News
1-Mar-2021
New in TopTurnier V9.1 IDO-Edition
- New: WebJudge: This tool allows to judge online competitions. This recent version supports Cross marks, Skating, TCI+Crosses, TCI+Skating, TCIS+Crosses, TCIS+Skating, Points+ABCDX (for Battle preliminaries)
WebJudge is free for all customers with DAS licenses.
If you are interested in WebJudge please contact me by email for details.
- New: DAS: Version 9.02
- Fixed: misc. smaller problems solved
31-Jul-2020
New in TopTurnier V9.0 IDO-Edition
- New Tool: WebJudge: This tool allows to judge online competitions. This first version supports Cross marks, Skating
WebJudge is free for all customers with DAS licenses.
If you are interested in WebJudge please contact me by email for details.
- New: Different Disciplines requested by national federations added
- New: DAS: Version 8.90
- Fixed: misc. smaller problems solved
27-Nov-2019
New in TopTurnier V8.9 IDO-Edition
- New: Define multiple sets of Autoprint and select it in the competition
- New: Copy function for Autoprint sets and Diploma/startnumber designs
- New: DAS: Version 8.88
- Changed: TabletServer now with FileOpen button
- Fixed: misc. smaller problems solved
1-Jun-2019
New in TopTurnier V8.8a IDO-Edition
- New: Now programs and installer with signature
- Fixed: Sometimes a strange "access violation" happened at competition start
- Fixed: misc. smaller problems solved
25-Oct-2018
New in TopTurnier V8.7a IDO-Edition
- New: Redesigned Menu control in main program
- New: Print diplomas directly from Battle spider input
- New: Define Adjudicators Panels and assign them to comps
- New: Max. 20 Finalist at comps with skating only
- New: Layout of printable startnumber can be pre-selected in CompData
- New: Timed backups work now in background without nerving status popup
- New: Digital Adj. Sheet V8.71
- New: TopProjector: Dialogs now can be shown alternatively in "Dark style".
- New: TabletServer: Now able to be a Homescreen-Icon-WebApp on Android devices, too (additionally to iPad). Min. Chrome 38 (Oct.14) needed
- New: TabletServer: Status of Adjudicator DAS log-in or completion now shown live on Title page
- New: Status info about incomplete event/competition data with more precise info (TopTurnier windows footer). In case of errors now marked in red.
- New: Sort competitions by Begin time, Comp number, manually by drag+drop
- New: Print selected Judges and Officials directly from dialog Comp data
- Changed: Non-IDO-Adj-Sheets for national comps.
- Changed: CSV import of starters now selectable as UTF8 or ASCII
- Fixed: Several smaller problems
1-Jun-2017
New in TopTurnier V8.4 IDO-Edition
- New: Battle selection now on Dig.Adj.Sheets V8.41
- New: New rating rules for Showdance TCIS 20-10-10-20
- New: D.A.S. version V8.41 (for Battle selection and Showdance)
- New: Category Crews added,
- New: Redance with ranks instead of cross marks,
- New: Data storage format revised. Now storing tt8 archives.
tt7 archives will be backuped to \events\!backup\ before converted. - Fixed: Battles: Bug fixed with battle rounds with only 2 starters
- Fixed: Several smaller problems
8-June-2016
New in TopTurnier V8.2 IDO-Edition
- New: TopProjector: Flags at "Podium" and at "Show current participant" are now animated with wind effect
- New: DAS: Layout of DAS observation dialog in competition optimized. Now it is much easier to find missing judges and to see which judges have finished
- New: Stability of DAS transmission improved
- New: Reports Adj./Officials Schedule sorted by comp start times. Schedules now can be printed day wise or completely
- New: It is now possible to print Startlists and Revised Startlists for a whole day (each comp on a new page)
- Changed: Improved data stability of event data in network environments
- Changed: Print-out Table of Results: After preview it is possible to print only this recently displayed page
- Fixed: Classes Data: Scrolling through classes using arrow keys sometimes caused a crashed dataset. Now solved.
