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1. 2 Highlight column R1 Copy it Column ID into Windows clipboard 3 Close the Edit View form and switch to the Declaration view 4 Add anew column Ri right after the Rtg column and set it as User Defined Item Welkin Systems Limited Views Management 157 4 Race Data 1 19 10 2011 24 List of Declared Lamm a 11 105 Tell 20 45 Rta Cls 60 40 4 seng wat en Bars SAM TUNG UK HANDIC Group Best Time 11 02 2006 2 Legionnaire 1 38 5 F Coetzee Std Time 1 39 5 Sect Time 27 7 23 1 24 4 24 1 a EES Remark Race Prize 675 000 Penetrometer 1 Starter Views tees e ares en e o Fe Fite E eier ES Positions E Rtg Rtg Cls Updn Dw Wt Diff Time Age Stable Privilege Dedaration Chinese Mode Equivalent Storm s Destiny C W Wo Quantum Expres Z Purton Star Son CK Tong Brothers In Arms T Clark Happy Score B Prebble 14 Mustang KCLe 4 Sky Eagle G Mosse 2 Scent of Osman K C NG 5 Click on the Advanced button to show the Edit View Advanced Settings form Paste the Col
2. Ow Jockey Stable Positions Margin Time Win Dedaration A 1 7 Super Sprint 9 D Dunn PF Yiu i Head 1 43 5 1 4 Positions E Fantastic Star SW Smith IW Allan Head 1 43 6 1 43 Entries Winning Sunshing 5D Whyte CHYip 2 1 43 9 1 43 14 Days Trkwk B BlackKnight 1 C Wiliams KWlui 465 21 2 1 43 9 1 43 28 Days Trkwk Silverbird 4 MW Leung 5 Woods a age MIZ Tanahmerah 3 RFradd Du 31 2 Dabo Wien Comme User Comment Thunder Man 2 GMosse C Fownes 3 1 2 1 44 1 1 43 i Yeung s Index Hoh Spirits 12 F Coetzee A 5 Cruz 4 3 4 1 44 3 1 43 FEvnerterd Snep BE Flying Kenny 10 HE wm TW Leung 53 4 1 44 41 43 Modify JL New Able Win 11 4 Marcus J Moore 121 ZU 1 44 7 1 43 Al The Best 7 D Boeuf D Cruz ce z i 73 4 1 44 7 1 43 Re order Stat Winning Boy 8CKTong KLMan 8 712 IK 3 4 1 46 6 1 43 Past Records R By Horse e Lines DZ 4 7 4 Changing a Column s Position To change the position of a column 1 Unfreeze leftmost columns if any 2 Put the mouse pointer on the column header until the pointer changes to E 3 Hold down the mouse button and drag the column to the desired position Example Moving the Stable column to the right of the Horse column 1 Unfreeze leftmost columns If there is no frozen column at the left please skip this step Right click at the gap betwee
3. 1 Starter Vie l2 Trachaork 3 Allocation 4 Flemming SDvds 6 Comment Z Links D Index No Horse Name Rtg Wt RI R2 R3 R4 R5 be UR Comment Declaration A 9 Mr Genki 48 120 9 9 Hung on well Positions 12 Daneprint 45 107 9 9 Settled in rear Entries 13 Compassion 8 Chased leaders tr 14 Days Trkwk Universal Po 53 125 8 Never Far off 28 Days Trkwk 7 5 5toic 7 Mostly in midfield Jaien KE 3 Don Felipe Running Comme 8 6 Settled in rear da a Lord Cairns 8 Settled in forward Sanae Tadas O Solar Power 6 Missed the start Aurelian 5 Midfield to straigh _ Delete Recalc SE 4 Always in last Few 4 Prominent briefly 5 Broke well Ps Horse iM 2 Midfield to home ty Lines 0 0 gt C Sort in Horse CH EI b o ojojojojojojojo t u a9 oc c o oo o olololololololojololo Fat Dragon 4 Goodwood Good Nature 59 131 10 Rain In Sprint 48 120 History Size Sorting ojojojojlolojlojojojojojojo o lojojojojlolojojojojojo o E CH CO CO ojojojo 2 Create columns of interest The columns Season FP Top3 Rtg do not exist in the original built in view Create these 3 columns Season and FP are built in columns you may simple choose them in the Built In Item list Please put the columns before the No and Wt columns respectively Create the user defin
4. bb BS HA HBA DA DN 4 7 2 Changing Row Height Manually Changing Row Height You can manually change the row height by moving the mouse pointer below the first row until the mouse pointer changes to E Then keep holding down the mouse button and drag upwards or downwards to change the height Drag to change the row height 2 Race Data 1 12 15 2002 1 List of Declared Starters 12 15 2002 1 02 249 eA s1400 m FG Rta Cls 70 50 3 13 00 DUBAT HANDICAl L Starter Views 2 Trackeork 1 3 Allocation 4Flemming SDvds 6 Remark ZLinks O Index Jockey Rtg Dw Wt Diff Updn Stable Blinker THERA A Positions 3 ittle Elephant R Fradd 60 9 123 9 Up T Millard Entries 14 Days Trkwk 28 Days Trkwk 12 King OF Fish M Cahill 55 10 118 WQP Statistics Running Comme Ji f f User Comment Yeung s Index 6 Exciting Times F Coetzee 63 11 126 5 lEvnerted Smear Modify New Restoring Original Row Height If you want to restore to original row height you can follow the steps below Welkin Systems Limited 82 RaceMate Reference 1 Click the square immediately preceding the first column header in the upper and leftmost corner of the grid 2 When Please Confirm dialog box appears click Yes EN Race Data 1 12 15 2002 1 List of Declared Starters L Iansiaoe e 102 249 ln a
5. A Past Record and Comprehensive Statistics for Horse Form The purposes of this page are 1 Display complete or filtered past records 2 Define comprehensive criteria to carry statistics and queries on past records 3 Carry out comprehensive statistics Further more you may do the following on the form e Create your own view with the data columns that you need e Add or remove columns from existing views e Setting a period to limit the records retrieved e Create a filter to retrieve only the records which meet the criteria you want Detailed operation instructions and functions of each elements of the page are shown on the page Comprehensive Statistics and Record Query under the chapter Statistics and Data Analysis Welkin Systems Limited Main Data Forms 107 Zlinks Q Horse List petz Hoe E Statistics F BetRet Runs E Filter 09 03 2008 17 02 2008 02 02 2008 01 01 2008 Pedigree 5 6 4 Overseas Page Horse Form This page displays races of the horse before coming to Hong Kong ae 3yo MEA ZEALAND DERBY 3yo HOBARTVILLE S 3yo 5 6 5 Wins Page Horse Form This page shows breakdowns of number of wins under different conditions The
6. Step 2 Enter Age Conversion for as view name Step 3 Add the following columns for the view Column Type User Define Formula Remarks Name width Horse built in column It should be there because it exists when you create the view Welkin Systems Limited 154 RaceMate Reference Age built in column Click on the Append button to add this column Conv Character Conv AgeConv HrAge Click on the Append button to add this 6 Q column SConv Character SConv AgeConv Click on the Append button to add this 6 HrAge column GConv Character GConv AgeConv Click on the Append button to add this 6 HrAge column 48 Edit View ON N Result When you click on the Save Exit button you will see the following result AD N BP O ulno Dani Ne Here is why the results are returned o Function Description Conv AgeConv HrAge 1 to 1 conversion Since 4 6 8 and 9 don t have any Welkin Systems Limited Views Management 155 Po matching value Null is returned SConv AgeConv HrAge Matching equals or smaller 4 will match 3 6 will match 5 and 8 9 will match 7 GConv AgeConv HrAge Matching equals or greater 4 will match 5 6 will match 7 and no match is found for 8 and 9 6 5 Linking Up Vi
7. Welkin Systems Limited 33 RaceMate Reference 16 6 30 HrRaceClass JrRaceClass SrRaceClass 16 6 31 The functions return the class of the underlying race Syntax HrRaceClass nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrRaceClass nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrRaceClass nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 3 See also Introduction to RaceMate HrClass JrClass SrClass HrClassID JrClassID SrClassID HrRacelD JrRacelD SrRacelD The functions return a unique character string representing a particular race of a horse Syntax HrRaceID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrRacelID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrRaceID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 5 Example of Returned Value Returned Value 18023 The 23 rd races in the season 1998 1999 16 6 32 HrRaceNolnMeeting JrRaceNoInMeeting SrRaceNolnMeeting The functions return a start s race number in a meeting Syntax HrRaceNoInMeeting nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrRaceNoInMeeting nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrRaceNoInMeeting nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Numeric Width 2 Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 331 16 6 33 HrRaceNolnSeason JrRaceNolInSeason S
8. 2008 05 01 02 Race Replay Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website 6 2008 04 12 05 Race Runnina Position Photos Autolink to HK Jcokev Club Website 5 6 8 Horse List Page Horse Form This page shows all horses including inactive with other useful information Please see the Incremental Search about how to locate a horse on the page Horse Able Standard Brand No G043 Former Able Standard 1Particulars 2Pedigree 3History Stat 4Overseas 5Wins 6 Trackwork ZLinks O Horse List S Lel Class za zlel Trackwork Date T i Active Only Brand RMateID Stable Rating Active Owner 5P9 Cho Man Chi Lam Hui Mak Ho PPG NZ 69Q Vantage Syndicate PP AUS SHO J Mor _ Dr amp Mrs Cornel Li Fook Kwan _ PP NZ EZ Dr amp Mrs Cornel Li Fook Kwan PP AUS 563 i Albert Po Ying Wai amp Rebecca FPP NZ Nr amp Mre CarnelliFank Kwan PP fTRF 5 7 Jockey Form The Jockey form is usually opened by e double clicking on a jockey s name in any form e clicking Data Jockey on the menu bar gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt Past Record and Comprehensive Statistics Jockey Form Wins Page Jockey Form Particulars Notes Page Jockey Form Links Page Jockey Form Jockeys List Page Jockey Form 5 7 1 Past Record and Comprehensive Statistics Jockey Form The purposes of this page are 1 Display complete or filt
9. Statistics on Stat Cnt Races 10 Count Sum Average MaximumMinimum Variance A 10 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 0 0000 Eastkowloon Spirit 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 0 0000 Forever Win 1 0000 Happy Fortune 1 0000 Himalaya 1 0000 Perfect Partner 1 0000 Quick News 1 0000 Thousand Wins 1 0000 Triumphant Unicor 1 0000 Se List of Races 2 RECORDS Horse Very Fit FROM VIEW Win in New Stable Date FP Brand Active Owner Origin A gt 4 Very Fit 13 03 2005 10 1 E071 Stanley Ho Sau N PPG 4 Ver Fit 03 04 2 DOS 10 1 EO71 wv Stanley Ho Sau N PPG 4 Bl Lott anne Ceneader 1 2 D Eradd s4 D Auabtan ale MeO Fe gL 2A 19 on ho So oh oh Sh i Sh i he Hr es Ha He Ha He es He es He He He He en He He He he ee ee ee i i ei Group by Stable If we change the horse name column to stable name by selecting the Stable Name built in item and re do the statistics we can compare the figures between difference stables Welkin Systems Limited How To 457 e Statistical View Calculation SEE Evaluation Period From Season 200 2005 Race 1 Calculate To Season 2005 Race 638 Use Cached Results O Recalculate All Formulae Race Filtering Condition Exclude Zeros Al Show List Mi Horses Statistics on Stat Cnt Races 10 Output St
