README.TXT
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       Soccer Scorecard is Copyright (c) 1995 - A & K S McKay
                        All Rights Reserved.


Contacting The Authors
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The authors may be contacted as follows:

	Compuserve        100025,1566
	FidoNet           2:252/21.23

	Address		17 Arun Way
			  	Walmley
			  	Sutton Coldfield
			  	West Midlands
			  	B76 2BQ
			  	UK


Registration
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Soccer Scorecard is released as SHAREWARE.  The shareware version may be
freely distributed for evaluation purposes.  Shareware is not freeware.
Users may install and evaluate the product for a period not exceeding 30
(thirty) days from first installation, after which they must discontinue
using it - or pay the authors the required registration fee.

Users are reminded that the shareware concept is not a means of
distributing and obtaining free software - it is simply a low-cost
distribution method which benefits both the authors and users alike.
With its intrinsic low operational overheads shareware authors are able
to offer quality software at reasonable cost, which cannot be matched by
more commercially orientated methods.  Furthermore users are able to
satisfy themselves that the software meets or exceeds their personal
needs without having to pay for the product up-front.  With commercial
software it is usually the case that the full purchase price is required
in advance, usually the decision is made against just a published
specification, and at best it is typically difficult to return the
software for a refund once the disk seals are broken.

Please support the shareware concept - only by people registering will
the authors feel committed to enhancing their products further.

Registration will provide the following benefits:

* A personalised registered copy of the latest version on a diskette
* The non-transferrable right to continue using the product
* The latest available league tables for use with the application
* Saving/loading from an unlimited number of data files
* New leagues can optionally be auto-generated from existing league
* The copyright screen will automatically terminate itself on first startup
* The copyright screen will not randomly re-appear
* Support from the authors
* Future updates of league tables, according to availability

Refer to file ORDER.FRM for specific details of pricing and ordering.


Revision History
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Version 4.02
* Hot/cold coupon number analysis added
* Added grid around printed prediction report
* Added progress meter for lengthy operations
* Prediction report now prints both sort orders
* Print dialog allows setting of number of copies

Version 4.01
* All functional user dialogs now identical in size
* Added recent team form summary to main dialog
* Ditto for printed league report
* Added goal difference column to printed league report
* Current season totals now shown on printed league report
* League report now prints each division on separate page
* Added new CLEAR button to prediction dialog
* Perm config sliders can now optionally snap to position
  (new setting SliderSnap in SOCCER.INI)
* Perm configuration file renamed from PERMS.PRM to PERMS.DEF
  (version 4.xx file not compatible with earlier versions)
* Increased perm title from 25 to 40 characters
* Unregistered version now supports up to 50 perm tests
* Added new statistics information to prediction report

Version 3.01 (not publicly released)
* Fixed problem with minimize button not displaying correctly
* Main dialog now instanced directly on startup - was sub-classed
* Added ability to set date range for main dialog league table
* Scores dialog expanded to show 13 fixtures per screen
* Scores dialog now shows fixture/coupon number
* Registration available through Compuserve [SWREG id = 4036]
* Perm test results can now be optionally dumped to text file

Version 2.05
* User can now set cursor unbusy delay via SOCCER.INI
* Cursor is not busied during fixture dialog list box updating
* Fixed internal problem with user-button class not updating
* User-selectable decimal place on main dialog via SOCCER.INI
* Various buttons converted to give 3-D effect
* Modified layout of 'About' dialog slightly - no functional change

Version 2.04
* Perm test graph now shows inaccessible points when printed
* Shareware message box advisory text was incorrectly spaced
* Upgraded installation routine to version 1.3
* Improved graphing to ignore values way outside of normal distribution
* Fixed bug where main dialog would blank when prediction button pressed

Version 2.03
* Shareware version now supports up to 25 perm test cycles
* Registered version now supports up to 250 perm test cycles
* Shareware version informs user of test cycle limitation
* Perm test cycling speed doubled by not re-drawing controls
* Perm test cycle now set by button push rather than edit control
* Bug-fix for perm configuration, where focus change lost title
* Introduced query override for auto-fill feature in SOCCER.INI

Version 2.02
* Bug-fix for team sorting problem

Version 2.01
* User-configured perm support introduced
* Multiple perm support introduced
* Additional user-feedback presented on prediction dialog
* Pools submission columns widened from 8 to 12 columns
* Prediction configuration dialog enhanced and completely re-designed
* Automatic randomised pools entry generation introduced
* Automatic repeatable testing of perms introduced
* New graphical testing methodology to compare different configurations
* New information button added to copyright dialog
* Team points represented with one decimal place
* New match type VOID added
* Added team sort capability, by division.
* Changed installation utility, which auto-installs Windows group

Version 1.04 - first public release


$Revision: 1.16 $