HAL's Race Results - Scoring Made Easy

It is our policy to be completely open about any bugs that crop up.

We document them and cure them as soon as possible. If there is a work-around that people can use in the mean time, we publish it.

The following bugs have arisen since distribution of Version 7.11 in March 2007.

Symptom Versions affected Corrected in
71101. Default install options do not work with Windows Vista and have to be changed manually. All 8.01
71102. Small Catamaran handicap scheme should show handicaps to three decimal places, not two. Until 2007 the small cat handicap scheme contented itself with two decimal places of handicaps. Now it has been upgraded to three. 7.11 and 7.12 7.13
71103. CD does not run automatically when inserted. Get message saying "Run-time error '13': Type mismatch" 7.11 to 7.13 7.14
71104. Error message number 3163 generated if the list of email addresses for a boat in the Boat Registry exceeds 50 characters in length. 7.11 to 7.13 7.14
81101. When the program is used with Access 2007, error message number 94 generated if the race officer picks the next boat directly from the list displayed, rather than typing in its sail or bow number. 8.11 and 8.12 8.13
81301.  Race officer cannot enter results for any boats that have their helm or type fields left blank in the Boat Register. 8.13 and 8.14 8.15
81701. Handicaps sometimes disappear from the Boat Register. All 8.19
81901. Rounding error when calculating the corrected times of average-lap races for tandem series. All Next issue