[NSRCA-discussion] New PACSS Release Available

[vicenterc at comcast.net]

I second.  The program has been working great for us.  My son love it.  He was in charge of entering scores and getting results.  He was so fast that we could not believe it.

Thanks for all that work well done for the pattern community.

With best regards,

Vicente "Vince" Bortone

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From: "Lance Van Nostrand" <patterndude at comcast.net> 

> Wow! This is really great Gene. I'm really glad you are still upgrading 
> this program. It has evolved nicely and has been used at almost every 
> contest I attended this year. Soon it will be everywhere. 
> -Lance 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gene Maurice" 
> To: "'NSRCA Mailing List'" 
> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 7:25 PM 
> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] New PACSS Release Available 
> 
> 
> > 
> > All, 
> > 
> > A new release of PACSS is available on the web site at 
> > http://home.comcast.net/~pac-ss. Bigger, better and still free. 
> > 
> > New in Version 3.1.01 
> > 
> > The Registration process is now imbedded into the application. By simply 
> > filling out a form that pops up automatically, your registration will be 
> > sent to PACSS and the serial number will be returned and updated. 
> > 
> > There is now a built in process to download and apply program updates. A 
> > button on the "Welcome" screen will check the PACSS Web site to see if a 
> > new 
> > version is available and download it automatically. 
> > 
> > A function has been added to the People Maintenance screen to 
> > automatically 
> > download any updates from the PACSS Web site. 
> > 
> > A new function has been added to the Contest Tab, "Upload Contest". This 
> > will upload the current database to the PACSS Web site. With this data, 
> > updated People information will be made available to all other users. In 
> > addition, it is hoped that in the future the districts and NSRCA will be 
> > able to use this to accumulate district points, etc. 
> > 
> > The People file contains all of the current and former members from the 
> > NSRCA Member Database (as of 7/06). Because of the increased size of this 
> > file, a search by name function has been added to all People selection 
> > screens. Additional changes have been made to the system to accommodate 
> > the 
> > increased number of records. 
> > 
> > The Backup / Restore facility has been changed from an internal "Vision" 
> > backup to using PKZIP. This will make it much easier to move backups from 
> > user to user. 
> > 
> > In order to allow users to share data with another user, under the System 
> > Maintenance tab, the "Import from Backup" function will allow you to 
> > select 
> > and load a complete contest from any PACSS ver3 Backup file. 
> > A number of changes have been made to support this year's NATS, including 
> > the ability to "seed" a round of contest from the results of a different 
> > contest. 
> > 
> > Error messages have been enhanced to make problem resolution easier. Every 
> > error messages will include the program name, Font errors contain the name 
> > of Font in error, etc. 
> > 
> > The installation process no longer store any information in the System 
> > Registry. Everything is now stored internally. This eliminates all of the 
> > Registry problems reported and allows you to move the system to a 
> > different 
> > computer by simply copying the entire PACSS folder. 
> > 
> > Schedule Maintenance includes a function to update your schedule files to 
> > the AMA 2007-2009 schedules. Go to the "Systems Maintenance" tab, 
> > "Schedule 
> > Maintenance" button, click on the "AMA 2007" menu item. 
> > 
> > The "Schedule Type" has been removed from Schedule File. This means that 
> > Schedules are now keyed simply by Schedule Number and Effective Date. This 
> > simplifies the Schedule maintenance function and the relationship to 
> > contests. 
> > 
> > Any questions or problems please contact me 
> > 
> > 
> > Gene Maurice 
> > gene.maurice at comcast.net 
> > Plano, TX 
> > AMA 3408, NSRCA 877 
> > 
> > 
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