The Automated ScoreBook For Volleyball

The Automated Scorebook for Volleyball

What's New for 2011

Version 3.13.0 (available June 2011)

Access to all updates from June 2011 through May 2012 (i.e., versions 3.13.1 - 3.13.xx)
Live XML activation through July 2012

Version 3.12.0 - 3.12.09 (updates made from June 2010 - May 2011)

Fix to heading line in Individual Career Summary when "Show points" is disabled
Add Support for entry of career-totals-only statistics (career totals for a player, without season-by-season stats for that era). To use this:
1. Select Edit | Add new season
2. Add a season for the last year of the player(s)
3. Select Edit | Edit season data
4. Check the "Contains career totals only" option
5. Click the "Individual stats" button
6. In the "Full roster" list click <New player>
7. Enter the career totals for a player who last played in that year
8. Repeat for other players as necessary
9. Stats entered will be marked as "Contains career totals only", will be considered for individual career records, not individual season records.
Fix to tab-stop output for career individual single-game highs
Fix to player being marked as "prior school" when entered in the scoring software as position "LS" (left-side hitter)
Add option to force page break for each player -- Individual game-by-game (hardcopy 'style' mode)
Improve NCAA team code lookup function,and update NCAA team codes, for Xml reporting
For Conference reports, add support for "Match consists of sets" option for column headings in Team Leaders and Individual Leaders reports (plain text and tab-stops format) and add fix to page breaking for Triple-Doubles report

What's New 2000 - 2010

2010 (Version 3.12.0)

Access to all updates from June 2010 through May 2011 (i.e., versions 3.12.1 - 3.12.xx)
Live XML activation through July 2011
New Career Single Game High's Report for individual players Sample
Career Single Game High's included in Career Summary Report and HTML for individual players
Career All-time Results and All-time vs. Opponents included in the HTML Sample
In Career reports, show season summary Html in browser, add national rankings in results, add option for "All years" in Html.
Improve name sort for 3-part names like "Kevin D. Cox" and "T.J. Rogers"
In Season reports, add '*' to indicate match start in Individual Game-by-Game report
Add new reports: Special | Double-doubles and Special | Match-by-match summaries | Assists match-by-match
Add Tournament Reports in Windows: Select Tour | Tournament Team Leaders | Individual Leaders | vs. Opponents Leaders
Allow maximimum 6-characters for team code in Game Reports | Xml output parameters
Add "Show list of NCAA team codes" to Game Reports | Xml output parameters -- to display list of NCAA team codes
Season reports: Increase width of "Date" column in results section of Combined stats report in 'style' mode
Use "sets" instead of "games" in Career Individual and Team Match Records reports
Add tag to game Xml, to display a list of players that are currently on the court Sample output
Implement display format for "home as visitor" in Season match-by-match reports
Add "All players" option to Special | Individual Match highs report selection
Show match total for sideout pct in game box score
Accomodate display in career/historical reports for results when W-L-T is known, but final score is unknown; in own-score/opp-score fields enter "99-0" for a win, "0-99" for a loss, and "99-99" for a tie

2009 (Version 3.11)

Access to all updates from June 2009 through May 2010
Live XML activation through July 2010
New Game Viewer access to career statistics (uses Career XML Summaries by player)
New feature to Show/Flag/Hide inactive players
Add print all box scores function
Add controls for text color of teamID's and "Prd" in scoreboard area of Live HTML
Show leads and ties in Detailed box score (plain text and HTML)
Add Box Summary by Set report
Add "set-only" stats with play-by-play for each set (Display | All Selected)
Show opponent rank in Combined Stats report
Combine multiple players on single page for Individual Game-by-Game report
Add support for schedule legend in Career All-time Results reports
Expand ties for team and individual season and career records in Career reports
Improve sort for Career reports season statistics summary (sort on kills)
Add Career reports XML summaries (by season) for archive purposes
Add controls for Career reports column header color
Add assist%, reception%, serve% to Individual Career Summary reports
Add assist%, reception%, serve% to Season and Career Records reports
Accommodate career historical data where games played information was not tracked
Add "All" line to Individual Career Summary for "prior team" stats totals where applicable
Add break-out for 3-4-5 sets for attack % category of Conference Team Match Highs
Show number of sets in attack % category of Conference Team & Individual Match Highs
Add break-out of 3-4-5 sets for ace & block categories of Conference Team Match Highs
Add break-out of 3-4-5 sets for ace & block categories of Conference Indiv. Match Highs
Add score-by-set to Last Week's Results section of Conference Standings report
Add controls for Conference HTML column header color
Html output: Add handling for "special" characters in player names
Various fixes and minor enhancements

