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The Roping AssistantProfessional Edition

Version 5

Users Guide

Copyright ©1996, 2010

by Automated Roping Productions

All rights reserved

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Table of Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 What’s new in version 5?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Manual Conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 System Capacity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Organizing Your Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Using the Roping Assistant Pro.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Structure and Organization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Step by Step Scenario. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Command Reference.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Appendices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Definitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 How Do I?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Sample Entry Tickets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

The Roping Assistant Professional 3

IntroductionThank you for purchasing the Roping Assistant

Professional Edition. We have dedicated a lot of time to makingthe Roping Assistant meet the needs of today’s roping producers. It was designed to be very flexible to handle the wide variety ofsituations you will encounter as you run your team roping events.

We have enjoyed creating this product and we hope youwill enjoy using it. We are sure that it will help you work moreeffectively, and give you more time to do the thing you reallywant to do--enjoy the roping!

What’s new in version 5?

The Roping Assistant Professional contains all the greatfunctionality included with the original Roping Assistantprogram and so much more. Here are just some of the newfeatures:

! Improved user interface over everything! Direct printing of report (without having to edit first).! Built in Address Label Printing! Built in association features to manage multiple sets of

cowboys and ratings! Improved cowboy lookup as you type! Integration with Farmtek Timers! Improved network functionality with unlimited

connections! Major overhaul of database backend to avoid corruptions! Supports Ride-in ropings with on-the-fly entry! Send text messages to cowboys with their team numbers! Better report preview and editing! Much, Much More!

Introduction 4

Manual Conventions

The manual is divided into several sections to help youfind the specific information you are looking for. The GettingStarted section (see page 7) describes some of the features of theRoping Assistant, and takes you on a step by step tour of how touse the Roping Assistant. The Command Reference (see page15) gives you detailed explanations of each of the major systemcomponents and menu options. And finally, the Appendix (seepage 94) gives you definitions and describes some “How do I”procedures that are commonly asked about.

Whenever you are asked to select a menu option, thatoption will appear in BOLD, SMALL CAPS. For example, if yousaw FILE, NEW, ROPING, you would first pull down the FILE

menu. Then you would choose the NEW option under the FILE

menu. Then, under the NEW menu, you would choose theROPING option.

Whenever you are asked to click a button on the screen, itwill appear in redline.

Whenever the computer responds to one of your actions,you will see that response in italics.

Please note that the screen shots used in this manual camefrom a computer running Windows Vista. If you are usingWindows 7 or Windows xp, the screens will look slightlydifferent.


System Requirements

You will need the following computer equipment to usethe Roping Assistant Professional:

Minimum: Windows XP with 1 Gig. of RAM and 100Meg HD space

Recommended: Windows 7 with 2+ Gig of RAM and 200Meg HD space

A printer is required to get a hard copy of any of thereports or team listings.

System Capacity

The number of ropings you can maintain is limited only byyour hard disk size. Each roping series can hold up to anunlimited number different ropings, and each roping can hold anunlimited number of teams. There is also a 10 round limit oneach roping. The system will handle up to 99 rotations perround.

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Organizing Your DataWhen you use the Roping Assistant software, all your data

is stored as an “association” that consists of all the cowboys,their addresses and information and all the ropings that thosecowboys participate in. You start with a general association, butyou can create as many associations as you want to keep yourcowboys grouped together. Each association will have its ownset of cowboys with their ratings and their ropings. You caneasily switch between your associations, back them up andrestore them as needed.

Each association can hold as many cowboys and ropings asneeded. Most producers will probably only need the one generalassociation. The main reason to have separate associations is ifyou run ropings with separate handicap ratings.


Getting StartedWe are dedicated to making the Roping Assistant

Professional work for you. This section contains some helpfuldefinitions and a complete step by step walk through of theprocess of running a roping with the help of the RopingAssistant.

Using the Roping Assistant Pro.

The Roping Assistant is a powerful tool to help producersboth run and manage their team roping events. It will do signups,arrange teams for roping, and print team listings and time sheets,tracking the times and winners, and even print the checks foryou. It will prepare numbered ropings, drawpots, Pick-N-Draws,and round robin ropings. A Pick-N-Draw roping allows you torun a combination roping where some of the partners are pickedby the cowboys, and some are picked by the computer.

In short, the Roping Assistant is all you need to organizeand track your team roping events. At the end of a roping, you’llhave an organized list of all the cowboys that attended yourevent. You can even keep track of each cowboy’s address rightin the Roping Assistant and then create mailing labels right fromwithin the software.

Note: Please make regular backups of your RopingAssistant data. If something ever goes wrong on yourcomputer and one of your data file gets corrupted, you’ll bevery glad you have a recent backup. For information aboutmaking a backup, see Backup on page 24.

Getting Started 8

Structure and Organization

The Roping Assistant organizes all your work into“Roping Series” and “Ropings” (sometimes referred to as“Events”). A roping series is a general term (see the definitionssection) for all the ropings you will be running on any given dayor weekend. A roping series could be a whole series over severalweeks.

The Roping Assistant will keep each roping series separateso it is organized independently from other ropings you have run,but the cowboys names are shared among all ropings to save youtime when typing them in. If you regularly have some of thesame cowboys coming back to your ropings, you only need toenter them once and they will be remembered for all futureropings.

Step by Step Scenario

Let’s take a step by step look at how you would use theRoping Assistant Pro. to run a weekend roping series consistingof 5 roping events: a #5 and a #6 roping on Friday, and a #7, #9,and #11 roping on Saturday. In this section we won’t go into toomuch detail about why we set things up they way we do, but youcan refer to the Command Reference starting on page 15 to seethe in-depth explanation of everything we talk about here. Thisexample uses Numbered ropings, but you would follow similarsteps for the other types of ropings.

Using the Roping Assistant to perform an event consists offive steps, which are described below: Preparing the roping,Entering the Teams, Arranging the Teams, Printing the teamlistings and time sheets, and running the roping.


Preparing the Roping:At some point before the signup for any of the ropings

begins, you would enter the roping information into the RopingAssistant. This shouldn’t take more than about five minutes. Here are the steps that you should use:

1. Load the Roping Assistant Pro. program.The opening menu and toolbelt will appear.

2. Choose FILE, NEW,ROPING SERIES from themenu.

The Roping Informationscreen will appear.

3. Type a short descriptionfor the entire roping seriesin the ‘Roping SeriesTitle’ box. (i.e. Idaho Spin-N-Grab)

4. Type the starting date of the roping into the ‘Roping Date’box. If the date is already correct, you can just leave it. Tolearn about the rest of the options on this screen, see RopingInformation on page 81.

5. Click the Ok button to create the roping series.The name of the roping series will now appear in the titlesection of the screen. You have now created a newroping series.

You are now ready to create each of the events that will takeplace during the weekend. We will walk through the first oneand then you can repeat these steps to create the others.

6. Choose FILE, NEW, ROPING EVENT from the menu.The Roping Information screen will appear.

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7. Type a short title for theroping. For our firstone, we will type “#5Roping” for thedescription.

8. Fill in the informationon the screen and thenclick Ok to save thevariable changes wehave made. To learnwhat each option means,see Event Variables onpage 41.

You will be returned to the main screen and the new eventwill be listed on the screen.

You have now setup your first roping. Repeat steps 6-9 tosetup the #6, #7, #9, and #11 ropings. Be sure to put the properdates on the #7, #9, and #11 ropings since they will be held onSaturday instead of Friday.

Entering the Teams: 1. Load the Roping Assistant Pro.

The main menu and toolbelt will appear with a list of theropings you have created.

2. Highland the roping you want to open and choose FILE,OPEN from the menu (or simply double click the roping).

The title of the roping series and roping will appear inthe title box above the list of ropings

You are now ready to start entering the teams that havesigned up.3. Choose EVENTS, SIGNUP from the menu.

The Team Signup dialog will appear.4. Click the New Entry button to start entering teams.


The Team Entry dialog will appear.5. Type the name of the next header into the Name box.

Always type the firstname of the cowboy andthen the last name (i.e.Joe Brown).

Notice that as youtype, the computer willstart filling in the‘Cowboys forHeading’ listbox.

6. Press the Tab key tomove to the next field.

If the cowboy was in the database, the followinginformation will automatically be filled out for you.

7. Continue pressing the Tab key and filling in each field asnecessary until you come to the Name box for the Heeler.

8. Repeat steps 5-7 to enter the heeler. Then click the Okbutton to add the team.

The computer will clear the screen and put the cursorback in the Header’s Name box so you can begin enteringthe next team.

9. Repeat steps 5-8 until you have entered all the teams for thecurrent event. Then click the Cancel button to signal the endof the new team entry.

The Team Signup dialog will re-appear, but this time itwill show all the teams you have entered. You can sortthis screen by clicking on one of the column headings.

All the teams are now signed up for the event. You canmodify any team by highlighting that team and clicking theModify Entry button and then changing the necessaryinformation.

When all the teams are entered correctly, you should clickthe Ok button to return to the main screen.

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Arranging the Teams:The teams need to be arranged in their roping order before

you can run the event. Follow the steps below to arrange theteams.1. Choose EVENTS, ARRANGE / DRAW from the menu.

The Arrange Teams dialog will appear.2. In the ‘Roping Order’ box, click the team arrangement that

you want to use. Your choices are “First to Enter, Last toRope”, “First to Enter, First to Rope”, and “Random Order”.

3. Click the Ok button to arrange the teams.A message box will appear after a few seconds and tellyou that the teams are arranged in their proper order.Simply click the Ok button to acknowledge the message.You will then be returned to the main screen.

The teams are now arranged in their roping order. Thisincludes spacing the teams so they don’t rope back to back andarranging them in the general order that you selected. If youwant to set up rotations, refer to the Rotations section on page 83.You are now ready to print the reports.

Printing the ReportsAt this point, you can print team listings and time sheets to

run the event. To print the reports, follow the steps below:

1. Choose REPORTS from the left side button bar.The Event Reports screen will appear.

2. Highlight the ‘Team Listing’ report and then click thePreview Report button.

The Team listing report will appear.3. Select the PRINT REPORT button.

The report will print to the printer. All the reports can beedited before printing if you want to.

4. Highlight the ‘Roping Time Sheet’ report and then click the


Preview Report button.The Time Sheet report will appear.

5. Select the PRINT button.The report will print to the printer.

6. Click the Ropings button on the left button bar.You will be returned to the main ropings screen.

You have now printed all the reports you need tosuccessfully run the roping.

Running the Roping EventAt this point you are ready to perform the event. To run the

event, follow the steps below.

1. Choose EVENTS, PERFORM EVENT from the menu.The Perform Event Window will appear. The first team torun should behighlighted.

2. Press Enter, orDouble Click theteam on thescreen to enter atime for their run.

The TimeEntry dialogwill appear.

3. Enter the time forthe run. If therewas a penalty, press the Tab key and enter the penalty timein the penalty box. Then press Enter or click the Ok buttonto record the time.

The Time Entry dialog will disappear and the highlightbar will move to the next team to run. You can change atime on any given team by highlighting that team and pressenter again to re-enter the time.

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4. Repeat steps 2-3 until you have done every team in theround. Then click the Next Round button in the middle ofthe screen.

The screen will move to the next round.5. Repeat steps 2-4 until all the rounds have been run. You can

close the performance windowYou will be returned to the main screen.

6. Print Payoff sheets, winners listings, checks, or any otherreports you want to print. For a complete list of reports andtheir options, see Event Reports on page 33 and GeneralReports on page 54.

You have now successfully run a complete roping.

This was a quick overview of what you would do to run aroping with the Roping Assistant Pro. There are many otheroptions and several types of ropings events that are available, andeach of them are listed in detail under the Command Referencesection.


Command ReferenceThe Command Reference includes detailed information

about all aspects of the program. The entries have beenalphabetized to help you find the information you want moreeasily.

