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Posted by Chris, Coach on team #308, Walled Lake Monster, from Walled Lake Schools and TRW Automotive Electronics.

Posted on 4/15/99 2:14 PM MST


In Reply to: In Search of... Scouting Database posted by Andy Baker on 4/15/99 1:36 PM MST:



I wrote a database program in C. A few weeks ago I posted that I had text files from the Ypsi regional. Those text files were generated by my program.

The program holds scouting information for the teams, keeps track of every match, calculates the standings at the touch of a button, and generates text file reports. It actually works quite well. We always knew who the top 8 was before FIRST knew.

The only 'catch' is that the program is DOS based (you can run it in a Windows95 DOS shell). But the program is completely menu driven and very easy to use.

If anyone would like a copy of the program (if you don't mind using DOS), e-mail me and I'll send it. I'll also send a couple of file utilities that allow you to merge data file and such so more than one person can be entering data on more that one computer.

-Chris


: Our team has all of these sheets from scouting teams who
: attended the Chicago and Yipsilati regionals. We are
: just now (finally) going to put info into an Excel spreadsheet
: so we can have an easily referenced database to access
: many teams' abilities.

: I'm thinking that other teams gotta have similar databases.
: While we are creating ours, it sure would be nice to have
: more info from any other team who would want to give away
: something that you have already put together.

: I realize that team 74 was compiling something similar to this,
: but I would really like to have that data in order to make
: a couple of cheat sheets which could easily be referenced
: between rounds.

: I'm not sure how much this will help our team, but who knows,
: maybe it could mean the difference of winning or losing a
: match... I know that we won a few last year only due to
: scouting.

: One this database is compiled, I will offer it up to whoever
: wants access to it... just send me an email sometime before
: next Tuesday (4/20) and I'll send you what I have.

: BUT, in order to get this done, I need info from you. So,
: if you got it, please send it me.

: Also, our pit (hopefully) will have a handout of what has
: been put together.

: Thanks in advance,
: Andy Baker