2008 (version 3.10)

Access to all updates from June 2008 through May 2009
Live XML activation through July 2009
New style format season reports
New style format career/historical reports
Table-style format career HTML output
Improve directory prompts for: import/export, pack/unpack, copy HTML to disk, backup/restore
Capability to insert graphic images into the header area of hardcopy "style" reports
Roster report added to "Season Reports" (features include sort by uni # or name, 'style' format and XML format)
Option for reports to indicate "sets" within matches (instead of "games") for compatibility with NCAA
HTML generate: accommodate Vista to display HTML | View HTML functions
Season reports: add Special | Opponent match highs report
Utilities: modify method for import roster to accommodate Vista (fix to avoid failure in copy of ".vro" file)
Season reports: retrieve uniform number from master roster for display in individual statistics and individual game-by-game reports
Live HTML: optionally display game info within sponsor text -- to do this add a line in the sponsor text file containing the tag: <info/>
Various fixes and other minor enhancements

2007 (Version 3.9)

Access to all updates from June 2007 through May 2008 (i.e., versions 3.9.1 - 3.9.xx)
Live XML activation through July 2008
New style game reports: boxscore, play by play, detail boxscore
Use player uniform number in season HTML files/links for individual game-by-game outputs to allow for more predictable file names (for example, to create links from player bio pages)
Allow for value of "H" in the Neutral site field to indicate this is a HOME match for the visiting team; this is intended for use in tournaments where the home team is playing as the visitor on the scoreboard, but you want the match to be logged as a home match (instead of neutral site)
Install updated NCAA team code list (ncaacode.rpi)
Game Viewer - implement method to automatically resize viewer window at startup
Game Viewer - allow for "http" access to game, season, and career XML files via the internet
Various fixes and other minor enhancements

2006 (Version 3.8)

Access to all updates from June 2006 through May 2007 (i.e., versions 3.8.1 - 3.8.xx)
Live XML activation through July 2007
New “stylesheet” format for live HTML stats with TAS Live
Career summary all-time, single-season rankings
Career all-time records vs opponents
Option to include sideout statistics in box score
Roster name format functions (upper,mixed,first,last)
Import games list sort by date
Change has-ball highlite when select team on "Serve" command
Table-style format for post-game web pages
Career category ordinal rankings (1., 2., etc.)
Prompt team name spelling on roster import
Conference career change team id and delete team functions
Press F5 key for quick access to primary setters window
Points/game and "SE" columns included in overall/conference report
Career reports | All-time results allows for score-by-game note
Roster maintenance allows for "RS" (right-side hitter) and "LS" (left-side hitter)
Various fixes and other minor enhancement

2005 (Version 3.7)

Access to all updates from June 2005 through May 2006 (i.e., versions 3.7.1 - 3.7.xx)
Live XML activation through July 2006
Career reports: game results are now included in the Season | Summary report and Summary HTML outputs
Career reports: new "All-time results" report shows game results for each season
Career reports: new "All-time vs team" report shows game results against a selected opponent
Career reports: career capture automatically extracts game results; Edit | All-time results function to enter results for prior seasons
Easier setup for transmit of report files to Sports Systems
Remove 12-player limit from live stats (HTML) display window
Don't count the first point in a game as a "lead change" (box score, XML output)
Season reports: add assist pct., serve pct., reception pct. information to the Individual and Team Match-by-Match reports (if those options are enabled)
Career reports: add Settings | Career minimums | Attack attempts option -- for Individual career records (attack pct.)
Career reports: add Settings | Season minimums | Attack attempts option -- for Individual season records (attack pct.)
Career reports: allow for zero (0) games played in various categories such as Attack pct., Serve pct., Points -- to allow for missing games played information from earlier histories (for example, prior to 1990)
Career reports: allow for 4 digits in season and career minimums settings
Career reports: add Settings | Records report settings | Career season summary on 1-line option (used in Individual Career Summary report)
Career reports: add categories to match records for points, assists (broken out by 3-4-5 game matches)
Career stats - add option to Edit season | Individual stats | Offensive stats | From prior team/school to mark statistics for a player from another team or school (these statistics are excluded from the Career leaders and Season leaders reports)
Improve layout of HTML statistics home page
Include latest version of NCAA team code list (to support Edit RPI codes function)
Add "Team identification" section to Conference Individual leaders report
Add "Points" category to Conference Match Highs report
Career statistics: add HTML generate functions; upload files in the carconf/html subdirectory; link to the carconf.htm file

