Monday, March 15, 2010

How to manage (export/import) picks

Currently, a FreeTrak administrator has two options for managing picks.  And you can easily use BOTH methods as needed.  (1) The long-handed way.  Participants give the administrator the old paper bracket (filled out), and the administrator simply enters them all by hand into the master copy of FreeTrak.  (2)  Participants download & install their own copy of FreeTrak, set up the tournament (downloading current config, importing teams for 2010), setting themselves up as the only player, and then make their picks. Picks (once made) can be exported into a file (e.g. JohnDoe.FTX), which can then be emailed to the FreeTrak administrator -- and the administrator can then import picks from that file by opening up a blank bracket for that participant and clicking the Import button (and selecting that person's .FTX file).  Once the participants have made their picks and exported them to the file, they can always uninstall FreeTrak at that point.

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