What's Changed?

This page displays an up-to-date listing of changes being made to Show Secretary or PointKeeper.

Tuesday, June 8 ,2010

bullet1. Show Secretary 7 -

1. Windows 7 and Vista users may experience the error "Path not found" when attempting to prepare show results for transmission to the breed association. This error occurs because the results are trying to be created in the root folder of the C drive and with UAC turned on is not allowed. This update corrects the problem by placing the results in the user's MY Documents folder instead of the root folder.

2. Added a "Remote Support" feature to Show Secretary.  Some of you may have used a product called Crossloop with me where I've been able to connect to your machine and provide support.  I have added a similar feature to Show Secretary to provide the same functionality. Where Crossloop charges for their product this feature is now part of Show Secretary. To install you will need to install this version (7.07) and in addition you will need to install the add-on module for support by clicking here.

3. Fixed the problem when using the Calendar Option you would always have to re-select your show from the calendar (even though it may have been already selected).  This version works correctly so the last show you were using from the calendar will be re-selected when starting the program.

4. The "Use Selection" on the Data Selection screen has been  changed to the more industry standard "Open". Also some users were reporting this would not work and were having to double click the database they wanted to use.  This should be working correctly now.

http://www.showsec.com/downloads/ShowSecretary7.exe

    Version 7.07

    Date Modified: 6/30/2010

 

Saturday, May 18 ,2010

bullet1. Show Secretary 7 -

1. When using the Calendar Schedule, it was necessary to always re-select your show from the calendar when starting Show Secretary. With this version it will not be necessary as it will select the correct show which is shown on the Data Selection menu screen.  Of course if you want to work with a different show you would still have to use the calendar to selct the show you're wanting to work with.

2. Modified the printing code for printing class sheets to resolve print problems with a brother problem.

3. Resolved a problem where new line items could not be entered on the Fees Setup screen.

http://www.showsec.com/downloads/ShowSecretary7.exe

    Version 7.06

    Date Modified: 5/5/2010

 

Tuesday, May 5 ,2010

bullet1. Show Secretary 7 -

When trying to send your database using EZ Mail Support, it would not be transmitted.  No error message was produced and no progress meter was created.

http://www.showsec.com/downloads/ShowSecretary7.exe

    Version 7.05

    Date Modified: 5/5/2010

 

Friday, September 11 ,2009

bullet1. Show Secretary 7 -

When using the Calendar in Show Secretary7, the "Show All Horses" on the Entries Form doesn't work, the only horses that will show are horses with back numbers assigned. You can press the orange button "Filtered" showing below the owner information and it will show you all horses in your database.

This version corrects this problem so that the "Show All Horses" now works correctly. You can press the link below to install this version.  Remember, you will need to do the "Add Database" after you install this update.

http://www.showsec.com/downloads/ShowSecretary7.exe

    Version 7.02

 

Wednesday, September 9 ,2009

bullet1. Show Secretary 7 -

When setting up the calendar it would fail if there were no horses in the database.  This version corrects that problem.

    Version 7.01

    Date Modified: 9/9/2009

 

Tuesday, September 8 ,2009

bullet1. Show Secretary 7 -

Released the Office/Access 2007 version of Show Secretary.  This version contains the ability to have flat fees on the horse or exhibitor.

    Version 7.00

    Date Modified: 9/8/2009

 

Friday, August 14 ,2009

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -

1.    Modified the Data Selection screen to include the organization along with the current show selected from the calendar.

2.    Corrected an error on the horse entries screen when miniature or Welch in the breed drop-down is selected.

    Version 6.95

    Date Modified: 8/15/2009

Monday, July 31 ,2009

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -

    Added the ability to "Remember" your login information so you don't have to enter it each time you login. I've also included the ability to retrieve your login when setting up on a new machine if you've forgotten your login name or password.  You will need your original email address used when you purchased Show Secretary.

    Version 6.94

    Date Modified: 7/31/2009

Monday, July 6 ,2009

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -

1.   Includes support for setting up per horse automatic fees for each show

2. Includes membership expiration check when adding class entries

3. Adds flexibility to AQHA shows for assigning show # by judge

4. When Fee Codes are deleted , the program checks the class master and the items charged to verify if they are in use before allowing the delete to take place.

5. When changing the Fee Code on the Fee Master, it will now update any class master or items charged and change the fee code there as well.

    Version 6.93

    Date Modified: 7/9/2009

 

Monday, June 29 ,2009

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -

1.   Allows AQHA Introductory Shows to be setup as open shows, eliminating the requirement that you have a Breed=Quarterhorse show created for reporting show results.

    Version 6.92

 

Wednesday, June 17 ,2009

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -

1.   The button "Change Multiple Classes" on the class master setup is used to change a certain field such as class date for all classes for a particular show.  This saves time so you don't have to edit the date (or certain other fields) individually by class number. However, when used and the judge numbers were not being changed the program would clear all of the judge numbers for the show which was a bad thing!

    This version corrects that problem and will leave them alone unless you want to change them.

    Version 6.91

 

Monday, June 8 ,2009

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -

1.     Show Secretary now supports AQHA (and other breeds) Introductory Shows.  With this new enhancement your introductory AQHA classes can be included in your all-breed show and then have Show Secretary do the work of pulling out the AQHA horses while retaining the placings.  Show Secretary can now produce a class sheet and only select a certain breed which can be provided for your AQHA judge to assist him in preparing his AQHA judge’s card. 

    You only have to setup the AQHA class along with the all-breed class.  You enter the entries in the all-breed class and Show Secretary does the rest.  Your show high point is not affected because you use the All-Breed classes for the qualifying classes so points are correctly calculated for the actual number of in the class.

    Version 6.90

 

Wednesday, September 17,2008

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -

1.     Performance reports that are emailed were having my email address in the FROM address. This version provides a field on the Show Setup screen where you can enter the Show Secretary email address. When you email a performance report the procedure now looks here to get the FROM address.

        Version 6.89

 

Wednesday, June 18,2008

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -

1.     Provides the ability to change a selected show # to any other show number.  This capability can be found on the Miscellaneous Menu titled "Change Show Number"/

        Version 6.88

 

Tuesday, April 29,2008

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -

1.     Appaloosa shows require that you send them a master list of exhibitor back numbers along with show results. This report is now automatically sent as part of the electronic results that are emailed to ApHC.

        Version 6.86

 

Saturday, March 8,2008

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -

1.     Required update when uploading a show to showmyhorse.

        Version 6.84

 

Sunday, January 13,2008

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -

1.     Required update when uploading a show to showmyhorse.

        Version 6.82

 

Saturday, January 6,2008

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -

1.     corrects "Fatal Error" when attempting to create a show entry using the "By Owner" option.

2.  Corrects the problem for a 16 judge show where the points for judge #16 were not calculated

        Version 6.82

 

Saturday, September 23,2007

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -

1.     Fixed the Color/Solid Color Class Verification so that it now works correctly

        Version 6.82

 

Wednesday, September 19,2007

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -

1.     Updated the Dressage scoring and report to association

2.  Fixed the option for showing prize money earned on billing statement

        Version 6.81

 

Tuesday, August 28,2007

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -

1.     The Dressage Results report fixed to show percentages instead of scores

2.  Includes final results for all entries for judges 9-12

3.  Includes Futurity Nomination database for stallions and mares

        Version 6.81

 

Friday, August 3, 2007

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -

1.      Fixed a duplication problem in the AQHA roster. It now does not prompt for show # but produces a roster of all shows sorted first by show #.

2.  Exporting results to an Excel spreadsheet now supports 16 judge shows

3.  Fixed problem with Class Sheets were incorrectly show scratched classes in the total classes shown at the bottom of the page

        Version 6.80

 

Monday, July 30, 2007

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -

1.       Corrected a problem of where the option to print "All Billing Statements" did not work

        Version 6.79

 

Sunday, July 8, 2007

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -

1.       Corrected a problem of using Package Prices for a multi-breed shows  which was not allowing the flat fee pricing to work.

