AE / MTO Question…

[DanG]

AE / MTO Question…

Can the original designation remain in the export and / or display after results are in?

It could be useful to track what barns are clever / or not in drawing in or manipulating the MTO slot.

PS: Yet another outstanding newsletter Ken and this field in the export is very helpful on race day. :)

[km]

thanks for the feedback Dan

I thought about allowing a static variable for the AE field. But this would have required an extensive amount of recode for the entire program.

To make it easy to get this update out now, i piggybacked the AE on a universal variable that was already part of the software and used throughout the entire code. This variable is used on virtually every screen and thousands of processes in HTR2 because it also holds the Scratches.

By using this common container, i could get 90% of what we wanted with the AE information in this upgrade right now, without having to write a lot of new code and keep it out of the upgrade.

If i can find a simple solution, i'll add it to the update by the seminar. I can probably do this by storing the AE in a byte location in the file.

BTW: for NJ, i tried to find a solution to the static screen sizing also, but it requires a Windows system call to get the user defined Windows size - that was a whole lot difficulty for this update. I'll keep looking for a method that will work, perhaps a module or control from VB that has already been written.

[DanG]

Understood;

Thanks Ken for all the effort.

BTW: This newsletter is a great reality check for the 2008 player who is looking for a nice Christmas bonus at years end.