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RaceBuilder©
Author: Dierk Seeburg
Contents: ReadMe and License Agreement
Version: 1.6.1, 08-Oct-2001

This is the Read Me file for RaceBuilder©.  RaceBuilder© is a Filemaker Proª software package geared towards race directors for managing sports events, including multisport events like triathlons.  RaceBuilder© has many functions which are explained in detail in this file and the documentation accompanying the RaceBuilder© software package.

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Contents
1. System requirements
2. Installation
3. Copyright
4. Registration
5. Changes since version 1.6
6. Protection
7. Contact Information
8. Compatibility issues
9. Legal issues

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1. System Requirements
Filemaker Proª 5.0 and above
Macintosh: Mac OS 8 and above
PC: Windows95 on 486 or higher
10" Monitor with 256 colors or higher
6.0 MB hard disk space for the complete RaceBuilder© package
CPU, RAM, hard disk space, system software, monitor size according to the version of Filemaker Proª you are using.

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2. Installation
First, install Filemaker Proª according to its installation instructions.  RaceBuilder© is distributed as a compressed archive.  Decompress it using a decompression utility like Stuffit Expanderª from Aladdin Systemsª.  Then use the Installer to install the components you need.  Use the Easy Install option when you install for the first time.  Your computer does not need to be restarted after installation unless you custom install the enclosed font and libraries.

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RaceBuilder© comes in a folder together with this Read Me RaceBuilder© file; a folder for your imported or exported race data; the RaceBuilder© Registration folder with the REGISTER applications allowing you to register RaceBuilder© using your credit card via the web and via encrypted email; additional required databases; and fonts und libraries for your System folder.  The following files and folders are installed in the RaceBuilder© Ä Folder (use the Custom Install feature to install System Folder items directly in the System Folder):
RaceBuilder© (alias)
ReadMe RaceBuilder© (alias)
RaceBuilder© Documentation Ä
- ReadMe RaceBuilder©
RaceBuilder© Modules Ä
- RaceBuilder©_.fp5
- divsncats_ .fp5
- charts_.fp5
- help_.fp5
- HTMLexport_.fp5
- iconizer_ .fp5
- languages_ .fp5
- Zips_ .fp5
- startuptips_.fp5
For System Folder
- AppleGaramond
- Claris Spelling Enabler
- XTND Power Enabler
RaceBuilder© Im-/Exports Ä
- entrants.html
- images
- - banner.gif
RaceBuilder© Internet Ä
- Download latest version
- Download Documentation
- Email RaceBuilder© author
- RaceBuilder© homepage
- RaceBuilder© mailing list
- Filemaker 5 Demo
- FileMakerPro4 Trial
- FileMaker¨ from eBay
- FileMaker¨ Updaters
- Secure Online Order
- Compatible Online Order
RaceBuilder© Registration Ä
- RaceBuilder© Registration
- RaceBuilder© Registration.pdf
- Register RaceBuilder© Offline
- Register RaceBuilder© Online

Use the Custom Install option to, e.g., install System Folder items directly in the System Folder (requiring a restart), or to install fresh copies of the databases, or to reinstall damaged files.
Additional documentation can be downloaded separately from the RaceBuilder© web site.  The documentation folder contains files explaining RaceBuilder©Õs functionality together with a tutorial in HTML, TEXT, and PDF formats; 

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3. Copyright
RaceBuilder© is copyright © 1999-2001 Dierk Seeburg.  RaceBuilder© is shareware and may be distributed only without changes to any of the files in the RaceBuilder© installer and package.

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4. Registration
We use the registration service Kagi run by Kee Nethery at admin@kagi.com. The big advantage for you is that you can pay the shareware fee with your credit card (VISA, MasterCard, Discovercard, Diners Club, Carte Blanche, and American Express) online or via FAX or Email.  This also makes it easier for people in countries outside the U.S.A since currency conversions are handled automatically.

RaceBuilder© has the following pricing.
1- 10 single user licenses, US$49 per user, US$39 for educational licenses
11+ single user licenses, US$39 per user
A Site License costs US$500 (roughly equal to 10 users) (US$400 for educational or quantity licenses) and covers all locations for your organization within a 160 kilometer radius of your site (100 miles). One big advantage of a Site License is that you do not need to keep track of how many people at your site are using the software.  A World-Wide License costs US$5000 (US$4000 for educational or quantity licenses) and it covers all locations for your organization on the planet earth.

ONLINE:
To register RaceBuilder© online, use the Online Register Application included, open one of the Online Order files in the RaceBuilder© Internet folder or go directly to <http://order.kagi.com/cgi-bin/register1.cgi?QUK> (secure ordering is available there), and follow the instructions at kagiÕs web site.

