(1) Download etls109s.exe (about 2Mb).
(2) Run etls109s.exe. This will install v1.09 of EPS Tools (Electronic Punching System Tools). By default, etools is installed into directory c:\mercs and an icon is created in start\programs\orienteering.
(3) Note, if you wish to create new short cuts the command line is "c:\mercs\etools.exe -t" (do not include the quotes).
(4) You may now delete file etls109s.exe as it should no longer be needed.
(5) E-mail Michael Napier (mnapier at cix.co.uk) to register for notification of updates.

Etools Update

(1) Download etls113u.exe (about 84Kb). This file is a self-extracting zip files.
(If this download fails, go to Etools and select Update file, noting the version number, and continue the following instructions with 1.13/113 replaced by the appropriate version number.)
(2) Create a working directory (e.g. c:\temp).
(3) Copy etls113u.exe to c:\temp and run etls113u.exe. This creates file etools.exe v1.13. Copy this to c:\mercs to overwrite existing etools.exe.
(4) Delete c:\temp\etls113u.exe.
(5) If you have not already done so e-mail Michael Napier (mnapier at cix.co.uk) to register for notification of future updates.

Running Instructions

(1) Launch the application.
(2) Click on GBR Ranking/IOF Format and just follow the buttons and data entry fields down the form.
(3) You should be able to exit any form by pressing Esc key.

Support

(1) Any problems please contact Michael Napier by telephone (preferably during working hours) on 0115 928 9663 or e-mail mnapier at cix.co.uk.
(2) Please e-mail Michael Napier (mnapier at cix.co.uk) to register for notification of updates.

Comments

Note, most of these comments apply to versions of OE200x prior to OE2003 v10

(1) ETOOLS will work with either semi-colon (;) or comma (,) as field separator.
(2) ETOOLS expects the header record to be

   "Stno;SI card;Database Id;Name;BY;
   Block;nc;Start;Finish;Time;Classifier;
   Club number;Name;City;Nat;Katnr;Short;
   Long;Num1;Num2;Num3;Text1;Text2;Text3;
   Street;Line2;Zip;City;Phone;Fax;EMail;
   Course no.;Course;km;Cm;Course controls;Pl".

"Stno;SI card;Database Id;Name;"

   "YB" for "BY"
   "Cl. no" or "Cat. no." for "Katnr"
   "Club no" for "Club number".

 Column  Field           Value
   3     Database Id     BOF No
   4     Name            Name (ETOOLS attempts to split name into Forename and Surname)
   5     BY              Year of birth
   7     nc              Non competitive
   8     Start           Start time
   10    Time            Elapsed time
   14    City            Club abbreviation
   15    Nat             National abbreviation
   17    Short           Class
   34    km              Course length
   35    Cm              Course climb
   36    Course controls Number of controls on course
   37    Pl              Place