- Fixed: Problems solved with printing of Adjudicator sheets with startnumbers sorted heat list/start order
- Fixed: misc. smaller problems solved
17-Feb-2016
New in TopTurnier V8.1 IDO-Edition
- New: New IDO rating rules for Battle sort-out
- New: Startlist input window layout changed
- New: Central dance floor definition,
- New: Global start numbers: Separate number ranges in categories,
- New: Improvements for Dig.Adj.Sheets
- New: TopProjector: Define screen borders, Clipping when scrolling
- Changed: Performance improvements in dialog Event data
- Changed: Performance improvements in dialog Classes data
- Changed: Startlist dialog: Faster scrolling through the list using arrow keys
- Changed: TopProjector: at starting order: Single starters and starters at open marking now sorted in starting order
- Changed: TopProjector: Scrolling text now faster at high resolutions
- Changed: TopProjector: Flags updated
- Changed: Templates for Web export: Now ascii and UTF8 files accepted
- Fixed: All dialogs of TopTurnier now opens centered on main window. No problems anymore with extended desktop
- Fixed: Several problems
15-July-2014
New in TopTurnier V7.6 IDO-Edition
- New: TCI(S): Enter points of single categories. Points data also included in web export
- New: IDO result report export with included zipped HTML files
- New: Maximum number of Judges in a panel increased to 17 judges
- New: Rating of Redances shown in Web export
- New: Battles: Listing Startlist with results available after Battles
- New: Global event unique numbering for each category (eg. Solos, Groups/Formations)
- New: TopProjector: Heat list: Analog Clock can be shown in left or right lower corner
- New: Print-outs: Last selected printer now remembered for each single listing type (and not globally)
- New: Dig.Adj.Sheets: New devices with Android V4.x supported: Samsung Galaxy S3, S4, S5
- New: Dig.Adj.Sheets: New adjudicator language: Spanish
- New: Dig.Adj.Sheets: Support for TCI(S) points
- New: Dig.Adj.Sheets: Support for Production 2D points
- New: Dig.Adj.Sheets: Print PIN listing from within a competition
- New: Dig.Adj.Sheets: Lower network load and faster data transmission of DigiServer
- New: Dig.Adj.Sheets: New functions to prevent user errors (eg. data deletion by accident)
- New: Diplomas for Couples and Duos: Name order on the two diplomas different for partner 1 and partner 2, optimized for each partner
- New: Print-out of Startnumbers by institution now possible for all institutions with only one command
- Changed: Default quali selection for next round by majority of marks
- Changed: Battle plan print-out revised, now dynamic generation
- Changed: Competition program: If main window not maximized, all dialogs are automatically centered on main window
- Changed: TopProjector: Qualificants with many starters: now smoother and faster scrolling
- Fixed: Redances: TCIS points+marks did not work correctly for Redances
- Fixed: TopProjector started on wrong screen on some windows installations
- Fixed: Network mode: Flickering of competition startmenu removed
- Fixed: Print-out of Startnumbers by institution: no empty paper anymore after an institution
- Fixed: Several smaller problems
22-July-2013
New in TopTurnier V7.4 IDO-Edition
- New: Productions: New 2D System implemented
- New: User interface modernized
- New: TopTurnier is now working completely with Unicode charset
- New: New archive formate for storing the event data (tt7 replaces top and cta)
- New: TabletServer: Many new possibilities, now full-screen mode for Android
- New: Now 6 printers can be predefined
- New: Do full-backups regularly by time interval
- New: Options->Directories: Define automatic internet export for a running competition
- New: TopProjector now shows country flags at selected projections
- New: New function: New from old event
- New: Search function in Event data masks for Team and Adjudicators
- New: Diploma and number designers store images in the diploma+nmbr directory
- New: Send to email/Copy to usb-stick: Transfer of diploma/number images
- New: DigiServer for communication with Digital Adj. Sheets as separate program with overview over all found D.A.S.
- New: Support for the next generation of Digital Adj. Sheets based on Android devices
- New: Check-In option to allow late registrations with status "registered" (no immediate check-in)
- New: TopProjector: Usage of TopProjector now possible before the first comp. is started
- New: TopProjector: Heat list can be selectable shown by dance or by heat
- New: TopProjector: Digital clock can be shown in center, Analog clock can be shown while heat list/start order
- Changed: HTML export: non-latin special characters can be exported now
- Changed: New fonts on print-outs for better readability
- Changed: Input of cross rating: Sum of marks will be always shown now
- Changed: Classes data: Number of selected judges is shown
- Changed: Startlist by class: Number of active couples is shown
- Changed: Databases: Window layout changed
- Changed: Entry web: Now with HTTPS security
- Changed: Entry web: Completely modified to UTF-8
- Changed: Checkin: optimized window order at checkin
- Changed: Modified behaviour of Country input fields. Now opening country list after 3 entered characters for faster selection
- Changed: Copy to USB-Stick/Get from USB-Stick improved
- Changed: Competition part: Back button does not ask for allowance anymore
- Changed: Network: Speed optimizations
- Changed: Autoprint does not change the earlier selected printer for normal prints anymore
