To enter an event, click on “Enter Event”
In the following window, choose the age
division, sex and event and click “Go!”
(Age) (Sex) (Event)
While using “Computerised Carnival”, the
following screen is the one with which you will become most familiar.
As
can be seen, the 12 Boys 100m is the event that is being entered. When started,
the cursor will be in the 1st Name box. Pressing Tab will cycle
through the various fields. Following are the various rules of use.
The competitors must be entered in order of
place. Otherwise, “Computerised Carnival will assign points incorrectly.
Draws are automatically detected.
If there is a draw, only enter the first
four people. (Except in the case of drawn fourth). You could, if you wished
enter all five, however points would only be allocated to the first four people
(except in drawn fourth).
Enter the event details like this for
time, then distance:
MMSSmsms or MMcmcm
So, for a time of 1 minute, 54 Seconds and 26 ms, it would be entered as 015426
For a distance of 11 metres, 26 centimetres, it would be entered as 1126
Enter leading zeros! Not entering leading zeros may have consequences in case of a broken record.
After the data has been entered, click
“Done!” and the points will be updated and you will be returned to the main
screen.
Editing entries is exactly the same as
entering entries, with one exception. Draws cannot be entered from the edit
screen. The event will automatically be deleted, and you will be returned to
the main menu, to enter the event again.
To delete an entire event, edit the event,
and then click on “Delete Event”, and then choose "Yes". The event
will be deleted, and you will be returned to the main menu.