SES File

[Nigel]

There appears to be an intermittent issue when Ase 8 generates a .ses file. Normally the two player's player numbers are placed in the 21st and 29th positions on the line.

The application seems to randomly place zeros for some of the records instead of the player's numbers (which show up correctly in Ase 8).

The problem first surfaced on the 6th of August and Ase 8 properly exports about half the time but places zeros for some (but not all) the records the rest of the time.

[ianmac]

Let me explain the way player numbers are managed. The scorer allows you to have players with national numbers or not. When a player does not have a number they can be entered in an event simply by selecting them from a list of names. In that case in the name entry screen it shows no number.

Internally in the event it still needs to be able to reference the player correctly. To do this the scorer uses an internal file sequence number of the player, and retains this number in the event as a negative number (so it can be distinguished from "real" numbers). This all works fine, the correct names appear and so forth.

If you change the players "blank" number to a real number (eg you now have an ABF number for them) then that number will appear in the names screen as well as the members screen where the number was entered. Names will appear correctly in all files exported too, just as before. BUT internally the number is still being held as the original negative number.

When a file is exported with results (like your ses file) the negative number is converted to zero as it is meaningless outside the scorer.

To correct this, and to convert the negative numbers to the now real numbers, do the following for every SECTION in the session or event.
1. Select the menu item [section][save names], placing the names in a file of your choice.
2. Select the menu item [section][load names], reading in the file just saved. You will be asked "do you wish to use the national numbers in the file?". Click [yes].

Rescore the session and the exported files will now contain the national numbers.

I hope this sorts out your problem.