OFFLINE:
To register RaceBuilder© offline, fill out and print the registration form in the Registration folder and send it to the address indicated on it.  This saves me the expense for the payment processing service.

Alternatively, open the Register program that accompanies RaceBuilder©. Enter your name, your email address, and the number of single user or site or world-wide licenses you desire for each program you wish to purchase. Save or Copy or Print the data from the Register program and send the data and payment to Kagi. More specifics on the Register program to follow.  Kagi handles the payment processing.
If paying with Credit Card or First Virtual, you can email or fax the data to Kagi. Their email address is sales@kagi.com and their fax number is +1-510-652-6589. You can either Copy the data from Register and paste into the body of an email message or you can Save the data to a file and you can attach that file to an email message.  There is no need to compress the data file, it's already pretty small. If you have a fax modem, just Print the data to the Kagi fax number.

Payments sent via email are processed within 3 to 4 days. You will receive an email acknowledgment when it is processed. Payments sent via fax take up to 10 days, and if you provide a correct internet email address you will receive an email acknowledgment.

If you are paying with Cash or USD Check you should print the data using the Register application and send it to the address shown on the form, which is:

Kagi
1442-A Walnut Street #392-QUK
Berkeley, California 94709-1405
USA

You can pay with a wide variety of cash from different countries but at present if you pay via check, it must be a check drawn in US Dollars. Kagi cannot accept checks in other currencies, the conversion rate for non-USD checks is around USD 15 per check and that is just not practical.  If you have a purchasing department, you can enter all the data into the Register program and then select Invoice as your payment method. Print three copies of the form and send it to your accounts payable people. You might want to highlight the line that mentions that they must include a copy of the form with their payment.  Kagi can not invoice your company, you need to act on my behalf and generate the invoice and handle all the paperwork on your end.

Please do not fax or email payment forms that indicate Cash, Check or Invoice as the payment method. As far as we know, there is still no technology to transfer physical objects via fax or email and without the payment, the form cannot be processed.  Payments send via postal mail take time to reach Kagi and then up to 10 days for processing. Again, if you include a correct email address, you will hear from Kagi when the form is processed.

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5. Changes since version 1.5.1
- fixed pace/speed label
- fixed gender value list dependency
- fixed non-US postal code validation 
- fixed postal code field width

A complete list of changes since the initial publication is available at the RaceBuilder© web site.

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6. Protection
RaceBuilder© has a protection scheme and when you pay, you will be informed how to indicate to RaceBuilder© that you have paid the registration fee. If you do not have an email address, please enter your complete postal address and please remember, we do not know what country you live in so please enter that into the postal address also.  If you do not have an email address you should consider selecting the Postcard Receipt so that Kagi can inform you of your registration code. Kagi transmits the registration codes via email and paid postcard receipt only.

For credit card payments, send the form via Email to <sales@kagi.com> or by FAX to +1-510-652-6589.  Checks should be made out to ³Kagi² and should be in US dollars.

You can also register on the Web, using Kagi's Online Order Process system. Go to the Registration page  at <http://order.kagi.com/cgi-bin/register1.cgi?QUK>

All comments about the program should be sent direct to me via Email to Dierk.Seeburg@kagi.com.  Please always  include an Email address to which we can send your registration code.

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7. Contact Information
The RaceBuilder© Home Page can be found at:
<http://geocities.com/racebuilder/>

I hope you will enjoy using RaceBuilder©. Please send questions, comments, bug reports and suggestions via Email to Dierk Seeburg at <Dierk.Seeburg@kagi.com>.

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8. Compatibility Issues
Following are excerpts from the documentation for Filemaker Proª:

2.  CONVERSION ISSUES
2.1  Using Filemaker Proª 3.0 Databases

Filemaker Proª 4.0 uses the same database format as Filemaker Proª 3.0. However, ScriptMaker scripts that use features not available in Filemaker Proª 3.0, such as the Open URL script step, GIF/JPEG support, and the Send Mail script step, may not function correctly if used on a computer running Filemaker Proª 3.0.

2.3  Files That Have Been Tampered With

Filemaker Proª 4.0 will convert files in the Filemaker Proª 1.x and 2.x formats.  However, we do not support conversion of files that have been improperly tampered with.  For example, Filemaker Proª files modified using password tampering software may not properly convert to the 4.0 format.

2.4  Problems During Conversion

If you experience problems converting a file, try recovering the file first.  Recover the file in your previous version of Filemaker Proª.  Then, use Filemaker Proª 4.0 to convert the recovered version of the file.