Add CowboyThis feature is found by choosing the

Cowboys button from the left button bar. Itallows you to add a new cowboy to the database. Cowboys can also be added on the fly as you areentering teams into a roping.

Procedure 1. Click the Cowboys button on the left buttonbar.

1. Click the Add button in the top middle ofthe screen.

The Cowboy Information dialog willappear.

2. Fill in each field of information and thenpress the Tab key to move to the next field.

3. When you are finished entering all theinformation, press the Ok button to add thecowboy to the database. If you don’t wantto add the cowboy, click the Cancel button.

See Also... Edit Cowboy (page 32), Delete Cowboy (page30), Combine Cowboy (page 27), Find Cowboy(page 54).

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Append to RopingThis option can be found under the TOOLS

menu. Appending a roping is used to takeseveral smaller ropings and append themtogether into one big roping (mainly used tocalculate winners across all of them.) This is anadvanced feature and needs to be used with care. All the events that will be appended need to becreated with appropriate team numbers andappended in the proper order so all the teamnumbers are in order in the new event.

When appending ropings, the originalroping is left in tact and just added to the newevent. When using this feature, you willprobably run each roping individually and time itindividually, and then pull it all together only forthe short round.

To append a roping, use the followingprocedure. This assumes you have created anempty event that ready to accepts the appendedropings:

Procedure 1. Open the roping that you want to appendinto the new roping (see Open Event onpage 70)

2. Choose TOOLS, APPEND TO ROPING fromthe main menu.

The Append To Roping dialog willappear with a list of all the ropings you canappend to.

3. Click the checkmark next to the roping youwant to add the teams to and click the Okbutton.

A verify dialog will appear asking you if


you want to actually append the roping.4. Click Yes to continue with the append, or

No to cancel.A status dialog will appear saying that

the append was completed.5. Click Ok.

You will be returned to the main screen.

The append is now complete.

Arranging TeamsThis feature is found by choosing EVENTS,

ARRANGE / DRAW from the menu. It is used toarrange the teams in their proper roping orderonce the teams have been entered. Arrangingthe teams not only puts the teams in the generalorder you select, but it also spaces the teams sothey are so many teams apart (not back to back). How far apart the teams are spaced can bechanged in the Event Variables (see page 41).

Any teams that are added after the teamshave been arranged must also go through anarranging process before they show up on theteam listings. This allows you to arrange part ofthe teams, enter more teams, and then arrangethem onto the end (or front) so they aren’t juststuck on the end of the team list without anyspacing.

For Drawpots, Pick-N-Draws, and RoundRobins, this option does the actual matching andcreating of the teams as well as the spacing ofthe teams. With drawpot and round robinropings, all the teams will be completelyredrawn (re-arranged, etc.) every time youperform the draw.


With Pick-N-Draw ropings, you have theoption of just arranging the picked teams orarranging the drawn teams as well. This allowsyou to arrange the picked teams and start theroping while waiting for more teams to enterbefore arranging the rest of the event.

Here are the options available whenarranging the Pick-N-Draw:

Arranging ONLY the picked teams (to get the roping started)This option allows you to arrange some ofthe picked teams that have already beenentered without having to arrange any of thecomputer generated “Draw” teams. Thecomputer treats the teams as if they were anumbered roping for this part of the Pick-N-Draw. All the arranging options for aNumbered roping apply here. You can evendo several arrangings of the picked teams(adding more teams each time) before youdecided to add the drawn teams.

NOTE: If you use this option after the “Drawn”teams are added, all the drawn teams will bereset and will have to be re-drawn. This optionis mainly to be able to get the roping started withthe picked teams before adding the drawn teams.

I want to finish drawing all the teams (and close the roping)This option will arrange all the remainingteams (picked and drawn) and add them tothe roping. Once this is done the roping iscomplete. This option will also let youdraw all the teams at once so both the


picked and drawn teams are spacedrandomly throughout the roping.

Start over with the entire drawThis option when checked will start thearranging process completely over as if youhad never arranged any teams before.

For Pick-N-Draw ropings, use thefollowing procedure to arrange the teams:

Procedure 1. Choose EVENTS, ARRANGE / DRAW fromthe menu.

The Pick-N-Draw Options dialog willappear. From this dialog you canchoose to arrange only the picked teamsthat are currently entered, or to finisharranging all remaining teams (includingthe draw teams). There is also acheckbox to start the arrangingcompletely over.

2. Click the appropriate checkboxes and clickthe Continue button.

If you are arranging only picked teams,the Numbered Roping dialog will appearto finish the arranging (go to step 2under Numbered Ropings.) If you arecompleting the arranging, the Pick-N-Draw dialog will appear (go to step 2 forDrawpots and Round Robins.)

For Drawpots and Round Robins, use thefollowing procedure to arrange the teams:

Procedure 1. Choose EVENTS, ARRANGE / DRAW from


the menu.The Draw Teams dialog will appear. Ifthe number of headers does NOT matchthe number of heelers in a drawpot orPick-N-Draw, you will be asked if youwant to randomly fill in the remainingteams (see Auto Fill / Remove on page23). For a Pick-N-Draw, the numbersshown only represent the ‘Draw’ portion. The picked teams will be randomly mixedin once the draw is complete.

2. Set the starting team number (if you wantsomething other than 1) in the StartingTeam box. This could be used to stick tworopings together, with the team numbers ofone roping starting with the last teamnumber of another roping.

3. Click the Perform Draw button to actuallydo the draw.

The message “Success-- The draw iscomplete!” will appear in the dialog boxwhen the draw is finished. If there wereany problems with the draw, the messagewill read “ABORTED -- “ and then givean additional message as to why it didnot complete successfully. The teamsthat were drawn will remain in the eventand be ready to go, while the ropers thatcouldn’t be drawn will appear in towindows combo box on the screen. Youcan pull the box down with the mouseand see which ropers were not able to bedrawn.

4. Click the Ok button.You will be returned to the main screen.


For Numbered ropings, you have a fewmore options. Each will be described belowfollowing the procedure.

Procedure 1. Choose EVENTS, ARRANGE / DRAW fromthe menu.

The Arrange Teams in Roping Orderdialog will appear.

2. Select the roping orderyou want by clicking onone of the options in the‘Roping Order’ box.

3. Click the Ok button.The arranging willbe done and then amessage box willappear to tell you itis complete. Afterclicking the Okbutton, you will bereturned to the mainscreen.

Additional Options are as follows:

Roping Order The roping order box provides the ability toarrange the teams in three different orders. There may be slight variations in the ropingorder due to the spacing the computer attemptsto put between the teams. See Roping Order onpage 82 for more information.

Number of teams to arrangeThis option allows you to specify how many


teams you want to arrange right now. Forexample, you can arrange only your first 50teams, and then add more teams and arrange therest later. Generally, you will just use the ‘AllRemaining’ option.

In the center of the dialog you will see a boxshowing how many teams are waiting to bearranged. This is the number that the ‘AllRemaining’ teams will use.

If this option is confusing to you, don’tworry. You don’t ever need to use it. This is anextra power feature, and if you never mess withthis option, everything will work properly.

** WARNING ** If you are usingrotations and this option, you should arrange inmultiples of one rotation’s worth of teams atonce (i.e. if you are using 50 teams per rotation,the number you use here should be a multiple of50.)

Add teams to: You can use this option to select whetherthe teams you are arranging will be added at theend of the roping or at the front. This is useful ifyou have a couple of late entries and you wantthem to be the first to rope.

First Team Number Use this option to specify the startingteam number to use for the teams you arearranging (i.e. you are running thisroping in conjunction with another oneand want to start numbering the teamswith the last team number from anotherevent.)


Re-Arrange This button is another power feature thatyou may never need to use. It will take thewhole event and re-arrange it. Suppose youhave just arranged the roping, but haven’tprinted any team listings yet. You then discoverten teams that didn’t get entered. You now havetwo choices:

1. You can enter the new teams and use theregular arrange feature. That will add the tenteams onto the front or end of the roping.

2. You can enter the new teams and use the‘Re-Arrange’ button. This will re-arrange all theteams, mixing in the ten new teamsappropriately.

See Also... Roping Order (page 82).

Auto Fill / RemoveThis option only applies to Drawpots and

Pick-N-Draws. If the number of headersentering the drawpot is NOT the same as thenumber of heelers, the Roping Assistant will askyou (when you draw the event) if you want theremaining teams filled in randomly. If you selectyes, the draw will proceed as normal. If youselect no, you will be asked if you want torandomly remove entries to even up the roping. If you select yes, the computer will randomlyremove entries and generate a list of the removedentries so you can print it. If you answered Noto removing entries, then you must manually addor take away entries until you have a matchbetween headers and heelers.

For example, let’s say you are short 10headers. If you use auto fill, the computer will


randomly pick 10 ropers that are already headingand give them a free run. If you are using auto-remove, the computer will randomly pick 10heelers and remove them. The computer willonly give a second free run to a header after allthe other available headers have been chosenonce. The first ones to be chosen will be fromthose who have paid to enter the most times.

See Also Arranging Teams (page 17)

Backup DataIt is always a good idea to have a recent

backup copy of your Roping Assistant data file. We recommend making a backup every time youadd a significant number of cowboys to yoursystem. This option creates a backup of yourentire Roping Assistant data including cowboys,addresses, teams, ropings, events, etc. It canonly be restored as an entire set. To restore froma backup, see Restore Data on page 80.

To create a backup of your data files, followthe procedure below.

Procedure 1. Choose TOOLS, DATA, BACKUP DATA fromthe main menu.

A message will appear describing what isabout to happen.

2. Click the Yes button to continue thebackup, or the No button to cancel.

If you choose Yes, a file Save As dialogwill appear to help you enter a file to holdthe backup.

3. Enter the path and filename for the backup


(i.e. C:\ROPE1). Then click the Ok button.An hourglass cursor will appear while

the backup is taking place. This processcould take several minutes to complete. Amessage box will then appear saying thatthe backup either failed or succeeded.

4. Click the Ok button.Your data has now been backed up.

See Also... Restore Data (page 80).

Close RopingThis feature is found under the FILE menu

and is used to close a roping (see the definitionof Roping on page 94) or a roping series. Theactive roping is automatically closed whenanother roping is opened.

Procedure 1. Choose FILE, CLOSE from the menu.The event will be closed and you will bereturned to the main screen.

Shortcut There is a toolbelt button to close an event.

See Also... Toolbelt (page 93), Open Event (page 70), NewEvent (page 68), Open Roping (page 71), NewRoping (page 69).


Clear DatabaseThis feature is found under the TOOLS,

DATA menu and is used to clear all the data outof your system so you can start with a cleanslate. You have the choice of clearing yourentire system or just clean out your ropingswhile still leaving the cowboys you havepainstakingly entered. This option only affectsthe current association that is open. You canalways start a fresh association which will havethe same effect as clearing your currentassociation.

To clear your data, follow the procedurebelow:

Procedure 1. Choose TOOLS, DATA, CLEAR DATABASE

from the menu.A dialog box asking which parts of yourdatabase you want to clear.

2. Click the parts of your database you want toclear and click Clear Data to clear the dataor click Close to abort the effort and keepyour data .

The following options are available whenclearing your database

Clear all Roping Series:You can use this option to clear all the ropingsyou have created, but leave all your cowboys inthe system to future ropings.

Clear all cowboys from databaseUse this option to clear all the cowboys from


your system and start with a completely emptyslate.

Clear all test generated cowboysThis option will clear out any test cowboys thatyou automatically created by using the“Generate Cowboys” menu item.

See Also... Backup Data (page 24), Restore Data (page 80).