10. Shabu Sha Dynamic Pi Barracuda Yacht Masl Chinook By Memory Miracles Dongguan Tabbris Tom s First Salut Beau Elegant Fa Songs Of F Spinning C Meridian SI Shenaneg Telecom Ty My Fortune All Thrills T Reward CheerfulH No Comore Desert Sto First Kniah Supreme M Cendamy Momentum Perfect i i Peak Powe we gt Welkin Systems Limited Main Data Forms 5 3 4 Flemming Page Race Data Form Flemming Betting Index is a computer rating system based on the Flemming Statistics model Comprehensive factors which affect the racing result are taken into account You may adjust the weight of such factor based you your own judgment Flemming s betting theory regards odds of a decisive figure Different odds of a horse yield different indexes In the example race shown below the Flemming Indexes of Premier Burg were 0 94 and 0 91 in the odd ranges 5 10 9 and 11 19 9 respectively The actual final odds figure of the horse was 7 6 which fell into the range 5 10 9 Therefore the corresponding index for the horse was 0 94 Other index figures are in grey color showing that they are irrelevant r Race Data 1 28 01 2004 1 Flemming 28 01 2004 e 03 357 lc nen MFG Rta Cls 40 15 5 19 30 WAN CHAI GAP HANC 1 Starter Views 2Trackwork 3 Allocation 4Flemming SDvds 6Remark ZLinks O Index Horse Odds Sort by Index 5
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12. Argument Description Exampe nBackSeason Target season Default to season of 1 for last season underlying race nDist Distance of target races Default to 1400 1400m races distance of underlying race cClass Class of target races Default to class of 2 for 2nd class underlying race cCourse Course of target races Default to H for Happy Valley course of underlying race cGoingID Going ID of target races Default to TU for firm going going of underlying race Returns Character Width 6 Example of returned value 1 36 3 Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 387 Example The following function returns the standard time distance class course and going similar to those of the underlying race in the underlying season StdTime The following function returns the standard time distance class course and going similar to those of the underlying race in last season StdTime 1 Assume you are opening a first class race The following function returns the standard time for the class 2 in the underlying season with distance course and going identical to the current race StdTime 1 2 16 8 22 StdTimew 16 9 16 9 1 This function is identical to its original version except that they return 2 digits after the decimal point Therefore the width of the return value is one character wider than that of the original function Click on the link below to see the syntax of the function
13. Race Filtering Condition Ge ECKER how List Statistics on Stat Cnt Races 10 Count Sum Average MaxinumMinimum Variance A 10 0000 10 0000 1 0000 0 0000 Eastkowloon Spirit 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 0 0000 Forever Win 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 7 1 0000 0 0000 Happy Fortune 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 0 0000 Himalaya 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 0 0000 Perfect Partner 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 0 0000 Quick News 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 0 0000 Thousand Wins 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 0 0000 Triumphant Unicor 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 0 0000 very Fit 2 0000 2 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 0 0000 w ill gt If you want to show the starts of Very Fit double click on the name Very Fit The starts will be shown in a separate form You may hold down the Ctr key and double click on a race date on the form to show the details of the Race Welkin Systems Limited as RaceMate Reference 7 Statistical View Calculation View Win in New Stable M Evaluation Period From Season 2004 2005 Race 15 Calculate A IE To Season 2004 2005 Race 638 Use Cached Results O Recalculate All Formulae Race Filtering Condition Exclude Zeros how List
14. Returns a string which is a concatenate off all items Items can be any data type The maximum number of items is 27 All blanks before or after each item will be trimmed Syntax Gel eIteml eItem2 eItem3 Returns Character Examples Gel Apple 30 Returns Apple30 Please note blanks before and after Apple are trimmed Gel HrJockey HrDistance Returns a concatenation of jockey name and race distance for example D Whyte1400 Welkin Systems Limited a RaceMate Reference 16 15 7 ICase This is a Visual FoxPro function which evaluates the results from a list of conditions Syntax ICase LGonditionl eResultl lCondition2 eResult2 eOtherwiseResult Arguments ICondition Specifies a condition as a logical expression to evaluate If ICondition evaluates to False F ICASE continues to evaluate the next condition and returns the corresponding eResult for that condition if it evaluates to True T If ICondition evaluates to null NULL Visual FoxPro treats ICondition as if it evaluated to False F eResult Specifies a result to return if ICondition evaluates to True T eOtherwiseResult Contains the result returned if all conditions evaluate to False F Return Value ICASE returns the first eResult as soon as ICondition evaluates to True T If all conditions evaluate to False F ICASE returns eOtherwiseResult If eOtherwiseResult is o
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16. RaceMate Reference Welkin Systems Limited RaceMate horse racing statistics and analysis software by Welkin Systems Limited RaceMate is a powerful race data analysis tool Its huge database provides you wth all necessary data for your betting analysis Its versatile features help you effectively find out investment hints and improve chances of winning You wil be much impressed by the lightning speed of RaceMate because its data is driven by the World s fastest desktop database engine Microsoft Visual FoxPro Since its database resides in your local hard disk there is no need to dedicate an Internet connection while you are using the software You may install RaceMate in a notebook and use it anytime and anywhere Contents 5 Table of Contents Part Introduction to RaceMate 18 T Main EE 18 2 System Re quire MOMS es vVeNEEEEERNEEREEEKSNEEEEEEEESEEEEENREEEEEEEEEEEERENAEEENEEEEEE ENNER EE EESEEE Ne h ce 20 3 Installing Race Mateiini isiicccssieecceesidestentaveteteresaseeneavdeteetieasintcevedeeetidasneeerveenernisectiarined 21 4 Registering and Activating Race Mate cccccsccsseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeseeeeneeeees 23 5 Installing into More Than One Compute r ccccccceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeesaneeeeesaneeeees 28 6 About Upgrading WiNdOWS 0 ccccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeesesseeeeneneees 32 7 Remarks about Inputting Chimese ccccc
17. This function returns the average of the values of all items in an item string During the calculation the system will utilize the Val function to convert items to numbers Syntax ListAverage cValueExpr cSeparator cValueExpr Item string or function returning an item string cSeparator em separator can be more than 1 character Default to Returns Numeric Example ListAverage 8 4 3 Returns 5 Welkin Systems Limited 408 RaceMate Reference See also ListAscItem ListAscVal ListDescItem ListDescVal ListItem ListVal ListSum ListCount ListFilter ListStdDev 16 12 4 ListCol This function cannot be used independently They can only exist in the arguments of the functions ListAscItem ListAscVal ListDescItem ListDescVal and ListListFilter 16 12 5 ListColVal This function cannot be used independently They can only exist in the arguments of the functions ListAscItem ListAscVal ListDescItem ListDescVal and ListListFilter 16 12 6 ListCommon This function returns the common items in 2 item strings Syntax ListCommon cValueExprl cValueExpr2 cSeparator cValueExpr1 First item string cValueExpr2 Second item string cSeparator Item separator can be more than 1 character Default to Returns Character Example ListCommon A B C D C B Returns C B See also List
18. Welkin Systems Limited o RaceMate Reference 5 2 Race Calendar Form When RaceMate starts the Race Calendar will automatically be shown To manually open the Race Calendar you may 1 click on the Calendar button of the RaceMate toolbar or 2 select Race Calendar from the data menu Oo ee Input a date here Choose Year Month Race Calendar 0 2 2004 18 01 2004 Year 2004 Month 1 Shatin Day Meeting Races 337 346 Prev Meeting Next Meeting 1Races 2Remarks 3Links 4 Track Work Ratings Cls Dist Going Remark MICHAEL S CHOICE H SMASHING PUMPKIN H RIGHT WAY HANDICAF RIVER JORDAN HANDI MR VITALITY HANDICA RESFA HANDICAP Op THE STEWARDS CUP BILLION WIN HANDIC MASTERMIND HANDIC 10 110 90 1600 FAIRY KING PRAWN Hi Click on a meeting Happy valley Shatin day to show its races evening meeting meeting Calendar Pane On the left of the calendar form a calendar marked with race meetings is show You may jump to a calendar day via one of the following ways e Show a month by using the Month and Day dropdowns at the top of the form Then click on a day e Click on the Previous Meeting Next Meetings and Today buttons e Enter directly a date into the left top date box After you have selected a day the information about the day will be show on the pages on the right hand side of the form You will see the following symbols on the calendar Symbol
19. 2 6 What is New in RaceMate 9 0 Welkin has done significant improvements in RaceMate s new version 9 0 In order to fit in with the latest operating system Windows Vista we have redesigned part of RaceMate s structure There are also many exciting feature enhancements in version 9 0 The main objective of this version upgrade is to make RaceMate a unique professional tool for organizing race information and getting useful betting hints Below is a highlight of part of the new features Changes Related to Windows Vista Microsoft has implemented radical changes in the security design of Windows Vista Part of the program code of RaceMate was rewritten in order to make the software fit in with the new operating system New Default Installation Folder RaceMate is a dynamically updating software Users can download new data everyday from RaceMate s data server During data updates program files may also be renewed in order to enhance the software s features and to deal with occasional changes implemented by the Jockey Club Therefore RaceMate must be installed into a writable folder One major change of Windows Vista is the new read only default of the C Program Files folder Because of this change RaceMate can no longer reside in C Program Files The default installation folder of RaceMate has been changed to C RaceMate You may change C to other drive letters if you want RaceMate resides in another drive This default installati
