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Sorry for my stupidness but why copy something thats already there <startingchips> or I'm I missing something  ???  It just seems  to me your taking along ride on a short trip

The thing is , when you make a new row or column, you have to insert a cell. When you do this a box comes up with 3 options. 1)Add a cell from toolbox,
2) Copy,  and  3) new.
I copied the Chips cell because it had the same attributes, colours fonts, borders, backgrounds etc that were already on the layout I was using.  I thought by changing the cell  name, the token and the decription, that I would be making a new cell, but like i said this also changed the attributes of the cell i had copied.

 Later on, (I had printed out the help files)  reading the files.  I  think i finally figured out why this happened after i had finished. I hadn't realised that by just typing in the token <startingchips> would create the one that i wanted. Not that i knew at the time what the token i wanted was. Now I have pulled off a separate list of all the tokens  and what each token does so  that they are at hand for a quick reference. Yes i know now that its easier if you know exactly what you need. But for some one new at this. You dont always know what you need, or what is possible.

 Until now i have only made simple layouts.  Only altering layout styles etc, Staying away from altering , adding new cells etc.   I do know that every time i open TD. I might try something and even if it works or not , i learn something new. I try to implement things that i have read in past posts and i learn something new. Great program ,  intimidating if you have no experience on such things a html, xml, photoshop etc. Which i do not have.  Me! i am more of a learn by trial and error person. I can read things and learn but its only by doing things can i begin to fully learn and understand.

Anyway thanks for the replys. maybe the question was a bit simple. But i guess if u never ask a question you never learn.

Cheers



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 I wanted to put a cell into a lay out.The cell i wanted to put in was the "STARTING CHIPS".

In the box that appeared. the  one i wanted was not there. So i selected the "Chips" Cell. Clicked ok and this inserted that cell into the layout.

Then I opened the cell up . I renamed the cell and the description. Deleted the "Chips" token from the  cell and replaced it with the "starting Chips" Token . Saved it and came out of it. The cell was workin great. But when i looked down at the "Chips" cell, this  had taken on the attributes of the cell i had entered.

I tried to alter the "Chips" cell back to its original attributes, so I altered it, and found that the new cell (Starting Chips) I had made had taken on the "chips" cell attributes .

Obviously doing something wrong but cant understand why?

When you insert a cell into the layout. the option of what token to put in are not the same as when you enter a token from the cells properties box. So how can i insert a cell and give it  a token which is not in the insert cell dialogue box?

Hope you understand this
Mnay thanks in advance

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Templates, Layouts and Sounds / Re: Lay outs racetrack xml file
« on: January 05, 2011, 03:02:32 PM »
Here is a copy of the racetrack file that i amended

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Templates, Layouts and Sounds / Re: Lay outs
« on: January 05, 2011, 02:27:28 PM »
Corey, how do you get to the TD application,cant find it  I,d like to change fonts on the racetrack table

programfiles/tournamentdirector/templates. Its in the data store

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Templates, Layouts and Sounds / Re: Lay outs xml error
« on: January 05, 2011, 02:25:24 PM »
Copied file from the racetrack 8 large blueprint file  and pasted into a new word doc. Saved it as an xml file.  renamed it as racetrack 2 and placed it in the same folder  where the other table blueprints are stored. Then opened up TD, drilled down to where the file is stored and  added it to the table screen and this was the message that i got back . I have compared the original to the new file and cant see any difference , apart from where i changed the font size from 26 to 14) (highlighted in red)

Original
highlightBackgroundColor="blue" />
    <size width="160" height="22" />
    <options showSeatNumber="inuse" />
    <name>
      <location x="center" y="center" />
      <size width="225" height="50" />
     <font size="26" italic="false" />
      <text color="yellow" />
    </name>

After change

highlightBackgroundColor="blue" />
    <size width="160" height="22" />
    <options showSeatNumber="inuse" />
    <name>
      <location x="center" y="center" />
      <size width="225" height="50" />
      <font size="14" italic="false" />
      <text color="yellow" />
    </name>



There was an error parsing the following file(s):

"C:\Program Files\The Tournament Director 2.64\templates\Racetrack 8 large.xml": Invalid number of root nodes (3)


So the only alteration  i did to the file was changing the font size from 26 t0 14. A friend of mine has suggested rename of the old file and giving the new file the original files name.

