TennisMaster 1.4

last update: 17. August 2004

Copyright (C) 2002-5
Markus Hirschbuegl
All rights reserved.
E-mail: m.hirschbuegl at sil.at

  1. Introduction
  2. System requirements
  3. Tennis?
  4. Download
  5. Manual
    1. Startup-Screen
    2. Preferences
    3. Players
    4. Matches
    5. New Match
  6. Planed improvements for the next version of TennisMaster
  7. What´s new?
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1. Introduction

TennisMaster is a program which helps tennis umpires or anybody who is interested in Tennis to keep the scores, side changes etc. easily in focus. With TennisMaster it´s also possible to manage players and already played matches.

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2. System requirements

- Palm PDA with OS 3.5 or above
- approx. 225 KB free RAM

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3. Tennis?

Honestly my knowledge about tennis rules is very basic. If you have any suggestions, bug reports or ideas for improvement don´t hasitate to contact me. The initial idea was from a friend of mine, who was searching for such a program without success - until now.

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4. Download

Current version is 1.3.2

German 1.3.1:

English 1.4:

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5. Manual

Startup-Screen

Select 'New Match' to continue to the match setup screens where you can select previously created players and setup some game options for the match. Select 'Players' to view, modify and delete players. Select 'Matches' to view, delete and export already played games.
Menus at the startup screen

Help: Call up the help pages.

About: Call up the Information form.
Preferences: Call up the Preferences form. More details about Preferences please refer to the section .

Preferences

Enable Sound for Buttons: If you press any of the hardware buttons your palm will produce a beep sound.

Auto-Save Results: Result will be saved automaticaly at the end of a match if enabled. Otherwise a button will appear on the result screen where you can save each match individually.

Export Format: Select which format data will be exported to MemoPad.

Players Display Format: Select format how players will be listed and sorted at the "Players"-Screen and at the "Match setup"-Screen.

Players/Teams

The Player/Team-Manager allows you to create new players and teams or edit existing ones. Players and teams will be available for selection on the "Setup"-Screen.

To switch between players and teams tap on the tabs on top of the form.

Tap the "A" icon at the upper right corner to sort players/teams ascending or descending.

Matches

Already played matches will be listed on this screen.

Delete: Delete selected match.

Details: Detailed view of selected match.

Export: Exports selected match to the MemoPad.

Tab the "A" icon at the upper right corner to sort matches ascending or descending.

Menus at the players and matches screen

Delete all Players: Deletes all saved players by erasing the players database.

Delete all Matches: Deletes all saved matches by erasing the matches database.

New Match

On the setup screens select your players/teams - which can by created in the "Players/Teams" section - the game count type and the player who will have the first service, etc. Continue with "Done" to the main scoring screen.

To raise the score for a player tap one of the buttons on the bottom of the screen. Alternatively it is also possible to use hardware buttons to raise points. The Datebook button and the Address button will raise the score for the player on the left hand side. The ToDo button and the MemoPad button will raise the score for the player on the right hand side.

Tap on "Ace" to raise score and track Point as Ace. Tap "D Fault" to raise score and track point as Double Fault. To track "Winner", "Unforced Error" or "Error" select option before taping "Point Pl1" or "Point Pl2".

Tap "1st" and "2nd" to track services.

Taping on team names will bring up a dialog which shows the team members.

A small ball which is shown next to the players label indicates the player who is the server. 'Adv' next to players name indicates which player is the 'advantage' player.

To change sides press the 'arrows'-button.

Detailed results will be shown after the match. Switch pages by tapping on one of the tabs at the top of the form.

Save these result by pressing 'Save Result' or continue with 'OK'. If 'Auto-Save Result' is checked in the preferences this button will not be shown and the result will be saved automatically
Menus at the scoring screen

New match: Starts a new match and calls up the setup screen.

Cancel match: Cancels current match. In the following dialog you can continue to the result screen where you can save the result or call up the title screen.

Quit to title: Cancels current match and calls up the title screen.

Undo last action

(+1) Player 1: Raise the score for player 1.

(-1) Player 1: Lowers the score for player 1.

(+1) Player 2: Raise the score for player 2.

(-1) Player 2: Lowers the score for player 2.
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5. Planed improvements for the next version of TennisMaster

  • Modify already played matches
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6. What´s new?

Version 1.4 - 17.08.2004

  • "no-ad" scoring added
  • Teams added
  • Taping on team names at the main scoring screen or on the result screen brings up a dialog which shows the team members.
  • Tracking of 1st and 2nd service added
  • Statistics improved
  • CSV export fixed
  • new database format (please delete older versions of TennisMaster before installing this version)

Version 1.3.1 - 27.04.2004

  • Icon: Court lines corrected ;-)
  • Bug when choosing player in players list other player will be opened for eding addressed

Version 1.3 - 22.03.2004

  • Tracking of "Winner", "Unforced Error" and "Error" added
  • Main scoring interface improved again
  • Layout at the result and statistics screen improved
  • Statistics improved
  • Highlight of side change button added
  • Quick info at the main scoring system improved
  • Left- or right-handed information added to players
  • Various bug fixes

Version 1.2.5 - 11.03.2004

  • Tracking of Aces and Double Faults improved
  • More colorful interface
  • Minor bug fixes

Version 1.2 - 11.02.2004

  • CSV export of matches added
  • Reorganized menu items at the startup screen
  • Current match score added to the main match screen
  • Players will be listed by alphabet at the "Players" screen
  • Players can be sorted ascending or descending
  • Player popup at the setup screen also sorted by alphabet
  • Display format option for player listing added (First, Last - Last, First)
  • HTML-Documentation
  • Bug when lowering points addressed
  • Better implementation of tracking aces and double faults
  • By quitting to the launcher current game will be restored
  • Quick-Info added to the main scoring screen
  • Matches can be sorted ascending or descending by date
  • Undo implemented
  • Rule: Player who has the first service in Tie break is Receiver after the Tie break
  • Depending on which side players choose at the setup screen they are now displayed on chosen side

Version 1.1 - 22.09.2003

  • New title screen
  • German version of TennisMaster is also available.
  • Players:
    • Now direct accessible from the title screen.
    • 'Club' field added
  • Matches:
    • Now direct accessible from the title screen.
    • Possibility to delete a single match added.
    • More detailed view of a already played match
    • Export to MemoPad added.
  • Match:
    • More data can be entered at the setup screen (date, tournament, contest, etc.)
    • Finally: Tie break added!!!!
    • Advanced scoring added where aces and double fault can be tracked.
    • Winner will be shown first on the result screen.
    • "best of 3" match will end if any player reaches 2 points - set 3 will not be played.
    • Score 'advantage' marker made a bit clearer.

Public Beta - 13.03.2003

  • First release
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