The Automated ScoreBook For Volleyball

What's New For 2009

• Access to all updates from June 2009 through May 2010 (i.e., versions 3.11.1 - 3.11.xx)
• Live XML activation through July 2010
• New Game Viewer access to career statistics (uses Career XML Summaries by player)
• New feature to Show/Flag/Hide inactive players

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

What's New For 2008

Version 3.10.0 (available June 2008)

• Access to all updates from June 2008 through May 2009 (i.e., versions 3.10.1 - 3.10.xx)
• Live XML activation through July 2009
• New style format season reports
• New style format career/historical reports
• Table-style format career HTML output
• Improve directory prompts for: import/export, pack/unpack, copy HTML to disk, backup/restore
• Capability to insert graphic images into the header area of hardcopy "style" reports
• Roster report added to "Season Reports" (features include sort by uni # or name, 'style' format and XML format)
• Option for reports to indicate "sets" within matches (instead of "games") for compatibility with NCAA

Versions 3.9.1 - 3.9.15 (updates made from June 2007 - May 2008)

• HTML generate: accommodate Vista to display HTML | View HTML functions
• Season reports: add Special | Opponent match highs report
• Utilities: modify method for import roster to accommodate Vista (fix to avoid failure in copy of ".vro" file)
• Season reports: retrieve uniform number from master roster for display in individual statistics and individual game-by-game reports
• Live HTML: optionally display game info within sponsor text -- to do this add a line in the sponsor text file containing the tag: <info/>
• Various fixes and other minor enhancements

What's New 2000-2007

2007 (Version 3.9.0)

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

2006 (Version 3.8)

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

2005 (Version 3.7)

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

2004 (Version 3.6)

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

2003 (Version 3.5)

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

2002 (Version 3.4)

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

2001 (Version 3.3)

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

2000 (Version 3.2)

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

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