Combine CowboyThis feature is found by choosing

COWBOYS from the left button bar. It is used toconsolidate two cowboys into one databaseentry. Occasionally, a cowboy will get enteredinto the database under multiple spellings of hisname. This feature can be used to remove thealternate spellings and consolidate everythingunder one cowboy.

Procedure 1. From the Cowboy screen, click on the tablabeled “Combine”. Click in the first editbox on that tab to show that you arechoosing the first cowboy to combine, andthen highlight a cowboy in the cowboylistbox by using a mouse or typing the namein the search box. As you select cowboysyou will notice that the edit box is updatedwith the cowboy you are currently selecting.

2. Click the second edit box on the combinetab to show you are selecting the secondcowboy to combine.

3. Select the cowboy to combine byhighlighting cowboys with the mouse or


typing the cowboy’s name in the find box.Notice that the second edit box isupdated with the name of the cowboy youare selecting on the left side.

4. Once both cowboys are selected, click theCombine Cowboys button.

The cowboys will be combined and youare done.

Note... Whenever you combine two cowboys, all theteam entries for the second cowboy selected willbe placed under the first cowboy, and then thesecond cowboy will be removed from thedatabase. It is important not to just delete thesecond cowboy, or the teams he was assignedto will be unassigned.

See Also... Add Cowboy (page 15), Delete Cowboy (page30), Edit Cowboy (page 32), Find Cowboy (page54).

Cowboy MaintenanceThis feature is found under the Cowboys

button on the left button bar and is used formaintaining the cowboy database. It includesfeatures for Adding, Changing, Deleting,Combining, and Finding cowboys. The databaseholds address and other information about eachof the cowboys in the system, and all thatinformation can be modified from this menu.


After choosing thismenu option, the CowboyMaintenance dialog willappear. To find aparticular cowboy,position the cursor in theSearch field, and starttyping the cowboy’s name. The listbox above thesearch field will startfilling up with names asyou type.

Once the appropriatename is highlighted, you can Edit, Delete, Find,and Combine the highlighted cowboy asdescribed below. You can also add a newcowboy at any time by clicking the Add button.

To exit the Cowboy screen simple click onthe Roping button on the left button bar.

Add Adds a new cowboy to the database. See AddCowboy on page 15.

Edit Allows you to change any information about thecowboy. See Edit Cowboy on page 32.

Delete Allows you to remove a cowboy from thedatabase. This should rarely if ever be used. See Delete Cowboy on page 30.

Show Advanced FeaturesThis checkbox turns on the filtering andgrouping in the cowboys grid. If this is on youcan click on the filters in each column to setfilter criteria for seeing your cowboys. You can


also drag columns to the header bar and cowboysby different fields (i.e. to see how manycowboys from each state, drag the state columnto the header bar, etc.)

Combine Tab This tab is used to combine one cowboy withanother (i.e. there have been two differentspellings entered for the same cowboy.) SeeCombine Cowboy on page 27.

Ropings Tab This tab shows all the ropings that thehighlighted cowboy is in. It will updateinstantly as you scroll through the cowboys. You can also print the list of ropings for thecowboy with the Print button in the bottom rightcorner.

Show this roping series onlyThis checkbox on the ropings tab will limit thelist of ropings displayed in the ropings tab to thecurrent roping series that is open at the time.

See Also... Open Roping (page 71), Toolbelt (page 93)

Delete CowboyThis feature is found by choosing the

cowboys button on the left nav bar. It allowsyou to delete (remove) a cowboy from thedatabase. Deleting a cowboy is permanent andcan NOT be undone. You should almostnever use this feature. See Combine Cowboyson page 27 before using this option.

You should never use this feature unlessyou are deleting a cowboy that has never been inany of your ropings. If you delete a cowboy that


was in one of your ropings, the team he was onwill become invalid. If the same cowboy is inthe database multiple times, use the CombineCowboy feature instead of deleting the extraspellings.

Procedure 1. From the Cowboy screen, highlight acowboy in the cowboy listbox by using amouse or by typing the name in the searchbox.

2. Click the Delete button.A prompt will appear asking you toconfirm that you are about to delete acowboy.

3. Click the Yes button if you want to deletethe cowboy. Otherwise click the No button.

See Also... Edit Cowboy (page 32), Add Cowboy (page 15),Combine Cowboy (page 27), Find Cowboy(page 54).

Delete RopingTo remove an entire roping from the Roping

Assistant, simply right click the mouse on thatroping and choose Delete. All the teams andtimes and the roping itself will be removed fromyour system.

Drawing TeamsSee Arranging Teams (page 17).


Edit CowboyThis feature is found by choosing the

Cowboys button on the left button bar. It allowsyou to change information about any cowboy inthe database.

Procedure 1. From the Cowboy screen, highlight acowboy in the cowboy listbox by using amouse or typing the name in the search box.

2. Click the Edit button.The Cowboy Information dialog willappear with all the information in theappropriate fields.

3. Press the Tab key until you get to theinformation you want to change, thenchange the information in the field.

4. When you are finished entering the all theinformation, press the Ok button to save thechanges to the database. If you don’t wantto save the changes, click the Cancel button.

See Also... Add Cowboy (page 15), Delete Cowboy (page30), Combine Cowboy (page 27), Find Cowboy(page 54).

Event ArrangingSee Arranging Teams (page 17).


Event InformationThis feature is found by right clicking the

mouse on the roping and choosing properties. Itis for changing information about the activeevent. You can change the event description orevent date by clicking in the appropriate fieldand changing the information.

This dialog will also let you change theevent type. Please do this with extremecaution. Changing the event type can be animportant tool, but it should never be doneduring the signup and arrange phase. The maindifference between each of the event types ishow the signup and arranging is done. Forinformation on the different event types, seeEvent Types on page 39.

See Also... Event Types (page 39), Open Event (page 70),New Event (page 68).

Event ReportsThis option is found by clicking on the

reports button on the left tool bar. It allows youto print a hard copy of the reports needed to runa roping event. To generate an event report,follow the procedure below:

Procedure 1. Click on reports on the left tool bar.The Event Reports screen will appear

showing the available reports.2. Highlight the report you want to generate

and click any report options you want.3. Click the Preview Report button to generate


the report.The Roping Assistant Editor will appear

with the report data.4. Click the PRINT button.

The report will print to the printer.

All event reports have the option of whichteams to print. By default, it will print all theteams in an event, but if you just need to reprintteams 100 - 120, place those numbers in theboxes next to the “Include Teams” prompt. Only the teams in that range will be included inthe report.

Here is a description of the reports and theiroptions.

Team Listing ReportThe Team Listing report will list all the

teams in their roping order. It will show thenames of the header and the heeler with theirrating in parenthesis behind each name. It willalso show their combined team rating and theirhandicap (if you are using handicaps.) This listcan be posted so the teams know their ropingorder.

If you are using rotations with your roping,you may want to print the team listing for eachrotation separately. To do this, click the ‘PrintSingle Rotation Only’ option in the ReportOptions box. You will then be prompted toenter the rotation you want to print when youperform the report. You will need to repeat thereport for each rotation.

Roping Time Sheet


The Roping Time Sheet is a form forwriting and totaling the times and for runningthe roping. It includes the team number, theheader and heeler names (with their rating inparenthesis), and lines for each round. It alsoincludes lines for totals between rounds andhandicaps if you are using handicaps.

If you are using rotations with your roping,you will probably want to print the time sheetsfor each rotation separately. To do this, click the‘Print Single Rotation Only’ option in the ReportOptions box. You will then be prompted toenter the rotation you want to print when youperform the report. You will need to repeat thereport for each rotation.

If any times have already been entered, theywill show up on the time sheet. To print a blanktime sheet for manually writing in the times,click the ‘Manual Time Sheet’ checkbox beforerunning the report.

Payoff Summary ReportThe payoff summary shows the current

winners and their payoffs according to the timesyou have entered and the payoff variables youhave set (see Event Variables on page 41) At thetop of the report is a summary of the moneyinvolved in the roping. There are two checkboxoptions with this report: one to hide the moneysummary at the top of the report, and one to hidethe payoff amounts for the winners. Using theretwo options together, you can post a winners listwithout having to show any of the moneyinvolved.


Callbacks ListingThis report generates the teams that will

comeback to the short go or final round. Youwill be asked which round to use for the reportso you can print a callback listing for any round(not only the final round.) The report will printin a ‘Team Listing’ style unless you check theoption for a time sheet style report. The timesheet style report is very handy for running thefinal round

Single Round RankingThis report ranks the teams based on their

times in a single round, from fastest to slowest. The ‘Show Percentile Markers’ checkbox willshow put markers in the report every 10 percentof the teams that it lists. This makes it easy tosee which teams are in the top 10 percent, 20percent, etc.

Team Ranking (Average)This report ranks the teams based on their

average times (including handicaps if you areusing them.) The ‘Show Percentile Markers’checkbox will show put markers in the reportevery 10 percent of the teams that it lists. Thismakes it easy to see which teams are in the top10 percent, 20 percent, etc.

Roper Ranking (Average)This report ranks the individual ropers

based on the times they had with each team theyroped with. Use the ‘Separate Headers andHeelers’ option to separate the times by headerand heeler.


Settings ReportThis report gives a bird’s eye view of the

roping, showing all the settings that are used forthis event.

Free Runs This report shows all the cowboys that got a freerun in the roping due to a mismatch in thenumber of headers and heelers

See Also... General Reports (page 54), Drawpot Report(page ?), Report Editing (page 79).

Event SignupThis feature is found under the EVENTS

menu and is used to enter teams or cowboys intoa specific event. All teams that are participatingin an event MUST go through this process to getentered into the event. All signup dialogs havethree buttons to do the signup: New Team,Modify Team, and Remove Team. Each buttonis described below.

Note Cowboys are always entered in FirstName Last Name order (i.e. John Doe). Thatis how the Roping Assistant is expecting youto type the cowboys’ names as you enter theteams. You can change this under the GlobalOptions settings under the File menu.

Event signup is also the procedure foradding, changing, and removing teams after theevent has started.

New Team Click this button to start entering new


teams. Once you start entering new teams, theRoping Assistant will keep asking you for moreuntil you press the Cancel button. You will thenbe returned to the signup dialog. See TeamEntry on page 85 for information about theTeam Entry dialog.

NOTE: To exit the new entry loop, be sureand click Cancel before entering another team. If you type in the team information and just clickCancel to exit the loop, the last team you enteredwill be canceled. Instead, you should click Okon the last team, and then click Cancel when thenext blank entry screen appears.

Modify Entry To modify a team, highlight the team youwant to change, and then click the Modify Entrybutton. The team will be displayed in the TeamEntry dialog (see page 85) and you can changeany of the information (including whichcowboys are on the team.)

Remove Entry To remove a team from the event, highlightthe team you want to remove, and then click theRemove Entry button. You will be prompted asto whether or not you want to remove the team. If you click Yes, the team will be removed fromthe event.

Team Signup This button will only appear if you areworking with a Round Robin or a Drawpot. With these event types, you don’t enter teamsdirectly into the Roping Assistant. Instead, youenter cowboys and the Roping Assistant createsteams from the cowboys.

In order to modify the teams after the event


is in progress, you must use this button. It willtake you to the Team Signup dialog for anumbered roping and you can then add, change,or remove teams as if this were a numberedroping.

Change Team Info This button will only appear if you areworking with a Numbered roping. It is usedto change the attributes of a team. Each ofthese is described under Team Informationon page 89.

See Also... Team Entry (page 85), Team Information (page89), Pick-N-Draw Roping (page 78).

Event TypesThere are currently four different event

types that are supported by the Roping Assistant:Drawpot, Numbered Roping, Pick-N-Draw, andRound Robin. All four types are run the exactsame way, the only difference being in how thesignup is done and how the arranging (ordrawing) is done. All the standard EventVariables apply to all the event types (exceptwhere noted below.). This is one of the thingsthat makes the Roping Assistant so flexible. Below is a description of the signup andarranging of each of the event types.