20. A Visual FoxPro built in function which returns the number of times a character expression occurs within another character expression Syntax Occurs cSearchExpression cExpressionSearched Argument cSearchExpression Specifies a character expression that OCCURS searches for within cExpressionSearched cExpressionSearched Specifies the character expression OCCURS searches for cSearchExpression Return Value Numeric Welkin Systems Limited so RaceMate Reference Example Occurs a abraca Returns 3 Occurs b abraca Returns 1 Occurs e abraca Returns 0 16 11 7 Padr A Visual FoxPro built in function which returns a string from an expression padded with spaces or characters to a specified length on the right sides Syntax Padr cExpression nCharacters cCharacter Argument Expression to be padded May be string number or date Length of the returned string Character to use for padding Returns Character Example Padr Good 5 boy Returns Good boy Padr 12 4 pc Returns 12 pc 16 11 8 Replicate A Visual FoxPro built in function which returns a character string that contains a specified character expression repeated a specified number of times Syntax Replicate cExpression nTimes Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference aot Argument cExpression Specifies the character expression that is replicated n
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22. Syntax HrRaceRating nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrRaceRating nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrRaceRating nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 7 See also HrRating JrRating SrRating 16 6 37 HrRaceRemark JrRaceRemark SrRaceRemark The functions return the Jockey Club remarks for a race Syntax HrRaceRemark nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrRaceRemark nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrRaceRemark nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width equals number of characters of the remark 16 6 38 HrRacesinMeeting JrRacesInMeeting SrRacesInMeeting The functions return number of races of a meeting Syntax HrRacesInMeeting nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrRacesInMeeting nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrRacesInMeeting nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Numeric Width 2 16 6 39 HrRaceTime JrRaceTime SrRaceTime The functions return the commencing time in 24 hour format of a race Syntax HrRaceTime nBackRaces fCondition dDefaultVal Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 333 JrRaceTime nBackRaces fCondition dDefaultVal SrRaceTime nBackRaces fCondition dDefaultVal Returns Character Width 5 Example of Returned Value 19 00 See al
23. When applying the function to past records by default races in the underlying meeting are not included You may use this argument to change the scope See the following page for details The cIncluding Argument cIncluding Returns Numeric See Also HrAverage JrAverage SrAverage HrAverageBy JrAverageBy SrAverageBy HrCount JrCount SrCount The functions return number of runs that meet the specified condition in the past records of the horse jockey and stable respectively Syntax HrCount 1lCountIf nRaces fCondition nDefaultValue cIncluding JrCount 1lCountIf nRaces fCondition nDefaultValue cIncluding SrCount lCountIf nRaces fCondition nDefaultValue cIncluding Argument Seegen Senge e Datum the count of which is to be ICountIf Spe HrFP 1 Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 358 ICountIf can be of any data type If ICountIf is of logical type all true T values will be counted For any other types record will be counted only if ICountIf returns a non null value Number of latest races counting back from the underlying race to be averaged The races must be meeting the condition specified by fCondition If nRaces is omitted all races meeting fCondition will be included If total number of races meeting fCondition is smaller than nRaces the function will perform calculations on only the available races You m
24. 14 01 2004 lt 16 01 2004 Assistant 14 01 2004 Assistant 13 01 2004 Assistant DIS Horse Zero In 1 Particul 2 Pedigre 3 History 4 Statistic 6 Links 0 All Horse LTE Date Jockey Type Activities Race Time Inner Eq Jog 2 A Swim Inner Eq Jog Swim sw 16 01 2004 Assistant JG 16 01 2004 sw 15 01 2004 F Coetzee JG 15 01 2004 F Coetzee GL 14 01 2004 Assistant Je Swim Pane F CoetzeeRA 51200 6 7 6 3 Mrg Inner Eq Jog 2 Swim Inner Eq Jog Swim Aroe Jog 25 9 22 3 Inner Eq Jog 2 Swim p 60 4 Brand No 9 No of days Welkin Systems Limited Basic Ul Techniques 46 2 Freezing a Form You may hyper reference the data of a horse by double clicking on a horse in a form RaceMate will than activate a Horse form to display the record of the Horse However in order to conserve resources RaceMate will try to try to minimize the number of active forms If a Horse form has already been opened before your double clicking RaceMate will use that form to display the record rather than to open a new instance of the form Sometimes you may want to keep a particular record of a horse on the screen without being replaced by subsequent hyper referencing The solution is to freeze the form by 1 choosing Freeze Form
25. HrSSSire HrDSSire HrDSSire SrDSSire HrSDSire HrDDSire HrSSDam HrDSDam HrSDDam HDDDam Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 16 4 13 HrDSSire HrDSSire SrDSSire The functions return the name of the horse s dam s sire s sire Syntax HrDSSire JrDSSire nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrDSSire nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 22 See Also HrSire HrDam HrSSire HrDSire HrSDam HrDDam HrSSSire HrSDSire HrDDSire HrSSDam HrDSDam HrSDDam HrDDDam _ 16 4 14 HrEHorse JrEHorse SrEHorse The functions return the English name of the horse Syntax HrEHorse nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrEHorse nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrEHorse nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding See Also HrHorse HrCHorse 16 4 15 HrFoalDate JrFoalDate SrFoalDate The functions return the foaling date of the horse Syntax HrFoalDate nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrFoalDate nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrFoalDate nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Date See Also HrAge Welkin Systems Limited 22 RaceMate Reference 16 4 16 HrHorse JrHorse SrHorse The functions return the name of the horse In Chine
26. Returns Numeric See Also HrOdds 16 3 18 HrFP JrFP SrFP The functions return the finishing position of the horse Syntax Welkin Systems Limited 266 RaceMate Reference HrFP nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrFP nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrFP nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Numeric 16 3 19 HrFPX JrFPX SrFPX These functions are identical to HrFP JrFP and SrFP except the following 1 When there are horses with the same finishing position the functions will return different numbers for the horses For example if two horses gets position 3 the function will return 3 and 4 for these horses 2 The return values of these functions are guaranteed unique for each starter within a race Syntax HrFPX nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrFPX nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrFPX nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Numeric See Also HrFP JrFP SrFP 16 3 20 HrHorseNo JrHorseNo SrHorseNo 16 3 21 The functions return the horse number of the horse Syntax HrHorseNo nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrHorseNo nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrHorseNo nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Numeric HrHorseNoStr JrHorseNoStr SrHorseNoStr This function is similar to the HrHorseNo function set except that the functions return the horse number in a character str
27. The function sorts an item string in ascending order and returns a specific item If the items of the item string contain sub items you may specify a sub item as the sorting key The function can return an item a sub item or the ordinal of an item Syntax Or Argument Description Example cValuleExpr The item string or an 12 45 6 00 9 40 expression returning an item string nItemNumber An ordinal number specifying which item after sorting to be returned Welkin Systems Limited ListAscItem cValueExpr nItemNumber cSeparator nSortSubItem cSubItemSeparator cReturnType ListAscItem cValueExpr nItemNumber cSeparator cSortExpr cSubItemSeparator cReturnType MCL Reference 405 cSeparator Item separator can be more than 1 character default to ON nSortSubItem An ordinal number specifying which sub item to be sorted If omitted the whole item will be sorted cSortExpr Use the value returned by ListCol and ListColVal to determine the order Please see the examples below for cSubItemSeparator Sub item separator can be more than 1 character default cReturnT ype T Returns the ordinal number before sorting of the item R Returns the whole item Omitted or any other character returns the sub item Returns Character Example ListAscItem Orange Apple Grape Pear 2 Returns Grape After sorting the item string becomes Apple Grape Orange Pear gt T
28. This view aibs athena boni ses Box 1 Box 2 _ Box 3 Pay Box 4 Box 1 Box 2 amp amp Box 4 ar are defined i in sais hear fears Box 3 i is s defined i in a the function of the 120 days invisible column Last Jockey Start Set MCL Vari e 1 Starter Views 2Trackwork 3 Allocation Lines 9 Ze Update Positions Horse TETE ee EE e Greg 4Flemming 5Dvds 6 Comment ZLinks index Horse v 14 Days Trkwk 0 4 5 33 42 w 0 p 21 0 3 4 18 25 w 0 p 28 0 0 0 6 6 w 0 p 0 0 1 1 9 11 w 0 p 18 0 2 1 3 6 w 0 p 50 2 4 2 25 33 w 6 p 24 2 0 1 12 15 w 13 p 20 0 0 0 7 7 w 0 p 0 0 4 1 6 11 w 0 p 45 3 1 2 17 23 w 13 p 26 1 1 1 2 5 w 20 p 60 1 0 1 12 14 w 7 p 14 1 0 0 3 4 w 25 p 25 0 4 2 36 42 w 0 p 14 0 2 0 18 20 w 0 p 10 0 1 1 5 7 w 0 p 29 0 1 1 13 15 w 0 p 13 5 4 0 32 41 w 12 p 22 2 2 0 15 19 w 11 p 21 0 1 0 10 11 w 0 p 9 3 1 0 7 11 w 27 p 36 1 3 0 21 25 w 4 p 16 1 1 0 9 11 w 9 p 18 0 2 0 7 9 w 0 p 22 0 0 0 5 5 w 0 p 0 0 2 2 20 24 w 0 p 17 0 0 1 5 6 w 0 p 17 0 1 0 7 8 w 0 p 13 0 1 1 8 10 w 0 p 20 2 4 1 50 57 w 4 p 12 1 3 0 23 27 w 4 pr 15 0 0 1 10 11 w 0 p 9 1 1 0 17 19 w 5
