At suggestion of Tony Newton, made the use of CSSs (Cascading Style Sheets) for web output more flexible. Before there was just one CSS which was called runscore.css. Now you have a different one in a race folder called entries.css. RunScore looks for the *.css in the race folder first and, if not found, uses the global one in the RunScore directory.

Version 7.0.5.51 Level 2009.03.25 RunScore client/Server

The first changes were suggested by Steven Keith. He also did extensive testing that the changes worked and that the changes were backward compatible with earlier versions and with RSW.

• The entries.val validation file, has been replaced with a new XML file called entries.val.xml. The transition is painless. When you next make a change in Design Screen or change properties in the Enter/Edit Names screen for a field, the new file will be generated automatically for you .
• Have you wanted to change a field parameter, such as changing from no case to proper case or add another value for "Allowed" in middle of typing but did not want to go to Design Screen and have to restart the race? You can now change most parameters on the fly. Just right-click on the field as you always did. When you click on Okay, the new entries.val.xml file will be created.
• Changed the way the Look Up command is defined. Instead of putting it in the entries.val file, it is now placed in entries.ini. This is a more logical place. To aid in the transition, for now, you can have it either place.
• For people who create this new XML in a folder and use the "Look Up" command in the INI, you will get an error message about "Look Up" in the INI when you run this race on an earlier RSServer/RSClient version or RSW.  Just acknowledge the error message and the VAL file will load the Look Up for you the old way.
• Remove the "Edit Validation file as text" from the Misc menu.
  
• John Snitko pointed out that the problem fixed in version 7.0.5.44 to Announce was still in RSClient. Fixed

Version 7.0.5.45 Level 2009.03.22 RunScore client/Server

• Fixed a problem that kept you from scanning ChampionChip chips or ChronoTrack tags from RSClient.

Version 7.0.5.44 Level 2009.03.21 RunScore client/Server

• Fixed serious bug that could cause crash of server and client when using type-ahead on RSClient. Reported by Jon Krupa and Steven Keith independently about the same time.
• Fixed a problem in "Remove duplicates" where all duplicates did not show up in first pass. Pointed out by Steven Keith.
• Jon Krupa requested that the information in RSClient's connect dialog be saved when entered so that, in case of a crash, the data is preserved. Done.
• Fixed a problem reported by John Snitko in the Announce screen. If an event is specified before the fields, the event information showed up after all fields.
• A change was made to the Announce screen to provide an option so that fields from different entries line up. The default is to squeeze the fields together with one space of separation.
• Jon Krupa mentioned that if you have no listing (*.lst) files, you get a pop-up that could be annoying. A change was made to put an appropriate message on the comment line.
• Andrés Alanon Vazquez, requested a way to show Division Finish order on the Announce screen. This was done by supporting the Division Place command.
• At request of John Snikto, added a "Laps left" to the Announce screen for use in laps races. This allows runners to see how many laps remain.
• Fixed a small bug that sometimes made the "Record has changed" pop-up occur when, in fact, nothing has changed. This happened if you had a field with template characters that was right justified.
• Fixed a problem that produced garbage on the Status line at the bottom of the screen on RSClient.

Version 7.0.5.35 Level 2009.02.26 RunScore client/Server

• Working with Andrés Alanon Vazquez, made a number of improvements to the Announce screen. He wants to use it on a large screen just past the mats of a lap race so the runners can see their bib number, place, number of laps run, and the total distance covered.
  • Can specify what font to use with the Font name command.
  • Can specify the font size with Font size command.
  • Can specify which time format you want
  • New format NONE if you don't want the time to appear. This applies to all listings, not just the Announce screen.
  • Made some adjustments to better use the screen area so that larger characters can be used.
  • If you specify a monospace font, the fields all line up.

Version 7.0.5.30 Level 2009.02.24 RunScore client/Server

• Working with John Snitko, developed a way for chip/tag systems which do not have a round/pass/lap capability to handle rounds. It works by creating a lap event followed by events with rounds specified. The data goes into the lap event and also into the appropriate round event. This only works on RSServer, not on RSClient.
• Made some improvements to chip/tag processing of round events.

Version 7.0.5.24 Level 2009.02.19 RunScore client/Server

• Andrés Alanon Vazquez, who lives in Spain, requested that the Announcer screen be enhanced to handle lap races. It now can show place, time, number of laps completed, and distance covered.
• Another improvement was made to Announcer so that the screen can be used just beyond the finish line in addition to being ahead of the finish line. When used beyond the finish line with a chip/tag system, a runner can see her results as soon as she crosses the finish line if a large monitor or data projector is used.