Any idea? thanks in advance

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Templates, Layouts and Sounds / Re: Lay outs
« on: January 05, 2011, 01:18:11 PM »
Got you, thanks a lot C
[/quote]

For the standard, box-looking tables on the Seating Chart screen, the "Table Edge" font is what you want to modify.  If you are using a table blueprint, you'll have to modify the blueprint file.  You can't change things directly from the TD application.

For example, the RacetrackEightSeatTableBlueprintMedium.xml file:

<table>
  <image>
    <path>images/RacetrackTenSeatTableMedium.gif</path>
    <size width="550" height="250" />
  </image>
  <labels>
    <font name="Tahoma" size="13" bold="true" italic="true" shadow="true" />
    <text color="white" highlightColor="white" highlightBackgroundColor="blue" />
    <size width="160" height="22" />
    <options showSeatNumber="inuse" />
    <name>
      <location x="center" y="center" />
      <size width="225" height="50" />
      <font size="26" italic="false" />
      <text color="yellow" />
    </name>
    <unavailable>
      <text color="red" />
    </unavailable>
    <seat number="1">
      <location x="283" y="0" />
    </seat>
    <seat number="2">
      <text align="right" />
      <location x="377" y="64" />
    </seat>
    <seat number="3">
      <text align="right" />
      <location x="377" y="164" />
    </seat>
    <seat number="4">
      <location x="283" y="228" />
    </seat>
    <seat number="5">
      <location x="107" y="228" />
    </seat>
    <seat number="6">
      <text align="left" />
      <location x="12" y="164" />
    </seat>
    <seat number="7">
      <text align="left" />
      <location x="12" y="64" />
    </seat>
    <seat number="8">
      <location x="107" y="0" />
    </seat>
  </labels>
</table>


You would need to change the line in green above.
[/quote]

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General Discussion / cheers all
« on: January 05, 2011, 12:35:19 PM »
I have found that there is everything that you need, are in the templates supplied with the TD program.  The thing that gets a hold of people is the urge to improve the look of the screens and make things that little bit easier, even if its just by a fraction.
 
I used to wonder why anyone would do this. and then i got the bug. been checking out some of the old posts, downloading layouts and seeing how they were done, tried different scoring formulas,  adding screens etc (aint got those right yet, but in time!).

Many thanks for a great program. look forward to some good finds, from like minded people, from this forum.

The new beta version, is great; easier to learn how to do things on this version
Cheers Mahound

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General Discussion / Re: formula and league help
« on: January 05, 2011, 12:23:55 PM »
 Try this one KGB (n - r + 10)  this should do it

Best if you post items like this on the "help me" section or the "Templates" sections of the forum, KGB. There are loads of old posts on there you can try out, and some very helpful people.

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Templates, Layouts and Sounds / Re: Lay outs further clarification please
« on: January 05, 2011, 12:19:09 PM »
QUOTE Naming a table is done on the Tables tab.  Changing the fonts is done via the Seating Chart screen properties (Properties button in the Screen section on the Layout tab, or right-click on the Seating Chart screen).  More detailed font changes can be done again by using Blueprints. Quote



Still cant find how to alter the font size of the "Table 1" this is the text i would like to reduce" . Cant figure where it is to edit it. On the Lay out screen, i go to properties and select the "Seating Chart screen"  It has the header and footer section, which can be altered. and the only other fonts is the section for the tab for the fonts/colours and in there there is the "Table edge" and the "Table Body" I have tried altering these, but even if i alter these there is no change, that i can see.