        Version 6.78

 

Saturday, June 30, 2007

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -

1.       Show Secretary offers the opportunity to create class master setup for a multi show setup by copying classes from 1 show to another. When "Clearing" a show to start a second show it would automatically delete these "copied" classes.  This change now provides an option to retain the "copied" classes.

        Version 6.77

Thursday, June 28, 2007

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -

1.       When setting up Canadian shows, the Internet setup screen was not showing provinces in the state/province drop-down menu. This version will now show these provinces when the country is switched to Canada.

        Version 6.76

 

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -

1.       Electronic results being sent to APHA, ApHC, AQHA, USEF and AHA will fail when prepared and sent to the organization. This is because the web site for www.showsec.com is now being hosted by a different provider.  This change corrects this problem.

    In addition any emails being sent either using EZ Mail Support or the email facility provided on the Miscellaneous screen would fail. These are also fixed in this version.

        Version 6.75

 

Saturday, June 9, 2007

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -

1.       EZ Mail Support would not work for transmitting the database after the hosting web site was changed.

        Version 6.74

 

Friday, May 19, 2007

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -

1.       The Final Report (Final Report Selective Judge (Only Entries Placed) quit working.  This version corrects the problem.

2.       Classes that have 10 or more judges fails when the judges are selected in setting up the class

        Version 6.72

 

Friday, May 19, 2007

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -
  1. When automatic fees i.e. Office Fees, Breed Fees etc. were placed on www.showmyhorse.com they would be double billed in the Show Secretary billing function.  This updates corrects the problem.

        Version 6.71

 

Friday, May 1, 2007

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -
  1. Made some corrections for handling payments that are imported into the show from www.showmyhorse.com
  2. The Grand & Reserve report was not handling Mares
  3. Classes identified as color/solid color were not working correctly

        Version 6.68

 

Friday, April 20, 2007

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -
  1. Provides the ability to accept credit card payments on the showmyhorse web site using a PayPal account. Allows Exhibitors to use any credit card or E-Check for payment into your show.

        Version 6.66

 

Monday, April 9, 2007

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: -
  1. Entry information downloaded from www.showmyhorse.com can now optionally be converted to UPPER CASE when it is imported into the Show Secretary database.

        Version 6.64

Beta Status Removed on production version

Beta Version 6.59 has now been moved to the Standard version of Show Secretary XP as version 6.60. A number of shows were done successfully using this version so it is now the standard download. You can go here: http://www.showsec.com/Support/Show%20SecretaryXP%20Upgrade.htm to download this version.  IN addition a number of shows have been posted on www.showmyhorse.com and feedback from exhibitors has been extremely positive.

Beta Version - Can be downloaded from the Support Page

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: - Online Internet Entries available  (www.showmyhorse.com)
  1. The calendar/scheduling option in Show Secretary now provides the ability to not only setup all of your shows in advance but now you can also accept entries for any show on your calendar/schedule. This change was provided so that you can setup all of your shows at the beginning of the year and place them on www.showmyhorse.com which will give you a lot more advertising and exposure and hopefully equates to more entries for your show.
  2. Email option is now available so you can easily send announcements to your owners, exhibitors or both.  Hint" Use this to setup your show on ShowMyHorse.com and let your owners, trainers and exhibitors know thy now have the ability to enter your show online.
  3. The requirement to authorize your IP Address to use www.showmyhorse.com has been elimited. This restriction created a hardship on many users who were not unable to get fixed IP addresses which ment they were unable to use the online entry feature of Show Secretary. It is very easy to post your shows online by simply filling out 3 screens in the Internet Setup section of Show Secretary. However, before you can post your show you will need to goto www.showmyhorse.com and create yourself a login which is necessary in the Show Secretary internet setup.

Note: Make a backup copy of your database if for any reason you need to revert to your current version of the program.

 

Beta Version - Can be downloaded from the Support Page

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: - Online Internet Entries available  (www.showmyhorse.com)
  1. Show Secretary now supports up to 16 judges for each breed.
  2. If a class entry is deleted for an entry that was already placed in the class, the  entire class would have to be replaced. This update corrects the problem.
  3. The "GetMap" button on the internet facilities tab now works.
  4. When using the "Show Selection" dropdown menu in the class master setup, the "Allowed Breeds" was being setup without the apostrophe marks surrounding the breed code. This caused the error message "Restricted Class - breed not allowed" when trying to enter an exhibitor into the class. To correct this it was necessary to reselect the  breed code using the "Breeds Allowed" button.  This update corrects the problem so the "Breeds Allowed" field is correctly inserted when the Show Selection drop-down is used.
  5. When creating a new entry you can enter the owner in the owner dropdown list. The program will now parse the first & last names automatically and place in their respective fields.
  6. In the Class Master screen, the program will now tab to the division field from the Active/Not Used field. This is nice for those fast data entry users.
  7. Entries that were scratched/Billed were incorrectly showing on the class sheets. This is now corrected in this version.
  8. The description for any miscellaneous fee or payment added to an entry's bill may now be edited
  9. An alternate class master update screen has been included which contains only the minimum information required to setup a class. A toggle is provided to switch to the full class master screen if you need to include class information or rules not provided on the minimum info only screen.
  10. When using the Scroll List to update the class master, the program will now maintain synchronization between the class master screen and the Scroll List. So when you close the Scroll List the class master screen will be positioned on the same record that was being worked on in the Scroll List.
  11. On the Billing Screen buttons are now provided for printing Billing Statements for the owner or trainer. When used the program will automatically locate the owner of the current entry displayed.
  12. The program will now insure that the required fields on the Class Master screen are completed. If any of these fields are left blank you will not be able to exit or move to another class record until you complete the information.  Note: to avoid problems with blank prices on the class master records please insure that all of your items in the Fee Schedule do not have blanks in either of the amount columns.
  13. Items on the Fee Schedule that were deleted and had been assigned to a Class Master record caused the class master record display to be suppressed. These classes will now be displayed showing the original code assigned in the Fee Schedule with a blank amount field. To correct this you will need to either re-add the item to the Fee Schedule or change the Price code to one that is already setup on the Fee Schedule.
  14. Many of you have experienced problems emailing results to the association or using EZ Mail Support option to send me your database.  The problem occurs because of an external module of Show Secretary was not correctly registered on your computer. I have added a "Repair" button to these screens which will correct the problem if encountered.
  15. Automatically sets up your Grand & Reserve class entries (with placing) using the G&R Selection form. This process occurs after you identify the G&R for each judge and you press the Close Form button on the Gender Selection screen. You will also need to setup the class codes used by the breed association. This can be done on the Setup/Other/Breeds screen.

  16. You now have the capability to mass change the class master.  On the class master you'll find a new button titled "Make Multiple Changes" where you can set the class date, judges, "Breeds Allowed" or # entries to place for a given show number. Now you don't have to go through each class record and set these when setting up a new show which will save some time.

  17. Changed the Backup system so that it no longer appends the date of backup to the name of the file. The file name that will be used for the backup will be the show name that you assign when setting up the show. Be sure that you have a unique show name for each show so that you can retain a backup of each show. It's a good idea to invest in a thumb drive and keep your backups on this device in case of a hard drive failure. Also, please remember to use the "Add Backups" button on the Add Database screen to setup any backups on the Backup Selection Menu anytime you install a new version of Show Secretary.

  18. When a Backup file is removed from the Backups Menu, the database will now be removed from your hard drive. Previously, you would have had to use Microsoft's Explore program to delete these unwanted backups from your computer and failure to do so would cause them to re-appear when you installed a new version of Show Secretary and used the "Add Backups" button.