2.5  Indexing

In Filemaker Proª 4.0, fields are not indexed as part of the conversion process from Filemaker Proª 1.x and 2.x files.  Filemaker Proª 4.0 will create an index for a field the first time it is needed, and then subsequently keep it up-to-date.  For example, an index will be created the first time you use Find to search for data in a field.  We recommend that you let FileMaker decide when to build the index.  This process will happen without any special action on your part.  However, since you may experience a short delay while the index for a field is being built, you may want to index certain fields in advance.  An easy way to do so is to create a Find request on fields you want indexed and perform the Find.  Once a field is indexed, the index is automatically maintained by Filemaker Proª.  For details and more indexing options, see "Indexing Fields" in Chapter 2 of the Filemaker Proª User's Guide.

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9. Legal Issues
PLEASE READ THIS LICENSE CAREFULLY BEFORE INSTALLING OR USING THE RaceBuilder© SOFTWARE.  BY DOWNLOADING, INSTALLING, AND/OR USING THE SOFTWARE, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE, YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO DOWNLOAD, INSTALL, AND/OR USE THIS SOFTWARE.

1. License.  The RaceBuilder© software accompanying this License, whether on disk, in read only memory, or on any other media or networked storage device (the "RaceBuilder© Software") and related documentation (the "data") are licensed to you by Dierk Seeburg, USA (the "Author").You own the disk on which the RaceBuilder© Software and data are recorded but the Author and/or the Author's Licensor(s) retain title to the RaceBuilder© Software and related documentation.

This License allows you to install and use the RaceBuilder© Software and data on a single computer and make one copy of the RaceBuilder© Software and data in machine-readable form for backup purposes only. If you are using different computers you may install it on 2 different computers provided that the RaceBuilder© Software is never used on more than one computer at the same time.  You must reproduce on such copy the Author's copyright notice and any other proprietary legends that were on the original copy of the RaceBuilder© Software and related documentation. You are permitted to use the demo version of the application on a trial basis. If you wish to use the full, you must register by paying a fee of US$49.00 in U.S. currency. When the fee is paid you will be receiving a registration code as confirmation of your License.

You may transfer all your license rights in the RaceBuilder© Software and related documentation, the backup copy of the RaceBuilder© Software and related documentation, and a copy of this License to another party, provided the other party reads and agrees to accept the terms and conditions of this License.

2. Restrictions. The RaceBuilder© Software and related documentation contains copyrighted material, trade secrets and other proprietary material and in order to protect them you may not decompose, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise reduce the RaceBuilder© Software to a human-perceivable form without the Author's written permission.

3. Termination.  This License is effective until terminated. You may terminate this License at any time by destroying the RaceBuilder© Software and related documentation and all copies thereof.  This License will terminate immediately without notice from the Author if you fail to comply with any provision of this License.  Upon termination you must destroy the RaceBuilder© Software, and related documentation and all copies thereof.

4. Disclaimer of Warranty on RaceBuilder© Software. You expressly acknowledge and agree that use of the RaceBuilder© Software and related documentation is at your sole risk.  The RaceBuilder© Software and related documentation are provided AS IS and without warranty of any kind and the Author EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  THE AUTHOR DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE RaceBuilder© SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR  THAT THE OPERATION OF THE RaceBuilder© SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE RaceBuilder© SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.

FURTHERMORE, THE AUTHOR DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE RaceBuilder© SOFTWARE AND DATA OR RELATED DOCUMENTATION IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE.  NO ORAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY THE AUTHOR OR A REPRESENTATIVE AUTHORIZED BY THE AUTHOR SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY OR IN ANY WAY INCREASE THE SCOPE OF THIS WARRANTY.  SHOULD THE RaceBuilder© SOFTWARE PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU (AND NOT THE AUTHOR OR A REPRESENTATIVE AUTHORIZED BY THE AUTHOR) ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

5. Limitation of Liability. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, SHALL THE AUTHOR, OR ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE CREATION, PRODUCTION OR DELIVERY OF THIS PRODUCT, BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE RaceBuilder© SOFTWARE OR RELATED DOCUMENTATION AND DATA, EVEN IF THE AUTHOR OR AN  AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AUTHOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. In no event shall The Author's total liability to you for all damages, losses, and causes of action (whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise) exceed the amount paid by you for the RaceBuilder© Software and data.

6. Complete Agreement. This License constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the use of the RaceBuilder© Software, related documentation and data, and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous understandings or agreements, written or oral, regarding such subject matter. No amendment to or modification of this License will be binding unless in writing and signed by the Author or a duly authorized representative of the Author.

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The information in this document is subject to change.  Please check RaceBuilder©'s home site at <http://geocities.com/racebuilder/> for the latest information about RaceBuilder©.

RaceBuilder© 1999-2006 Dierk Seeburg. All rights reserved.

All products mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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