Drawpot A drawpot is a roping where cowboys buytickets for either heading or heeling or both. Each cowboy is entered individually into thecomputer along with how many times he wantsto head and heel. After all the cowboys havebeen entered in this fashion, the arranging (or


drawing) can be done.To do the draw, the computer will randomly

match headers with healers, arrange them in arandom order, and then space the teamsappropriately for roping. From this point on, theevent is run just like a numbered roping.

A drawpot is generally used in conjunctionwith a handicap system to even out therandomness of the draw.

Pick-N-Draw A Pick-N-Draw is a combination of adrawpot and a numbered roping. You enterteams into a Pick-N-Draw the same as youwould in a numbered roping. The difference isthat for each time a cowboy is entered into theroping, a certain number of partners areautomatically drawn to rope with them as otherteams. The teams entered in are taken intoaccount when the draw is performed so the sameteam isn’t created twice. You can add to or takeaway from the draw portion by clicking theDrawpot button on the signup screen. Pleasenote, however, that every time a cowboy ismodified or added to the pick portion of theroping, his “draw” entries are automatically re-calculated (i.e. If I modify the draw portion forCowboy 1, then when I add him in the pickportion again, I will lose the manual changes Imade on his name in the draw because thecomputer will re-calculate his draw entries.)

To do the draw, the computer will randomlymatch headers with healers (taking into accountthe teams that are pre-matched), arrange them ina random order, and then space the teamsappropriately for roping. From this point on, the


event is run just like a numbered roping.A Pick-N-Draw is sometimes used in

conjunction with a handicap system to even outthe randomness of the draw. For more detailedinformation about the Pick-N-Draw roping,see Pick-N-Draw Roping on page 78.

Numbered A numbered roping is a standard teamroping event. Tickets are sold to the cowboysand they match up their own teams. The teamsare then typed into the computer (as a team) tobe arranged.

After all the teams are entered, thearranging can be done in one of three ways:“First to Enter, Last to Rope”, “First to Enter,First to Rope”, or “Random Order”.

Round Robin A round robin is where every header ropeswith every heeler. The entry is similar to theDrawpot in that each cowboy is enteredindividually into the computer. When the entryis complete, the arrange stage will pair up theteams, arrange them in a random order, and thenspace them for roping. The rest of the ropingruns like a numbered roping.

See Also... Pick-N-Draw Roping (page 78), Event Reports(page 33).

Event VariablesThis option is found under the EVENTS,VARIABLES menu. It is used to specify thedifferent aspects of an event. Each of theoptions is described in detail following theprocedure below. For convenience, the event


variables are grouped under different majorheadings that are listed on the left side of thevariables dialog.

To modify the event variables, follow thesesteps:

Procedure 1. Choose EVENTS, VARIABLES from the mainmenu.

A dialog will appear showing all thevariable options.

2. Click on the appropriate variables section inthe list box on the left (i.e. Money andSignup, Roping Controls, etc.)

The appropriate variable settings will bedisplayed on the right side of the dialog.

3. Set the appropriate options (describedbelow) by pressing Enter to move betweenfields. When all the variables are set theway you want, click Ok.

You will be returned to the main screen.

The event variables are as follows:

Money and Signup

Number of Rounds The variable sets how many rounds will beroped in this event. The maximum is 10rounds per event.

Entry Fee This variable is the entry fee per roper (not perteam).

Maximum Entries This variable tells the maximum numberof times a cowboy can enter an event. Ifthe cowboy tries to enter more times thanis allowed, the Roping Assistant will


generate a warning to notify you. For aPick & Draw, this number is thecombined maximum for the draw portionand the pick portion.

Lump Sum DeductionThis variable allows you to subtract a genericamount from the roping for any adjustments thatneed made. See Payoff Calculation on page 71for more information about how this affects thepayoff.

Lump Sum AdditionThis variable allows you to add a genericamount to the roping for any adjustments thatneed made. See Payoff Calculation on page 71for more information about how this affects thepayoff.

Lump Sum is applied after stock chargeIf this box is checked then the lump sum amountwill be added after the stock charges have beencalculated instead of before.

Stock Charge PercentThis is the percent of the gross money that willbe taken out for the stock charge. This can be apercentage, or, to specify a specific dollaramount, type a dollar sign in front of the number(i.e. $300.00). See Payoff Calculation on page71 for more information about how this affectsthe payoff.

Association Fee This is the percent of the gross that getstaken out for an association fee. This can be


a percentage, or, to specify a specific dollaramount, type a dollar sign in front of thenumber (i.e. $500.00). See PayoffCalculation on page 71 for moreinformation about how this affects thepayoff.

Prize Money (per Roper)This is the amount of the signup fee that is takeout per roper to pay for prizes. See PayoffCalculation on page 71 for more informationabout how this affects the payoff.

Roping Controls

Max Team Rating This option specifies that maximumcombination of ratings that can enter aroping. For example, in a #8 roping, youwould be warned by the computer if a 6roper tried to rope with a 3 roper. Fordrawpots, this number represents themaximum combination that the computerwill match together (e.g. If this number isset at 7, then the computer would nevermatch two number 4 ropers together.) Thisnumber does NOT apply to round robins.

Min Team Rating This option specifies that minimumcombination of ratings that can enter aroping. For example, with a minimum ofa #4, you would be warned by thecomputer if a 2 roper tried to rope with a1 roper. For drawpots, this numberrepresents the minimum combination thatthe computer will match together (e.g. If


this number is set at 4, then the computerwould never match two number 1 roperstogether.) This number does NOT applyto round robins.

Max Header RatingThis is the maximum rating that a header can bebefore a warning is shown.

Max Heeler RatingThis is the maximum rating that a heeler can bebefore a warning is shown.

Draws for each Picked RoperThis option only applies to the Pick-N-Drawropings. It specifies the number of draw teamsthe computer will pick for a cowboy for everytime they are entered into the Pick-N-Draw as apicked team. You can change this number at anytime before you draw the roping and the drawwill be adjusted accordingly.

Progressive After This variable controls at which round theroping becomes progressive (i.e. teams musthave caught all their steers to advance.) Another way to look at this is the number ofsteers that each team is guaranteed to getwhether they catch or not.

Allow same partner more than onceBy default, a person can only rope with the samepartner one time. If this box is checked, they canrope with the same partner multiple times. Thisis mainly used for Draw Pot ropings where you


have a small number of headers or heelers andthey need to rope with the same partner morethan once.

Teams allowed in the short roundThis variable specifies how many teams arebrought back to the short round at the end of theroping. It is a specific number of teams unlessyou check the “Treat as a percentage” checkboxdirectly behind the option. It would thenbecome that percentage of teams (i.e. 20% of theteams instead of 20 actual teams.)

Short round runs slowest to fastestBy default, the short round will be run in thefastest to slowest time average time order. Ifyou want to reverse that order, check this box.

Min. Roper SpacingThis option specifies the minimum number ofthe teams that the Roping Assistant will use totry to separate a cowboy’s roping teams. Forexample, a setting of 8 would mean that if I justroped, there will be about 8 teams rope before Icome up to rope again. If this isn’t possible, thecomputer will space them as close to thisnumber as it can. Sometimes decreasing thisnumber will let the computer space all the teamsa little better (especially with smaller ropings.)

Give spacing preference to teams at which end of the roping?If it is necessary to run some teamscloser together than is optimal, thissetting tells whether to give betterspacing to the teams at the end of the


roping or at the beginning of the roping.

Payoffs

The Payoffs section has a list of tabs across thetop with the different types of payoff you canuse. All payoffs have a Breakdown button andmost have a Use checkbox. See PayoffBreakdown below for information about settingup the payoff breakdowns. The Use checkbox isso you can setup your payoff and then justdecided whether or not to use any of the optionswithout losing all your settings. For example,you might setup a payoff for the overall fasttimes, look at the payoff reports, and then decidewhether to use it or not. Simply check the Usecheckbox to include it in the roping, or uncheckit to not include it.

Average Set the number of places you want to pay in the‘Holes Paid’ box. Set the payoff breakdown byclicking on the Breakdown button (see PayoffBreakdown at the end of this section.)

Round Payoffs Rounds payoffs can be set for each round byusing the pulldown list. Only the number ofrounds in the roping will be listed in thepulldown combobox. First, select theround number you are making settings for,and then set the following settings:

Holes Paid – Specifies the number ofholes paid in that particular round.

Use? – This checkbox determineswhether the payoffs are used for the


selected round. You can set the payoffup for a round and then turn it on and offwithout losing all the settings.

Breakdown – Click this to set the payoffbreakdown for the given round. SeePayoff Breakdown below.

Pay round money in small rotation –Click this box to only pay half the roundpayoff for the last rotation if the rotationhas fewer than half the number of teamsas the other rotations.

Remove average winners – Click this boxto remove the average winners fromgetting round money for the selectedround. This is usually only used on theshort go round.

Overall Round PayoffsThis controls the payoff for overall times (acrossall rounds and rotations.) Set the number ofplaces you want to pay in the ‘Holes Paid’ box. Set the payoff breakdown by clicking on theBreakdown button (see Payoff Breakdown at theend of this section.) Click the Use checkbox touse this in the roping.

Pay overall in each rotation – Bydefault, the overall round money is justpaid once across all rotations. If this boxis checked, the money is paid for eachrotation.


Incentive PayoffsThis allows you to include a special payoff justfor the incentive teams in a roping. An incentiveteam is any team that has a team rating belowthe rating you have specified as the incentivebreak off point. You can mark any team as anincentive team, but the computer willautomatically mark incentive teams at signup ifyou check the Use checkbox for the incentives. The following settings are available.

Holes Paid – Specifies the number ofholes paid in the incentive.

Use? – This checkbox determineswhether incentives are used in the roping. Be sure to turn this option on beforeentering teams so they willautomatically be marked as incentiveteams by the computer.

Breakdown – Click this to set the payoffbreakdown for the incentives. SeePayoff Breakdown below.

Highest team rating for incentives –Enter the largest team number thatqualifies to be an incentive team here. Any team rating equal to or less than thisnumber will be marked as an incentiveteam.

Incentives based on how many rounds? –Enter the number of rounds to be used topay the average incentive winners. Thisallows you to pay incentives on a fewer


number of rounds than are actually in theroping.

Fastest on Two Payoffs

The Fastest on Two finds the fastest combinedtwo times for any two rounds excluding the shortround. The following options are available:

Holes Paid – Specifies the number ofholes paid in the fastest on two.

Use? – This checkbox determineswhether the fastest on two is used in theroping.

Breakdown – Click this to set the payoffbreakdown for the fastest on two payoffs. See Payoff Breakdown below.

Remove Average Winners from List –Click this box to remove any teams thatplaced in the average from the winnerslist of the fastest on two (i.e. averagewinners don’t qualify for the fastest ontwo.)

Consolation Payoffs

The Consolation payoffs pays on one round lessthan the average. Average winners are notallowed to win the consolation money. To usethe consolation you must run consolation roundsat the end of each rotation for those who onlymissed one of their steers. The followingoptions are available:


Holes Paid – Specifies the number ofholes paid in the consolation.

Use? – This checkbox determineswhether the consolation is used in theroping.

Breakdown – Click this to set the payoffbreakdown for the consolation payoffs. See Payoff Breakdown below.

Handicaps

Use this to setup the handicaps for your roping. If you aren’t using handicaps, you don’t need touse these settings. Handicaps are described indetail on page 61.

Buybacks

Use this option to allows buybacks in yourroping. Buybacks allow a team to buyback theirsteer if they missed their catch. While the eventis being performed, a team can be marked asdoing a buyback and they will be brought backat the end in the buyback round. The followingoptions are available.