 

        Version 6.58

 

Monday, May 22, 2006

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: - Online Internet Entries is now in BETA mode (www.showmyhorse.com)
  1. Corrects a problem when setting up a combination breed show i.e. ApHC & APHA resolving the problem of the "Restricted Class" error message when trying to enter an exhibitor into a breed class.

        Version 6.56

 

Sunday, May 21, 2006

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: - Online Internet Entries is now in BETA mode (www.showmyhorse.com)
  1. Corrects a problem with the new "Multiple Judge"  placing screen where the correct columns for the judge(s) placing the class are opened for entry. 
  2. When printing class sheets for a range of classes, it will now print a page for those classes which have no entries in the class indicating 0 entries.

        Version 6.56

 

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: - Online Internet Entries is now in BETA mode (www.showmyhorse.com)
  1. The USEF id for individuals and Owners now allows alpha characters to be entered.
  2. You can now create new entries for your show by selecting an owner from those stored in your database. Show Secretary will then display all of the horses belonging to the owner and you simply select the horse from the list to begin the entry process. This is great for open shows where the horses do not have a registration number. To use this option press the "New Entry" button on the horse information screen and then select the owner option.
  3. The option for selecting either all horses in the database or only horses with a back number now works correctly. This option is on the entries screen.

        Version 6.55

 

Monday, March 28, 2006

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: - Online Internet Entries is now in BETA mode (www.showmyhorse.com)
  1. A new option has been added to Show Secretary for placing all judges on a single screen and using the back number like the single judge format. This placing format allows you to place results much more quickly in the fast paced horse show environment.

    Also, like the single judge format you can add entries on the fly for those entries added at the gate.        Version 6.53

        Version 6.54

Monday, March 28, 2006

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: - Online Internet Entries is now in BETA mode (www.showmyhorse.com)
 
  1. Added a button to the Internet Setup screen which will obtain the IP address for the computer you are using for Show Secretary.  This number (IP Address) needs to be sent to support@showsec.com so that your computer can be authorized for connecting to the showmyhorse database using Show Secretary to upload your shows to the web site.

        Version 6.53

 

Monday, March 27, 2006

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: - Online Internet Entries is now in BETA mode (www.showmyhorse.com)
 
  1. Corrects a problem of being unable to remove shows from the Calendar Schedule.  Also, added the ability to completely remove all shows from the calendar schedule and deactivate the schedule.
  2. Updated the Help File

        Version 6.52

 

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: - Online Internet Entries is now in BETA mode (www.showmyhorse.com)
 
  1. Corrects a problem of keeping multiple shows in a show series. When the "Clear Show" is run to setup for the next show, Show Secretary will now clear the showmyhorse show id so that a new show id will be assigned. This corrects the problem where the prior show was overwritten with the new show.

        Version 6.51

 

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: - Online Internet Entries is now in BETA mode (www.showmyhorse.com)
 
  1. www.ShowMyHorse.com was moved to a new hosting company. This version supports the new location.

        Version 6.50

 

Wednesday, March 1, 2006

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: - Online Internet Entries is now in BETA mode (www.showmyhorse.com)
 
  1. Various modifications to the internet entry portion of the program
  2. The Appaloosa report - Final Report single Judge (Only entries Placed) was incorrectly reporting all entries in the report.

        Version 6.49

 

Monday, January 16, 2006

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: - Online Internet Entries is now in BETA mode (www.showmyhorse.com)
 
  1. This version of Show Secretary now supports requesting and downloading the show entries received on the showmyhorse.com web site directly into your Show Secretary database.  Once you have received the entries you confirm the entry has arrived at your show by assigning the back number. Press the "Request Entries" button to initiate the download of the show entries after you have connected to the internet.

        Version 6.3

 

Friday, November 11, 2005

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: - Online Internet Entries is now in Test/Development mode!
 
  1. Modified the Exhibitor Listing for AHA shows to only include exhibitors that had shown.

        Version 6.2

Monday, October 31, 2005

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: - Online Internet Entries is now in Test/Development mode!
 
  1. We now have the ability to accept entries from the internet. The entry site is www.showmyhorse.com. To load your show goto setup, Internet Entries and complete the Show Information screen, Facilities and Stalls.  Press the Post Show To Web button when you have completed these three screens. www.showmyhorse.com also has provisions to display show results from your completed show. Just press the "Post Show Results" button on your completed show and the results will be loaded to the ShowMyHorse database.

Note: There is an additional module that you will need to download and install. You will find this module as step#5  on the Upgrade Show SecretaryXP Page.

This process is in development mode at this time. However, I welcome you to experiment with it. You can load your shows and then create some entries into your show. Currently you will only receive emails with the entry information.

2.  Some of you have seen error messages when adding second + riders to exhibitor information. If the relationship is not entered prior to enter the rider name, it will produce an error. This is resolved in this version.

        Version Number: 6.1

Saturday, July 16, 2005

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: 
 
  1. Includes support for doing National Reining Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) classes. This includes adding support for scoring handlers on cow, herd and rein.  Also includes earnings reporting and calculation based on total score. Includes the ability to handle up to 4 judges.

        Note: This process is BETA at this time

        Version Number: 5.39

Monday, July 11, 2005

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: 
 
  1. Implemented new method for getting Grand & Reserve reports. Download and install the new Show Secretary Help file and you will find the procedures in the topic "How Do I". Click Here to download the Help File.

        Note: This procedure does not apply to APHA, AQHA or AHA at this time.

        Version Number: 5.38

 

Thursday, July 7, 2005

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: 
 
  1. Show Entries can now optionally be entered by selecting horses by Owner. This will be a great enhancement for 4H shows or shows  where the Secretary wants to simply get a list of horses belonging to an owner and select the appropriate horse.
  2. If a class is edited on the rider/classes screen i.e. change 60b to 60B and additional class fees are in effect, the program would create a duplicate additional fee for the class as assigned under "Other Fees" for the class.
  3. When the Scratch Remove Billing option is used and additional class fees are in effect, these additional fees were not automatically deleted. This update now deletes these fees automatically.
  4. When creating the Pointkeeper files it would transfer all owners in the Show Secretary database to the Pointkeeper database. This update will now only transfer owner records that were showing in the show to be processed.
  5. The password can now be changed. Look on the file drop-down menu on the menu bar where you will find this option.

        Version Number: 5.37

Thursday, June 30, 2005

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: 
 
  1. Added the ability to add classes to an exhibitor as the class is being placed
  2. Included a count of horses for each breed in the "Count Horses" report. This report is by day

        Version Number: 5.36

Sunday, June 26, 2005

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: 
 
  1. The databases will automatically be repaired & compacted when added to the Show Secretary Menu

        Version Number: 5.35

 

Saturday, June 25, 2005

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: 
 
  1. Added the ability to track scratched classes and a scratch report is now available.

        Version Number: 5.34

 

Friday, June 17, 2005

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: 
 
  1. Removed the "Allow Password Change", implemented in version 5.3 as it was causing problems

        Version Number: 5.33

 

Friday, June 17, 2005

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: 
 
  1. Corrects problem entering entries into a USEF class for riders that do not have a USEF number.

        Version Number: 5.32

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: 
 
  1. Changed the Flat Fee to calculate on Horse/Rider combination instead of horse.

        Version Number: 5.31

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: 
 
  1. Corrected the Judge's Select Screen in the Class Master from showing all judges for all breeds instead of only judges for the selected show
  2. You can now change the login password
  3. Added a "Find Again" button to the entry screen.  This button resolves the issue where "Find Next" would not correctly find multiple occurrences of a character string.