29. 05 708 02 07 2006 16005 B Prebble 103 1 5 05 484 26 03 2006 14005 5 Dye 8 6 ns 4n4 Higingianna 140NS S Dve S Statistics or betting index evaluation BN WNW oA AH Oa NY A Ow List Starter Views You may select a view by clicking on the view list on the right of the page RaceMate predefines a set of built in views to present different information including statistics You may add your own views by clicking on the new button There is no limit on the number of user defined views Showing Past Records Select a history track in the History dropdown list at the top of the Starter Views page Select number of past record lines by changing the Lines number in the spinner next to the dropdown You may optionally set a filter by pulling down the filter list next to the spinner Then click on the Update button show past records in the view The following past record tracks are available e Horse show past records of each horse Welkin Systems Limited Main Data Forms 97 e Jockey show past records of each jockey e Stable show past records of each stable Filter On Off The filter set by using the filter dropdown list can temporarily turn off by unchecking the Filter checkbox and later turn it on again by checking the box again Useful Shortcuts e 0 999 Toggle Double click on the Past Records Lines spinner to toggle number of history lines between 0 and 999 e Din Toggle Double click o
30. He has one 3rd and lose in 4 races His total races are 5 The winning percentage was 0 while the top 3 percentage of it are 20 How to Change Statistical Period You can change the statistical period by clicking on Set Choose MCL Variables on the right of the form The MCL Variables form will be shown Check the left most boxes on the form to select an item or combine items Learn more by opening the page Setting Values amp Choosing MCL Variables MCL Variables F Same Track Type Group Title Jocky stable 120 days Horse All T Jocky stable 30 days Horse All ES Jocky stable 60 days Horse All On Race Detail Form Show V Group Variable __ Jocky stable 90 days Horse All 7 g SC es ariable Ti ariable e Jocky stable 150 days Horse Blank Optional Value Value F Jocky stable 180 days Horse 1 Same Track Type _ Jocky stable 210 days Horse F 2 Days Jocky stable 240 days Horse i E Jocky stable 270 days Horse 3 Jocky stable 300 days Horse I Hi 1 Jocky stable 330 days Horse Jocky stable 360 days Horse 5 fall Ad Hoc Ir 6 b 7 Bender Groupe 8 Delete E amp How Chaining is Set The statistics columns for Horse Jockey and Stable have specific settings When double clicked they will chain to the Horse Jockey and Stable forms respectively and open the Distance WQP Stats view The data ran
31. HrDvdWin Data type of expression Any Number of latest races counting back from the underlying race to be averaged The races must be meeting the condition specified by fCondition If nRaces is omitted all races meeting SE fCondition will be included If total number of races meeting fCondition is smaller than nRaces the function will perform calculations on only the available races You may use the HrCount function to check how many races have been counted If argument fCondition is passed the races nRaces will only be selected from those meeting fCondition The fCondition argument is composed of a For clause and a While clause A For clause causes the function to fCondition act on each record that meets the specified logical condition A While clause causes the function to stop action once the logical expression evaluates to false Both For and While clauses are optional Default value returned when no race satisfying the specified condition can be cDefaultValue found The data type of this value must be identical to that of normal return value When applying the function to past records by default races in the underlying meeting are not included You may use this argument to change the scope See the following page for details The cIncluding Argument For HrFP 1 While HrDate gt Date 1999 9 1 cIncluding Returns Character Width 8 Welkin Systems Limi
32. HrLastSectionTime JrLastSectionTime SrLastSectionTime HrLastSectionTimew JrLastSectionTimew SrLastSectionTimew HrMeetingNo JrMeetingNo SrMeetingNo HrPenetrometer JrPenetrometer SrPenetrometer HrRaceClass JrRaceClass SrRaceClass HrRaceID JrRaceID SrRaceID HrRaceNoInMeeting JrRaceNoInMeeting SrRaceNoInMeeting HrRaceNoInSeason JrRaceNoInSeason SrRaceNoInSeason HrRaceNote JrRaceNote SrRaceNote HrRacePrize JrRacePrize SrRacePrize HrRaceRating JrRaceRating SrRaceRating HrRaceRemark JrRaceRemark SrRaceRemark HrRacesInMeeting JrRacesInMeeting SrRacesInMeeting HrRaceTime JrRaceTime SrRaceTime HrRunners JrRunners SrRunners HrSeason JrSeason SrSeason HrSeason2 JrSeason2 SrSeason2 HrSeasonRace JrSeasonRace SrSeasonRace HrSectionalTime JrSectionalTime SrSectionalTime HrSectionalTimew JrSectionalTimew SrSectionalTimew HrSectionTime JrSectionTime SrSectionTime HrSectionTimew JrSectionTimew SrSectionTimew HrPowerFigure JrPowerFigure SrPowerFigure HrPowerComments JrPowerComments SrPowerComments HrTrack JrTrack SrTrack HrTrackID JrTrackID SrTrackID HrTrackPlus JrfrackPlus SrTrackPlus HrTrackShift JrTrackShift SrTrackShift HrWinner JrWinner
33. I Import Width pixel d Type Character v Save Format Chars Digits 180 Decimal O Built In Item O User Defined Item User Input Remark View Results and Input Remarks 12 Click on Save Exit to save the view and show the view data 13 Click on the Edit button of the toolbar to put the form into the Edit Mode You will see the color of the Remark column turns green The color shows that the column is in edit mode and is ready for inputting text 14 After text input is finished click on the Save button on the toolbar to save the change Welkin Systems Limited 134 RaceMate Reference RaceMate Hong fone Professional Edition Alakazam 1110 Danefactor Easy Game 1167 1045 Sure Fortune Premier Cru 1080 999 Dash For Victorie 995 ap 1 ma as om roa EE i Best Time 17 10 2001 6 Empre Court 1 48 1 w C Marinc Std Time 1 49 4 Sect Tine 14 4 21 6 25 0 244 23 7 LES 14 Days Trkwk e 28 Days Trkwk WOP Statistics Running Comme User Comment Yeung s Index Expected Speec History Size Sorting a Lines Paajo _ Sort in Horse Welkin Systems Limited Views Management 135 6 1 1 5 Advanced Settings of View Columns r Edit View Advanced Settings Column ID Heading Mapped to W110001 C33 Comment WI10015 C12 C Read Only
34. Introduction to RaceMate EN User Register via Fax or Web Page Click on Print Registration Form to print a registration form and Fax it to 852 2521 4642 Alternatively you may register on http www RaceMateNet Com englishfuser_register asp You may then close this software When you get your Software Activation Key please run RaceMate and open this Form again Input the key into the boxes below to activate the software IF no printer is available you may preview and jot down the information Hardware Checksum Installation Key i Print Registration Form i Preview Registration Form Please input the activation key into the Following boxes to activate your software Activation Key Once we get the information we will send you a Software Activation Key Before you got your Software Activation Key you may close RaceMate Once you get the key please open the above dialog again and input the key into the boxes below at the lower part and click OK If you see the User Registration Successful message box as show in previous section your RaceMate is ready for use Important Notes Software Activation Key is hardware dependent and can only be used with the computer that you carry out the registration procedure Once you get the Activation Key you must proceed to activating the software Even if now you want to install RaceMate into another computer you must first activate the
35. JrCurRating nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrCurRating nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Numeric See Also HrRating HrRaceRating 16 3 14 HrDraw JrDraw SrDraw The functions return the draw number of the horse Syntax HrDraw nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrDraw nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrDraw nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Welkin Systems Limited 264 RaceMate Reference Returns Numeric 16 3 15 HrEntriesWeight JrEntriesWeight SrEntriesWeight Loading of the horse printed on the Entries List Syntax HrEntriesWeight nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrEntriesWeight nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrEntriesWeight nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Numeric Width 3 16 3 16 HrFavorite JrFavorite SrFavorite The functions return a single character specifying the favorite status of a horse Horses in a race will be divided into two groups higher investment group and lower investment group Horses in the higher investment lower final odds group will be assigned codes 1 2 3 and so on while horses in the lower investment group higher final odds will be assigned codes A B C and so on If the number of horses is an odd number horses in the higher investment group will be more than that in the lower investment group Horses of higher investments lower odds Favorite Status Mos
36. Restore User Data Export Data Import RaceMate 6 5 For DOS User Data Update RaceMate Programs or Install Components Transfer Software License Change to Chinese Display Options and System Information 4 3 Change to Chinese Display Hyper Linking Records Hyper Linking You may double click names of Horses Jockeys and Stables to open their records or double click on a race date to open the record of the race Multiple Instances of a Form In case you double click on several horses one after one RaceMate will use a single Horse form the display records of the horses i e the form will always display the horse record that you lastly referenced and previous record will be replaced If you want to display the records in separate Horse forms you may hold down the Ctrl key while you double click Welkin Systems Limited RaceMate Reference Double click a horse name to open its record Hold down Ctrl to open the record in a new form 4 4 r Race Data 1 11 12 2002 4 List of Declared Starters La E l 4 02 24 la Era BW FG Rtg Cls 58 38 4 21 10 BINTERNATIONAL JOC gro SH Ales Ale Tiger Dan r Horse 1 Cherished 45F Stable Color Country Owner Note Horse Cherished Declaration Al Positions P Entries 14 Days Trkwk 28 Days Trkwk wor Statistics Se
37. Returns Character Example RunnersList HrHorse HrRaceID 1 HrFP lt 2 Returns the names of the winner and the runner up of a race RunnersList HrRating 17222 For HrFP lt 3 Returns a string showing the ratings of the 3 fastest horses in the race of ID 17222 Use as separator The returned string will be similar to 71 80 77 RunnersMax The RunnersMax function returns the maximum value of a datum about a runner in a particular race Syntax RunnersMax nValueExpr cRaceID fCondition Description Example 1 i e Datum the maximum of which is to be found SE e Data type of expression Any HEET Race ID default to underlying race Normally cRaceID this is a string returned by the functions 17222 HrRaceID JrRaceID and Grbacel Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference aot Condition Logical expression to filter out a particular set HrFP lt 3 of runners in the race Returns The type of the value returned by the function is identical to that of the first argument of the function Examples RunnersMax Bodyweight ii Returns the maximum Body Weight of the underlying race RunnersMax Bodyweight 17222 Returns the maximum Body Weight of the race of ID 17222 i e the 222nd race of season 97 98 RunnersMax Bodyweight HrFP lt 3 Returns the maximum Body Weight amount the 3 fastest horses in the underlying
