- This is the full version of Basketball Playbook 008

If you are upgrading please read the upgrade.txt text.

To install unzip in a temporary directory/map/folder and 
run the Setup.exe file by double clicking on it.
Follow the instructions on the screen to install the
playbook program. After installation you can click on 
the Icon in the start menu to start the program.
You can sent your comments and remarks to.
basket(at)Jes-Soft.com


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- Changes since Basketball Playbook 001
  
  - Printing routine has changed.  
  - The passing line is changed, there will be more 
    dashes in a line. 
  - Improved drag and drop, suggested by Todd Prior .
  - Copy of players when adding a sequence, suggested
    by Todd Prior.
  - Court graphics in add box, court and text tab have 
    changed.
  - Copy of sketch to clipboard is added.
  - Backup & Restore of plays is added.  
  - Rename of Plays is added, suggested by John Hinton.

 
- Changes since Basketball Playbook 002
  
  - Skip added to restore function.  
  - Some minor bugs solved. 
  - Loading of text in Edit Text tab works again.
  - Some background processing improved.    
  - Delete play function is much quicker now.	
  - Added a coach and plane courts. suggested by 
    Andrew Haysom.
  - Although it was already there.
    An option to play with the colors and filling 
    of the players has been added.
  - After the delete play also the delete sequence
    is improved.
  - And now there is some movement.
  - X's instead of triangles is possible


- Changes since Basketball Playbook 003
    
  - The disappearing X's problems is solved.
  - A help file is added.
  - Some options have been slightly modified.
  - In an animation offense can change to defense
    and defense into offense.
  - A skip in print option so sketches you add
    for the animation's only do not get printed. 
    suggested by George Timas.
  - Finally solved the page numbering problem in 
    the preview window.
  - Added a skip all button in the restore function.

- Changes since Basketball Playbook 004a
  
  - There is an export function for the sketches in
    JPG and BMP format, normal and double size.   
  - An export function for plays in HTML format,
    this should make it possible to load the plays
    in all modern word processors.
  - The animation function is extended with, pause,
    stop, next, prev, loop and sketch functionality.
  - The animation speed setting works the other way
    around, also the speed doesn't have to be 
    changed when switching between color and 
    black and white animation's.
  - Lost of last update in text when starting an
    animation bug is solved.
  - The page header on a print can be changed.
  - Printing in rows instead of columns and font 
    size have been added in the print menu.
  - Some printer problems should be solved.
  - Lot of little things have improved in the
    background.  

- Changes since Basketball Playbook 005
  
  - Added select all text in text edit mode
  - Showing of previous positions and movement lines
  - Full screen animation.   
  - Font choice for the text, suggested by Petr Lysonek
  - Some printing problems and other bugs solved.

- Changes since Basketball Playbook 006
  - Rich text format text editor.
  - Faster color animation.
  - Shading of area's to show which area is defended or open.
  - Image draw/redraw is a bit faster. 
  - Saving of plays with more than 20 sequences.
  - Adjustment of color, text or rotation of players.
  - A new ball rack symbol.
  - A new pylon symbol.
  - New wheelchair symbols.
  - Some of the printing problems as described in the FAQ section are solved. 
  - New appearance menu. 
  - Hiding of animate only sequences.    
  - Copy play function. 
  - Replace option when restoring. 
  - Plugin capability. 
  - And a few other things.

- Changes since Basketball Playbook 007
  - XP compatible.
  - BDE removed.
  - New print engine.
  - Snap to grid function. 
  - Curved lines.
  - Edit line function.
  - Text option for sketches.
  - Edit color for polygon and ellipses.
  - Bultin SMTP E-mail client.
  - Export to PDF file format, text is not formatted. 
  - PNG image file format. 
  - Program can be executed from read only media.



  
- License

  See the file "License Agreement Basketball Playbook.txt"

  
  When distributing plays or drills made with Basketball
  Playbook, please state the name of the program or the author
  (www.Jes-Soft.com) in the distributed media.
  



- What does Basketball Playbook do ?

  Basketball Playbook version 008 is a coaching tool, which
  helps a coach designing and distributing his own plays
  and drills.
  Basketball Playbook has the following features:
  - Storing of plays in a database ordered in categories you 
    define.
  - A design tool to sketch basketball plays and drills.
  - An animation option (full screen)
  - A limited text editor to describe your plays and drills.
  - An export and import function to exchange plays with
    other users of this program.
  - Designed plays can be printed in high quality.


- Prerequisites

  Or what do you need to let this program work
  - Pentium or compatible processor based computer
  - 32 MB of Ram (64 MB recommended)
  - Windows 98, Me, NT, 2000 or XP 
  - 5 MB disk space
  - 25 MB of temporary disk space for printing in the highest 
    quality, printing in highest quality is not recommended.
  - 16 bit color or higher when using colored courts.


- Known Bugs
 
  Printing
  - When there is to much text in a sequence the text will
    not be printed. Try decreasing the print font.


- Updates
    
  Small updates and links to new versions can be found at
  http://www.Jes-Soft.com/Playbook/


- Removal

  The program can be removed, by choosing add or remove programs   
  from the windows control panel.  
  The (changed) database, i.e. the plays and drills folder 
  in the program folder/my documents, has to be removed manually. 
  Just like any other document changed with a program. 


- Comments

  For additional plays go to 
  http://www.Jes-Basketball.com/playbook/  
  Please sent comments, remarks, plays and drills to:
  basket(at)Jes-Soft.com. 
  Received plays and drills will become part of the 
  database and might be published at 
  http://www.Jes-Soft.com,
  http://www.Jes-Basketball.com and/or 
  http://home.hccnet.nl/j.e.smit/ 

  
- About Jes-Soft

  Jes-Soft is based in the Netherlands and registered under 
  number 27195932 at the chamber of commerce in The Hague.
  Web-Sites:	http://www.jes-soft.com
		http://www.jes-basketball.com 
		http://www.jes-hockey.com
  E-mail: 	Basket(at)Jes-Soft.com


Erik Smit.
September 2003
 