        Version Number: 5.3

Friday, June 10, 2005

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: 
 
  1. Updated the USEF section codes
  2. Added "Filter" capability to the menu bar allowing you to select/hide any group of records
  3. Added a table view to the Misc Menu allowing you to view all class entries for all entries
  4. When using flat fees and a class is deleted or scratched from an exhibitor, the program will now re-calculate the fees taking into account the scratched/deleted class and readjusting the bill for the entry.
  5. Modified the Class Totals report to provide an entry count for the class range selected in addition to the entry count for all shows.
  6. A new report was added to the report menu  which provides a count of total horse by show day
  7. A new report was added "Class Entries by Back #" which provides a listing of all entries with each having the set of classes they are signed up for.
  8. A new report was added to the High Point screen which provides a listing of each high point and the classes which have been assigned to the particular high point.

        Version Number: 5.29

Tuesday, May 3, 2005

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: 
  1. USEF Reporting - Show Secretary now optionally provides electronic reporting to USEF.  Also, with this add-on to Show Secretary it integrates a direct connection via the internet to the USEF database allowing you to verify all of the USEF ids in your database. Contact support@showsec.com for details of this optional new feature.
  2. Simple Multi-Breed show setup - The ability to setup a simplified multi-breed show and still maintain the breed verification on each class. The simplified multi-breed setup can be used in those situations where the same set of judges will be judging all classes and sanctioned by several different breed associations.
  3. Dual Registered Horses - Show Secretary now provides the ability to enter up to two additional registration numbers. When using this feature it is no longer necessary to use multiple back numbers.
  4. Email Show Results - This feature has been expanded so that now you can email show results to breed associations no matter what the breed of the show is. When used it will also gather important information for the association that some have asked for.  If you haven't been using this time-saving feature then you've been missing out and spending more time then necessary getting show results out.
  5. Owner Labels -  A new label option is now available allowing you to print labels for only the owners identified at your show.

        Version Number: 5.27

 

Monday, April 25, 2005

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: 
 
  1. Implemented new method for doing Grand & Reserve for Appaloosa. Download and install the new Show Secretary Help file and you will find the procedures in the topic "How Do I". Click Here to download the Help File. If you're doing Appaloosa shows, this version (5.26) is mandatory for reporting electronic show results to ApHC.
  2. When printing the billing statements, it would print 2 copies of each bill. It will now print only a single copy of the bill.
  3. A new report is now available for All-Around reporting.  When you select "Eligibility Report" you are now presented with a choice of either by Horse or by Exhibitor.
  4. Fixed the overall total of entries in the "Class Totals" report is the #entries for the show.
  5. When entering entries into a show it has been necessary to use the mouse to click out of the back number field after assigning the back number. You can now press either the TAB key or the enter key and it will move to the horse's name field.
  6. When setting up a new rider who is also the owner of the horse, selecting Self as the relationship copies the owner information to the rider information. The fields Assoc #, USEF # and social security number will now also be copied to the rider scan so that you do not have to re-key these fields.
  7. In the Class Placing when you have set the #entries judge will place in the class master to something other then 7, it will revert back to a 7 on the class placing screen after you've placed the screen.  Advancing to the next screen will reset it to your specification but it has been confusing so it will now retain your setting in the class master after each class is placed.

        Version Number: 5.26

 

Thursday, March 31, 2005

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: 
 

        1. When the option is selected to show prize money earnings on the Billing Statement, it will now not show classes with 0 earnings

        2. The Master Class List will now show the class fee on the report

        3. A new report is now available on the Futurities screen which shows the payback for each class broken down by placing.

        4. There is now an E-Mail Configuration button on the E-Mail Support screen used to change the setup of EZ Mail Support.  It is recommend that you set the e-mail server to use the Show Secretary email server.

        5. The per horse fees will now use both the pre-entry or regular price based on the setting in the Show Setup for pricing.

 

Saturday, March 19, 2005

bullet1. Pointkeeper: 
1. Corrected a problem when points are being entered via the manual process, the judge's name on the 2nd judge points would be the first judge's name for the first class of a show's results.

2. Revised the "Delete All Show Data" routine providing more control over what data is deleted. Now, for the end of year process you can retain the horse, owners and riders which is most beneficial for users doing manual process and not using the Show Secretary program for enter results.

 
You will now be asked to run the eligibility process  after the limiting judges is run when running the "Rebuild Report File". The Eligibility Routine has been removed from the Miscellaneous Menu.

        Version Number: 2.72

 

Friday, December 31, 2004

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: 
 Quarterhorse Modifications

                (1) Card Expiration date on the rider screen now shows

                (2) The registration prefix (X) is now submitted on the Quarterhorse diskette results (Roster.dta)       

Wednesday, October 6, 2004

bullet1. Pointkeeper: 
The process for determining eligibility was not working correctly when combined with limiting the number of judges. The process to limit the judges would override the Eligibility process. Download the new version on the web site to correct the problem.
 
You will now be asked to run the eligibility process  after the limiting judges is run when running the "Rebuild Report File". The Eligibility Routine has been removed from the Miscellaneous Menu.

        Version Number: 2.71

Thursday, August 19, 2004

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: Added the ability to email show results and/or the Show Roster to the associations. For Appaloosa results you will find an email button on the Appaloosa Results screen. For all other breeds use the Email option found on the Breed Reporting Menu.

Using the email option will automatically create the results diskette file and a Show Roster when the “Prepare” button is pressed. These files will be created on the C:\ drive. Email addressing for the association can be setup by going to Setup and selecting the “Other” tab. From here Select “Breeds”, select the appropriate breed and press the “Address Info”. The association email address should be entered on this screen.
bullet2. Show Secretary XP:  Using the EZ Mail Support option to request support required the user to configure the email with their email information from their internet provider. Since a number of users were experiencing difficulties configuring the email requirements this update will now use the Show Secretary mail server eliminating the need for the user to configure the email option.
bullet3. Show Secretary XP:  Added the current time to the bottom of the Billing Statement

        Version Number: 5.21

 

Friday, July 30, 2004

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: Resolved the syntax error message when the "New Class" button was pressed from the Classs Master Setup screen.

        Version Number: 5.19

Thursday, June 19, 2004

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: Added the ability to create an email from Show Secretary and attach the diskette results to the email. This eliminates your having to go to your email program and create and attach the results as it will now be done automatically when used. In addition the email contains contact information extracted from your setup and included in the email to assist the association in processing your results.  APHA shows will also attach a Show Roster to the email.

Note: Currently APHA is having a problem in their email system and the results sent using this method are being deleted.          So do not send APHA results with this method until this note has been removed indicating they have resolved the problem. They indicated to me they could not work on this problem until after the World Show.

bullet2. Show Secretary XP: Added the ability to allow assigning permanent back numbers
bullet3. Show Secretary XP: Corrected a problem with Quarterhorse shows where the Card Expiration date was not displayed.
bullet4. Show Secretary XP: Made changes to the Financial Report so that payments will be indicated separately so the Grand & Show totals will not show 0 when payments are included.
bullet4. Show Secretary XP: Changed the Owners Prize money report to sort on full owners name instead of last name only
bullet4. Show Secretary XP: Made a couple of changes to the USEF electronic reporting file.

    Version Number: 5.18

 

Wednesday, May 26, 2004

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: Included support for sending an Excel file to U.S. Equestrian for reporting show results. The Excel file works for single judged classes but there are some issues with USEF's format for mult-judged classes which haven't been resolved.
bullet2. Show Secretary XP: Added the ability to allow changing the login password on the sign-on screen

    Version Number: 5.17

Tuesday, May 25, 2004

bullet1. Pointkeeper: Resolves "Type missmatch" error while loading  show results

            Version Number: 2.69

Friday, April 30, 2004

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: When using a network and placing classes using a client machine the process was slow. This update resolves this problem.

Thursday, April 29, 2004

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: If you are running a breed show with open classes so the show setup consists of a show 1 and show 2, the billing statement may not properly report charges and payments from both shows. This update corrects this problem.