38. Specifies the year returned in the year 2000 compliant Date value nYear can be a value from 100 to 9999 nMonth Specifies the month returned in the year 2000 compliant Date value nMonth can be a value from 1 to 12 nDay Specifies the day returned in the year 2000 compliant Date value nDay can be a value from 1 to 31 Returns Date See Also Month HrDate JrDate SrDate Year 16 15 4 Edition When using syntax 1 the function returns HK in HK edition and MACAU in Macau edition When using syntax 2 the function returns the 1st argument in HK edition and the 2nd argument in Macau edition Syntax 1 Edition Syntax 2 Edition eHkEditionValue eMacauEditionValue Example Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference s Edition Returns HK in HK edition and MACAU in Macau edition Edition 3 2 Returns 3 in HK edition and 2 in Macau edition 16 15 5 Empty Empty is a built in Visual FoxPro function which determines whether an expression evaluates to empty The expression you include can be a character numeric date or logical expression EMPTY returns true T when expressions evaluate to the following Expression type Evaluates to Character The empty string spaces tabs carriage returns linefeeds or any combination of these Numeric 0 Empty False F Syntax Empty eExpr Returns Logical 16 15 6 Gel
39. SrHorseNoStr Hrtsbunnert JrisRunner Sr sRunner HrLastSectPos JrLastSectPos SrLastSectPos HrLoadDiff JrLoadDiff SrLoadDiff HrLoadDiffStr JrLoadDiffStr SrLoadDiffStr HrMargin JrMargin SrMargin HrMarginLen JrMarginLen SrMarginLen HrMarginLenX JrMarginLenX SrMarginLenX HrNetLoadDiff JrNetLoadDiff SrNetLoadDiff HrOdds JrOdds SrOdds HrOdds1Day JrOddsiDay SrOddsiDay HrOdds5Min JrOdds5Min SrOdds5Min HrOverweight JrOverweight SrOverweight HrPastIncident JrPastIncident HrPastIncident HrPlaceTickets JrPlaceTickets SrPlaceTickets HrPositions JrPositions SrPositions Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 259 HrPrivilege JrPrivilege SrPrivilege HrPrivilegeID JrPrivilegeID SrPrivilegeID HrRunning JrRunning SrRunning HrRacingWeight JrRacingWeight SrRacingWeight _ HrRating JrRating SrRating HrRatingDiff JrRatingDiff SrRatingDiff HrReserved JrReserved SrReserved HrSeconds JrSeconds SrSeconds HrSectionPos JrSectionPos SrSectionPos HrSectMargins JrSectMargins SrSectMargins HrSectMargLens JrSectMargLens SrSectMargLens HrSectMargLensxX JrSectMargLensX SrSectMargLensX HrSectPositions JrSectPositions SrSectPositions HrSectTime JrSectTime
40. SrSectTime HrSectTimew JrSectTimew SrSectTimew HrSpecialBit JrSpecialBit SrSpecialBit HrSpecialBitAbbr JrSpecialBitAbbr SrSpecialBitAbbr _ HrSpeed JrSpeed SrSpeed HrStablePrefence JrStablePrefence SrStablePrefence HrStartID JrStartID SrStartID HrStartIDOn JrStartIDOn SrStartIDOn HrStakes JrStakes SrStakes HrTime JrTime SrTime HrTimew JrTimew SrTimew HrUpdown JrUpdown SrUpdown HrUpdownID JrUpdownID SrUpdownID HrWeight JrWeight SrWeight HrWinTickets JrWinTickets SrWinTickets HrWQPStat JrWQPStat SrWQPStat 16 3 1 HrAge JrAge SrAge The functions return the age of the horse at the time it runs Syntax HrAge nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrAge nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrAge nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Numeric 16 3 2 HrAgeMonths JrAgeMonths SrAgeMonths The functions return the age of the horse in number of months at the time it runs Syntax HrAgeMonths nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrAgeMonths nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrAgeMonths nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Welkin Systems Limited oa RaceMate Reference 16 3 3 16 3 4 16 3 5 16 3 6 Numeric HrAllowance JrAllowanc
41. SrisTurf If the race is on a turf track the functions return T true Otherwise the functions retum F false Welkin Systems Limited 32 RaceMate Reference Syntax HrIsTurf nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrisTurf nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SriIsTurf nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Logical See Also HrGoing HrGoingID 16 6 26 HrLastSectionTime JrLastSectionTime SrLastSectionTime The functions return the time in seconds of the section which is counted starting from the last section specified by the 1st argument Syntax HrLastSectionTime nSection nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrLastSectionTime nSection nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrLastSectionTime nSection nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Numeric Characters 4 Decimals 1 Example of Returned Value 24 2 Examples HrLastSectionTime Or HrLastSectionTime 1 The above 2 functions return the same value i e time in seconds for the last section Please note that the 1 in the brackets is for 1st last section rather than the prior start HrLastSectionTime 1 HrLastSectionTime 1 1 The above 2 functions return the same value i e time in seconds for the last section of the race of the last start Please note that the last 1 in the brackets refers to
42. Welkin Systems Limited Release Notes Importing Data from Excel Spreadsheets into Views In prior versions you can only input your comments and ratings directly into RaceMate However you may not do it in other computers without RaceMate installed In version 10 or later user ratings and comments can be input into Excel sheets ina computer without RaceMate You can then import the data of these files into your RaceMate If the file to be imported contains a primary key in the required format you can do better do data import However primary key is not necessary for importing Please see Importing View Data From Excel Files to learn more about the new feature Exporting View Data to Excel Sheets In prior versions we can only export view data race by race via the Exporting or Copying Grids Cells technique Now in version 10 or later you can export view data of multiple races to Excel sheets in one time Data will be calculated whenever necessary before exporting See page Exporting View Data to learn more about the view data export feature Now you can e Export a continuous number of races in one time e Add a special primary key to the exported files It makes future data import in RaceMate more accurate See the page Format of Exported Excel Files to learn more about the format of the exported file Transferring View Data Between Two RaceMates In prior version generally speaking the only way to transfer data from
43. cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width equals number of characters of the user comment See Also HrNoteMark HrHorseMarkNote HrHorseNote 16 4 4 HrCHorse JrCHorse SrCHorse The functions return the Chinese name of the horse Syntax HrCHorse nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrCHorse nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrCHorse nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 8 See Also HrHorse HrEHorse HrEHorse JrHorse SrHorse Welkin Systems Limited 288 16 4 5 16 4 6 16 4 7 RaceMate Reference HrColor JrColor SrColor Colour of Horse Syntax Breelor JrColor nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrColor nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 4 in Chinese mode Width 13 in English mode HrCountryID JrCountryID SrCountryID ID code for the origin country of the horse Syntax HrCountryID JrCountryID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrCountryID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 3 See also HrOrigin JrOrigin SrOrigin HrOriginCategory JrOriginCategory SrOriginCategory HrDam JrDam SrDam The functions return the name of the horse s dam Syntax HrDam JrDam nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cI
44. 12 Click on the Calculate button You will then see the statistical result shown in the lower part of the form The result shows that the average finishing position of all draw positions is 7 0225 Position 1 is best draw position the average finishing position of which is 6 6514 12 2 3 2 Statistical Groups In order to compare the performance of the horses in inner and outer tracks let us modify the Stat Group column of the statistical view of the above section 1 Select the Draw Statistics view Open the Edit View form again and select the Draw column Welkin Systems Limited Statistics and Data Analysis 223 ree Edit View View Name Drauw Statistics Chinese Mode Equivalent wi Save Exit Description Draw Statistics IC Caching Save As Starters View O Entries View Show Formula Row Height 17 Columns Locked Cancel Exit Column ID YwCo3s002 C1 C Betting Index C Stat Column Stat Group Export Heading Ei D Import I Width pixel Save Format Chars Digits View Remark User Defined Item TIF HrDraw lt 7 Inner Outer OvUser Input B v Remark Draw Show View Rmk Show Colm Rmk kel 2 Change the column from Built In Item to User Defined Item 3 Change the Type of the column from Numeric to Character 4 Set the column width to 5 r Race Data 1 09 05 2007 1 Draw Stat
45. 3 Allocation 4Flemming SDvds Comment 2 Urks O Index History Horse Filte WQP v Update Declaration Al Update view data based Number of history lines E Distance Jockey Bta Cls Updn Dw Positions _FP_wt D Positions on current settings 29 10 2006 12005 WMLai 1091 Down 1 8 6 6 Tine Entries 05 688 25 06 2006 12005 BPrebble 10411 Up 111110 9 ver lt 14 Days Trkwk 05 338 22 01 2006 10005 YTCheng 1002 Down 11 1010 12 04 457 13 03 2005 12005 RFradd 94 2 Up 71010 7 04 186 21 11 2004 10005 RFradd 912 Reds 14 1110 Sunny Sing 29 10 2006 12005 _ E Saint Marti 114 1 7997 1186 0 Yeung s Index Add a new view 06 072 07 10 2006 10005 E Saint Marti 106 1 Down 611 8 120C Expected Speed Filter on off a 3 1 2 2 1 05 439 04 03 2006 18005 E Saint Marti 104 1 2 655 5 2lize c_ Dest Distance 05 04 03 2006 ES arti 104 EI Se 1 3 2 2 1 1 28 Days Trkwk History filters 112C WOP Statistics Modify view structure 118C Running Comment Delete a view 1291C User Comment Current run white Recalculate view History lines blue 05 366 05 02 2006 16005 ESaint Marti 97 2 Down 57 77 1 1260 126 CE 114 0 d Reorder names 119 C 7 in view list 1251C et ale Confine sorting to records gt U D Sort in Horse of Individual horse 7 05 318 15 01 2006 1400S C Soumilon ai 2 DEE All s Well 29 10 2006 12005 5 Dye 110 1 9 06 072 07 10 2006 10005 BPrebble 10711 Down 7
