Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:16:35 12/07/00
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On December 07, 2000 at 04:37:01, José Carlos wrote: >On December 06, 2000 at 18:51:08, Tim Mann wrote: > >>>I have no knowledge on the subject of programming, >>... >>>would it be possible to either make a program which will conduct and run >>>automated tournaments under the, brilliant!! Winboard GUI >> >>Of course it's possible to write such a program -- but of course some knowledge >>of programming would be needed! >> >>> "simply" add that as a function/feature in the next version of Winboard??? >> >>I have no plans to do that. Perhaps someone else will contribute code for it, >>though I doubt that will happen. > > I wrote a program some time ago in VB that lets you choose the participants >for the tournament, makes the pairings and calls Winboard with the appropiate >programs to play, standing hidden with no CPU consuming. > The problems for most people are: > > - I use MSAccess to store programs information (directory, command line...). >This forces any user to own MSAccess. Either, it takes some time to save all the >programs information for the first time. However, it is very fast to add new >programs to the database. In addition, it has no number limit, so you can have >all versions of all programs ready to play (in the actual ini, you have space >restrictions). > - If I generate a setup file with VB, it includes a lot of libraries, that >makes it several Mb's size. Anyway, I can send the source code to anyone >interested. > - It's in spanish. And I really have no time to spend translating it to >english. > > I mostly use this tool to test my program against a bunch of others, because >the way I make the pairings is: the 1-2, 1-3, ..., 1-n, 2-3, 2-4, ..., 2-n. So I >put my program the first of the list, set 2 games per match and let it >overnight. > > Anyone interested, email me at: > > smyslov@hotmail.com > > Or just post here. > > José C. I think what Tim is looking for is for someone to write the code and submit it to him for inclusion in a future release of xboard/winboard. That is how open-source programs gain in functionality. I would agree that a single 'winboard' tournament facility would be neat. I hope that someone decides to spend the time to write it, as it would make xboard/winboard even more useful.
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