It is a good idea to make the player names show in the Scorers because the players will understand that something is wrong when another name than their own appears on the display. So, you should have the option Show names enabled in Game settings at all times.

The scorers need to know what name belongs to which pair no. There are two cases to consider:
i. The start positions are predetermined
ii. The players start whereever they like

i. Predefined start order
By predefined start order we mean situations where assignments have been made, i.e. the players must start where told. The recommended procedure is that the scoring program writes the start order to the database and that the alternative Ask players for player ID (in Game Settings) is unticked. You can, however, let the players enter their player IDs at start, cf. the headline below, if your scoring program does not write the start order to the database.

You will be warned if you forget to untick the Ask players for player ID option. You should change in the Game Settings dialog (opened via the Game Settings menu) if this would happen.

ii. Unknown start order
We recommend that you ask the players to enter their IDs when they start wherever they like. The point is that their entries will then be immediately validated, provided that the names are available in the BridgeScorer system. Note that this will be the case even if your scoring program does not handle names. c.f. the next headline.

SOURCE OF NAMES
Player names can be loaded into the Scorers in two ways:

1. From a text file and/or
2. Via the database that the scoring software creates.

We recommend that the scoring software writes the club´s members names to the database and that the potential guests names are kept in the text file.

BSC gives entries in the database priority, if the same ID would be found in both sources.

Names.txt file
See Import names if your scoring program does not generate a names.txt file in the BridgeScorer folder automatically.

SEARCH, SORT & CHANGE
Search, sorting and changing entries can be done in the Display player names (Ctrl + N) dialog that you find under FILE, c.f. separate page.

MORE INFO
See further the memo on names, if you need more information and/or technical advice on how to handle names.

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