46. 33 6 4 where 33 6 is the Best time and 4 is the number of gallops Syntax HrGallop400Stat nDays nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrGallop400Stat nDays nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrGallop400Stat nDays nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Character Width 12 16 5 10 HrGallop800Best JrGallop800Best SrGallop800Best The functions return the best time in all 800m galloping during a number of days before the race in which the horse runs Syntax HrGallop800Best nDays nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrGallop800Best nDays nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrGallop800Best nDays nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Numeric Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 31 16 5 11 HrGallop800Stat JrGallop800Stat SrGallop800Stat The functions returns a character string showing e Number of 800m galloping e Best time in all 800m gallopings during a number of days before the race in which the horse runs Information will be returned in the following format 53 6 4 where 53 6 is the Best time and 4 is the number of gallops Syntax HrGallop800Stat nDays nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrGallop800Stat nDays nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrGallop800Stat nDays nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 12 16 5 12 HrGBTCount JPGBTCount SrGBTCount The above funct
47. 435 Returns Default to string e g 15 02 2009 for 15 02 2009 If you pass a value to vRetVal please see the description for vRetVal above Example The following function will return the racing date If you double click on the date the corresponding Race Running Position Photos will be opened HrPosPhoto The following function will give the racing date It will display Positions on screen If you double click on the text the corresponding Race Running Position Photos page will be opened HrPosPhoto positions The following function will return the link for getting access to the web resource something similar to http www hkjc com english racing finishphoto asp racedate 20080227R4_L jpg HrPosPhoto Null See Also HrBTrial HrBTVideo HrPreRace HrPostRace HrRaceReplay HrRacingFocus 16 14 5 HrRaceReplay JrRaceReplay SrRaceReplay The functions provide you with a link for double clicking to 1 open the Race Replay videos 2 open the Race Data form if Alt key is held down simultaneously Syntax HrRaceReplay vRetVal nBackRaces fCondition vDefaultVal JrRaceReplay vRetVal nBackRaces fCondition vDefaultVal SrRaceReplay vRetVal nBackRaces fCondition vDefaultVal Argument vRetVal 1 If you omit this argument a character string of 10 characters showing the race date 2 If you pass a value into vRetVal it will be the return value can be any
48. CK Tong R 80 D 9 W 126 _ r eae oe bf A Deferred Calculation of View Columns RaceMate carries out view calculations row by row The calculation result of a cell may be wrong if it is a function referencing other rows which are yet to be updated In order to get correct results you need to recalculate the view by clicking on the Recalc button For some complicated views you may need to recalculate even more than once In RaceMate 8 0 you can now selectively set a number of columns carry out calculations only after the base calculation is finished We call such a new feature Deferred Calculations Deferred Calculations is much more efficient than doing simple recalculations in the following ways 1 Each column of the view will carry out calculation only once Deferred calculating columns will not be updated in the initial base calculation 2 If there is more than one deferred calculating column you may define the calculation order of each deferred calculating column With this sophisticated new feature you will no longer bother about recalculations and will always get the results that you want Welkin Systems Limited 52 RaceMate Reference r Edit View Advanced Settings Column ID vwC10001 C35 Heading FO DbI Click Action Form to Open KAE C Auto Resize O Update Value When View Line is Retrieved Update value Only in st Deferred Calculation _ No Cach
49. Cu E E 412 LeISTSOPLDOS EL geess deg dee SEENEN 414 LISTSOMDES CV All RE 414 LISTS OPEV ACs E 414 ListStdDev a 415 DAS CSUN RE 415 Lisal EE 416 el GE E WE 417 EE EV GC EE 417 13 Conversion FUNnCtiOnS s eng ise SEN ie chs ENEE ER ENKE EELER et ek cts ceva dasagesnuadeunees 418 Welkin Systems Limited 14 RaceMate Reference Str SERDIE EE Eech TblAddVal TDIWrite O Transform Tat Match tg ee EE 14 Multimedia amp Internet FunchHons ENNER ENNER HrBTVideo JrBTVideo SrBTVid O sssecceseceeeseeeseeeseeeeeeeeesneensneeeesnessaesesaeeseaeeeseaesesaeeeseneeseneeneaeeeees HrPostRace JrPostRace SrPostRace HrPreRace JrPreRace SrPreRace sscssscessceceseeeeseeeesneeeeseeesseeeesaeeseaneesnesesaeeeeseeeseaesesaeeseneeseeeeeseeeeas HrPosPhoto JrPosPhoto SrPosPhoto HrRaceReplay JrRaceReplay SrRaceReplay 1 Seen HrRacingFocus JrRacingFocus SrRacingFocus 15 Miscellaneous FUNC ONS a 2cccsccesccceeciacaceeteleticenstitcareeasdd Seestsdacedeceticnusedseeaeeeneegcomsnessense 16 KAES e A ceceudceavectic here E E E E cha eteedty esteedtiee T 447 Vd 448 Part XVII How To 450 1 Find horses of this race met in past starte 450 2 Find horses which win in 60 days after a stable ChANGEC cccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeees 452 3 See performance enhanced by a Stable ChANGe cccceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeene
50. D Whyte Foreign 3 Import Data ar rege rosan 5 2011 037 2011 Next jockey must be Foreign HI lt e foreign jockeys ti ei k _ Distance WOP Stats Welkin Systems Limited Built in Views 175 See Also Using MCL Variables As View Arguments MCL Variables to Set Data Range Welkin Systems Limited 178 9 1 9 2 RaceMate Reference Excel Spreadsheet Features A RaceMate view is a spreadsheet similar to Microsoft Excel You may do calculations among columns On the sheet you may retrieve past or post records of horses jockeys and stables You may put statistics on cells You may import data from external files gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt e How to Create Complicated Formulae e MCL Debugging How to Create Complicated Formulae Once there is a mistake in your formula you will see Null values in your column cells If your formula are not a simple one you may not be able to easily find out the cause of the problem In general when creating a complicated formula we will follow the following rules e Rather than building the complete formula in one time you should write a simple part of it first e If the simple part returns correct values you will then add more to the formula and do the test again e This add and test process should be repeat and repeat until a complete formula is formed MCL Debugging Structure of MCL Formula Checker
51. Enjoy the Fun 09 01 2011 12005_ BDoye SL 3 Reds 2 123 D s 3 Fierce Force _ 09 01 2011 12005_ ODoleuze 52 0 4 10 123 2 C Fonnes 6 1 2 2 Sorting and Grouping No matter history lines have been shown or not you can may sort view lines by clicking on a column heading For techniques of sorting please see the page Sorting Grid Columns 6 1 2 3 Sorting in Individual History Groups When history lines are shown there are 2 different sorting modes 1 All lines sort 2 Sort in horse The following screen capture shows an all line sort keep the Sort in Horse check box deselected and click on the column heading All lines in the view are treated as a group in sorting eeler E LEE Eier IA Rtg Rtg Cls Updn Dw FP Wt D I a s 09 01 2011 10005_ EE ED Declaration Best Distance CEO Bow 7 aot My 14 Days Trkwk Vintage Husser 09 01 2011 10008_ MGuyon 57 2 4 2 130 3 jockey Change Sat Fair 1 2011 5 AAE Welkin Systems Limited 12 RaceMate Reference 6 1 2 4 6 1 3 1 The following screen capture shows a sort in horse keep the Sort in Horse check box selected and click on the column heading Records of each horse are treated as a single group in sorting History Horse Lines 4 Filter E y Update RESET Horse Date Di
52. Exact Case Modifier Precede the requirement with a caret mark requires strings to be compared in exact cases Whyte is not equal to whyte NOT Modifier Precede the requirement with an exclamation mark means NOT Whyte means Whyte Examples HrDistance HrDistance HrDistance HrTrack HrT rack IA Filter races of A track A 3 track Character will not be included x HrTrack Filter races of A track including A Character A 2 A 3 etc HrTrack A o race will be shown because in Character quotes will not be regarded as a Welkin Systems Limited Statistics and Data Analysis 209 wildcard o d Filter races of A track A will not Character be included String matching is case insensitive by default mn eegent A A 2 A 3 etc HrTrack Identical to above example because Character the system will automatically append an HrT rack HrT rac e HrTrack No race will be shown Once the Character requirement begins with an operator will not be a required character rather than a wildcard HrT rack ZAC Filter races of A and C tracks A 2 Character A 3 etc will not be included HrDate 13 6 2007 Filter races on 13 6 2007 If date Date format on your screen is mm dd yyyy you must input 6 13 2007 rather than 13 6 2007 HrDate 42007 6 13 Filter races on 13 6 2007 If you Date formally quote a date it must be in Ayyyy mm dd
53. HK Editions Happy Valley meeting Red for day meetings Blue for evening Shatin meeting meetings Welkin Systems Limited Main Data Forms s PN Happy Valley Barrier Trials Shatin Barrier Trials Races Page The first page on the right side lists races of the day highlighted on the calendar You may click on a race to open the Race Data form to show the data about the race If there is no meeting on the day the page will show a message No Race Today Remarks Page The Remarks page shows the remarks from the Jockey Club for the day if any You may enter your own remarks in the UserRemarks edit box on the page Links Page The Links page shows a set of autolinks for opening the multimedia resources including videos and photos of the Jockey Clubs You may add your own multimedia resource links into the page as well See Autolinks of the Multimedia Resources section for details Track Work Page You may click on the List Track Work Horses button at the bottom of the page to show all track work records of the day The Track Work page also shows the barrier trials of the day if any You may click on a barrier trial to view the details about the trial on the Barrier Trial Form 1Races 2Remarks 3Links 4 Track Work Group Dist Track 1 1050 ABT 1050 ABT 1000 G B T 1000 G B T 1000 G B T 1000 G B T CO OS GO PA List Track Work Horses 5 3 Race Data Form The Race Data form of
