                            Welcome to BowlStat
                            ===================

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

        Unfortunately, people are not abiding  by the Shareware concept and
 registering. This has forced me to cripple certain features in the package
 as  an incentive  to register.   All of  BowlStat's features  are enabled.
 allowing a  full test but  printouts are limited  in the number  of bowler
 names that will be printed.

        After receiving your  registration fee, a key file  will be sent to
 you that will remove this restriction. Current registered users can obtain
 the key file for free, the usual upgrade fee will cover this.


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

        If bowler or team yearly statictics  and/or "CLUB" scores are to be
 maintained,  set the  "Save Stats/CLUB  to disk"  and "Save  Team Stats to
 Disk" settings in "Options/Defaults" (General) to "Y".


 VIDEO
 -----

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


 MEMORY
 ------

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

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


 LEAGUE LOADING
 --------------

        If  the same  league is  to be   used week  after week,  it can  be
 selected  from  the  command  line,  bypassing  BowlStat's  normal startup
 procedure. Add the following switch after the BowlStat command:

        BOWLSTAT /F:<league name>

 ex. BOWLSTAT 250 /M /F:MENSPRO             load MENSPRO league


 PATH
 ----

        League files may  be kept in a different  directory from BowlStat's
 program,  help  and  data  files.  To  specify  another directory, use the
 /P: command line switch:

        BOWLSTAT /P:<path name>

 ex. BOWLSTAT /P:\BOWLSTAT\FILES        find data files in \BOWLSTAT\FILES


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

        All menu  items available in  BowlStat are accessed  through "smart
 menus". To  choose an item, move  the highlight bar via  the cursor or +/-
 keys of the numeric keypad to the  desired choice and press the "Enter" or
 "Return" key. If a mouse  is present (automatically detected by BowlStat),
 move the mouse block cursor to the  desired menu item and double click the
 left mouse button.

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

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


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

         BowlStat  makes  use  of  function  keys  F1-F10 for the following
 functions:

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

  F5  - Display Bowler record for highlited bowler name.
  F6  - Display Team record for currently displayed team.
  F7  - Allow USER Defined award to be entered for highlited bowler name.
  F8  - Replace one bowler with another.

  F9  - Printer pause.
  F10 - Printer continue.

        Function keys  F2 - F4 are  active at any time  after reaching then
 Main Menu  and are disabled  during print operations.  Function keys F5-F8
 are active  only while in  Captain Sheet score  input mode and  F9-F10 are
 active only during a print operation.

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

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

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

        The  order of  command line  options is  important. They  should be
        entered in the following order:

        1) Memory Size
        2) Monochrome video switch (/M)
        3) Path to data files (/P:<path name>)
        4) League name to be loaded (/F:<league name>)

        Failure  to  enter  the  options   in  this  order  may  result  in
        unpredictable operation.
