GPRM Question
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:52 pm
Our Pinewood Derby was today and we had a problem with the software. I was wondering if anyone could help.....
I used the same software last year and had no problem but today....
All of the kids came in and passed inspection and their cars were put on the display stand. After all kids passed we called them to the computer to input their names and number. When I was putting their names in, I would ask them which number on the stand they were and I put that number in for their car (I had to change the number the computer was wanting to assign for their car). It seemed to go fine until I got an error message after registering around 10 or so cars. It said that I had assigned the same number to two different cars.... but I had not (every car had a different number on the registration page. Then it would not let me create charts. I could pull up all their names and info in the registration window, but when it came to creating the race schedule, there were no names. I would click on webelos and there where no racers. I opened new files and reregistered them two more times... with the same result....
I had played with the program last night to refamiliarize myself with it and it went perfectly but I did not change the numbers, the computer assigned them....
So here's my question...
Can you not change the number the computer is wanting to assign... even if you don't use the same number twice.....
After the derby today (which went horribly wrong with our charts we made... my son finished second overall and 3rd in Webelos ) I ran the program again (mock run) and let the computer assign the numbers it wanted and it worked perfectly.
I will be more than happy to answer any questions as best I can or try and clarify anything.
I used the same software last year and had no problem but today....
All of the kids came in and passed inspection and their cars were put on the display stand. After all kids passed we called them to the computer to input their names and number. When I was putting their names in, I would ask them which number on the stand they were and I put that number in for their car (I had to change the number the computer was wanting to assign for their car). It seemed to go fine until I got an error message after registering around 10 or so cars. It said that I had assigned the same number to two different cars.... but I had not (every car had a different number on the registration page. Then it would not let me create charts. I could pull up all their names and info in the registration window, but when it came to creating the race schedule, there were no names. I would click on webelos and there where no racers. I opened new files and reregistered them two more times... with the same result....
I had played with the program last night to refamiliarize myself with it and it went perfectly but I did not change the numbers, the computer assigned them....
So here's my question...
Can you not change the number the computer is wanting to assign... even if you don't use the same number twice.....
After the derby today (which went horribly wrong with our charts we made... my son finished second overall and 3rd in Webelos ) I ran the program again (mock run) and let the computer assign the numbers it wanted and it worked perfectly.
I will be more than happy to answer any questions as best I can or try and clarify anything.