Version 7.0.5.20 Level 2009.02.15 RunScore client/Server

• Doug Cleavenger pointed out that if you made a change to the Enter/Names screen and pressed the X in the upper corner to close the window, you did not get warned as you did with RSW. Fixed. Note: to have RunScore check, you have to have "Check for record changed" in Preferences.
• At request of Marc Roy and Tony Newton, add ability to keep FTP open so files can be uploaded periodically. The file will typically be rewritten through an auto-run process. New commands are "FTP loop" and "FTP Close". The loop specifies how often, in seconds, the upload should happen.
• Fixed a problem identified by Jeffrey Glaze kept the Announce screen on the client from working on the client if a very large number of fields were displayed.

Version 7.0.5.14 Level 2009.02.07 RunScore client/Server

• Fixed a problem identified by Steven Keith with ChronoTrack when redirecting tag reads into more than one RunScore event.

Version 7.0.5.11 Level 2009.01.29 RunScore client/Server

• Create a file called guntime.ini for ChampionChip which is created when a ST00007 chip ID is received. This had already been implemented for ChronoTrack.
• Add "View Guntime.ini" to Misc menu so you can pop-up the guntime file quickly.

Version 7.0.5.6 Level 2009.01.25 RunScore client/Server

• Fixed a problem with the Announce screen on RSClient. It was not using the large font.
• When a client connects to RSServer, RSServer now puts the connection information on the status line instead of in a pop-up banner. Before, the banner caused a focus problem if another application had focus.
• The "Progress" pop-ups have been replaced with information on the status line at the bottom of the screen. People were complaining that the pop-up brought the focus back to the RunScore screen at times when the user didn't want to have focus.
• Steve Gajerski pointed out that if you start your Live Results screen with no finishers and then add finishers, they don't show up. Fixed.
• John Snitko requested a way to control how long the Live Results screen sits when it ends scrolling before starting to scroll again. This is controlled with the command Scroll Delay which sets the number of seconds to delay before starting to scroll again. This used to be fixed to 5 seconds.
• RunScore now supports English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. The "French" item on Preferences has been removed and the user's language preference as set in the Windows Control Panel is used to select the language. The only place the language matters is in some of the listings such as "Number of records" at the bottom of a listing and words such as "Place", "Rank."

Version 7.0.5.0 Level 2009.01.08 RunScore client/Server

• Latest stable release

Version 7.0.4.15 Level 2009.01.07 RunScore client/Server

• Discovered that comma-delimited-files included in entries.ini were not working. Only space-delimited and tab-delimited were working. Don't know when this broke since the comma-feature was added in April 2007. Fixed.

Version 7.0.4.14 Level 2009.01.07 RunScore client/Server

• Fixed a problem found by Art Stockman.He found that when using Event to Database and the PACE command, the resulting pace had a nonsense number instead of a zero if using the MINUS command and there was no scratch time to subtract off.
• Added more documentation on ChronoTrack with help from Steven Keith.
• Add more documentation on Ipico with help from Josh Drew.
• Add support for ChipTiming from Brazil (http://www.chiptiming.com.br)

Version 7.0.4.9 Level 2008.12.17, RunScore client/Server

• At request of Greg McFerren, add information in dialog box when starting up TCP/IP connection with Ipico.
• Liz Steinweg suggested a change in the Enter/Edit screen from "Not found. Search Again?" pop-up to "Not found. New Search?" This is so that, after an unsuccessful search, you have the option to keep the cursor in the field so you can compose a new search or, if you answer "No", you can go back to the bib number field. The old wording sounded like RunScore would search again for you.

Version 7.0.4.4 Level 2008.12.09, RunScore client/Server

• Fixed problems with team scoring by age-grading. Reported by Steven Keith.
• Fixed problem reported by Greg McFerren that found when using Auto Initializing of an external timer when the device is using TCP/IP.

Version 7.0.4.0 Level 2008.12.05, RunScore client/Server

• Latest stable release
• Terry Lewis found that there were still some problems with the SUM command that I thought was fixed in Level 2008.11.28. Seems to be fixed now.