Monday, April 26, 2004

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: Reports could only be previewed or sent to MS Word, the print option would fail

Wednesday, April 15, 2004

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: Released Show Secretary Version 5

Wednesday, April 7, 2004

    The following fixes/enhancements have been implemented in this version:

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: Corrected a problem when entering USEF (USAE/AHSA) classes would in some conditions produce a message preventing the class to be assigned to the exhibitor.
bullet2. Show Secretary XP: Made some changes which may have been causing the relationship on the exhibitor screen to be dropped. These dropped relationships had the effect of dropping the exhibitor from the final results reports.  
bullet3. Show Secretary XP: The names of the judges were not printing on the performance report, this version corrects this problem.

        Version Number: 4.48

Monday, March 22, 2004

    The following fixes/enhancements have been implemented in this version:

bullet1. Show Secretary XP:  When attempting to create a backup and a show schedule has been implemented. the backup was not working correctly.

 

Tuesday, March 16, 2004

    The following fixes/enhancements have been implemented in this version:

bullet1. Show Secretary XP:  Miscellaneous calendar fixes so the active show is displayed when starting Show Secretary

            Version Number: 4.46

 

Monday, March 15, 2004

    The following fixes/enhancements have been implemented in this version:

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: Modified the calendar format to allow moving the entry database. This resolves the problem which would break the calendar if the entry database was moved to a different folder which resulted  in the shows that were part of the database only appearing when the "All Databases" option was selected.
bullet2. Show Secretary XP: Added integrated zip support into the EZ-Mail Support feature of Show Secretary.  Now a zip file is constructed which contains the show schedule databases along with your entry database when requesting support. This feature reduces the transmission time by as much as 85% to transmit your database requesting support. A graphical progress meter was also added giving you a visual look at the status of your transmission.

        Version Number: 4.45

Monday, March 1, 2004

    The following fixes/enhancements have been implemented in this version:

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: The calendar option when attempting to use on a client machine in a network environment would not work. This update resolves these problems.
bullet2. Show Secretary XP: Added a check to allow verifying #horses ridden by an exhibitor in a single class. AQHA and APHA restrict any exhibitor to a maximum of 2 horses in a single class. This rule is implemented in the Class Master setup for each and every class.
bullet3. Show Secretary XP: Added a button to the Data Selection form to allow deleting multiple unused databases from the Database Selection screen.

    Note: When this update is downloaded you may need to download the file called "Windows Scripting Host" found on the download screen. This will most likely only be on Win/98 machines whereas the Win/XP machines should already have this file installed.

Monday, March 1, 2004

   

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: 

One of the Paint users in Texas experienced a problem when she opened her database and got a message "error ...                 Combo36.cbo etc.". I can't tell you why I wasn't getting this same message on all of the various databases that I've opened and tested with but I didn't and you may not either. This new version is 11 meg and if you don't have cable or dsl it takes a while to download.

The other change is when files are sent to me using the EZ Mail Support and the database is zipped with a name that is longer then 8 characters I would have a problem retrieving the file. I finally figured this out and this version resolves it. If you don't download just make sure any zip files that you send to me using EZ Mail Support are named with less then 8 characters.

 

Tuesday, February 17, 2004

    The following problems have been corrected in this version:

bullet1. Show Secretary XP:  In certain circumstances the show points for high point are not awarding points correctly for class sizes less then maximum points awarded.
bullet1. Show Secretary XP:  The class counts are incorrect on the Performance Report.

        Version Number: 4.38

Tuesday, January 27, 2004

    The following problems have been corrected in this version:

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: When attempting to print judge's labels it fails with an error message (no labels are produced). You can preview and then select File, Print to print the labels. This update corrects the problem so the print key can be used.

        Version Number: 4.35

Monday, January 12, 2004

    The following problems have been corrected in this version:

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: Error message "Unable to find frmShowEntries" when adding classes. This message will occur when adding classes that have the box USAE Checked on the Class Master record of the class being added to an entry.
bullet2. Backup Fails when attempting to backup a database that does not contain a schedule
bullet3. Warning message (Exhibitor is not related to owner) is produced when adding entries even though there is a relationship. This update eliminates the

        Version Number: 4.32

 

Friday, January 9, 2004

bullet1. Pointkeeper: Added horse name and registration number to the Exhibitor Detail Report.
bullet2. Changed the name "Exhibitor Information" on the main menu to "Horse & Rider Information"
bullet3. Changed the button name "Exhibitor Report" on the Exhibitor Information screen to "Detail Report"

        Version Number: 2.62

Thursday, January 8, 2004

bullet1. Show Secretary XP: Using your database in ShowSecXP may get a message "error ... Combo36.cbo etc." on some entries. This update corrects this problem.
bullet2. when database files are sent in using the EZ Mail Support and the database is zipped with a name that is longer then 8 characters I would have a problem retrieving the file. I finally figured this out and this version resolves it.

        Version Number: 4.31

Wednesday, January 7, 2004

bullet1. Pointkeeper: Made some fixes when classes are being added directly to an entry.

        Version Number: 2.61

Friday, December 26, 2003

bullet1. Show Secretary XP Released

        Version Number: 4.3

Tuesday, September 3, 2003

bullet1. In the diskette reporting to ApHC, the class totals was not counting the disqualified entries. This update fixes this problem
bullet2. Corrects a random problem where class places are not recorded. The missing placing was random because it was dependent on how the user prepared the Judge's Placing Card. As each entry was entered in the appropriate placing it would correctly record the placing of you use the TAB key to move to the next place. However, if you use the mouse to click into the next line, the place number for that entry would not be recorded. This is now fixed in version #3.63 so that either method will work

        Version Number: 3.63

Thursday, September 11, 2003 (PointKeeper)

bullet1. Implemented the ability to add new classes from the PointKeeper Exhibitor's classes screen.

        Version Number: 2.58

Thursday, September 4, 2003

bullet1. The method used to count the judges could get inflated if a show was re-loaded. Implemented a new method for determining # judges.  This new method only affects the Youth and Amateur Reports (not open).

        Version Number: 2.57

Wednesday, September 3, 2003

bullet1. When using the EZMail Support button to send your database in for support you would get an error message when the email was being formatted. Some email programs are not compatible so the email interface was removed. The procedure now is after the database has been transmitted, you must prepare an email informing PTS of the transmission and the problem you ar

        Version Number: 3.61

 

Wednesday, August 6, 2003

bullet1. In the Category Reports using the class records - When an owner had more then 1 horse in a class PointKeeper was incorrectly dropping 1 of the horses. The high point records would correctly report the results. This update corrects this problem.

        Version Number: 2.52

 

Tuesday, August 5, 2003

bullet1. When adding your database to Show Secretary (after an upgrade) it would fail with an "Insert Error ..." on older databases that hadn't been updated for a while.

Version Number: 3.59

 

Monday, August 4, 2003

bullet1. Added Trainer name to the Announcer class sheets
bullet2. The overall total on the "Class Totals" report was including scratched entries. This update eliminates them from this total.
bullet3. The "Classes Entered by Entry #" are now sorted by class number for each entry.

        Version Number: 3.58

 

Friday, August 1, 2003

bullet1. In the Category Reports using the class records - PointKeeper was incorrectly reporting the # of judges on some entries. The high point records would correctly report the results. This update corrects this problem.

        Version Number: 2.5

Wednesday, July 23, 2003

bullet1. When printing the labels for the judge's cards, the first sheet of labels starts printing 2 low on the page. This caused all of the labels to be off. This update resolves this problem.

        Version Number: 3.57

Friday, June 6, 2003

bullet1. Billing Statements would produce duplicate statements when the show setup contains multiple show #'s i.e. show number 1 and show number 2 . Each show's statement would have the class numbers from both shows. 
 
bullet2. Error message that index cannot contain null values when adding your databases after installing a new version.                                                                                                                                                                                            
Version Number: 3.54

 

Saturday, June 3, 2003

bullet1. Added a drop-down menu for class status to the class master. The choices are ACTIVE and NOT USED. When Not Used is selected it will change the class number to 000.

