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* Fixtures Menu *
The way in which fixtures are handled appears complex.
It's not, but some background info can help ...
Pro-Football needs lists of fixtures to work from.
Some users will just want to predict the pools. Others will
want to just bet on the Bookies Long List or Sections List,
others will want to bet on a combination of them all.
What you need to do is create a 'Main List' of fixtures.
From this main list, you can then go on to create as many
sub-lists as you like.
This is probably as clear as mud, but rest assured that as
you use the program it will suddenly click into place, and
you will realise how beautifully simple it is.
Some specific examples would be ...
You want to predict just the pools. The pools coupon would be
your main list - that's it - end of story.
You want to predict the pools and the long list. The long
is normally best as your main list, as it tends to include
most of the pools matches as well. A separate pools list
would be created semi-automatically (more on that soon).
The advantage of this system is that later on, you can ask
Pro-Football to find all of the draws on the pools list, or
all of the aways on the long list etc. Lets take one more
example ...
You want to predict the pools, long list, and the sections
list. You would set up the long list as your main list. The
pools list is created for you from this, and you can then set
up the sections list (If the sections list contains 6 sections
then you would set them up as Sections List A, B, C, D etc,
that way, you can ask for the draws from section A etc).
OK, so let's look at the fixtures menu.
We'll actually cover the options in reverse order.
LOAD/DELETE FIXTURE FILE
Each set of lists is saved on disk as a single Fixture File.
This option lets you either load in a set of lists that you
created earlier in the week, or delete one that you no longer
require.
CREATE/AMEND FIXTURE LISTS
When you select this option, Pro-Football looks to see if you
have already loaded a fixture file - if so then it assumes that
you want to view/alter these lists (this is covered later,
when you come to it).
If no file has been loaded it gives the choice of either
loading one, or creating your MAIN LIST.
So how do we create this famous 'Main List'?
All the letters of the alphabet will appear on screen. Simply
click on the first letter of the Home Team's name, then the
second and so on. Pro-Football looks at all of the
possibilities and tries to guess which team you are referring
to, displaying a list of teams down the right hand side of
the screen. You can either click directly on one of the
team names, or select another letter to narrow the list
down further.
When you have the required team, repeat for the away team.
A box will then appear on screen containing the match
details and 4 icons.
The icons are ...
ON-POOLS
Either a tick for yes, or a cross for no.
You can alter the setting by clicking on the icon.
Remember, this is your main list that you are creating. A
separate pools list is generated - it is made up of all of
the matches in your main list that have been defined as
being 'on-pools' (although you can add extra matches to it
if necessary).
As default, all matches are set to being 'on-pools', if you
are entering data from the long list, you will find that very
few matches aren't on the coupon, so you will only need to
alter this setting occasionally.
Of course, if you are doing JUST the pools, then all matches
will be 'On-Pools' so you can leave the setting alone.
REDO
Lets you re-enter the last match if you made a mistake.
NO MORE
When you have entered all the matches to be included on the
main list, select this option.
NEXT
When you have checked that the two teams in the match, and
the pools setting is correct, click on next to go onto the
next match on the list.
This process is repeated until all matches have been entered.
Surprisingly, once you get used to it, it only takes a few
minutes to enter all of the weekends fixtures!
This was a fairly long chunk of HELP to take in, but if
you've read it all, then it should all become clear when you
start to enter data.