BEM Toolbox Changes from Version 2

BEM Toolbox version 2.8g Release Notes (September 2009) Toolbox update 2.8g is a maintenance upgrade to address the following issues:  Correct a problem when creating a new event or editing an existing event where the number of starting lanes was always reset to 8 ignoring the setting from the reference event.  For Australian users, to cater for the new License Type categories now being used in the BMXA database for Day Permits, Three Day Permits and Coach.  Change date formats to ISO standard yyyy/mm/dd  To use the computer’s International settings for date and time to overcome problems with computer language settings other than English.

BEM Toolbox version 2.8f(i) Release Notes (August 2009) Toolbox update from 2.8f to 2.8f(i) is an evaluation update to use the computer’s International settings for date and time to overcome problems with computer language settings other than English. Limited release to Spanish language users.

BEM Toolbox version 2.8f Release Notes (June 2009) Toolbox update from 2.8e to 2.8f is a small maintenance upgrade to address the following issues: Update text for Minimum number of riders setting to include the new Class Codes EXPTCONS-F and INV-F Correct a problem where the number of time trials was set to 1 in the event file when 2 time trials was selected in the Toolbox.

BEM Toolbox version 2.8e Release Notes (April 2009) Update from 2.8d to 2.8e corrects a problem where the Toolbox is used to copy data from one event file to another event file (e.g. for splitting or merging blocks) when the event has been scored and classes have the possibility of a run-off tie break.

BEM Toolbox version 2.8d Release Notes. (February 2009) The update from 2.8b to 2.8d is a small maintenance update to correct the following problems: A copy of riders from one event to another event did not include the transponder bib number (2.8c update with limited release) Adding an error trap when creating a new record where the source date field is neither blank nor contains a valid date.

BEM Toolbox version 2.8b Release Note. (January 2009) The update from 2.8a to 2.8b is a small maintenance update to allow the use of Club Numbers greater than 32,767.

BEM Toolbox version 2.8a Release Notes. (October 2008) The changes from BEM Toolbox version 2.7 to 2.8 are principally to add multi- language support to the Toolbox program together with the new Class Codes to allow “drop one rider after the motos” finals for single gate classes run under scrambled moto rules. Note that in this release, only the Latvian translations have been done by a real person (thanks Janis). French translations were done using the web translation tool Word Lingo and are still to be sanity checked. So if you are a dedicated BMX person with French language skills, I would be very pleased to hear from you.

Changes from version 2.7 to 2.8.  Added the new Class Codes EXPT-F, INV-F, and EXPTCONS-F to the event configuration tools. (introduced in BEM 2K.03a).  Converted all embedded text to be read from a text phrase file to allow multi language versions of the Toolbox.  Added a Generic association selection for use by associations where there is no specific Toolbox function to mediate data from an association member database or web based on-line entries.  When doing an event to event copy including results, start reaction times are now also copied. (introduced in BEM 2K.04).  Corrected a problem where the wrong file type was pre-selected when updating a List file from a Series file.  For Australia, updated the reference file to include new licence type ACF and revised the list of Clubs for alignment with the CA iMIS database.  Fixed incorrect labelling of some filter selections when other that Australia was selected as the association.  Minor layout changes to accommodate translated text that is longer than the English.

Implementation. Unzip the distribution toolbox file and extract all files to a new folder. As before, the Toolbox is run from the BEM_Toolbox.xls file. There are no new data fields in the list file format from version 2.8, however if you are updating to version 2.8 from a version earlier than 2.5, then please refer to the Release Notes for Toolbox version 2.5 for details of the additional mandatory data fields in the list file.