Buyback through round # – Enter the roundnumber that buybacks are allowed through(i.e. you can only buy back the first twosteers, etc.)Buyback fee per team – Enter the amount


for each team to buy back a steer. This isfor record keeping only.Allow Buybacks – Check this option if youare allowing buybacks at your roping.

Payoff Breakdown

Setting the payoff breakdown for all payoffsworks the same way. A dialog pops up thatshows the number of teams in the event and hasplaces for 60 payoff holes. Type the amount thateach TEAM (not roper) gets for winning thatplace in the roping. The amount is a percentageby default. To specify a dollar amount, place adollar sign in front of the number (i.e $300.00). You can use a combination of percentages anddollar amounts (i.e. first 5 places paypercentages, and then places 6 - 10 pay $300.00per team.) See Payoff Calculation (page 71) formore information about how this affects thepayoff. You can also click the DefaultBreakdown button to use the defaults for thenumber of holes you are paying.

Shortcut There is a toolbelt button for variables.

See Also... Roping Information (page 81).

Exit the Roping AssistantTo exit the Roping Assistant, click the Exit

button on the toolbelt. You can also exit byselecting the FILE, EXIT menu option from themain menu.

When you exit the Roping Assistant, yourdata will automatically be saved for you.


Export CowboysThis feature is found under the TOOLS,

COWBOYS, EXPORT COWBOYS menu. It allowsyou to export all the cowboys and theiraddresses so they can be for mailing labels, etc. See Mailing List on page ? for the procedure onexporting.

Free RunsWhen you run a drawpot event, you have a

possibility of having a mismatched number ofheaders and heelers. When you draw the event,the Roping Assistant will ask you if you want itto automatically give free runs to headers orheelers as appropriate to balance them. If youchoose to do this, those cowboys that get one ormore free runs will be marked as such by squarebrackets (i.e. [John Doe]) appearing around theirname on the printouts.

You can also manually assign a free runonce the event is drawn using the TeamInformation screen (see page 89).

In short, this is just an easy was for you totrack with cowboys got free runs in your roping.

Note To encourage ropers to enter as many times aspossible, free runs are handed out randomly witha weighting towards those who have paid for themost entries first.

See Also... Team Information (page 89), Arranging Teams(page 17)


Find CowboyThis feature is found by choosing

COWBOYS button on the left side of the screen. It allows you to find everywhere a cowboy isroping.

Procedure 1. From the Cowboy screen, make sure youhave clicked on the Roping tab on the rightside of the cowboy screen. Then highlight acowboy in the cowboy list by using a mouseor typing the name in the find box.

All the ropings that the highlightedcowboy is in will appear under theroping tab on the right side of the screen. To narrow to just the active RopingSeries, click the checkbox at the bottomof the tab. You can also print theinformation with the Print button at thebotton.

See Also... Edit Cowboy (page 32), Delete Cowboy (page30), Combine Cowboy (page 27), Add Cowboy(page 15).

General ReportsThis option is found under the REPORTS

button on the left of the main screen. It allowsyou to print a hard copy of the general ropingreports. The general reports can be used tosummarize a whole roping instead of just asingle event. To generate a general report,follow the procedure below:


Procedure 1. Choose REPORTS from the left of thescreen.

The General Reports dialog will appearshowing the available reports.

2. Click the Report tab and highlight the reportyou want to generate and click any reportoptions you want.

3. Click the Prepare Report button to generatethe report.

A dialog will appear asking you to selectthe events you want to use in the report.

4. Highlight the events you want on the reportand click the Ok button.

The Roping Assistant Editor will appearwith the report data.

5. Select the PRINT menu option.The report will print to the printer.

Here is a description of the general reportsand their options.

Ranking by Money WinningsThis report sorts all the participants by their

money winnings in the selected events. Youalso have the option to show the cowboys costs(entry fees) on the report which sorts bywinnings less cost.

Participants Listing by CowboyThe Participants Listing report will find all

the cowboys that are in one of the events youselected and list them alphabetically showinghow many times they are entered in the eventsyou selected.

If you click the Show Event Detail box and


perform the report you will now get additionaldetail for each cowboy (who they are ropingwith, what team they are, what rotation they arein, etc.) If you only want to summarize onerotation, click the “Print Single Rotation Only”checkbox and you will be prompted for whichrotation to print.

At the end of the report you will get a countof the unique number of ropers that entered yourevents.

You can have the report sort by last nameby setting that option in the Reports section ofthe Global Options screen.

Cattle Runs SummaryThis reports summaries all the runs in a

roping by rotation and round. It will tell youhow many runs were made for the entire roping.

Shortcut There is a toolbelt button for General Reports.

See Also... Event Reports (page 33), Report Editing (page79).

Global OptionsThis option is found under the FILE, GLOBAL

OPTIONS menu. They are called Global Optionsbecause they apply to all ropings in the system. Whenever you change one of these settings, itaffects all your ropings until you change it again. To change one or more of the global options,follow the procedure below:

Procedure 1. Choose FILE, GLOBAL OPTIONS from themain menu.


The Global Options dialog will appear.2. Change any options you want to change by

pressing the Tab key to move between thefields.

As you tab between each field, a briefdescription of that setting will be displayedat the bottom of the dialog box.

3. Click Ok when you are finished.You will be returned to the main screen.

The available Global Options are asfollows:

GENERAL

Search and enter cowboys by last nameIf this option is checked, all entries and

searches done in the system as assumed to startwith the last name of the cowboy instead of thefirst name of the cowboy. The program needs toknow what order you are entering them so it canbreak the names into their appropriate first andlast name components properly.

SIGNUP

Repeat header entries during signupThis option will cause the heading team on thesignup for a numbered roping to repeat untilchanged. This facilitates entry forms where asingle header is listed with all their heelers.

Enter association id numbers during signupIf this option is checked, you will be given a boxto enter each cowboy’s association id number at


the same time you enter them into the roping. Many times this information isn’t available soyou can have that box turned off so you don’thave to tab through it on every entry.

Enter global id numbers during signupIf this option is checked, you will be given a boxto enter each cowboy’s global id number at thesame time you enter them into the roping. Theglobal id number is used for identifying thecowboy in the online portal.

Show warnings for ratings of zeroIf this option is checked, you will get a warningevery time you enter a cowboy with a zero ratingso you can correct it before moving on.

TIMER

Use Farmtek TimerCheck this option if you will be using a Farmtektimer to automatically enter your times.

Com Port NumberThis is where you put the number of thecommunications port where the timer isattached. Once you have attached the timer tothe computer (using the Farmtek serial to usbcable) you can use the dropdown list on thisscreen to help determine which COM port thetimer is using. Then type the number in theCom port number field.

Test TimerUse this button to test and see if the COM port


number you are using can see the timer attached.

PENALTIES

Use this section to change the amount of timeadded for any given penalty in the system. These are just the default times that will be used. You can always override the penalty value whenyou enter the time for the roper.

REPORTS

Base font size for reportsThis represents the base font size in points

used in the event reports (i.e. a 12 represents a12 point font.) Bigger numbers make biggerprint on the reports. Smaller numbers makesmaller print. You would mainly use this optionif you wanted to squeeze more teams on to asingle page. To do that, you could set the fontsize to an 8 or 10 point font.

Base font size for spacing teams on a reportThis represents the base font size in points

used for spacing the teams in the event reports(i.e. a 12 represents a 12 point font.) Biggernumbers make more space between teams on theprinted page. Smaller numbers prints themcloser together. You would mainly use thisoption if you wanted to squeeze more teams onto a single page. To do that, you could set thespacing to 6 or an 8 point font.

Default number of teams per page for time sheetsThis option will for the force the computer


to start a new page after the specified number ofteams. If you leave this set at zero, the computerwill start a new page whenever it fills up theprevious page. If you set this number to 15 youwill only get 15 teams per page. This option ismainly used to prevent teams from splittingacross a page. Based on your printer, you cantell how many teams are fitting on a page andtell the computer to always put that many teamson a page. This setting applies to time sheetreports only.

Default number of teams per page for team listingsThis option will for the force the computer

to start a new page after the specified number ofteams. If you leave this set at zero, the computerwill start a new page whenever it fills up theprevious page. If you set this number to 15 youwill only get 15 teams per page. This option ismainly used to prevent teams from splittingacross a page. Based on your printer, you cantell how many teams are fitting on a page andtell the computer to always put that many teamson a page. This setting applies to team listingreports only.

Sort Participants listing by last nameCheck this option if you want the participantslisting to be sorted by the cowboy’s last nameinstead of by their first name.

PAYOFFS

Round Payoffs to the nearest dollarCheck this option if you want all your payoff


amounts to be rounded to the nearest dollar afterthey are calculated. This could lead to thepayoff numbers not exactly matching because ofrounding.

Round Payoffs to the nearest five dollarsCheck this option if you want all your payoffamounts to be rounded to the nearest five dollarsafter they are calculated. This could lead to thepayoff numbers not exactly matching because ofrounding.

Check printing offset in millimetersUse this number to move the check printingpaper up or down slightly to align the printing tothe lines on the checks better. A positivenumber will move the printing down the pagethe specified number of millimeters. A negativenumber will move it up the page.

HandicapsYou can define handicaps for your roping

event by choosing EVENTS, VARIABLES, andthen clicking the ‘Handicaps’ variables section.

Handicaps are based on the combined teamrating. For any given team rating, seconds willbe added or subtracted from the teams’s totaltime. The handicaps for any given team will beshown on both the team listing report and theroping time sheets for your convenience.

YOU DON’T NEED TO HAVE A VALUEFOR EVERY TEAM RATING IN YOURROPING. The computer will search to find the


next highest team rating and assign that handicapto the team (for example, if a #1 through #3 teamrating gets 3 seconds off and a #4 through #7gets 1 seconds off, you only need to make andentry for the #3 rating at -3 seconds and the #7rating at -1 seconds. Everyone above a 3 willautomatically be caught by the #7 entry.)

To use handicaps, make sure the ‘UseHandicaps’ box is checked on the handicapsdialog. This checkbox allows you to define andsave your handicap settings, even if you don’twant to use them in the event right now. Youcan turn them on or off as you need to.

To enter your handicaps, use the procedurebelow:

Procedure 1. Choose EVENTS, VARIABLES from the mainmenu.

The Variable Information dialog willappear.

2. Click the ‘Handicaps’ variables section..The Average Handicaps variables will

appear on the right side of the dialog.3. For each team rating, type the number of

seconds to be added or subtracted from theirtotal time. To add seconds,simply type a number in thebox (i.e. 10). To subtractseconds, type a negativenumber in the box (i.e. -3). Tomove to the next field, press theTab key.4. Choose a handicap for an

open team and type thatnumber in the box by the


words ‘Everyone else gets this manyseconds added: ‘. Any team that has arating higher than the highest number youtyped in any handicap box will get thisvalue.

5. Click the ‘Use Handicaps’ box to turnhandicaps on or off. If the box has a checkin it, then handicaps will be used. If youuse a custom rating system (i.e. half ratings,etc.), see the note below about customizingyour handicap rating system.

6. Click the Ok button.You will be returned to the main screen.

Customizing your handicap rating systemIf you use a different rating system at your

roping (i.e. half points instead of 1 to 9), you cancustomize the handicaps to work for yoursystem. To do this, you can simply change thenumber under the “Team Rating” column tomatch your numbers. Be sure to enter your teamratings in ascending order, from smallest tolargest since the computer looks sequentiallythrough the team ratings to find which handicapshould apply. For example, you might replacethe 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, etc. ratings with 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4,4.5, etc.

See Also... Event Variables (page 41).

Import CowboysThis feature allows you to load a list of

cowboys into your system. The file must be acomma delimited text file with one cowboy perline. All fields must be represented on the line,


but can be empty if there is no data (i.e. acomma followed by another comma wouldrepresent an empty field.) The fields in each linemust be in the following order: First Name, LastName, Address, Address 2, City, State, Zip,Phone, Assocation Number, Header Rating,Heeler Rating.

