Thursday, April 19, 2018

Sending Files

It has been brought to my attention that not everybody sends game files and box scores the same way. And hey, if what you do works, don't change it. But if you need help, here's how I do it...

1. After finishing your series, go ahead a close the game. Sending files is better and easier if you DON'T go thru the game.
2. The first thing I do is make a zipped folder on the desktop. To make a zipped folder, right click on the desktop and select New/Compressed (zipped) Folder. It may be different on your computer. Call your folder something like Bees at Pigs.
3. Then I open Windows Explorer, and click on Local Disk (C:), and double click on CDROMBB. Make sure you can still see your zipped folder on the desktop off to the side.


4. To get to the game files, double click on the Export folder. The items in there may be listed alphabetically, but it works better if they're listed in the order of when each file was created, so click once on Date Modified. (If doing so put older files at the top, click again so the most recent ones are up there.)
5. Click on the last one listed, and while holding the Shift key, click again on the first one listed from your series (they're time-stamped). That should highlight every game file from your series. Drag those into your zipped folder. I always hold the Ctrl button while dragging to ensure I am saving a copy for me. I don't even know if that is really necessary, but I do it out of habit.
6. If you want to send box scores (and maybe PACs), you'll find those in the Print folder (2018NA). They'll also be in the HTML folder if you have set up that *option in the game itself. Drag those into the zipped folder the same way.
7. Attach the zipped folder to an email and send it.

Easy-schmeasy

*The option to save files as HTMLs is in the game. With the game open, click Options/Miscellaneous and then click the 4th box where it says Also Save Print Files as HTML. Do it once, and you're good.

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