Sail100 New Features and Resolved Issues

Have you loaded the Microsoft service packs from Microsoft.com to update your version of Excel and Windows.

To find the current version of sail100 you are using Do Entrants, Select Item. The version number is at the top

After you have installed the new update and you open any existing series the new features become available in that series


 
Upgrade.pdf gives guidance on upgrading
 
Problems Resolved and New Features
       Sail100v277
              I have improved the use of Bow No. It is now a selection item in Entrants,Select Item, ORGANISE ENTRANTS SHEET
              If you have Bow No selected and you are inputting race data it asks if you want to input using Sail No or Bow No
              I have also resolved an issue with Progressive when boats are given an N
       Sail100v276
              Splitting fleets when selecting some options had a small issue now corrected
              Improvements if you call a column "Bow No" in Misc1
              A presentation error that would happen very infrequently has been resolved in Winners v 46
       Sail100v275
              You can now put 3 logos for say sponsors at the bottom of your web pages
       Sail100v274
              There was a small error in the Echo Progressive handicap when assigning a boat as N or E
       Sail100v273
              When importing Entrants and the sheet you were importing from had calculation or look up errors then that created a error. Now Resolved
              A slight change to the ISA standards in Progressive handicaping
       Sail100v272
              There is a new version of Teamcomv45 which now has the html pages generated to the latest standards
              There is a small mod to Sail100 to fix a error I generated in version 271 when Transfering Series information to a Race
       Sail100v271
              I have fixed an error in the drop downs for Class and Clubs on the Entrants Page which was there when using Office 2010 and 2011
              I have improved the way items like swap data in columns works on the Entrants page
       Sail100v270
              You will notice a big jump in the version number. That is to satisfy a problem.
              I have increased the possible splits for the finals in Round Robin to 8 possible fleets rather than 4
       Sail100v242
              This version includes a new program PY Returns for UK RYA only.xls which can be used to Return PY Handicap information to the RYA. Only UK clubs participate in this.
              There are also a few small corrections
       Sail100v241
              The ISA has agreed 2 standard setting for Progressive Handicapping one for Club Racing and one for Events. These can now be set as a selection in a drop down
              Winnersv45 has a new feature that allows Birthdays to be put on the main Trophies Sheet
              I was notified of a bug in Round Robin Finals which gave an error in an unusual circumstance. That is now resolved
              There was an issue when you put say 1 space between every boat when printing in that it didn't produce a space between boat 1 and 2. That is now resolved
       Sail100v240
              Lake Ontario PHRF is changed to new spec
       Sail100v239
              Just small tidy issues
       Sail100v238
              There was a issue if you were uploading web pages via the Special Input for lots of timed races v 207.xls The problem was in the main boat.xla program
       Sail100v237
              There is a update which fixes a problem when moving from Office 2003 to Office 2007
              There is also a Security update in this version
              There is also an update to Special Input for lots of timed races v 207
       Sail100v236
              There was an issue on Progressive Handicapping if instead of putting in 1.5 you put in 1.5%. You can now do either
       Sail100v235
              There was a small problem with v234 associated with Progressive Handicapping in conjunction with Average Lap racing now resolved
       Sail100v234
              The Display Pages for Race Data have been slightly modified
              There are also slight modifications to accommodate Office 10. There may be more modifications later as Office 10 progresses
       Sail100v233
              A new feature to display race data on screens was added
              A new feature to highlight in red on the os and nh web pages if a boat has a score that cannot be discarded
              A new feature to highlight in blue on the os and nh web pages if a boat has a score that can change due to say redress of Average Points
       Sail100v232
              There was a problem with v231 with a few users that has now been corrected
              This problem would have been clearly visible if you had it sorry for the inconvenience
       Sail100v231
              A new feature has been added to Sail100 to produce Display Screen Output see Control, All Open Series Select Item
              A new feature has been added to Progressive Handicapping
              It also contains a new version of Teamcom v 43 with attempts to make every thing easier to use(This is the one used at the Wilson Trophy 2009)
       Sail100v230
              A new feature has been added to Sail100 when splitting fleets in Round Robin. It allows you to split using Series Place or Points Hence if there is a tie on points by selecting points those tied boats will appear in the same fleet.
              Teamcom has again been modified to version 42 such that all the HTML pages it now produces are compliant with the latest requirements
       Sail100v229
              This version has a slightly modified layout in the Web Pages
              It also contains a new version of Teamcom v 41 which fixes a problem with odd numbers of teams and has a slightly modified schedule for the races
       Sail100v228
              This version contains some minor tidying up of Progressive Handicapping
              It also contains a new version of Teamcom v 40 which now allows Team Racing with up to 4 boats per team
       Sail100v227
              This includes an update for RRS 2009-2012 The changes are not significant
              I have added the ability to include Practice Races in Progressive Handicap Calculations
       Sail100v226
              The color Tabs doesn't work on Office 2000 and produced an error. The error should now not happen
       Sail100v225
              On the 21Sept I added colour to the tabs, I have made it so that races that have been input have a different color than races not yet input
              I have added a feature to Upload to Web Site which allows you to use Passive Mode or Non Passive Mode. Only tick the Passive mode box as a last resort because it gives a much slower transfer which may time out
              I have slightly changed the items available in Organise Entrants Sheet with relation to Progressive Handicaping because they were being used in the wrong way and causing confusion
              There is a new version of Special Input for lots of timed races which is more Office 2007 compatible
       Sail100v224
              I have changed the way when inputting non timed boats in a Race where may have a lot of say DNF boats.
       Sail100v223
              In some versions of Excel there was a problem with the width of the Sail Number Cells when inputting Race Data
       Sail100v222
              There was a problem in version 221 which results in the deletion of Misc1,Misc2,Misc3, Misc4 columns in Entrants
              v222 now has a new feature which allows you to print in Black and White or Colour
       Sail100v221
              Some general Tidying up
       Sail100v220
              I have made the web pages meet the latest W3C standards
              There is a new version of Teamcom
              There is a new version of Special Input for lots of timed races
       Sail100v219

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