2004 (Version 3.6)

All maintenance updates from June 2004 through May 2005
Live XML activation through July 2005
New Control Panel feature to access software downloads online
In-game scoring: single keystroke to indicate set/assist by primary setter
Include individual assists per game leaders in NAIA reporting form
Career stats - Add career category for games played
Career stats - Add career category for matches played
Career stats - Add career category for serve attempts
Career stats - Add career category for serve percentage
Career stats - Improve format for Edit season | Summary report
Career stats - Add function to generate season summary HTML file for a historical season (Edit season | HTML summary)
Add match score to individual match-by-match (for player nominations)
Extend XML activation for 'Copy to file' function to support Game Viewers
Sort Detailed box score by starters instead of by uniform number
Show Points/Game in Individual season statistics report
Show Points, Points/Game in individual career history report
Add match score to the "Game Scores" section of the match box score
Game Viewer: Add total team blocks to Home/Visitor stats pages
Game Viewer: Add opponent totals to Home/Visitor stats pages
Game Viewer: Show more characters for player name in stats summary page
Game Viewer: Improve the resizing method used for enlarge/shrink window (+/-) functions; in particular for the play-by-play view
Game Viewer: Add "Points" column to home/visitor individual stats view

2003 (Version 3.5)

Add breakouts for conference-only career statistics
Add breakouts for career statistics vs specific opponents
Add individual game-by-game statistics to html output
Add VB Game Viewer feature
Add file transmit function for FTP to a report server
Add total attempts to the stats display screen
Add NAIA reporting form to Windows Season Reports:
Add indicators for players currently on the court in the scoreboard output.
Display "f" in results to indicate forfeited game
Do not count forfeits with no statistics as team game played
Add "Position" field to Utilities | Roster maintenance input
Add live internet XML output option
Html "preview" function
Alerts for possible data discrepancies for NCAA reporting (click HERE for more info)
Improved NCAA team code lookup functions
New conference career stats program

2002 (Version 3.4)

new - in-game scoring supports "libero" rule
rally scoring now defaults to start at game 1
lead changes, ties now included on NCAA box score
improvements to play-by-play report spacing to fit on a single page
improved remote stats display
improved performance in scoring window under Windows 2000/XP
improved color scheme for live stats play-by-play
add pack/unpack match file functions to Utilities
new - season capture of overall stats, conference-only stats, and game results for conference reporting
ability to display team rankings in match reports, match results
include schedule legend info in Combined Stats Report
new "include matches" options (season reports): home only, away only, wins only, losses only
new options in roster maintenance to convert names (upper case, mixed case, last-first, first-last)
expanded NCAA team code lookup lists
electronic NCAA (XML) reporting via the internet
new report showing individual season overall and career overall in one report
increase the size of the "as of date" field in reports
improvements in player name reconciliation (during importing)

2001 (Version 3.3)

Support for Rally Scoring in game 1 (per NCAA rule change)
New option to calculate & report NCAA "points"
Improved analysis stats to include digs-to-kill, receptions-to-kill
New option to exclude reception error stats from cumulative reports
Scoreboard interface option is now available as a standard feature
Ability to configure top & bottom sections of HTML pages (for logos, links, etc.)
Ability to tailor colors on TASLIVE (live internet stats)
New option in Career/Historical reports to generate summaries for "all years"
New "Control Panel" for Windows to make it easier to launch STAT CREW programs

2000 (Version 3.2)

New! - Volleyball Career/Historical Reports for Windows:
Automatic HTML generation for career, season and single-game records
Manual entry as well as automatic "capture" functions
Individual career summaries (for active players)
Individual career, single-season, and single-game records
Team single-season and single-game records
Team and individual year-by-year leaders
Include RPI team codes in the NCAA Finals Statistics form
Method to enter foreits into the game results
Show match start times for scheduled matches in Match Results
Quick access between Windows Reports programs via menu selection
New! - Scoreboard interface (Requires Electronic Scoreboard Interface For Volleyball)
New! - "At-a-glance" K-A-D-B individual game-by-game summary
Conference: Automatic lookup of team codes for the NCAA RPI Questionnaire
Live internet stats: improved format, simpler setup (Requires TasLive)

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