Version 7.0.3.17 Level 2008.11.28, RunScore client/Server

• Fixed a problem that was causing data loss with ChampionChip and ChronoTrack if the computer got busy. Steven Keith identified the problem and verified the fix.
• Fixed a problem identified by Terry Lewis that kept the SUM operation from working properly.
• Steven Keith reported that the "Auto-enable external timer on startup" was not working on RSClient. Fixed

Version 7.0.3.13 Level 2008.11.05, RunScore client/Server

• RunScore has always supported the Hebrew character set but our one customer in Israel reported that the Hebrew characters did not display in the Announce screen. Fixed. Now that this is fixed, RunScore can handle any non-unicode character set. That is, single-byte character sets.
• Fixed a problem reported by Steven Keith. When RSClient read a chip/tag in "not found added mode", the new entry was added to the database but the result ended up with the new entry as an unregistered runner ("bandit").
• At request of Jon Krupa, Mike Proctor, John Magnuson, Carl Magnuson, and Brad Pickle, add capability of handling ties. This is controlled with the new command: Allow Ties. When you allow ties, an overall listing will repeat place numbers. For example, if the second and third runners have exactly the same time to 0.01 seconds, the places will read: 1, 2, 2, 4, 5, etc.
• The Allow Ties feature also affects team cross country scoring. In the above example, the finishers would receive the following points: 1, 2.5, 2.5, 4, 5, etc.

Version 7.0.3.9 Level 2008.10.31, RunScore client/Server

• Greg McFerren found that paper was not advancing as it should if incomplete teams are included at the bottom of a listing. Fixed.
• Pat Leone reported that individual advancers in a cross country race were not handled correctly if a team was running more than 7 runners. Fixed.

Version 7.0.3.7 Level 2008.10.29, RunScore client/Server

• In Version 7.0.3.6 I had made a change to the FinishLynx support that was wrong. This version puts it back how it was. Thanks to Jon Krupa for providing the correct information.

Version 7.0.3.6 Level 2008.10.26, RunScore client/Server

• At request of Pat Leone, added TCP/IP as a destination so that output from RunScore goes to a TCP/IP server such as a scoreboard. Example: Destination (tab) ThisIPAddress:34567 to send out port 34567.
• At request of Steven Keith, allow labels to be sorted by column instead of by row. New command: Labels by column.
• Tom Plummer found that the RFID chip system had changed their format by providing seconds in units of 0.001 seconds instead of 0.1 seconds as was done earlier. Fixed.
• Greg McCormick asked for a team score based on average time which uses everyone on the team. Done.
• Brad Pickle asked that the Team Incomplete feature also work when doing team scoring based on a field. Done.
• Jeff Glaze pointed out that the Browser Scroll feature did not work properly with team scoring. Fixed.

Version 7.0.3.0 Level 2008.10.21, RunScore client/Server

• Latest stable release.

Version 7.0.2.25 Level 2008.10.10, RunScore Client/Server

• Jason Biggs reported that the Points precision command was not working. It has been replaced by the Precision command but Points Precision was still supposed to work. Fixed.
• At request of Pat Leone, add Team Score Export command for cross country races so you can produce a format for uploading to a web page.

Version 7.0.2.23 Level 2008.10.07, RunScore Client/Server

• Advance Export file name can now include an initial character of '~' which tells RunScore to put the file in the race directory rather than the RunScore directory.
• New command Advance Export App will cause the advancer information to be appended to a previously exported file. This is to allow build up of all advancing runners from more than one race into one file. Both of these improvements made at request of Dick Iwamiya.

Version 7.0.2.21 Level 2008.10.05, RunScore Client/Server

• Steven Keith suggested a new command @time which allows you to set times in the Results screen. This has a number of uses. One example is a race with waves in a triathlon. You might record everyone who crossed the start mats. You are not interested in the time each participant crossed the mat but only want a record of WHO crossed the mat. Knowing that, you would like to set everyone in that wave to the gun time which is the official start time for that wave. For example, say you want everyone from place 49 through 76 to have a time of 12:34:56, you would enter, on the command line on the Results screen:

@time 12:34:56 49 76

• The @add and @sub commands have been improved to allow times in format h:mm:ss.01 to be used as well as the seconds. Until now, you always had to convert hours, minutes, and seconds to seconds to use these commands. For example, to subtract 12 minutes and 3 seconds from every finisher:

@sub 12:03

whereas you use to have to enter

@sub 723

Version 7.0.2.18 Level 2008.10.02, RunScore Client/Server

• Sylvan Smith had a race with a very long file path that caused a problem. Fixed.
• Fixed a problem with the Events editor that prevented a Select Event to be edited. Pointed out by Steven Keith.