If you are importing your database from aprevious version of the Roping Assistantsoftware, be sure to check the box that says“This is an export from a previous version of thesoftware”

This option is found under the Tools,Cowboys, Import Cowboys menu. Follow theprocedure below to import your data file.

Procedure 1. Choose TOOLS, COWBOYS, IMPORT

COWBOYS from the main menu.A dialog will appear asking you for the

file to import.2. Select the path and filename for your

cowboy file and click Ok. (e.g.cowboys.txt)

The file will be imported into yourcowboy list and a summary will display.

3. Click Ok. Your file has been imported andthe cowboys will be in the system.

LabelsTo use a 3 party program to do labels (i.e.rd

Microsoft Word), export a cowboy list andimport it into that program (See ExportCowboys (page 53)). To use built in mailinglabels, See Mailing Labels on page 65


Mailing LabelsThis feature allows you to create mailing

labels for the Avery 5160 or 8160 label format.This option is found under the TOOLS,

COWBOYS, MAILING LABELS menu. Follow theprocedure below to create your mailing labels.

Procedure 1. Choose TOOLS, COWBOYS, MAILING

LABELS from the main menu.The mailing labels dialog will appear

2. Click Select Cowboys button in the upperleft corner.

The Select Cowboys dialog will appear3. Use the filters on any or all of the columns

by clicking on the dropdown lists thatappear on each column as you hover over itto set the criteria you want for the label (i.e.All #3 header in Arizona).

As you add and clear filters, the cowboylist will narrow to your current selectionand tell you at the bottom of the dialoghow many cowboys are currentlyselected.

4. Click the Select button on the bottom left ofthe dialog once you have the cowboys thatyou want.

You will be returned to the mailing labelsscreen. You can repeat steps 2 - 4 asmany times as you want to change whichcowboys will get mailing labels created.

5. Click Make Labels.After a minute or two the labels willappear and a button called “PrintLabels” will appear.


6. Load the labels into your printer and clickPrint Labels.

Networking SupportThis feature is found under the FILE,

CONNECT TO NETWORK menu and is used toallow multiple computers to have access to thesame roping data at the same time. Using thisfeature, you can have one computer enteringnames into a new event while another computeris running the previous event. You can evenhave multiple computers entering ropers into thesame event at the same time.

***** WARNING ***** Before usingthis feature, be sure to read and understandthis entire section. Networking is anadvanced feature and can only be used withthe proper installation. A network must be inplace with network cards in all theparticipating computers and with thecomputers able to see each other in thenetwork. DO NOT TRY AND SET THIS UPMINUTES BEFORE YOUR ROPINGSTARTS -- MAKE SURE IT IS DONEWELL IN ADVANCE SO YOU CAN GETIT WORKING PROPERLY.

In order to use networking, you mustspecify a single server computer with one ormore client computers connecting to it. Only theserver computer needs a licensed copy of theRoping Assistant Professional. The clients thatwill connect to it can all be running in demomode.

Preparation 1. A working network environment must be in


place with all computers connected to it.2. A licensed copy of the Roping Assistant

Professional (version 5 or above) must beinstalled and running on the server machine.

3. Collect the ip address of the server machine(found under the HELP,ABOUT menu).

4. Collect the program path on the servermachine (found under the HELP,ABOUT

menu).

Procedure 1. Choose FILE, CONNECT TO NETWORK

from the menu on a client machine (not onthe server machine).

The Connect to another machine dialogwill appear

2. Type in the ip address of the server machineyou are connecting to in the “Machine nameor ip address” box.

3. Type in the Path for the program on theserver machine (generally this is correct andcan be left with the default value)

4. Click the Connect buttonYou will be connected to the servermachine. If this is the first time you haveconnected to the server, you must waitfor the server to prompt you to accept thenew client before it can connect.

TroubleshootingThere are several good tutorials on our web

site to help troubleshoot networking problems. Visit http://www.teamroping.net/tutorials

Other Info.Some of the information in the Roping


Assistant Pro. is stored locally on the clientmachine to make entry go faster. Multiplepeople could make changes to the data withoutother client computers immediately knowingabout it. It you have multiple people enteringand updating information from different clientmachines, make sure to close your event and re-open it to make sure all your information is up todate before performing the draw or printingreports, etc. Exiting the Roping Assistant Pro.and re-opening it will always synchronize theclient with all the latest data.

If you are using multiple computers to dodata entry, it is possible for two people withcreate a new cowboy at the same time and createtwo entries for that person. If you want to latereliminate one of the duplicate entries, use theCombine Cowboy feature in cowboy screen (seepage 27.

New EventThis feature is found under the FILE menu

and is used to create a new roping event (see thedefinition of Event on page 94).

Procedure 1. Choose FILE, NEW, ROPING EVENT fromthe menu.

If there isn’t a roping series open, youmust first open a roping series.

2. Type a description for the event (i.e. #5Roping) and then press Tab.

You will move to the date field.3. Type the date of the event.4. If you are running an event other than a

normal numbered roping, click on the type


of roping you are running (see Event Typeson page 39 to understand the differentoptions here.)

If you are switching the type of ropingevent, the computer will warn you to doso carefully. For a new event, you canignore this warning.

5. Set up the variables (see Event Variables onpage 41) and then click the Ok button.

You will return to the main screen.

See Also... Event Information (page 33), Event Variables(page 41), Event Types (page 39), Open Event(page 70), Close Event (page 25)..

New Roping SeriesThis feature is found under the FILE menu

and is used to create a new roping series (seedefinition of a roping series on page 95). Eachroping has several attributes the can be set todetermine how all the events in that ropingfunction. Each of these options can be definedwhen a new roping is created or at any othertime by changing the roping information screen.

Procedure 1. Choose FILE, NEW, ROPING SERIES fromthe menu.

The Roping Series Information dialogwill appear.

2. Type a short overall description (up to 30characters) for the roping series (i.e. Spin-N-Grab) and then press Tab.

You will move to the date field.3. Type the starting date of the roping.4. Select the Roping Options as described


under Roping Information (page 81).5. Click the Ok button.

You will be returned to the main screen

See Also... Roping Information (page 81), Open Roping(page 71), Close Roping (page ?).

Open EventThis feature is found under the FILE menu

and is used to open an event (see the definitionof Event on page 94). An event must be openedbefore any work can be done it.

Procedure 1. Highland the roping you want to open andchoose FILE, OPEN from the menu.

Shortcut Simply double click on any roping youwant to open. You don’t need to close aprevious event before opening another one. Theactive event will automatically be closed foryou. You will know an event is open because itwill show in red and will be listed in the title barsection of the screen.

There also a toolbelt button to open anevent.

See Also... Toolbelt (page 93), Open Roping (page 71),Close Event (page 25), New Event (page 68).


Open RopingThis feature is found under the FILE menu

and is used to open a roping series (see thedefinition of a Roping on page 95). If a ropingis already open, it will automatically be closedbefore the new one is opened.

Procedure 1. Highlight the roping you want to open andchoose FILE, OPEN from the menu.

See Also... Open Event (page 70), Close Roping (page ?),New Roping (page 69).

OptionsSee Global Options (page 56)

Payoff CalculationCalculating the payoffs is a very importantaspect of the Roping Assistant Professional, andit is important to understand how everything iscalculated so you can setup the variablesproperly. Here is the order the payoffs arecalculated.

Note: The money from buybacks is not used inthe calculations. It is assumed to be strictlyproducer's profit.

1. The total owed from the number of teams iscalculated (TOTAL1)2. The prize money multiplied by twice the

number of teams is subtracted from


TOTAL1 and a new total (TOTAL2) isfound. (NOTE: The prize money isassumed to be per cowboy, not per team.)

3. The Association fee is taken out, either as apercent or a dollar amount, from TOTAL2. Thenew total is TOTAL3.4. The Lump Sum Deduction is subtractedfrom TOTAL3 and then the Lump SumAddition is added to TOTAL3 givingTOTAL4.5. The Stock charge (either a percent or dollaramount) is taken out of TOTAL4 leavingTOTAL5.6. If the incentive money is a percent, thatpercentage of the INCENTIVE AMOUNT (seeincentives calculation below) will be subtractedout of TOTAL5, leaving TOTAL6. If theincentive money is a dollar amount, it issubtracted out of TOTAL5, leaving TOTAL6.7. All round money is calculated (as shownbelow) and subtracted from TOTAL6 to makeTOTAL7 (which is the average pot money)8. The average ground money (or any otherdollar amounts specified) is taken fromTOTAL7 leaving TOTAL8.9. TOTAL8 (the average money) is then usedto pay the average holes.

Round Money Calculations1. The round percents for the round payoffsare added up for each round (i.e. 5% for round 1,5% for round 2, etc.). This total percent ismultiplied by TOTAL6 above. This givesROUND TOTAL1.2. The ground money (or any other dollar


amouns specified to be paid in each round) isadded to ROUND TOTAL1 giving ROUNDTOTAL2.3. The overall fastgo money to be paid isadded to ROUND TOTAL2 to make ROUNDTOTAL3.4. ROUND TOTAL3 is the amountsubtracted out in step 7 above.5. If rotations are being used, the money foreach round is divided evenly among all rotationswith each rotation paying the same number ofround holes. Any dollar values used (groundmoney) is multiplied by the number of rotationsso each place gets the amount specified in theround variables.

Incentives CalculationNote: If incentives are used, then percents shouldbe used in both the stock charge and associationfee if they apply.1. Count the number of teams that qualify for

the incentives (INCENTIVE TEAMCOUNT)

2. Multiply the INCENTIVE TEAMCOUNT by the entry fee to getINCENTIVE TOTAL1.

3. Subtract the appropriate stock charge andassociation fee from INCENTIVETOTAL1 leaving INCENTIVEAMOUNT used above for payoffs.

See Also... Event Variables (page 41).


Payoff ChecksPrinting payoff checks is a handy feature,

even if you have the computer print the actualchecks. By default, all the winners aresummarized on the Print Payoff Checks dialog,one entry per winner. If a cowboy won multiple

places (i.e. an averagespot and a fastgo) theywill only be listed oncewith the combinedwinnings. This way youcan print a single checkfor the winner instead ofseveral checks.

The check printout isa 3 section form that fitson the size of a regular8½ by 11 inch paper. The

top section is the actual check; the middlesection is a pay stub type summary breakdownfor winnings of the individual in the event; thebottom section is a summary with a sign off lineshowing the roper got their money.

When you print payoff checks, only thosechecks that are marked as ‘Yes’ in the ‘Ok toPay’ column will be printed. By default, all arese the ‘Yes’. You can use the Mark All ‘Yes’button and the Mark All ‘No’ buttons to mark allthe checks one way or the other. Use thePayable and Non-Payable buttons to markindividual entries (as opposed to marking all ofthem.) You can change the amount on anyindividual check by highlighting the winner andclicking the Amount button. You will then be


asked for the new amount to write the check for. You can attach a note to a check by typing it inthe ‘Check Notes’ box.

If you want all the winnings for anindividual separated (instead of combined), clickthe ‘Don’t combine winnings into a singlecheck’ checkbox.

Perform EventThis option is found under EVENTS,

PERFORM EVENT. It allows you to run theroping event and enter all the times into theRoping Assistant Professional.

** Note ** – We recommend you always keep apaper copy of the times, even if you are runningthe event with the computer.

When you perform an event, the mainscreen changes to the performance screen. Thisscreen can be used to run the event as it happens,

or just as anentry screen toenter ropingtimes into thecomputer. Thescreen isdivided into 4main sections. The top leftsection shows

the teams that are coming up next, who is thecurrent 1 place in the average, and what the lastst

timed team did. After every run, this sectionwill always show the total time for the last team


and what place that moved them into in theaverage.