54. Hr Jr rack nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding rack nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrTrack nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 8 Example of Return Value C43 W See also HrTrackID JrTrackID SrTrackID HrTrackPlus JrTrackPlus SrTrackPlus HrTrackShift JrTrackShift SrTrackShift 16 6 51 HrTrackID JrTrackID SrTrackID Th po e functions return a character identifying the track of the race Here are some ssible values e 8 escription O Welkin Syste ms Limited 338 RaceMate Reference New A Syntax HrTrackID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrTrackID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrTrackID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 1 Example of Returned Value A See also HrTrack JrTrack SrTrack HrTrackPlus Jr rackPlus SrTrackPlus HrTrackShift JrTrackShift SrTrackShift 16 6 52 HrTrackPlus JrTrackPlus SrTrackPlus The functions return the width adjustment of the track of the race For example in a character string Syntax HrTrackPlus nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrTrackPlus nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrTrackPlus nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Ch
55. HrWeight 8 and HrMMinimum HrFP 8 to get the same results However each of these functions scans the history once Thus the history will be scanned twice The speed is slower than that of the view in this example Bult in column ER WeightF HrHistoryList Str HrWeight 3 Str HrFP 2 8 Text 56 p Lightest ListAscItem Column WeightFp 1 1 Text 3 ListAscItem Column WeightFp 1 2 Text 2 Lightest Best 30 2 124 11 132 14 133 13 128 13 133 8 115 2 119 3 115 19 11 115 4 115 3 133 1 123 10 132 2 116 7 133 1 30 11 119 6 121 6 124 7 109 7 115 12 124 11 126 11 Dain 116 14 123 9 129 5 121 10 122 3 119 11 123 11 16 Horse WeightFp appy Life 23 7 128 4 118 8 16 8 116 6 116 7 117 11 17 10 126 8 122 4 121 11 117 3 120 11 114 9 112 11 ortune Salian 124 4 134 6 116 9 118 3 125 8 115 9 132 3 128 9 Jus 26 11 126 12 127 6 erfect Sport 34 3 126 7 111 1 129 6 120 10 123 14 118 13 116 3 1 Winning Mascot 29 11 126 5 131 11 125 10 122 13 113 9 116 10 113 9 ar n Feather 24 12 127 8 24 ListAscItem 5 4 6 1 2 6 1 ListColVal 1 ListColVal 2 Returns 6 1 The argument ListColVal 1 ListColVal 2 asks the system to sort on the numeric sum of the ist and 2nd sub items Item ListColVal 1 ListColVal 2 Since 7 lt 8 lt 9 after sorting the item string becomes 6 1 2 6 5 4 The function returns the first item 6 1
56. JrDaysAgo SrDaysAgo The functions return how many days ago relative to the underlying race the race takes place Syntax HrDaysAgo nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrDaysAgo nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrDaysAgo nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Numeric 16 6 16 HrDistance JrDistance SrDistance The functions return the distance of the race Syntax HrDistance nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrDistance nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrDistance nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Numeric Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 323 Example of Returned Value 1650 16 6 17 HrDistTrack JrDistTrack SrDistTrack The functions return a string showing the course and distance of the race The last 2 characters of the return string are for course track Syntax HrCourseDist nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrCourseDist nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrCourseDist nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 6 in English mode Width 8 in Chinese mode Examples of Returned Value English Mode EE r 1650HG 16504 5 Happy Turf valley 1650m 1400SG 1400H Shatin Turf 1400m 1600SA 1600H Shatin All Weather 1600m 1400MG 14004 Turf 1400m 1200MS 120038 yb Sand 1200m See also HrDistance JrDistanc
57. Le 4 Definition of Statistical Views 1 Celtes Statistical View Structure Edit Item _ New en Delete Item Distance WQP Stats 1x This view shows the WQP statistics of runs t Library Item a Remarks Chinese Remarks RAAT AB Geer BORE RY reen MARIE ERNIA st DAAR REMORSE BB HNS Raq Handling Columns w COLUMNQ Function F RecalcOnSave Recalc On Open Don t Prefix Stat Columns of Type ANY Display Mode Statistics DI Data Range 600 passer x perioa 10 11 C 316 f 1112 Ze 148 12 Seasons Period 87 88 2 1 10 11 ld 238 e 31 ween x period 09 10 Zi 139 1112 le re Gi leie SI H I 1 5 vears x Period 10 11 729 11 12 ls 101 E Pease choose an MCL variable by inputting a variable number which wile Welkin Systems Limited z4 RaceMate Reference 12 1 8 Statistical Items the Stat Column The Stat column in the Definition of Statistical Views form defines how data are grouped for statistics and what types of statistics on what columns are going to be carried out The following table shows the available options view all records will be regarded as a single group Variance in group NULL values will not be count
58. Main Features System Requirements Installing RaceMate Registering and Activating RaceMate Installing into More Than One Computer About Upgrading Windows Remarks about Inputting Chinese Main Features RaceMate is a powerful race data analysis tool Its huge database provides you with all necessary data for your betting analysis Its versatile features help you effectively find out investment hints and improve chances of winning You will be much impressed by the lightning speed of RaceMate because its data is driven by the World s fastest desktop database engine Microsoft Visual FoxPro Since its database resides in your local hard disk there is no need to dedicate an Internet connection while you are using the software You may install RaceMate in a notebook and use it anytime and anywhere Here are the some of the main features of RaceMate Huge Database Data are always up to date Simply carry out a 1 minute data download to keep your database up to update Comprehensive data since 1987 including races track work barrier trials swimming entries forms results trainers jockeys records of horses pedigree information includes 3 generation bloodline charts and listing of horses of the same dam sire or sire of dam and much more Past records of horses jockeys and trainers can dynamically be displayed in forms starter views and race results You may choose the number of history lines or even display only the records
59. On the contrary the new statistical views can be for both language modes There is a checkbox on the view property editing form which enables bilingual support of the view Column Names and Column ID Numbers e Duplicated column names are not allowed in starter views while they are legal in new statistical views This design is to facilitate the new tree structure of criteria particularly OR criteria groups That means a criteria title can appear multiple times in the view structure table e Each column in a statistical view is assigned a column ID number In the new version the Column function will accept either column ID numbers e g Column 15 or column names e g Column FP as argument Since now column names are not necessarily unique we recommend users to use column ID numbers in the Column function in new statistical views Column ID numbers are guaranteed to be unique and will not be changed when you switch language modes while names of columns will generally be different in different language modes Differences about Built in Views There are two types of built in starter Views modifiable and read only while there is only one type of built in views in the new statistical views of version 9 0 modifiable with auto reset The changes that you make to an old modifiable built in starter view will be permanent while changes made to a new built in statistical view will be lost auto reset when you restart RaceMate If y
60. See the section Filtering Records in Starters Views for details Rearranging Position of Views in View List Follow the steps below to rearrange the position of the views in the view list 1 2 3 Push down the Re order button a small button will appear at the left hand side of each view name in the view list Drag the button of the view that you want to relocate to the new target position Click on the Re order button to release it Welkin Systems Limited Views Management 137 D Index _ 14 Days Trkwk 128 Days Trkwk WOP Statistics Running Comm JUser Comment keungs Index lExpected Spee Best Distance v C Sort in Horse 6 1 1 8 Exporting and Importing View Structures You can export the structure of a starter view into a diskette or a folder and then import the view structure into another copy of RaceMate so as to share your view with another RaceMate user If you carry out the export and import actions in the same RaceMate the end result is copying the structure of an existing view to a new view Steps to export view structure to a disk 1 On the Race Data form open the view that you want to export its structure 2 Click on the Modify button at the right hand side of the Race a Positions T Entries 14 Days Trkwk 28 Days Trkwk WOP Statistics Running Comme User Comment rmm Te dos RSR KEEN 3 When the Edit View form shows
61. SrSickHistory HrSire JrSire SrSire HrSSDam JrSSDam SrSSDam _ HrSSire JrSSire SrSSire HrSSSire JrSSSire SrSSSire HrStable JrStable SrStable HrStableAbbr JrStableAbbr SrStableAbbr HrStableID JrStableID SrStableID HrStableRetired JrStableRetired SrStableRetired HrArrivalYear JrArrivalYear SrArrivalYear Year of arrival of the horse Syntax HrArrivalYear JrArrivalYear nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrArrivalYear nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Numeric Width 4 See also HrOrigin JrOrigin SrOrigin HrOriginCategory JrOriginCategory SrOriginCategory HrCountryID JrCountryID SrCountryID HrAge JrAge SrAge Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 287 16 4 2 HrBrandNo JrBrandNo SrBrandNo The functions return the brand number of the horse Syntax HrBrandNo nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrBrandNo nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrBrandNo nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 4 16 4 3 HrBreedNote JrBreedNote SrBreedNote The functions return the user comments on the Pedigree page of the Horse Form Syntax HrBreedNote JrBreedNote nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrBreedNote nBackRaces fCondition