2. Changed the Copy button on the Class Master screen to copy the classes by selecting a show number to copy instead of a range of classes.
                                                                                                                                                                                           
Version Number: 3.53

Saturday, May 19, 2003

bulletThe currency i.e. USD shown on the Class Master and derived from the Fee Schedule would change to #Name when the Scroll List was selected. This update resolves this problem.

        Version Number: 3.52

Saturday, May 17, 2003

bulletThe Reports for All-Breed High Points in some cases were not correct as the points were being overstated. The problem seems to happen when the show has high points for both breed and all-breed setup. This update corrects the problem.

        Version Number: 3.51

Friday, May 16, 2003

bulletRequired update for Appaloosa shows - Places the Show Secretary version number as part of the file name of show results files submitted to Appaloosa.
bulletAdded the ability to send many of the reports to MS Word.
bulletShow Secretary version number is now displayed on the Show Secretary main menu screen

Thursday, May 1, 2003

bulletThe flat fee when used wasn't correctly charging for the last class when the maximum was reached. This update resolves this and you will now find a check box on the Exhibitor's screen title "Maximum Class Fees have been charged".  When the max is reached the program will automatically place an "X" in this field and all subsequent classes will not be charged.

Monday, April 7, 2003

bulletWhen browsing the Class Master, it was possible to advance beyond the end of the class master, creating a blank class master record. This update prevents this condition.
bulletWhen a class enter is deleted for a class using the "Additional Fees" on the Class Master, the additional fee was not deleted from the exhibitor's billing. This update resolves this by deleting additional fees when a class is deleted.

Monday, March 31, 2003

bulletYouth who enter an Amateur or Amateur entering Youth classes a warning will be issued. This was changed to disallow these entries but there are some breeds where this is allowed so the change has been reversed.

Thursday, March 6, 2003

bulletNot only have we provided support for Horse Sports World, a significant number of other enhancements were done making Show Secretary a much improved show program.

        Press here to see these changes

Friday, November 1, 2002

bulletA new version of Show Secretary is available on the web site for download. This update resolves a problem when Creating diskettes for Appaloosa Reporting.

If the breed class id (Appaloosa Class Code) specified in the class master setup contains alpha characters you will get an error messages "Invalid Data Type". With this update installed the message will be presented but will also tell you what the breed class id is so that it can be corrected. The preparation of the diskette will be terminated and you will have to correct the class master and re-run the procedure.

Tuesday, October 15, 2002

bulletFixed sort problem when viewing/editing class master

Saturday, October 12, 2002

bulletAdded Joined & changed NA to NOT APP as valid entries in the IAHA field for rider & owner. Also, changed entries with no score to report on the disk as "" instead of "0".

Friday, October 11, 2002

bulletCorrected the Arabian disk results which was not formatting the class count field properly.

Tuesday, September 17, 2002

bulletMade a change to the Photographer's report so that long owner names would roll into a second line.

Wednesday, September 11, 2002

bulletCorrected the financial reports which were not reporting prize money correctly.
bulletCorrected the "Number in Class" report so that scratch/bill entries would not be included in the totals.
bulletModified the photographer's report to allow printing long names of horses.
bulletCorrected the Billing Statements so that when a print was initiated from the Entry Information, Fees it now includes the prize money.
bulletThe financial reports would not print totals when there was no prize money.

Monday, September 2, 2002

bulletThe report "Breed Points Earned" is now called "Points Earned". The name was changed because in addition to the breed points showing on the report it now shows the show points. This report allows you to select a range of classes to show points earned.
bulletThe Financial Reports would fail when entries were imported from the internet. This was because the show number was blank and will now be defaulted to show #1.
bulletAdded a prompt for "Entry #" to the Owner Labels. This change allows you to print labels for only the owners in the show. If you want all owners enter 0 for the starting entry #.
bulletThe owner labels are now sorted by owner last name.

Thursday, August 29, 2002

bulletThe prize money calculation when specific amounts were set for a class would only work when placing the class using the "All Judges" format. This update now includes support for the classes placed using the "Blank Card" format.
bulletThe owner's billing statement was not recognizing the default printer.
bulletAdded "Ranch Name" to the entry screen and is reported on the announcer's sheets
bulletAdded a field to the horse information section titled "Other ID" and can be used to your choosing. This field is reported on the Final Results - Selective Judge report.
bulletThe "Total in Class" report required that leading zeros be entered to select the class range. This update now eliminates this requirement.
bulletThe "Total in Class" report now reports classes with 0 entries. Also, class entries which have been scratch/billed will now be eliminated from the report.

 

Tuesday, August 6, 2002

bulletThe labels for classes entered now uses the more common Avery 5160 label type. It will now list all classes, eliminating the 6 class limitation with the 6490 type label.
bulletThe report show #entries in each class now can be started with the class # of your choice.
bulletAdded the ability to skip used labels on each of the different label types.

Thursday, July 4, 2002

bulletSeveral users have requested  the prize money payout method include not only a percentage method but also allow setting specific amounts to be awarded for each place. Show Secretary, with this update, now fully supports this ability.
bulletWhen the show setup contained multiple show #'s the automatic fees would incorrectly apply the fee for all shows into each show causing duplication or more. This is corrected in this update.

Thursday, June 20, 2002

bulletWhen classes were placed using the "Blank Card" format, all places except first place were being dropped. This was caused by the update on May 22, 2002.
bulletWhen a billing statement was run for an Owner, the program was generating auto fees for horses belonging to the owner but were not in the show.
bulletWhen classes were assigned to high points required that you enter the class with leading zeros i.e. class 1 would be entered as 001. With this update the program will insert the leading zeros automatically.
bulletThe Class Averages report also required that you enter the class with leading zeros i.e. class 1 would be entered as 001. With this update the program will insert the leading zeros automatically.

Sunday, June 16, 2002

bulletResolved some Billing Statement issues when using the "Separate Reports on Show #" option in the Show Setup. This option is now referred to as "Multiple Club Show Setup" which better describes it's intended use.

Thursday, June 6, 2002

bulletResolved a problem in PointKeeper that was preventing the "Rebuild Report File" to run unless the "Enter Results" screen was displayed.

Wednesday, May 22, 2002

bulletPrize money has only been calculated when money classes are placed using the "All Judges" format. Now, the "Blank Card" placing format will also calculate prize money up to 8 places for single judge classes only.

Also, the owner name was added to the Excel spreadsheet for reporting results.

Monday, May 20, 2002

bulletHigh point setup may now be completely removed during the "Clear Show" process. This may be required if your high point reports are incorrect and may be due to bad high point setup.

Saturday, May 18, 2002

bulletModified the diskette format to support the 2002 IAHA specifications.

Monday, May 14, 2002

bulletWhen upgrades are installed you can now automatically search out Show Secretary databases and include them on the Data Selection Form.

Saturday, May 11, 2002

bulletWhen enhancements are done to Show Secretary we may have to apply an update to your database to implement some new feature. You applied the update using the "Update Database" button on the Data Selection form. Failure for you to apply the update may render certain parts of Show Secretary unusable. I have now simplified this procedure for you so  you only have to click a button and the databases are automatically added and updates applied. Previously you would have to navigate through the file manager and then find and select your database to apply the update.
bulletSome of the breed associations require the foal year be reported on the results. However, many do not so I've modified the check on foal year. When a new horse is entered the foal year will be filled with 4 9's which will satisfy the check on foal year. You can choose to tab to the next field if you do not have the correct foal year.

 

Monday, May 6, 2002

bulletCorrected a problem when generating a billing statement on the Exhibitor's record in Entry Information which was causing the automatic charges to not appear on the statement.
bulletAppaloosa Results Reporting:

(1) To help make entering results more efficient at Appaloosa Horse Club changes were made to the results reporting which highlights the information being keyed.