The top right section shows variousstatistics about runs per hour, teams that havecaught in this round, how many teams are still inthe average, etc. Also in this section is apulldown combobox that lists all the rounds androtations in the ropings. You can use this list tojump to any spot in the roping when you areentering times.

The bottom left section shows all the teamsin the current round and rotation. If they havealready been timed for that round, a blue checkmark will appear by their names. An icon of ahand will always mark the next team that will betimed.

The bottom right section shows informationabout the highlighted team in the top part, andthe current fastest times for the round androtation in the bottom part.

There are many shortcuts you can use whenperforming the event (which are listed below). Generally you can follow a very simple processas follows: Press the Enter key, type the time,press the Tab key, type the penalty time, andpress the Enter key again. The time will berecorded and the highlighter will automaticallymove to the next team to rope. Repeat thisprocess until you come to the end of the rotationor round. The computer will automaticallyprompt you to move to the next round asnecessary.

In the middle of the perform event screen


are several buttons. Each of the buttons has acorresponding menu item under the PERFORM

menu. You can click the button or use the menuoption. They are all described below, along withshort cuts.

Time This button brings up the timing dialog box soyou can enter the time for a run. You can alsopress the Enter key.

Next Round This button moves to the next round in theroping.

Previous RoundThis button moves to the previous round in theroping.

Set Team This button allows you to set the next team thatwill be timed. You can time any team at anytime, but the Set Team button will start theroping moving forward from that point on.

Roll This button rolls the highlighted team down aspecified number of teams and brings them up tobe timed later. An ‘R’ icon will appear besidethe team.

$ Mark Buyback $ Marks the team with a ‘B’ icon to comeback during the buyback round.

Ride In This button allows you to add a ride in team onthe fly without going through the team entry andarranging process.

Buyback Round


This button starts the buyback round and justruns those teams that are marked with a ‘B’.

General Shortcuts

Enter Times a teamSpacebar Return to the current teamS Search for a name (or

partial name)J Jump to team number

Pick-N-Draw RopingA Pick-N-Draw roping is slightly more

involved than a regular roping and deserves alittle more attention here.

The computer maintains two sets of “Draw”entries for the Pick-N-Draw:one set that it generates foryour picked teams, and oneset where you can make yourcustom entries. Thecomputer’s entries appear inthe signup box with the word“Computer” in the created bycolumn of the signup screen. Your entries appear with theword Producer in the createdby column. You can’tmodify the computer’s

entries, and it won’t modify yours. If youchange the number of draws that each pickedteam gets, the computer’s part is regenerated butyours is left alone.

The entries you make are intended to offsetthe computer’s entries. For example, suppose


John Doe isn’t in the roping, but just wants toenter into the draw portion. You can add himinto the draw portion only. Or, perhaps JohnDoe want to get in the draw portion two extratimes: you can add him as a new roper in thedraw portion and his custom entries will beadded to the computer’s entries to give him thetwo extra entries.

You can also remove entries from the drawportion by entering a negative number for aroper. For example, John Doe has been enteredinto the draw 6 times by the computer, but forsome reason you only want him in 4 times. Youcan make an entry for John Doe heading -2times. This will be added to the computers 6times and only leave him with 4 entries.

This may sound complicated, but once youhave done it, it is really very simple.

See Also... Event Variables (page 41), Event Types (page39).

Report EditingAll reports in the Roping Assistant are

printed from the Report Editor. It is basically asmall word processor where you can make anychanges to the text before printing the report. None of the changes you make will affect youractual roping data, only the printout of thecurrent report.

If you want to save your report to disk,you can use the Save Report As button on theupper left side to save the file as an PDF file orother format for importing into a wordprocessor.


See Also... Event Reports (page 33), General Reports (page54).

Restore DataThis option is used to restore your data from

a backup. It will create a new association tohold your data so no data gets overwritten.

To restore your data files, follow theprocedure below.

Procedure 1. Choose TOOLS, DATA, RESTORE DATA

from the main menu.A message will appear describing what is

about to happen.2. Click the Ok button to continue the restore.

An Open dialog box will appear to helpyou find the backup file.

3. Enter the path and filename of the backupfile to restore or just browse to find it usingthe dialog box. Then click the Ok button.

A dialog will appear asking for the nameof the association you want to create. Thiscan easily be changed later.

4. Enter the name for an association and thenclick the Ok button to continue or clickCancel to abort the restore.

An hourglass cursor will appear whilethe restore is taking place. This processcould take several minutes to complete. Amessage box will then appear saying thatthe restore is completed.

See Also... Backup Data (page 24)


Roping InformationThis feature is used to change the

information associated with the active ropingseries. You can use this option to change thedescription of a roping series, the date of aroping series, or any of the attributes of a ropingseries. To change the description or date, moveto the appropriate field and type the newinformation. For information on each of theroping options, see the descriptions below.

Roping Options Simply check or uncheck each option toactivate or de-activate it by clicking withthe mouse on the appropriate box.

Show Event Date on ReportsIf this is checked, the date of the eventprints on all applicable event reports.

Use Team Sequence NumbersIf this is checked, the ordering of teams isdetermined by the sequence number enteredin the sequence field when the team wasentered. The teams are first sorted on this,and then arranged in the order chosenduring the arranging process. If it isn’tchecked, the sequence numbers are ignored.

Allow Switch-End TeamsIf this option is active, you will be warned ifa team has entered an event again by justswitching ends (i.e. the header is nowheeling and the heeler is now heading.)

See Also... Open Roping (page 71), New Roping (page 69),Event Information (page 33).


Roping OrderThe Roping Assistant offers three different

ways to arrange your teams in a numberedroping. In a drawpot, a Pick-N-Draw, and around robin roping, the teams are alwaysarranged in a random or a pre-determined order.

For numbered ropings and the picked teamsin a Pick-N-Draw, the computer keeps track ofthe order in which the teams are entered. It canthen offer you three different was to arrangeyour roping teams. Each option is describedbelow.

If you are using sequence numbers, theteams will be sorted first by sequence number,and then by the roping order you have chosen.

With any given roping order, there may besome variation due to the need to space theropers so they aren’t roping back to back. Thedifferent roping orders are as follows:

First to Enter, First to RopeWith this order, the teams are arranged in

the same order they were entered into the RopingAssistant.

First to Enter, Last to RopeWith this order (the most common one), the

teams are arranged in the reverse order from howthey were entered. This makes the first teamsthat entered, the last teams to rope.

Random OrderWith this order, the teams are arranged in a

completely random order regardless of what


order they were entered into the RopingAssistant.

See Also... Arranging Teams (page 17), Team Roping Order(page 91).

RotationsRotations allow you to divide a large roping

into several smaller groups. This option is foundunder the EVENT, ROTATIONS menu. You cansetup automatic rotations (the Roping Assistantwill generate them for you) or you can manuallychange any of the assigned rotations.

Before you assign any rotations, you mustarrange the teams in their roping order.

To automatically assign rotations, followthe procedure below:

Procedure 1. Choose EVENT, ROTATIONS from the mainmenu.

The Setup Rotations dialog will appear.The box in the upper right corner will showhow many teams have and have not beenassigned rotations.

2. Set the size of each rotation (the number ofteams per rotation) in the ‘How many teamsdo you want in each rotation’ box. Thedefault of 50 teams is usually a goodnumber to use.

3. Set the number of teams (from those NOTalready assigned rotations) to group intorotations. This number will automaticallybe the total number of teams that needrotations (unless you change it.) If youchoose to, you can group fewer teams than


the number of teams that still needrotations, and then do the rest at a later time. If you do this, you should do it in multiplesof the rotation size.

4. Click the Make Rotations button.The teams will be assigned to a rotation.

There are two other options that can be usedwith the automatic rotations. They are describedhere:

Redo all teams gathering ropers into the fewest rotationsIf this button is used then the teams will

be grouped before assigning rotationnumbers. NOTE: This will not preservethe roping order you have chosen. It alsore-assigns team numbers because teampositions change dramatically.

Grouping arranges the teams so that asingle cowboy will have all his teams in onerotation. The rational behind this is that ifthere are 6 rotations, I may not want to haveto rope in three different rotations. I amnow free to rope in my rotation, and thencome back at the end for the final round.

Sometimes it isn’t possible to put aroper’s entries all in one rotation. Whenthat is the case, the computer will try andput the roper in a back to back rotation.

Clear all assigned rotationsThis clears all the assigned rotation. You

can then assign everyone to rotation one or redothe rotations. This box is seldom if ever used.


There will be times when you just want tochange one team (or several teams) into differentrotations. You can modify any teams’ rotationindividually by following the procedure below:

Procedure 1. From the Setup Rotations dialog, highlightthe team (shown in the listbox on the left ofthe screen) or teams that you want to changerotations for.

2. Click the Change rotation for highlightedteams button.

A message box will appear ask for thenew rotation number you want to move theteams into.

3. Type the number of the new rotation andclick the Ok button.

The team or teams will be updated withthe new rotation number.

When you are finished working with rotations,click the Ok button to return to the main screen.

Shortcut There is a toolbelt button for rotations.

See Also... Arranging Teams (page 17), Team Information(page 89).

Team EntryThis dialog is accessed from the Team

Signup dialog. It is used to enter and modifyteams in an event. This dialog will varydepending on which type of event you areentering. The dialog contains the informationabout one team for Numbered and Pick-N-Draw Ropings and the information for one cowboy for


Round Robin and Drawpot ropings.When the team (or cowboy) is complete,

click Ok to accept the entry. If everythingchecks out, you will be asked for the nextcowboy. There are, however, several checks thatare done on each team. If the team or one of thecowboys on the team fails any of these checks,you will be given a message on the screen andasked if it is alright to accept the team anyway. If you click Yes, the team will be added likenormal. If you click No, you will be returned tothe entry screen so you can cancel or modify theteam.

Drawpot Use the following steps to enter a cowboyinto a Drawpot. To change the information, youwould follow the same steps, but change onlythe new information.

1. Type the cowboy’s name in the ‘Name’field. Notice that as you type, the CowboyList box on the right starts to search for theright cowboy. Once you find the rightcowboy, press the Tab key.

If the cowboy already exists in thedatabase, the cowboy’s number andrating will be filled in for you.

2. Optionally, enter the cowboy’s associationid (if you have that field turned on), andthen press Tab.

3. Enter the cowboy’s ratings. This is veryimportant to have if you are usinghandicaps. Press Tab to move to the nextfield.

4. Enter the number of times this cowboy will


be in the event as a header, then press Tab. Leaving the field blank will assume zero (0)times.

5. Enter the number of times this cowboy willbe in the event as a heeler, then press Tab. Again, the default is zero.

6. Click Ok to add the entry.A new entry screen will appear.

Round Robin The team entry for a round robin is identicalto the drawpot. The only thing you need toknow is that a cowboy can’t head and heel in around robin, and a cowboy can’t be entered morethan once in a round robin.

Numbered Roping The process for entering a team in anumbered roping consists of entering aheader and a heeler.

1. Type the cowboy’s name in the ‘Name’field under ‘Header Information’. Noticethat as you type, the Cowboy’s for HeadingList box on the top starts to search for theright cowboy. Once you find the rightcowboy, press the Tab key.

If the cowboy already exists in thedatabase, the cowboy’s number andrating will be filled in for you.

2. Optionally, enter the cowboy’s association number (if you have that turned on), andthen press Tab.

3. Enter the cowboy’s rating. This is veryimportant to have if you are usinghandicaps. Press Tab to move to the nextfield.


You are now ready to enter the heeler. Repeat steps 1-3 on the heeler side of the screento enter his information. When you are done,click Ok to accept the entry, or Cancel to startover with this team.