- Fixed: Security: Passwords: Problems solved
- Fixed: Sometimes a competition was kept under network usage, although already closed
- Fixed: Print out of single adjudicators sheets often printed all sheets
- Fixed: Problems solved with update download function
- Fixed: Adj. schedule: calculation of pages optimized, PIN numbers on that list if used
- Fixed: Print competition lists: "Qualified Starters" print-out was empty
- Fixed: Network: Startlists: Adding of competitions used wrong startnumbers
- Fixed: Several smaller problems
7.11.2011
New in TopTurnier V7.0a IDO-Edition
- New: TopTurnier module: TabletServer with info-service on tablets/webpads for comperes (e.g. on Apple iPad)
- New: Support for age groups Minikids and All added
- New: Rating type introduced: points-and-marks for disciplines with TCI/S with own music
- New: Starter import: Solos, Duos, Couples: Names are now automatically capitalized
- New: Wireless D.A.S: Now assigning of judges to devices possible on event level
- New: Cable and Wireless D.A.S.: Now possible to handle 20 starters per heat in preliminaries
- New: Auto-print: Title page added as print-out
- New: Short cut in TopTurnier folder assigned to events folder location
- Changed: Salsa finals: 3 dances with skating
- Changed: Selection for redance: number of redance participants can now be selected manually
- Changed: Starter import: Multiple import of Groups/Teams/Formations/Productions possible if dance title or group size is different
- Changed: Data backup fundamentally revised
- Changed: Multi-day classes now possible
- Changed: Wireless D.A.S.: Filled adj. sheets can be printed without having the D.A.S. dll
- Changed: Program booklet can now be printed without title page
- Changed: Auto-print: After complete print the same printer is selected as before, indepentently of last printer used within auto-print
- Changed: Folder for update is now saved also in c:\programdata\TopTurnier-IDO
- Fixed: HTML export of Battle sort-out fixed
- Fixed: KO-Battles: Battle opponents (starting order) now like defined in rules 2011
- Fixed: Battle comps.: If redance after sort-out: The battle starting order also takes redance rating into account
- Fixed: Productions: Sorting starters in startlist now by name possible
4.07.2011
New in TopTurnier V6.9 IDO-Edition
- New: Hip Hop Battles introduced equal to Break Dance Battles
- New: Support for Duos male, Duos female and Duos mixed added
- New: Support for Mini Productions added
- New: Startlists: Showdance titles added (will be printed on help sheets and other print-outs)
- New: Now 250 classes per event possible
- New: Print-out "Starter labels" for better organising dancer's music CDs at competitions
- Changed: Start order at A+B-Finals (+1 rule): Winner of B-Final always at last position independently on start order method
- Changed: Writes user data now to Windows standard folders for program data
in Vista and Win7: c:\programdata\TopTurnier-IDO\, in Win2000 and XP: c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\TopTurnier-IDO\ - Changed: Directory options: configurable paths to diplomas+numbers layouts, and to databases (Attention! in V6.9 no protection implemented againts multiple edition in networks)
5.05.2010
New in TopTurnier V6.7 IDO-Edition
- New: Copy function for classes
- New: Copy function for team members
- New: Mark preset printed on heat list
- New: Startlist import and result export include Dancetitle for Show Dance
- Changed: Network mode optimised
- Changed: Startlist by institutions does not print time and floor number anymore
- Fixed: Web export sometimes saved into wrong directory
- Fixed: Problems solved with Breakdance
- Fixed: Problems solved with Dance off 1st/2nd place
- Fixed: Startlist import: Name order was not consistant
- Fixed: Printout of event program sometimes forgot classes
5.04.2009
New in TopTurnier V6.6 IDO-Edition
- New: Startlist window: Letters register at the left side in all starters tab
- New: Startlist window: Changing tab from class list to all starters: Last selected couple will be pre-selected
- New: Now 15 diplome preset formats possible
- New: Judges and team members can be copied to selected classes
- New: Startlist window: Support for mouse scrolling wheel
- New: Starter search function extended by function to search start numbers
- Changed: Marks input mask: It is now possible to change to next judge even if marking is not entered. So it is possible to enter marks if sheets come back in wrong order.
- Changed: Warnings on competition start will be shown VERY clearly now
- Changed: Checkin: Print out of numbers are now sorted by competition start time
- Fixed: Corrected link in competition start window to startlists
- Fixed: Entering many classes could result in predrefined "ghost" data
- Fixed: leaving the classes data with x after changing adjudicators did not save data
- and many more small things
23.08.2008
New in TopTurnier V6.5d IDO-Edition
- New: New Disciplines ChaChaCha, English Waltz, Jive
- New: Competition title possible to define class by class
7.07.2008
New in TopTurnier V6.5c IDO-Edition
- New: New Disciplines Salsa Shines and Lambada
- New: Printout of Program: Title page: Cancelled competitions will not be printed anymore
- New: Wizzard for changing of Judges while running competition
- Changed: Printout of Startlists by names: Page length calculation optimized
- Fixed: Strange scrolling behaviour in class startlists mask removed
- and many more small things