(2) Made a correction to the diskette reporting procedures so that the file format conforms to the reporting specifications.

Thursday, May 2, 2002

bulletModified the "Copy Classes" function in the Class Master to mark the class masters being duplicated. This allows removing any duplicated class masters when the show is cleared in preparation for your next show. Also made some corrections to the program which in some cases was preventing the "copy" to work.

Monday, April 22, 2002

bulletQuarter horse - Corrected the format of the 3 digit year on the diskette results
bulletQuarter Horse - The expiration date for Amateur or Youth cards can now be entered. If entered the program will validate the expiration date.
bulletCash Payments can now be identified as cash in the check number field for the owner's billing statement.
bulletWhen payments on the owner's billing were edited, the credit symbol () was lost. This update corrects this. However, If you edit the amount you will need to preceed the amount with a minus sign to indicate payment.
bulletAppaloosa - The preview for 8 judge results was working but not when printed. This update corrects that problem.

Thursday, April 18, 2002

Attention Appaloosa Users:

bulletShow Secretary now supports printing Appaloosa Results for 8 judges. It was just brought to my attention that when printing show results for Appaloosa, the placing for judges 2 through 8 was reporting only the 1st judge's placing. Download the current version to correct this.

Wednesday, April 17, 2002

Duplicate class masters or duplicate show setup causes all sorts of problems. It causes the high point reports to double up on points where class numbers have been duplicated or in the case of duplicate show numbers it duplicate all classes.

The following checks have been added which should cure these problems.

bulletAdded a check for duplicate class numbers when exiting the Class Master screen. If duplicates are encountered you will need to eliminate them before you will be able to exit the class master update.
bulletAdded a check for duplicate show number in the Show Information & Judges screen.

Sunday, March 31, 2002

bulletAdded the rider's address to the IAHA Rider listing

Sunday, March 31, 2002

bulletEliminated the need to press the "Generate Automatic Fees" to include the automatic fees identified in the fee schedule. Fees identified as "automatic" will automatically be included on the bill for the breed identified on the automatic fee.

Sunday, March 31, 2002

bulletPrize money can now be automatically included on the owner's billing statement. A check mark has been included on the show setup which will trigger the automatic inclusion of prize money to the billing statement.

Tuesday, March 12, 2002

bulletAdded a check to insure that only youth are entered in youth classes and amateur are entered in amateur classes. This check is made when entries are being entered.

Monday, March 11, 2002

bulletThe Final Results report for Appaloosa was not printing the placings for each entry. This is now corrected.

Thursday, March 7, 2002

bulletUpdated the help file which now includes new documentation on setting up the internet for receiving entries.

Tuesday, March 5, 2002

bulletThe billing statements were corrected to handle shows that include a breed show and open classes. When an entry was entered in both shows, only the breed classses would show while dropping the open (All Breed) classes.

Tuesday, February 26, 2002

bulletAdded facilities to the support site to allow sending your database to me when you are experiencing difficulties and requesting assistance. This eliminates the need to attach the database to an email message as some email providers limit the size of a file that may be attached.

 

    Thursday, November 8, 2001

bulletAdded a new and improved searchable help system. Show Secretary now uses the a searchable help system which is like other windows help system you may be familiar with. This help system can be downloaded from the download area in the support page. You will have to initially download the current version of the program but thereafter you will only need to download the help file as changes are made.

This help system will make it very easy to upgrade the help on your Show Secretary system. When upgrades are made to the help system they will be placed on the web for you to download.

Please note that it is not complete, so you will notice areas that have not been completed. Keep an eye on this document as I will inform you here when changes are made.

 

Thursday, January 8, 2002
bulletIncluded the ability to support APHA classes that are not judged by all of the show judges. You can now select on the class master the judges for each class that is not being judged by all of the show judges.

 

Saturday, September 8, 2001
bulletAdded an "Announcer's Format" for class sheets. This new format provides space on each class entry to write in the placing for up to 8 judges. The "Announcer Sheets" are automatically produced when checked on the "Print Class Sheets" dialog. If you prefer to get 2 copies of the gate sheets remove the check mark for "Print Announcer Sheets".

Saturday, September 1, 2001
bulletWhen using the "Judge's Scores" to place a class, a leading zero was not inserted which was expected by the High Point module. When not there the high point module would fail.
bulletThe place field on the Arabian results report was expanded to allow for the 2 digit placing. This allows placing Arab classes with timed events using the scoring option.

Sunday, August 19, 2001
bulletWhen the "Billing" button was pressed, the program would display a blank screen which was difficult to get out of. Program now displays an informative message that no billing has been generated. Billing becomes available when a class entry has been created.

Saturday, August 18, 2001
bulletAdded an option to the Entry Information screen to allow suppressing entries that have a back # of 0. This option allows you to quickly review only the horses in your show. At the same time there is now a count of the # of horses displayed with each selection so you have a count of horses in your show and horses in your database.
bulletAdded a sort drop-down to the Entry Information screen to allow sorting the database in a number of different sequences.
bulletAdded a search drop-down menu to allow searching the database by various fields such as horse's name, owner's name etc. This eliminates the need to use ctl/f to search the database. The find button will continue to only search for an entry number.
bulletAdded a Delete button to the Exhibitor screen which will now check if the exhibitor has entered classes. Previously, if the exhibitor record was deleted and there were classes they became orphaned and you were unable to get at them to remove them. They would show on various reports and were typically errors.

Sunday, August 12, 2001
bulletModified the tab sequence on the Class Master Screen
bulletAdded a sort option to the class master so that the class master can be re-ordered by selecting a new sequence from a drop-down menu. Some of the available options are Class Number, Class Description, Show Number, Billing Code.

Sunday, July 29, 2001
bulletAdded the ability to create a new set of classes by duplicating existing classes. This feature will be useful when setting up multiple shows and running the same set of classes on a second show.
bulletFixed the Tabbing problem on the owner screen 

Tuesday, May 22, 2001
bulletIf all of the horses are deleted from the databases, you are unable to enter any new ones. Corrected in the current download. 

Sunday, May 20, 2001
bulletThe AHSA report was not displaying the placings or the names of the judges. This update today corrects this problem.

Saturday, May 19, 2001
bulletoops - When I released the Owner Statements on May 5 several users pointed out they were incorrect. This update fixes that problem.

Saturday, May 5, 2001
bulletE-Mail options are now available for selected reports. The reports that now contain email options are (1) Financial Reports (2) Performance Report (3) Photographer's Report (4) Listing of horses in your show.
bulletAdded Owner Statements which now pulls multiple entry numbers for a given owner and produces a consolidated statement. You will find this option by pressing "More Options" on the Billing Statement screen.
bulletAdded the ability to select a trainer from a drop-down menu when enter a new horse/owner combination. This eliminates the need to type the name which allows for possible duplication due to miss-spellings.

Sunday, April 29, 2001
bulletWhen setting up multiple shows i.e. show #1 and show #2, the placings would not be entered on the diskette if show#2 setup created before show #1 setup
bulletProgram would enter blank class master records when going to the last class master on file and continuing to press the next record. Each time next was pressed a blank class master would be created. 
bulletAdded a "Save" button which must be used when creating new class master records.

Saturday, April 21, 2001
bulletAdded the ability to select a particular breed when requesting a list of the horses in the databases .

Wednesday, April 18, 2001
bulletFixed the new class entries labels which would only preview to the screen. These labels may now be printed.

Monday, April 16, 2001
bulletFixed a problem preventing high point all-breed reports to produce reports.

