Guide Creating Carnival
Creating a new carnival is simple. First, push the New Carnival button. A dialog will be displayed asking for a carnival description and for a filename (each carnival is stored in its own file). Enter a name that describes the carnival you want to create (e.g. 1999 Secondary Athletics Carnival). To enter a filename push the Locate button. You will be presented with an Open File dialog. Find the directory where you want to put the carnival file and then type in a filename that describes the carnival (e.g. 99sec-at). Push the OK button (in the locate file dialog) and then push the OK button again (in the New Carnival dialog). After a few seconds the Sports Administrator will create a new file with the name and location you specified and will display it in the list of carnivals on the left of the screen. To start using the new carnival click on it and push the Make Active button.
You are now presented with the Sports Administrator Main Menu. It is from this screen that you access all the Sports Administrator's features. You can also use the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Setting up a carnival from scratch is also a simple process. Once you are familiar with the program you should be able to set up a carnival from scratch in less than 15 minutes. One advantage of the Sports Administrator is that once you have set up a carnival you simple copy it for subsequent years … you never have to set it up again.