Tutorial for scripting program 2010-2011

  • Point-and-click to update and navigate
    Quick hints for updating your routine. Notice the buttons at the bottom to navigate between different sections of the selection list. For updates, all it take is one click to insert/delete an entire row of body or apparatus difficultyand shift everything automatically - you should not have to manually shift anything.
  • Saving your work via EXPORT and IMPORT
    Learn how to save your routines should be one of the first thing to learn so that you can update the routine over and over again with minimum work.
  • Printing your judging form
    Creating the judging form (script) is the reason for the program's existence. Following are some of the print features:
    • The program automatically adjust to the number of rows required and so for a less complicated routine with less elements, there will be less rows printed.
    • Always go to the browser's print settings to suppress header and footer, they are not relevant for our purposes. Go to >File >Page setup > and then delete the header and footer settings.
    • If you however need the forms in PDF format, you can download a program like <a href="http://www.cutepdf.com/">CutePDF</a> for free.
    • If you are using the latest FireFox or Internet Explorer as the browser, it has a feature "Shrink to fit" feature which ensures everything go onto one page:
      • If you are in Firefox 3.0+, go to "Page Setup". Do remember to delete the page title and footer via the "Page Setup"!
      • For Internet Explorer 7.0+, go to "Print Preview", there is an option to "Shrink to Fit".
  • Improved support for same shape pivots. You simply click and select the appropriate pivots. As an example, if the system does not have a predefined triple of a pivot, simply select 3 X the singles or select single plus a double, the system will add the values together without any bonus (because the bonus is applicable only when there is a change of shape).
  • Improved on the support for fouettes, now you can combine up to 6 fouettes. You simply click and select the appropriate fouette elements and the system will add the link bonus (only when there is a change of shape), the brackets, etc automatically. Because the "link bonus" is calculated dynamically, if you remove a pivot, it will adjust itself automatically. :)
  • There is a new way to enter Multi-pivots different shape. You simply click and select the pivot elements (single / double / triple as applicable) and the system will add the link bonus, the brackets, etc automatically. Because the "link bonus" is calculated dynamically, if you remove a pivot, it will adjust itself automatically. You do not need to email me to create a new pivot combo anymore. :)
  • Fouette pivots can now partipate in multi-shape pivots and it will be scripted correctly..
  • Balances with criterias (Difficulty 34). For lack of any actual FIG samples, here is how I recommend scripting it. (Please let me know if you see any official samples from FIG.) Select and click the correct start balance. Select and click the appropriate criteria (row 34). The description of the criteria is available if you click on the picture of the symbol in the selection list. The value of the difficulty will be start-element-value plus criteria-value added together. For now, add brackets or white-out as appropriate on the actual form.

    Quickstart

  • Briefy go through the tutorial or have someone who has use it before show you once. Use the onion peel approach and do the simplest things as follows:
    • Select your age category and apparatus.
    • Do a ficticious routine with just a leap or something, Use the ">" button to pop elements from the selection list in the middle onto the blank routine on the top.
    • Repeat and play with the apparatus difficulty section (D2).
    • Try to save the routine using the "export" button and then close the browser. Then "import" your routine, copying from where you saved it and then pasting it into the textbox when prompted.
  • Try some of the more advance but useful features:
    • Insert elements (or rows) at the top / middle / end of the routine via the ">>" "<<" buttons or simply clear and replace with a different element.
    • Use the navigational buttons at the bottom to hop to different sections of the selection list.
    • Try to use the manual-click option (versus the simple checkbox) for D2. Above the apparatus specific section, there are special symbols that allow you to adjust the value of a specific D2 line.
    • Some find it useful to print out the body element list and use a yellow highlighter first before actually finding an element through the screen. The printable element list from the website is in the same exact order as the selection list on the screen.
  • Have fun and good luck!

    Limitations

  • The program supports individual routines only. Groups are not supported.
  • The program is served over the internet through the browser - you have to be online to use it.
  • The program have close to 1000 little pictures and therefore a fast internet connection will make the experience so much more enjoyable.

    Archives

  • The original tutorial 2004 script
    Some may still find this old tutorial useful. It is here as a testimony of how similar it looks even after 8 years of code changes.