[paulg]

How do I download multiple hands to a teaching table?

Specifically, I have movies from a team game, say 8 boards, that I want to re-play with beginners at a teaching table.

My experience is that only the first hand works and then subsequent deals are random.

Thanks,

[fred]

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How do I download multiple hands to a teaching table?

Specifically, I have movies from a team game, say 8 boards, that I want to re-play with beginners at a teaching table.

My experience is that only the first hand works and then subsequent deals are random.

Thanks,

Currently there is no easy way to do this (sorry).
Eventually we will improve this part of the program.

For now your only option is to save each of the
deals in a separate file and then load them one
at a time.

Fred Gitelman
Bridge Base Inc.
www.bridgebase.com

[inquiry]

Here is a short work-around that will do what you want, but requires about 30 seconds of your time and the use of windows commands and the program NOTEPAD that came with windows.

1: Go to windows explorer and change to the directory under where the hands are stored. It is probably something like C:/Bridge Base Online/hands/cardsharp

2: Make a copy of the file you are interest in discussing in the chat. (right click on the file name, choose "copy" then "paste"). The origianl file will be named something like 03-18-03-01. In this example, the new file will be named "Copy of 03-18-03-01".

3: Using Notepad, open the "copy" of the file you just made. To find the file, you will need to go to the right directory, and change the file type from *.txt to "all files"

Now the tricky part happens. Perhaps this file contains a lot of hands. I assume you want to play all hands in the file in order.

4: Using the Movie button, open the file entitled "copy of ...." and if you want, paste the hand into the chat (with movie open, push the "you hold button" and then from movie press Send button.

5: When you are ready to move to the second hand, this is where you will use notepad. In the file you opened in notepad you will find a line that begins:
qx|01|.... (bunch of stuff, including your name). Start highlight from the start of the qx until the last space on the line just before the next line that starts qx|02|. Then delete all the stuff you just highlighted.

6: In Notepad, choose "SAVE AS" (important, NOT SAVE, but SAVE AS) and in the save dialog box change the file type from "Text Document (*.txt) to "All Files". Then press "save". You will get a dialog box saying you are going to overright an existing file with the same name. Say yes. When you save the file, you have lost the first hand from the copy of the file you made (but since it was only a copy, no problem, you have the original file safely left alone).

7: Now in movie, you can open the "copy of .... " file, and since the first hand has been deleted, the second hand shows up. You can SEND that (second) hand. When you are ready for the third hand, you go back to notepad, delelete the original second hand (beginning at qx|02| and ending just before qx|03| and repeat the "SAVE AS" step.

The reason you make a copy, is each time you have to delete the hand you just saw, and if you didn't have a copy, you would lose all the hands you are using. This problaby not as easy as fred's save each hand and load them one time, but at least it is an option for you.

Ben

[paulg]

Fred: Thanks for the info - I'll stop trying to do it now

Ben: I'm flabbergasted by the detail and quality of the process you've given - many thanks

Paul