Sunday, April 15, 2001
bulletThe high point setup for a particular breed will now be deleted when the show setup for that breed is deleted.
bulletWhen placing classes using the "All-Judges" format, leading zeros will automatically be added to each placing. This is required for proper sorting in results reports where more then 10 entries are being placed.
bulletWhen adding qualifying classes (using the drop-down menu) to a high point, the 000 class master records will not be shown. It will also be sorted on the class description
bulletThe 000 class will not be shown on the class totals report.
bulletThe update installed on the web yesterday (4/14/2001) created a problem that would always bring up the scoring format when placing classes using the "Blank Card" format.

Saturday, April 14, 2001
bulletAdded the ability to select and color code individual judges when printing labels for judge's cards.
bulletFixed the report "Final Results 1 Judge All Entries" found on the Breed Reports menu to correctly display placings. The report was only displaying the 1st character of the placing i.e. 0 instead of 01
bulletMade a change in the APHA diskette procedure to display an error message when the results exceed the capacity of the diskette. Your options will be to email the results to APHA or create a zip file of the results and move the zip file to a diskette. Note: Creating a zip file will require that you have the program winzip installed on your computer.
bulletIf the check box "Default Sys." on the High Point Setup was checked the program would incorrectly display a message to enter scores when placing a class using the "All Judge" format.  This is now corrected and treats this the same as if nothing were checked and awards points based on what is entered in the field "Calculate points on ___ places". What is entered here will be the number of points for 1st place  and all other placings will receive 1 point less. i.e. if 6 is entered then 1st gets 6 points, 2nd 5 points, 3rd 4 points etc. 

Saturday, April 7, 2001
bulletAdded the ability to download class entry information  to a comma delimited file which can be imported into Excel. This was requested by a Morgan club for producing their show program.
bulletIf you attempt to place a class a second time for the same judge using the blank judge's card you will receive a warning.
bulletAdded the ability to produce labels for each entry showing the classes they have entered. This can be affixed to their back number.
bulletWhen the clear button is pressed, the flat fee flag on the exhibitors is now cleared.

Thursday, April 5, 2001
bulletFixed the Half Arab report so that it would report the entire registration number. The last digit was being dropped.

Wednesday, April 4, 2001
bulletAdded the ability to download the owner file to a format compatible with Microsoft Excel. You'll find this facility on the Miscellaneous Selections screen and will require that you have a blank diskette inserted where the owner file will be written.  

Saturday, March 3, 2001
bulletIf your Points Schedule does not contain leading zeros for each placing, the breed points will not show on the performance. To correct this download the current program and press the "Update Database" from the "Data Selection Menu" and apply the update to all of your databases that you want to correct.

Wednesday, November 15, 2000
bulletAdded and "Exhibitor Edit" screen to the miscellaneous section. This can be very useful when Exhibitors become detached from the registration record.

Monday, November 13, 2000
bulletFixed the final results reports for judge 2 -8 and all judges to allow for placing 10+. There was not enough space allocated so the second digit was being truncated.

Saturday, November 11, 2000
bulletCorrects the problem of a missing space between the first and last name on the billing statement.
bulletEliminated the blank page at the end of the report "Final Results, Selective Judge".
bulletExhibitor records created but no information added were exported to PointKeeper and are now ignored.  These records should be removed by the user when they are created in error.

Wednesday, November 7, 2000
bulletThe report "Final Results, Selective Judge" only allowed space for a single digit for the entry placing. Therefore, if you are placing 10 or more entries you will need this version in order for you to see the report listed in place # order. You should use the "Blank Judges Card" when placing the class and it will automatically insert a leading 0 for place 1-9. This is required for the report to be properly sorted by placing.
bulletAlso fixed the report so that it would print and preview both as it would only preview to the screen.

Friday, November 3, 2000
bulletSome of the Paint databases being shipped, the trainer module does not work properly. This update resolves this problem but you will have to run the "Database Update" found on the Data Selection menu to fix your database.
bulletWhen using the Blank Judges Card to place classes that are timed events, you can now using the judges card and capture the times by checking the box that indicates using scores ...

Monday, October 30, 2000
bulletIncluded support for Rodeo Events

  1. You can specify gender on the Exhibitor screen which will be used to split boys and girls. When you select a class to split you must specify Rodeo Division to get the split by gender form.
  2. You can specify the rodeo date on the Breed/Division file and it will be used to calculate the youth age.
  3. When you place a class you can specify times if you use the Judge's Scores selection on the class placing dialog.
  4. Changed the Judge's Scoring form to allow for entry of both times and place numbers.

Tuesday, October 17, 2000
bulletIn certain situations when editing class master records that had an alpha character   appended to the end i.e. Class 012A, the class number was being reset to 000. This error was identified by Patti McLeroy from the Peach State Paint Horse Club in Georgia.

Wednesday, September 27, 2000
bulletModified the Arab results so that it would place Full Arabs, Half Arabs and All-Breeds on both the final results for both hardcopy and disk file. The check box "IAHA Recognized" must be marked to cause the class entries to be inserted into the final results report.

Saturday, September 9, 2000
bulletWhen a new entry was entered into the show and the horse and multiple riders existed in the database, the entry number for the 2nd plus exhibitors had to be changed from 0 to the entry # manually. This change now automatically updates the entry # on ALL riders to the entry number being added to the show.

Sunday, August 20, 2000
bulletWhen placing classes you would sometimes get messages about another user has updated a record, write conflict etc. These messages would appear after placing your classes and exiting from the placing dialog. This is now resolved.

Thursday, August 17, 2000
bulletModified the class master screen so that hidden fields (such as judge name) that show on certain breeds will now show as soon as you identify shows where they are required. Previously, they would not show up until you moved off of the class master and then moved back to it.

Saturday, July 28, 2000
bulletMade a change in the High Point where All-Breed didn't work in certain circumstances
bulletAdded a Split Class function to the Miscellaneous Menu

Sunday, May 14, 2000
bulletWhen All-Breed classes were entered, the class entry was not being identified as All-Breed which was allowing them to be submitted with the show results to the breed association. This problem was identified by Karen Mennenga in Washington while doing the Tri-Challenge show results.
bulletChanged the AQHA diskette reporting so that results for each judge could be placed on separate disks.

Saturday, May 13, 2000
bulletFixed the problem with "dropping out of the program" when a new horse was added to the database and the owner was already on file.  You would get kicked out of the program if you entered the horse information and pressed the "Rider" button without clicking into the owner information. This version corrects the problem so you can go into the rider information directly from the horse section.

Sunday, May 7, 2000
bulletFixed the Billing Report "Pay this Amount" field when printing all statements for the show which was showing as Error. This error was reported to me by Gladys Gilbertson out of Paso Robles, California.
bulletOut of the "Suggestion Box " from Irene Wells of Las Vegas, added a sub-total after the Miscellaneous charges on the Billing Report.
bulletOn the Entry Information screen the field titled "Name of Horse" has been changed to simply "Name". This change was made to accommodate a the Greeley Saddle Club in Colorado where members ride multiple horses and wanted the High Point to be on the "Rider Only".

Monday, May 4, 2000
bulletThe relationship is now printed on the roster report
bulletAdded Association id from the owner's record to the results report produced for a selected judge.

Sunday, April 30, 2000
bulletHigh Points for "All Breeds" didn't work - fixed
bulletChanged High Point so that any report (to print or preview) is now selected from a drop-down menu.

Saturday, April 29, 2000
bulletWhen a second rider is entered to a horse the entry number would occasionally be zero. This is now corrected.
bulletThere is now a new results report available that will contain all entries in a class whether they placed or not.

Monday, April 24, 2000
bulletAdded a "lookup" button to the rider screen to eliminate having to re-enter duplicate rider info on a new horse/rider combination.
bulletThe Trainer file is now linked to the horse instead of the owner. If you have trainers in your database then send your database to support@showsec.com as we will need to make some changes to it to accommodate this change.
bulletThe APHA disk file is now corrected.

Saturday, April 15, 2000
bulletcustomer support web placed on-line
bulletShowsec98.zip made available for FTP download