PortaTree Silver Box Professional - Manual (Page 10)

We use a Paradox Runtime pointer to locate the Result files that you will be creating
and it is called an “ALIAS” which we call “RESULTS”. In order to create the ALIAS you must
go to the Post Process Main Screen and Click on FILE, then ALIAS and select NEW. The
cursor will go to an empty edit box and you must type in the word RESULTS. You must then
go to PATH and type in the path as to where your results will be located. We like to keep
results files from each year in separate directories. Go to the Windows Explorer and Click on
the “C:\” (Root Directory) then click on the Right side of the screen and Right Click and select
NEW and FOLDER and type in a name for your new results directory. The format that we use
is C:\RESUL99 for results for the ’99 season. We used C:\RESUL98 for the ’98 season. Now
you must type in the path in the ALIAS Manager (C:\RESUL99) and then Click on O-Kay. The
computer will ask you if you would like to Save to Public Alias and you again must click on O-
Kay and you will end up back at the main Post Process Program Main Screen.
RACER’S ENTRY SCREEN
Click on Racer Entry and you can select from the Main Racer’s Database, Second
Racer’s Database, and a Third Racer’s Database. You should keep your regular racers in the
main racer database. The second and third racers database are for special events where
racers come in from different areas and probably will not race regularly at your track. The
DRAG RACE Program can only open one racer database at a time, so it is important that you
select the racers database that you will be using for the specific race day. Most tracks will only
use the Main Racer’s Database.
There are 39 different fields in the racers database in software version 100 and 40 fields
in version 200 and 300 ( the 40
th
field is the Class Index field ). You can enter all or some of