Version 7.0.2.16 Level 2008.09.28, RunScore Client/Server

• Mike Richards objected to the recent change to make RunScore ALWAYS sort on an event. In his races he typically had a column of finish times followed by a column of net (chip) times. He wants the results sorted by finish time but wants to display the net times after the finish times. To satisfy this requirement and make the RunScore backward compatible, a change was made at Mike's suggestion. Now if you specify to sort on an event instead of taking the default, sorting will be done on that event but not on subsequent events in that listing UNLESS called for by the inclusion of a Sort command.

Version 7.0.2.15 Level 2008.09.25, RunScore Client/Server

• Made adjustments in Browser Scroll to handle long files. Before, the scrolling started over before all the results had been displayed.
• Fixed a problem in Announce pointed out by John Snitko. This only happens if you have a very long fields.

Version 7.0.2.13 Level 2008.09.24, RunScore Client/Server

• Bill Teschek pointed out that cut and paste in the Events Editor wasn't working. Fixed.
• Added a section in Help for cross-country races. Devised a way to score an invitational meet as a number of dual meets between the various teams.

Version 7.0.2.11 Level 2008.09.23, RunScore Client/Server

• Fixed a problem pointed out by Mike Proctor. With the new way events are handled, the filtering of times was not handled properly with the result that chip records were all filtered out since the default filtering was set to only allow times between 0:00:00 and 0:00:00. Obviously a serious problem! It is now changed so that the default times are from minus "infinity" to plus "infinity". It should be noted that negative times are handled. This could be important to eliminate start times of those who "jump" the gun.

Version 7.0.2.10 Level 2008.09.20, RunScore Client/Server

• Pat Leone pointed out that when editing an event, if he specified the type of race to be a Finish, when he restarted the race this setting was lost. Fixed.
• At request of Bill Teschek, added Cut and Paste to the Events Editor so that you can move events around in the list.

Version 7.0.2.9 Level 2008.09.18, RunScore Client/Server

• Fixed a problem pointed out by Cliff Bruce in results of a lap race. If you specify the Lap Distance, there was no column header for the total distance run.
• Can now send output to a browser from RSClient. Previously this was restricted to RSServer.
• Add browser scroll capability to RunScore output. With this feature, which was requested by David Katz, you can produce a screen that the runners and spectators can watch that will scroll any listing output. The new command is Browser Scroll. You can send output to your Browser from RSClient. This allows you to have scrolling results on a client which might be shown on a large screen. Do not confuse this with Live Results. Live Results scrolls bringing in new results as runners cross the line. Browser Scroll scrolls the output from a listing but does not refresh as runners cross the line. It can be used for Team Results whereas Live Results cannot.
• Fixed a problem with the support for the Summit timer that caused the timer to reset and lose data when selecting a new event. Problem pointed out by Josh Gerber. Worked with Summit inventor Ernie Page and with Steven Keith to solve problem.

Version 7.0.2.2 Level 2008.09.17, RunScore Client/Server

• Denika Voget found that lap races didn't sort properly. This is related to the default sort. Fixed.
• Steven Keith reported that in Version 7.0.2.0 ChronoTrack TCP/IP transfer did not work. Fixed.
• The Times limits in events are now supported for chip/tag races. For example, if you put the time limits in as 1:00:00 and 2:00:00, only times between one hour and two hours will be accepted. All others will be discarded along with their chip or tag information.

Version 7.0.2.0 Level 2008.09.16, RunScore Client/Server

• Fixed a problem found by Bob Teschek when using semi-automatic alignment (Alt-A) that could cause times to be deleted. This problem was introduced when the RSW code was moved to RSServer and RSClient.
• An Events file editor has been added to RSServer. When you go to edit the list of events, instead of being shown the file EVENTS, you will be shown a listbox with your list of events. You can then add, delete, or edit in a dialog box. The best part is that, after saving your changes, you can continue to use RunScore without having to close and reopen the race. The old EVENTS file will no longer be used. Instead, the event information is stored in an XML file called Events.xml. You will not work directly with this file but only through the event editor.
• A number of users, including ones very familiar with RunScore, have told me that they have often forgotten to sort results. Therefore, RunScore has been changed to always sort the results unless you use the new command: NO SORT. That should make some people happy!
• Add support for Winning Time Active chip with nformation provided by Denika Voget.
• The Help Buttons on the Roles and Clients dialog boxes now bring up help screens.
• Fixed some bugs related to ChronoTrack most of which were spotted by Steven Keith.

