ELPL DOLINKS

     Welcome to DOLINKS, the tournament interface for Links386 Pro and used 
exclusivly by ELPL members. DOLINKS **MUST** be used for all ELPL rounds as 
this program automates every aspect of ELPL Tournament Play and makes file
naming automatic. Failure to use it will be detected and you will be
disqualified. But after you use it, you won't want to use anything else.

                          PLAYER SETUP INSTRUCTIONS

These instructions only have to be done when setting up DOLINKS. Not for 
every tournament.

1.  PKZIP.EXE AND PKUNZIP.EXE Version 2.04G **MUST** be located in you DOS
    path. Here is how you find out which directories are in your DOS path:

    From the C:\>

    ...prompt, type in the following:

    C:\>PATH<ENTER>

    where <ENTER> means press the enter key. What you will see will be
    something like the following:

    PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\BATCH;C:\UTILS;C:\DOS

    Now your patch may not look exactly like this, but using this example,
    its easy to seE that the following directories are in this path:

    WINDOWS
    BATCH
    UTILS
    DOS
    
    All on the C drive incidently. You can put PKZIP.EXE AND PKUNZIP.EXE into
    any one of these directories. Here is how one could now copy the files
    into your DOS path.

    Say that you downloaded PKZIP.EXE AND PKUNZIP.EXE into your 
    C:\WAOL\DOWNLOAD directory or the directory your communications program
    sends downloaded files. PKZIP.EXE AND PKUNZIP.EXE are packaged together
    in a .EXE file. Note the file name when you download it. Usually the 
    directory downloaded files are sent, is not in the DOS path so they must
    be move to the DOS path directory.
    If your PKZIP.EXE and PKUNZIP.EXE or the .EXE file package is located in
    C:\WAOL\DOWNLOAD, here is how you would copy these to a DOS path 
    directory:

    From the C:\> prompt type the following:

    CD C:\WAOL\DOWNLOAD<ENTER>

    Now type:

    COPY *.EXE C:\DOS<ENTER>(For example as any DOS path directory will work)

    Now type:

    CD C:\DOS<ENTER>
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    If the .EXE is a package that contains both PKZIP.EXE AND PKUNZIP.EXE,
    type the following.

    PKZ204G.EXE<ENTER>Note**May not be the file name, just an example**

    All the files will be extracted and PKZIP.EXE AND PKUNZIP.EXE will reside
    in your DOS path.


                             ELPL PLAYER SETUP


CREATING THE "00" PLAYER

No, this is not a player with a license to kill.
The 00 means a player with 0 rounds played and 0
holes played.  A PLAYER OF THIS TYPE MUST BE
CREATED AND SPECIALLY STORED FOR ALL ELPL PLAY.  
Here are the steps involved in creating a 00 
player:

1)  Log to the LINKS386 directory and enter Links 
386 Pro in the normal manner.

2)  Select PLAYERS from the main menu.

3)  Select Create/Edit/Delete from the pop-down
menu.

4)  Place the cursor in the field labeled 
"Golfer Name" and enter the following EXACTLY
AS SHOWN:

                ELPL <inits>

Example:

                  ELPL DMH

where <inits> are the initials you use for ELPL
play.  You would replace the DMH in the example
with your own ELPL playing initials.

5)  On this same screen, set clubs, chipping club,
shirt color, etc. as desired, then Save and Leave.

6)  From the Links 386 Pro main menu, select Game.

7)  From the pop-down menu select Practice.

8)  Choose the player you just created and click
OK.

9)  It doesn't matter which course or hole is selected,
just click on OK so that your new player comes up
prepared to play a practice hole.

IMPORTANT:  DO NOT PLAY THE HOLE, A HOLE, ANY HOLE

10)  Make all desired changes to SETUP, USER1, USER2,
etc.

11)  Exit all the way out of Links 386 Pro
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12)  Make absolutely certain you logged to your LINKS386
directory.  create a directory called ELPLPLAY.  Then, 
copy your newly created ELPL player file to this 
directory as in the following example:

                 MD ELPLPLAY
                 COPY ELPL_DMH.PLR ELPLPLAY

Note:  DMH in the example would be replaced by your ELPL 
playing initials.

13)  The most important instruction of all.  NEVER, NEVER
NEVER, use this player directly, EVER, EVER, EVER.  Here's
why.  Anytime you're starting a new tournament, DOLINKS 
will sense it, and copy the "virgin" "00" player from 
the ELPLPLAY directory to the LINKS386 directory.  The 
copy of the "00" player file will be used for the 
duration of the tournament.  Next tournament, the 
"virgin" "00" player is copied up again.  If you go 
messin' around with either the "virgin" "00" player or 
the copy, you will be risking disqualification, because 
information contained in the "00" file copy may be 
compromised.  JUST SAY NO!  I will not mess.
    

     Thats it. These instructions only have to be done once, before you play
your very 1st round using DOLINKS. Now you wait until you receive DOLINKS.EXE
and ELPLRNDS.ZIP which contains all round info for the whole tournament.

     MANY,MANY THANKS TO DOUG HURST FOR DEVELOPING THIS PROGRAM FOR USE IN 
THE ELPL.

     Please direct any questions on these instructions to the following:

     DUFFERDOUG
     DOUGMHURST

     Thank You

     Doug(DUFFERDOUG)
     Doug(DOUGMHURST)