[mamo2500]

Is there any place where I can find an easily understandable way I can make the new convention card show the conventions a.s.o that my p and I play?
I can see that there are standard cards and I guess I should start with the one that is closest and then adjust it to fit..
Is this right and if so, how would I go about it?

Marianne

[inquiry]

mamo2500, on Jan 21 2006, 12:03 PM, said:

Is there any place where I can find an easily understandable way I can make the new convention card show the conventions a.s.o that my p and I play?
I can see that there are standard cards and I guess I should start with the one that is closest and then adjust it to fit..
Is this right and if so, how would I go about it?

Marianne

Starting with an existing card is a great way to get started. Or, if you have a lot of time on your hand, you could go under "file" and choose new, and create one from scratch. A useful thing is the "tree copy" idea (use the copy button and then the paste button).

[csdenmark]

inquiry, on Jan 21 2006, 08:15 PM, said:

A useful thing is the "tree copy" idea (use the copy button and then the paste button).

Please explain 'tree copy' Ben. If what I hope for it will be very useful. I do a lot of tedicious work only for re-entering same kind of responses. Maybe in cases of overcall, asking bid responses etc.

I often try to ease this in editor but sometimes that gives me an syntax fault. Looks like if a NT bid is switched for suit bid. Other kind of string I assume.

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I have just find out how it works. Really great feature. Thank you for the tip Ben!

[Dwingo]

Ben, can you explain the Copy and Paste feature for the benefit of others.

I had 2 offline FD's running. I was trying to copy one section of the bidding tree from the Master to the other FD file that I was creating. The Paste button doesn't seem to be active on the second one.

Also, how do you select a range of bids to Copy from the bidding tree?

Godwin

[csdenmark]

Dwingo, on Jan 22 2006, 02:01 AM, said:

Ben, can you explain the Copy and Paste feature for the benefit of others.

I had 2 offline FD's running. I was trying to copy one section of the bidding tree from the Master to the other FD file that I was creating.  The Paste button doesn't seem to be active on the second one.

Also, how do you select a range of bids to Copy from the bidding tree?

Godwin

I had 2 offline FD's running. I was trying to copy one section of the bidding tree from the Master to the other FD file that I was creating. The Paste button doesn't seem to be active on the second one.
In FD only 1 card can be opened. You copy from one card and then you open/create a new one and paste into that. Simple as that - I just tested!

Also, how do you select a range of bids to Copy from the bidding tree?
All of the tree from the page incl. you see is copied and then pasted. Pasting into a higher level only those features fitting are pasted. Rest are deleted. NB! take care after pasting you must manually correct your bidding options if you paste from a ♦ overcall into a new section for a ♥ overcall.

It is the same for deleting. So if some of the bids you have pasted becomes obsolete at the new position you go to the site where you see the continuations and delete. Then the call will be deleted. If no continuations you need to disable 'constructive' and then delete from opps bidding - then your call will disappear.

It is in fact very simple and very quick to get familiar to.

[mamo2500]

So now I have found the editor under "settings" and I have included some conventions from the BBO advanced in the BBO merged, which I think is closest to what I want.
Then I read about the copy paste thing and I tried to copy inverted minors from one to the other.
I opened BBO advanced, editor, pressed 1 ♦ and 2♦ and pressed copy...
Then I opened BBO merged, editor, pressed 1 ♦ and paste... then nothing happened for a while and then came an error message from internet explorer...

I must be doing this just the wrong way.

Also the convention card I did manage to create, was saved and I was asked to name it, which I did, but..... When I press the green conv button it is still named BBO merged, though I can find it under the right name in the file under Bridge Base Online/convcard...

Marianne

[csdenmark]

I opened BBO advanced, editor, pressed 1 ♦ and 2♦ and pressed copy...
Then I opened BBO merged, editor, pressed 1 ♦ and paste... then nothing happened for a while and then came an error message from internet explorer...

I must be doing this just the wrong way.

In respect regarding Internet Explorer Marianne you are right - you are doing wrong. This has nothing to do with IE browser.

The simple way is to use ONE file and ONE file only. No merge or fancy stuff unless you are computer expert - I understand you are not.

* Copy and paste in your Windows Explorer the file you want to use as basic.
* Rename your file
* Delete the features you no longer want or overwrite them with your info

Copy/paste tree structure is to help aleviate tedicious tasks - but if you are not good in computers - write them the 2 or 3 times exactly where you want them. That is completely logical - what you see is what you get.