Version 7.0.1.5 Level 2008.09.06, RunScore Client/Server

• Liz Steinweg discovered that setting a role so that a user cannot edit in enter/edit, browse, or listings would not "stick." That is, when leaving RunScore and coming back in, the condition would be reset back to allow editing. Fixed.
• Liz also found when she left a parameter out and this parameter was lines/inch, it caused problems because the lines/inch was set to zero. This was changed so that, in this case, the lines/inch will be set to one.
• Robert Youngs found if you load multiple chip files (Ctrl-F9) at the same time, the next time you do (Ctrl-F9) you'll get the Message "Do you want to make changes." If there are too many files, RunScore, may crash. Fixed.

Version 7.0.1.1 Level 2008.09.03, RunScore Client/Server

• Fred Dewsberry pointed out that the SUM command was not handling floating point numbers. Instead the sum was truncated to an integer. Turns out that when the change to handle fractional numbers was made in RSW in November 2007, the change was not moved to RSServer. Fixed.
• At request of Steve Scheidt and Mike Burns, the Announce screen can produce output on a label printer. With this feature, you can scan a runner's chip (or type in their bib number) and produce their results on the screen and, at the same time, print them out on a label printer. The runner can then attach the label to his/her bib.

Version 7.0.1.0 Level 2008.07.28, RunScore Client/Server

• At request of Bill Teschek and encouragement from Bob Teschek and Steven Keith there is now a way to do team scoring based on Age and Gender grading. This is invoked with the new command Team Score Agegrade.

Version 7.0.0.35 Level 2008.07.24

• At urging of Brad Pickle, extend the BY command to total fields when combined with the "Total (tab) field name" command. This is handy when totaling the points made by a team if the points are in a database field. This can handle both integer and floating point numbers.

Version 7.0.0.33 Level 2008.07.23

• Denika Voget, Winning Time USA, provided us with examples of the new Winning Time active chip format which includes times to 0.01 seconds instead of to just 0.1 seconds. RunScore now handles both formats.

Version 7.0.0.31 Level 2008.07.21

• The command Female Adjustment has been removed. It should not be used since there is not one adjustment factor that works across all ages. This was used with the 1994 and earlier age-grading tables. In those tables the female times were adjusted from the male times by a multiplying factor. The present tables were derived separately for male and female runners. If you want to score males and females together by age-grading, use the Age Grade Percent command and be sure to follow with a Sort Down command so that the results are sorted starting with the best age-graded performance.
• The main screen has always had information our e-mail address (support@runscore.com) and how to reach our web site (www.runscore.com). Those text items are now "clickable" to take you to e-mail or to the web site respectively. Thanks to David Fox who found the information on finding and invoking the default browser.

Version 7.0.0.30 Level 2008.07.20

• Keith Stone and others have asked for a way to move the contents of one field to another. He wanted a way to put a person's first name into a nick name field but only if that field is blank. This can now be done with the Select Value command. The Select Value can be used both in an *.lst file and in an entries.ini file.
• Keith Stone suggested that RSServer display the port and address that it is "listening" on for new connections. This is now displayed on the main screen. This helps if one is on a LAN but not if you are trying to connect over the Internet, that is a Wide Area Net (WAN). Typically on a WAN, you will have a router/firewall which hides your IP address from the world. You must find out what your outside address is using a website such as www.myipaddr.com or through use of the interface to your router/firewall. You must also open up the particular port you are using so that the outside client can find RSServer.

Version 7.0.0.28 Level 2008.07.18

• Bill Schauder asked that the cursor remain in the same field after an unsuccessful search in Enter/Edit Names. Some people like it returning to the first field. So now, when you get the "Not found" message, there is an additional message: "Continue searching." You can respond with "Y" if you want to continue searching or "N" if you want to return to the first field.
• Fixed a problem pointed out by Jon Krupa. In certain situations, when using Remove Duplicates, one of a pair of duplicates appears in the browser but not the entry that is its duplicate.

Version 7.0.0.26 Level 2008.07.13

• Combine Events was not working with Age grade. Fixed.