If you are using incentives, the computerwill automatically turn on the incentivecheckbox for the team if their team rating fallsbelow the number you have set (see EventVariables on page 41). You can manually checkor uncheck the incentives checkbox.

If you are using sequence numbers (i.e.every team that entered was stamped with anincrementing number to preserve entry order),you would put the sequence number in thesequence field before accepting the team. Theteams would then be arranged by their sequencenumbers before being arranged for roping (TeamSequence Numbers on page 81).

Pick-N-Draw The team entry for a Pick-N-Draw isidentical to the drawpot for the draw portion, andidentical to the numbered roping for the “Pick”portion. Initially, you will be in the numberedroping entry. To switch to the “Draw” entry,click the Drawpot button (which only appears ifyou are entering teams into a Pick-N-Draw). When you are finished entering the “Draw”teams, you will be returned back to thenumbered entry. You can switch back and forthas often as you need to. Every team that isentered (as opposed to being “drawn”) in a Pick-N-Draw will appear in the team signup windowwith an asterisk (*) by their name. That showsthat this is an actual picked team and not one


that the computer has generated.For a Pick-N-Draw, you will seldom need

to fill in the draw portion because the computerwill automatically fill it in for you based on howmany drawn teams each picked roper gets (set inthe variable settings (see page 41)). At any time,you can see what the computer has built on the“Draw” side of the roping by clicking theDrawpot button on the signup screen.

Note When you are on the “draw” screen of thePick-N-Draw, the entries the computer has madefor you will appear with the word “Computer” inthe created by column while any custom entriesyou have made will appear with “Producer” inthe created by column (see Pick-N-Draw onpage 78).

See Also... Team Entry (page 85), Pick-N-Draw (page 78).

Team InformationThis dialog is accessed from the Team

Signup dialog. It is used to change the attributesof a team. Each of the attributes is describedbelow. When you are finished changingattributes, click Ok to save the changes, orCancel to cancel them.

Team Number The team number is simply the descriptionused throughout the Roping Assistant to talkabout a particular team. It in NO way affects theposition of the team. You have the ability tochange the team number because you may wantto change it in certain circumstances.

For example, suppose I moved team number


14 down to the 25th position. I could thenchange the team number to 25A (since there isalready a team 25.) This makes moving a teamless confusing in the team listings.

As you change the team number, acheckbox will appear saying where the team willbe moved to if you leave the box checked (i.e. ifyou changed team 14 to 25a the computer wouldmove the team right after team 25 unless youuncheck the box not to move it.)

Rotation This the rotation that the team ropes in.

This is an incentive team This lets you mark a teamas an incentive team.

The Header has a free run This lets you manuallymark the header of a teamas getting a free run. Youcan also remove the freerun here.

The Heeler has a free run This lets you manuallymark the heeler of a teamas getting a free run. Youcan also remove the freerun here.

See Also... Team Entry (page 85), Free Runs (page 53).


Team Roping OrderThis option can be found under the EVENT,

ROPING ORDER menu. It is used to make quickmanual adjustments to roping order once youhave arranged the teams. For example, twocowboys might be sharing the same horse, but

they are roping back toback. Use this screen tomove one of the teams. The move will then bereflected in all thereports.

If you just need tomove a single team, thequickest way is to go

back to team signup and use the “Change TeamInformation” button to just change their number. The team roping order screen is more for makingmultiple changes quickly.

To manually change the roping order, usethe following procedure:

Procedure 1. Choose EVENT, ROPING ORDER from themain menu.

The Team Roping Order dialog willappear listing all the teams.

2. Highlight the team you want to move withthe mouse.

Other teams that involve one of the samecowboys will be listed at the bottom of thedialog so you can see what other teams theyare roping with.

3. Use the buttons on the dialog box to movethe team up or down, or to place it after a


specific team number. Click the Ok buttonwhen you have completed the moves youwanted to make.

A message box will appear asking you toconfirm that you accept the new ropingorder. If you click Yes, the order will bemade active. If you click No, you will bereturned to the Team Roping Order dialogso you can cancel.

There are several buttons on this dialog thatare described below:

Move Team UpThis button will move the highlighted team

up one position in the roping order.

Move Team DownThis button will move the highlighted team

down one position in the roping order.

Move Team After #This button will move the highlighted team

after the team number you specify in the boxdirectly below the button. You can move team#1 below team #50 by typing a 50 in the box andclick this button.

Renumber This TeamThis button will let you change the team

information about the highlighted team. Manytimes you will want to give the team a differentnumber after moving the team, or give it adifferent rotation number. For example, after


moving team #1 after team #50, you might wantto click this button and change the team numberto 50A. (See Team Information on page 89).

Renumber All TeamsUse this button if you want to automatically

renumber all the teams according to the neworder you have created. You may want to dothis if you have made several changes andhaven’t posted any of the team listings yet. Thecomputer will start at 1 and renumber all theteams according to your new order, thus savingyou from having to change a bunch of teamnumbers manually.

Shortcut... There is a toolbelt button for Roping Order.

See Also... Arranging Teams (page 17), Roping Order (page82), Team Information (page 89).

ToolbeltThe toolbelt provides a quick and easy way

to start the most common tasks in the RopingAssistant. It is the row of buttons directly belowthe menu bar on the main screen. As you moveyour mouse cursor over the buttons, adescription of each button will appear in thestatus bar at the bottom of the main screen.

To access one of the button features, simplyclick on the corresponding button. Everythingthat can be accessed from the toolbelt can alsobe accessed from the menus above the toolbelt.

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Appendices

Definitions

The following definitions are used throughout thismanual. A good understanding of how the RopingAssistant is defining the following words will help youunderstand how to get the most out of your product.

Event An event is a single team roping. Multiple events make up a complete roping series. Anevent might be a #9 roping, a DrawPot Roping, a RoundRobin, a Pick & Draw, etc.

Main Screen This is the opening screen that youfirst see when you run the Roping Assistant. Thisscreen becomes the point of reference (or starting point)for most of the procedures listed in this manual.

Drawpot A drawpot is a roping where each roperis entered individually and then the computer matchesthe ropers to form teams. All teams are matchedrandomly.

Numbered Roping A numbered roping is onewhere each roper picks all his teams. There is nomatching of teams by the computer.


Pick-N-Draw A Pick-N-Draw is acombination of a numbered roping and a drawpot. Eachroper picks a partner (or multiple partners) and then anappropriate number of random partners are drawn forthem.

Round Robin A round robin is a roping where eachroper is entered individually and then the computermatches each header with every other heeler and viceversa.

Roping Series A roping series refers to a series orcollection of individual events. A roping series mightcover an entire week or just a single day, and includemultiple events (i.e. a #9, a #7, and a #9-Century event.)

Toolbelt The toolbelt is the bar that sits rightbelow the menu on the main screen. It provides one-click buttons to quickly start the most common tasks inthe Roping Assistant.

How Do I?

This section contains some of the most commonquestions and gives one of the solutions for each. Theremay be several ways to answer the same questions. Only one solution is given here.

How do I change the spelling on a roper’s name?Use the Edit feature under the Cowboy

screen (see page 28) to edit the cowboysinformation and change the spelling on hisname. The change will immediately take effectthroughout all ropings.

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How do I sort the ropers in the signup dialogs?Most the dialogs that have several

columns of information now have appropriatetitles on each column. To sort the list by thatcolumn, simply click the mouse once on thatcolumns title. The computer will sort theinformation and then re-display it in sortedorder. To sort the information in reverse order,hold the CTRL button on the keyboard whileclicking on the column title.

How do I add teams to a drawpot or Pick-N-Drawafter it has been draw and is already running?

To add teams to a drawpot or Pick-N-Draw roping after it has already started (so youdon’t want to re-draw the whole roping), youmust change the event to a numbered roping. Once it has been changed, you can then addteams and the arrange option will let you justarrange the teams you have add that haven’tbeen arranged yet (see Arranging Teams on page17).

To change the event type, right click theroping and choose properties and then click onthe Numbered Roping option. Be sure to clickOk to save your changes.

How do I use my own Handicaps?The Roping Assistant allows you to enter

your own handicaps for each roping event. Thehandicaps will print on the team listings as wellas the time sheets. For detailed instructions onhow the use handicaps, see Handicaps on page61.


How do I customize my reports?Any report created by the Roping

Assistant is put into a text window for you toprint to the printer or just look at on the screen. You can add anything you want to the report, orremove anything by simply typing newinformation or deleting information. Anythingyou change in this text window will also showup on the printed report. See Event Reports onpage 33.

You may also use the global options onthe File menu under the Reports tab to changethe font size and spacing.

What are the teams listed under the “WaitingTeams” section on the ropings screen?

When a roping series is open, all theevents in that series are listed on the screen. Tothe rights of each event, the Roping Assistantshows the total number of teams that havealready been arranged (i.e. assigned teamnumbers), and the number waiting for teamnumbers. The “Waiting Teams” is the number ofteams that have been entered, but not arrangedfor the roping. Every team must go through the‘Arrange / Draw’ phase before they are ready torope.

Why do some of the ropers have brackets aroundtheir names?

Brackets around a roper indicate that theygot a free run (see page 53) because there was aheader/heeler mismatch when the event wasdrawn.

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What are the dollar signs ($) and asterisks (*) thatappear on my reports?

A dollar sign is used to show the teamsthat are marked as incentive teams. An asteriskshow which teams were the picked teams of aPick-N-Draw roping (as opposed to the teamsthat were drawn.)

Why don’t my teams show up when I perform theevent?

Teams will only appear in the PerformEvent window if they have been through thearrange/draw process (see page 17)


Sample Numbered Roping Heeler Ticket

Sample Entry Tickets

Here are some sample entry tickets that you canuse for easier entering into the computer. The drawpotticket is shown below, and the numbered roping ticketson the next page. The header ticket is smaller so it canbe stapled right onto the heeler ticket and you can stilleasily see both names on the ticket.

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Sample Drawpot and Round Robin Ticket

Sample Numbered Roping Header Ticket


IndexAdd Cowboy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Append to Event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Arranging Event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Arranging Teams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Auto Fill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Auto Fill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Calculate Payoffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Change Cowboy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Changing

Cowboy Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Event Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Roping Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Team Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

ChecksPayoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Clearing Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Close Event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Combine Cowboy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Cowboy

Adding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Combine.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Delete. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Edit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Export.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Find. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Cowboy Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Clearing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

CowboysImport.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

DataClearing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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Delete Cowboy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Delete Roping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Drawing Teams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Drawpot.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Free Runs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Edit Cowboy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Emptying Data.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Event

Append To.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Arranging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Close. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Handicaps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 New. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Open. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Perform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Roping Order.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Rotations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Signup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Times.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Variables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Event Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Event Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Event Signup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Event Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Event Variables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Exit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Export Cowboys

Export. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Find Cowboy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Free Runs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 General Reports.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7


Step by Step. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 System Capacity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Using the Roping Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Global Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Handicaps.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Import Cowboys.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Mailing Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Maintenance (Cowboy). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Multiple Computers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Networking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 New Event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 New Roping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Numbered Roping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Open Event.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Open Roping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Options.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Global.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Payoff Calculations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Payoff Checks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Perform Event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Pick-N-Draw Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Pick-N-Draw Event Type.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Printouts

Team Listing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Time Sheets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Quit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Remove Roping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Reports

Event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Formatting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Restore Data.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Roping

Delete. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 New. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Open. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Variables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Roping Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Roping Order.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Changing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Roping Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Rotations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Round Robin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Sequence Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Settings

Event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Global. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Signup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Team Entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Team Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Team Listing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Team Order (Changing). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Team Roping Order.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Team Signup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Teams

Arranging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Drawing.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Free Runs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Sequence Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Time Event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Time Sheets.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Toolbelt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Use Event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Use Roping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Variables

Event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Global.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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