MJTiming discussion and releases

[MurrayPeterson]

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qVrFSkLptEJjBGLoi-FTmgnZaOdNL_r3

Fixed an error in overall scores (group scores not shown).  Also updated this year's overall scores.

[MurrayPeterson]

August 21, 2018 update: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_I--8B1DFENRBA4GTjZPszNwSI8gDCjZ

   Reduced start and stop holdoff (10 seconds was too long for the stop holdoff due to slow drivers).
   NOTE: Existing users will need to manually reduce these values via the configuration tab, since updates
      only change the templates, not the current config.

   Added the ability to concatenate car# and car class when importing drivers from MSR reports
   This is for those clubs that don't want to impose unique car numbers for an event.

[MurrayPeterson]

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1lk416HaR6nO06HmTqn3L1TgbPjLVoTz-

Refuse to start timing if date has changed since startup, and asks the user to shut down and restart MJTiming.  This "solves" the problems caused by leaving MJTiming run overnight, which causes all sorts of scoring errors.

[Reijo]

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1lk416HaR6nO06HmTqn3L1TgbPjLVoTz-

Refuse to start timing if date has changed since startup, and asks the user to shut down and restart MJTiming.  This "solves" the problems caused by leaving MJTiming run overnight, which causes all sorts of scoring errors.

Would this affect an autox (or other event) that goes past midnight?  Wpuld it turn into a pumpkin?   

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[MurrayPeterson]

Would this affect an autox (or other event) that goes past midnight?  Wpuld it turn into a pumpkin?   

Probably, but I am not really worried about events that go past midnight

[Reijo]

Would this affect an autox (or other event) that goes past midnight?  Wpuld it turn into a pumpkin?   

Probably, but I am not really worried about events that go past midnight

haha.....  In LA they have had the "Night of the Living Dead" autox in August each year that starts at sundown and goes most of the night.   The big reason is that August is so damned hot, no one wants to stand out in the sun on an asphalt lot in 100 deg. F heat!   

[MurrayPeterson]

It's possible to use MJTiming for such an event -- it won't lose any data or anything else catastrophic.
Easiest "hack" is to change the computer's clock so that no date change occurs during the event.

[MurrayPeterson]

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GKrEhNnq7sogigwaZ-jO_6KdDEZJK1bS

Change PAX to 2019 values
Requires manual copy to overwrite existing file:
Copy mjtiming\config_templates\_classData.csv to mjtiming\config\_classData.csv

[MurrayPeterson]

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mhgdXkL49U6_coQzudIicXhU_E7gpVIM

Fixed 2 day scoring so that both days registration files do not need to be identical (or manually merged).

Note that Google considers zip files to be "unusual" and indicates a network problem on the download.  Just hit the download button and when it is downloaded, tell Chrome that you want to keep the file instead of discarding it.

[MurrayPeterson]

I have created a Facebook group called MJTiming to enable easier access to my software as well as easier conversations.  Just seach for "MJTiming" on Facebook.

[MurrayPeterson]

Release of October 10, 2019:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1md9usWfCPKICCMDnl6S2_1-VWDeEZuDM&fbclid=IwAR02FHQkRRum0b-vLXAj31ttUZj8eXKLlw7JQmUZB7-p--o5QsEab0rfXtQ

Release notes:
- Changed score file names as follows:
    - Removed d1 and d2 designators for Set1 and Set2 scores
    - Added a 2-day designator for 2 day scoring so it won't overwrite 1 day scores
    - Changed score file names so they sort better by name in event folder
- Autogenerate both text and html scores when "Create Scores" button is pressed
- Only a single BAT file created that creates both text and html scores
- Open explorer window to event data folder when "Create Scores" button is pressed
- Team name (or number) now saved to CSVdata.csv file

To install, just unzip over top of existing files in c:\\mjtiming
If you wish to keep a backup copy of MJTiming, just copy the entire c:\\mjtiming folder to a location of you choice before copying in the new files.

[MurrayPeterson]

Updated PAX values for 2020:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1t95VvwkyljcyhBcfOd3q8OwXCOvga95B

Just copy this file over top if the existing one in c:\mjtiming\config

[MurrayPeterson]

For those that might be interested in such things, I have released the source code for the program that generates HTML formatted scores (htmlscores.cs).  Go to my Facebook group called MJTiming for more details.

[MurrayPeterson]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Sul0_Tcys_UTDGzLJL0ODyA_cuxVTUVy/view?usp=drive_link

Added RAWtoNext and RAWtoFirst in PAX scoring output.

[MurrayPeterson]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w_oK_W5fp7ZcVgTa9zwqbG-cvdqa5Oaw/view?usp=drive_link

Ensured that UTF-8 characters were honoured all the way through to the results text file.  Note that when you view this file, you must use a font that honours UTF-8 character sets in order to not mangle some people's names (my suggestion is Lucida Console font).