Introductory Offer
We are looking for suitable competitions to trial the Tablet Control Panel and we are willing to make scrutelle-TCP & scrutelle-PR available free of charge for a period of 6 months to customers who have purchased scrutelle & scrutelle-CM
After the initial free period you will be able to decide whether you want to extend your TCP and/or PR licence
scrutelle-TCP
The Tablet Control Panel provides the facility for the input of marks by judges using their smart phones or tablets See details
scrutelle-TCP also has the facility to display both recalls and final results onto a projector screen
scrutelle-PR
The module scrutelle-PR accepts customised plug-ins which will handle competition data from different promoters and has been used successfully in recent years at Assen & Paris Disney. More details
With competitions becoming ever larger and the arrangements for judges panels more complex, this is becoming increasingly important. Sometimes promoters pass information to the scrutineer just a day or so before a comp. This creates a huge mountain for the scrutineer to climb in such a short time
So we are still trying to get promoters to send preliminary data to the scrutineer as early as possible after booking opens, so that the transfer process can be tested in advance
CM Version 6
CM 6 contains the necessary interface for scrutelle-TCP but has demonstrated the need to improve the arrangement of sub folders, in order to reduce the number of files stored within the main data folder
All Excel files, except the main events file, should now be placed in a sub folder xls
Results files generated by scrutelle-RM for upload to the web site are written to sub folder results
The XLS files produced by CM & RM are written to sub folder xls
A new sub folder tablet is created automatically for use by TCP
The main data folder for a competition should therefore just contain the main events XLS file plus the scrutelle SCT/SCX files that are generated by CM
WDC Ranking
scrutelle is recommended by the World Dance Council and we are working on ways of transmitting the ranking results produced by RM back to WDC for inclusion in their ranking systems
One step towards achieving this is a new button within CM called Extend Results. This merges the results contained in the spreadsheets produced by RM with the information contained within the competitor files originally input into CM
scrutelle smartphone
scrutelle smartphone provides easier navigation through the scrutelle results pages when using a smartphone. (see details)
The final results pages are the standard windows versions, it is just that the navigation is more smartphone friendly. Results from 2009 onwards are now available via smartphone, plus Blackpool 2007 & 2008
search on competitors names
In April 2012 we introduced a new scrutelle facility to search the results for competitors names. This has proved popular
Program Updates
It is not our normal policy to inform customers whenever a new revision is available, because they happen quite often as a result of feedback on very specific issues and constant emails from software suppliers can become irritating
We will inform you of significant updates
If you get a problem running scrutelle programs it is a good idea to download and install the latest version in order to check whether this problem has already been reported and fixed
Also before reporting a problem , please check first under FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
When you have got used to a particular version of scrutelle, it is a good idea to save a copy (eg in C:\scrutelle\program\v8.5) So that if the new version works slightly differently, you can go back to known territory
Every effort is made to ensure that new versions are backwards compatible. We will let you know if that is not the case
User Support
scrutelle Version 8.8 has additional options in the top toolbar menu
PROGRAM DOWNLOAD takes you to the download page on the scrutelle website
SUPPORT can be used to open an on-line support ticket. The SCT/SCX files are uploaded to the support directory on the website. If you have been using CM, then the master XLS file is also uploaded
MY TICKETS lets you view your existing tickets (both open & closed)
A web page is then opened automatically, where you can enter details of the problem you have encountered. You can also use this facility to ask questions about the operation of the programs see example
100% testing of all the software, before release, is not practical as different users use it in so many different ways and the size & complexity of different competitions and the requirements of their promoters vary hugely
So that is why we recommend that you keep a previous and trusted version of the program as a backup, so that you can switch back in the heat of the battle, if you find that a new version does not behave in exactly the same way as before