Version 7.0.0.24 Level 2008.07.10

• John Snitko reported that Live Results sometimes ends up with blank entries. Discovered that this can happen if people are added to the database while Live Results is running. Fixed.

Version 7.0.0.23 Level 2008.07.10

• Jim Oaks reported that a recent change kept the Master Menu buttons from responding to single-key commands until one of them is clicked on with the mouse.

Version 7.0.0.20 Level 2008.07.08

• At request of Mike Moore, allow longer path names in Preferences edit boxes for path to save entries and results.
• Mike Moore pointed out that if you import bib numbers into an event and "Not found added" is turned on, the bib number is not added to the database as it was with RSW. Fixed in RSServer and RSClient.
• With lots of help from Steven Keith, fixed a bug that can cause a crash if you save a file from the client that was an extension of ".Lst" instead of ".lst".

Version 7.0.0.16 Level 2008.07.06

• At request of John Snitko, made changes to AMB to support rounds (laps). Not yet tested. Need AMB user to test.
• Bill Schauder reported that when you do an update (F4) on the client, the cursor jumps to the first field instead of staying in the same field as it does on RSW and RSServer. Fixed.
• Bill Schauder reported that Shift-Down did not move bib down numbers in a Results screen. In DOS RunScore you used Shift-Up/Down to move bibs. In Windows RunScore this was changed to Alt-Up/Down but the Shift-Up/Down retained but apparently did not work correctly. The Shift-Up/Down have been removed.
• Liz Steinweg reported that the Announce screen always came up maximized in RSServer which it didn't in RSW or RSClient. Made some changes and added a new command "Full Screen" that you can add to Announce and Chip Check that will force it to full screen..
• Bill Schauder pointed out that if you use the ".prompt" command in a header, it did not work on RSClient. Fixed.

Version 7.0.0.11 Level 2008.07.03

• Add new feature to Live Results. In addition to showing the most recent finishers, can, on another Live Results screen, show the first finishers.

Version 7.0.0.10 Level 2008.07.02

• Fixed a problem Anne Gault found with loading ChronoTrack files.
• Added "guntime" support for ChronoTrack. Produces a file for each event called <event>.guntime.ini.

Version 7.0.0.7 Level 2008.07.01

• An error has been fixed concerning the client checking to see if has the most recent help file. The effect was that it always fetched the file from the server even when it was not necessary.

Version 7.0.0.6 Level 2008.06.28

• Liz Steinweg found that if the RSServer.exe or RSClient.exe files were changed in case, e.g. "rsserver.exe", it could not find some other files such as the help file. Fixed.
• Sylvan Symth found that if he tried to compute the USATF (U.S. Triathlon Federation) age for a year in the future, it did not compute right. This only happens if your date format uses a two-digit year. Fixed.
• A change was made to the ChronoTrack code to allow reading of the different formats. Reported by Ken Wong and Steven Keith.
• A problem with selecting an entry from the drop-down box while doing Database Search in Enter/Edit Names was fixed. The wrong entry was often selected.

Version 7.0.0.3 Level 2008.06.26

• The fix to the Database View/Search problem in the 7.0.0.1 version was not done correctly. This has been fixed.

Version 7.0.0.2 Level 2008.06.26

• At request of Brad Pickle, the TOTAL command has been extended. If the TOTAL command identifies a field, that field's contents are totaled without printing out the individual values that went into that total.
• When RSClient starts up, it checks to see if its copy of the help file is up-to-date. If not, it fetches the latest from RSServer.

Version 7.0.0.1 Level 2008.06.24

• If you opened Enter/Edit Names while the listings screen is open, it would open at the unregistered runner number entrant instead of at a new record. Fixed
• Anne Gault pointed out that in Enter/Edit Names when using the Database View/Search (drop-down box) that the names in RSW were sorted but in RSS and RSC they were in database order. Fixed.
• Rick Freedman didn't like the fact that there was no more "progress" banner when he ran a listing. This has been reinstated on both the client and the server. However, the client has no information on intermediate steps as the processing continues so its banner just lists the name of the file being processed.

Version 7.0.0.0 Level 2008.06.21

• First official release of RSServer/RSClient!!
• Fixed bug when connecting with a client which has a very long IP address.
• Fixed problem pointed out by John Snitko that caused a problem with PLUS command. This bug was introduced in 6.9.43.1 when NOT command was added.