The clock idea is great one to. Spent ages trying to see if i could lose the hours on it, cheers

Still haven't figured how to alter the picture of the table , but will get there soon i hope

Many thanks for all the advice. i appreciate it. I hope that there will come a time when i can offer some advice, instead of posting  for information all the time . again many thanks. No doubt i will be back on hear soon, asking for more help. cheers

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Templates, Layouts and Sounds / Re: Lay outs
« on: January 05, 2011, 11:57:42 AM »
using the paint might not work, paint does not have gif, it just saves as a pic,   2nd on the table tab you should be able edit the tables name, 3rd put this in front of your prizes <marquee> this will scroll the prizes across the screen, and your layout looks great     and your clock it shows hours it like this ( <clock alwaysShowHours="true" format="clock"> if you just use <clock> it takes the hours away leaving more space
great suggestion , thanks

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Templates, Layouts and Sounds / Re: Lay outs
« on: January 05, 2011, 11:56:13 AM »
Manhound, I cannot speak for the first two, as I'm not that familiar myself, but if memory serves me right on the prizes, you would want to add the marquee or scroll html tag... Not sure if that's right or not, but, that's what I seem to recall from other posts looking for something like that.

This worked a treat, thanks

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Templates, Layouts and Sounds / Lay outs
« on: January 03, 2011, 11:51:50 AM »
 Just spent  the last 2 weeks (while off work for the Xmas holidays) customising layouts. Never done any thing like this before and went to it it with a little trepidation. But thank God  for the reset button! :) and that TD is such an easy program to work with.
Have loads of things to learn yet. with items such as Banners, screen sets and global sets and much much more. But i have learnt a lot by down loading other layouts and seeing how they were made, gave me some good insight.
I have attached a copy of my layout. Colourful i know, but i think it grabs people attention.The font may seem to be on top of each other but it is projected onto a 10ft screen and looks really good, easily readable. Borrowed some images and gifs  that have been posted on the forum I hope no one minds.

A couple of things i would like to ask advice on
  • I would like to put an image on the tables on the seating chart page is this possible. Would i be able to use paint to do this and if it worked, what would i have to save it as ie file type etc.  
  • Secondly on the same image i want to reduce the size of font on the name of the table (Table 1) I would like to name the tables after league members/winners , but cant see how to do it , i tried to alter the font in the token, but to no avail
  • Thirdly, When you have a few prizes in a game to display that takes up a lot of room on the screen, is it possible to fit a scrolling banner ( going in from right to left) etc.  
Using TD2b4

Many thanks in advice for any suggestions

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Cory,
I think i found out why this was going wrong. When you input the formulae and test it (beta 2.6b4).  The results were going wrong. When i was testing. i was inputting the number of players in the start and end range and testing the formulae like that.  I have now found that if i enter the number of players in the buy ins on the points for playing formulae, in the tournament info section, the formulae works exactly as it does in the 2.5 v.
I didn't just get it wrong and post it. i did try several different ways before i posted. I think  that sometimes its a case of not seeing the wood for the trees
My apologies if i caused you some unnecessary work
Mahound

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Help Me / Re: Prize allocation
« on: December 30, 2010, 09:33:04 AM »
The Automatic Prizes file is great, it saves you time by adjusting the prizes as the number of players go up  Is there any way of making a new xml file.
Hoe do i make a new config File. I can see that you can alter it, Is that making a new config file?

What i would like to do is to make a new file as the i would like to alter it.
 * I would like to adjust the percentages awarded.
 * Increase the numbers of players / payouts in each section etc
 * Delete some sections, as i dont think i will ever get more than 100 players. Dont think i could do with the hassle :)

Thought i would be able to alter it and save it as a an xml. file. I am using microsoft word 2008, and thought i could save it as an xml.fle as its very versatile o what it can save files as, but this was a no go. Then I saved it as an HTML file, and tried to cut and paste from this to the autoprizes file and that didn't work.
What program do you need to replace or alter the autopriizes file, if this is possible

Cheers.

Quote
I know you've already figured this out, but for anyone else reading this, you have to modify your Automatic Prizes file, which is the file "autoPrizes.xml" in the "lib" folder of where your TD is installed (usually C:\Program Files\The Tournament Director 2).  The "problem" right now is that the user manual has not been updated yet for 2.6, so there's no instructions on how to do this.  I did, however, change the autoPrizes.xml file so that it has the new section that you can modify to use a formula for determining prize levels.  (I assume that's how you figured this out.)

Please let us know how it works out for you.  And post any questions or issues you have...

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Templates, Layouts and Sounds / Re: Count down clock
« on: December 28, 2010, 08:59:15 AM »
Thank you seems to work just great. much obliged

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