62. The following picture show a breakdown by course You may choose any of the following breakdown settings e Course e Day Night e Turf AW e Going e Distance e Draw e Jockey e Track Name A SCruz Abbrev ASC No ofhorses 58 iHorses 2Wins 3History Stat 4Note SLinks 0 Stable List Period 04 07 2007 To 03 07 2008 ard H 5 8 3 Past Record and Comprehensive Statistics Stable Form The purposes of this page are 1 Display complete or filtered past records 2 Define comprehensive criteria to carry statistics and queries on past records 3 Carry out comprehensive statistics Further more you may do the following on the form e Create your own view with the data columns that you need Welkin Systems Limited ma RaceMate Reference e Add or remove columns from existing views e Setting a period to limit the records retrieved e Create a filter to retrieve only the records which meet the criteria you want Detailed operation instructions and functions of each elements of the page are shown on the page Comprehensive Statistics and Record Query under the chapter Statistics and Data Analysis Abbrev ASC No ofhorses 58 iHorses 2Wins 3History Stat 4Note Stinks 0 Stable List o Basic Coh Colur 1 Years Le Period 07 08 E 03 07 2008 03 07 2008 3 Happy All ArouK L Chu
63. click on the Export button at the right edge of the form 4 Enter a view name and a description into the Export View form Welkin Systems Limited 138 RaceMate Reference 5 Chinese Mode Equivalent Gu ed Starters r Declaration List of Declared Starters Remark Horse number Insert a floppy diskette into drive A to start exporting Steps to import view structure 1 2 3 Start RaceMate in another computer that you want to import view structure Put the floppy diskette created from the steps above into drive A On the Starter View page of the Race Data form click on the New button at the right hand side of the form When the Edit View form shows click on the import button at the right hand side of the form A dialog for selecting source folder will be shown After selecting a folder you will see the following form shown below showing a list of views structures stored in the folder Select the view structure that your want to import from the list at the left hand side and click on Import to start importing Welkin Systems Limited Views Management 139 Ko Import View J ers cK Long Name List of Declared Starters Description b 6 You will see a dialog box telling you that the current view structure being edited will be overwritten by the view structure being imported I
64. following picture show a breakdown by course You may choose any of the following breakdown settings Course Day Night Turf AW Going Distance Draw Jockey Track Welkin Systems Limited 108 RaceMate Reference 5 6 6 Trackwork Horse Form This page shows track work and races of the horse You may set the number of days to be retrieved into the page Brand No G043 1400 2 1 1 6 Mrg 2 1 2 Hrs 14 0 22 4 23 7 24 3 Race 14 0 Inner Eq Jog Swim Inner Eq Jog 33 0 25 7 Inner Eq Jog 2 Tanar Cn Inn 5 6 7 Links Page Horse Form You may open videos of the Jockey Club by double clicking on the links in the table The availability of the videos depends on their existence on the server of the Jockey Club For management about the links please see the Multimedia Resource section for details Welkin Systems Limited Main Data Forms 1 Brand No 6043 2Pedigree 3History Stat 4Overseas Remark 6 2008 07 01 01 Race Running Position Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website 1 2008 07 01 01 Race Replay Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website 6 2008 06 08 04 Race Running Position Photos Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website 1 2008 06 08 04 Race Replay Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website Re Running Position Photos Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website 1
65. format HrDate gt 13 6 2007 Filter races after 13 6 2007 15 9 2007 15 9 2007 IsTurf _ yo Filter all turf course races IsTurf GE a ase SNE N__ Flter al nentu course rases ege Ke Kn Filter all starts with the word slow Test found in JC running comment HrRunning I slow Filter all starts without the word Text slow found in JC running comment HrRunning A slow Filter all starts with the word slow Text found in JC running comment This is a case sensitive match slow will not match Slow or SLOW 12 1 6 Creating and Removing OR or AND Criteria Group Creating OR Criteria Group Follow the steps below to create an OR criteria group The steps show how to create an OR group Creating an AND group is similar 1 Select a target requirement and click on the Create OR Brackets button You will see a new OR group is created with the target item indented Welkin Systems Limited 210 RaceMate Reference 2 Select another target item Click on the red brown UP or DOWN arrow buttons to move the item into the OR group Repeat this step until all target items are moved into the group KRIER VU UI 2 L Removing an OR or AND Criteria Group Use the red brown UP or DOWN arrow buttons to move all the group members out of Welkin Systems Limited Statistics and Data Analysis 211 the group 12 1 7 Data Period and Display Mode The amount of
66. gt lt lt lDetailCountIf2 gt gt Summary Section Left of Statistical items are lt lt lOverallCountIf1 gt gt lt lt lOverallCountIf2 gt gt for all records rather than individual breakdown groups Detail Section Right of Statistical items are lt lt 1lDetailCountIf1 gt gt lt lt l1DetailCountIf2 gt gt for individual breakdown groups You may put a single character in the summary section The functions will copy the statistics items and text around the items into the summary section The word All will be printed at the position for breakdown values Examples HrCountBy Totally lt lt HrFp 1 gt gt wins in lt lt HrFp gt gt races lt lt HrFp 1 gt gt wins in lt lt HrFp gt If a horse has 5 1000m starts 9 1200m starts and 3 1400m starts and among these starts it won in 1 1000m start and 2 1200m starts the function will return the following string Totally 3 wins in 17 races 1000 1 wins in 5 starts 1200 2 wins in 9 starts 1400 0 wins in 3 starts HrCountBy lt lt HrFp 1 gt gt wins in lt lt HrFp gt gt starts HrDistance Provided that you are applying the function to the same horse and races as those in the prior example you will get the following return string Al1 3 wins in 17 starts 1000 1 wins in 5 starts 1200 2 wins in 9 starts 1400 0 wins in 3 s Enhanced Syntax 3 Statistical Function Modifiers You may precede a Statisti
67. nValueExpr nRaces fCondition nDefaultValue cIncluding SrAverageNZ nValueExpr nRaces fCondition nDefaultValue cIncluding Argument Description Senge Datum the average of which is to be nValueExpr found HrDvdWin Data type of expression Numeric Number of latest races counting back from the underlying race to be averaged The races must be meeting the condition specified by fCondition nRaces i 4 If nRaces is omitted all races meeting fCondition will be included If total number of races meeting fCondition is smaller than nRaces the Welkin Systems Limited e RaceMate Reference 16 8 4 function will perform calculations on only the available races You may use the HrCount function to check how many races have been counted If argument fCondition is passed the races nRaces will only be selected from those meeting fCondition The fCondition argument is composed of a For clause and a While clause A For clause causes the function to i fCondition act on each record that meets the ose oases sa specified logical condition A While clause causes the function to stop action once the logical expression evaluates to false Both For and While clauses are optional Default value returned when no race satisfying the specified condition can be cDefaultValue found The data type of this value must be identical to that of normal return value
68. p 11 _ 0 2 1 27 30 w 0 p 10 0 2 0 16 18 w 0 p 11 0 0 0 7 7 w 0 p 0 0 0 1 4 5 w 0 p 20 4 2 3 28 37 w 11 p 24 2 0 2 18 22 w 9 p 18 0 2 0 7 9 w 0 p 22 2 0 1 3 6 w 33 p 50 2 4 5 36 47 w 4 p 23 1 2 2 22 27 w 4 p 19 0 0 3 11 14 w 0 p 21 1 2 0 3 6 w 17 p 50 28 Days Trkwk WQP Statistics Running Comment User Comment Yeung s Index Expected Speed Best Distance All Distances WQP Sta Jockey Change Stat 5 4 0 32 41 w 12 p 22 2 2 0 15 19 w 11 p 21 0 1 0 10 11 w 0 p 9 3 1 0 7 11 w 27 p 36 G Mosse 0 0 0 1 1 w 0 p 0 3 4 4 44 55 w 5 p 20 3 3 3 25 34 w 9 p 26 0 1 1 12 14 w 0 p 14 0 0 0 7 7 w 0 p 0 KCNG 0 0 0 1 1 w 0 p 0 2 4 2 25 33 w 6 p 24 2 0 1 12 15 w 13 p 20 0 0 0 7 7 w 0 p 0 0 4 1 6 11 w 0 p 45 D View Columns Welkin Systems Limited 172 RaceMate Reference Horse Horse name Last Jockey Name of jockey who rides the same horse in the horse s last start Current Jockey The horse s current jockey Last Jky Changes to Curr Jky WQOPL T Shows the WQPL counts after a jockey change from last jockey to the current jockey within period set by MCL variable 1 In the screen capture above the 2nd line of the Last Jky Changes to Curr Jky WQPL T column shows that in latest 120 days jockey
69. serisini e A e ee aA e a Aaa dveeevievecs Print Race Data Race Data Form Race Search FOr ccsciescscsccccsveceins cceveeccsenetieneceeesccaenseaesccevescensentdesseeventaecmeedes cteenacaaenntd Jockey SilkSiiccccivcccceetcs ccccteas cceet ieee setae accent ce teed en eeetveceteteweccctetiecenebews acetate EN KEEN EEN HIOESO Fort ege Seege ees Particulars Page Horse FOr isswsssscveseivescccecsssevsivsvessevsccvenscecsedcresessesstecvsnsecvectersotssevsrensesesstvevssseevecneascecdedcesset Pedigree Page Horse FOI isssecccasesetocscicectcacscascevensecssanecesadecsenceduadesseusdsaaeisvacstsecieaeverdandcaseeususecsauseeesaundsaaceesa3 Past Record and Comprehensive Statistics for Horse FOr csssccssseeeeseeeeseeeeseeeeeneeseeeeesaeeeeeneeseeeensaeeeees 106 Overseas Page Horse FOr ssscsssceeesceesseeesseeeeseeeeseeeessaeeees 107 Wins Page Horse Form 107 Trackw ork Horse Form 108 Links Page Horse Form 6s cssesiedecssseucnecesvesdeeisucessiveventvstvebenocerveUcecsoncscceesscssvevsceenscvededcredgucesivsuetestucusnocsvsseceeses 108 Horse List Page HOS e FORM scccisssscsecesesctseascessstsevesessuessiouescoccrdsoacescieevastyshectsazsieietestenisenseidevessvensesieintceacetien 109 JOCKEY FOE SEENEN 109 Past Record and Comprehensive Statistics Jockey FOr cesscsseccesseeeeseeeeseeeesneeeeeneesseesesaeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeees 109 Win Page JOCKEY d UE 110 Particulars Notes Page Jockey Form
70. text click Details Supplemental language support Most languages are installed by default To install additional languages select the appropriate check box below O Install files for complex script and right to left languages including Install files for East Asian languages 4 Click on the Apply button Windows may ask you to insert your Windows disk to continue 5 On the Advanced page of the Regional and Language Options form choose Chinese Hong Kong S A R on the dropdown list Welkin Systems Limited as RaceMate Reference Regional and Language Options Regional Options Languages Advanced Language for non Unicode programs This system setting enables non Unicode programs to display menus and dialogs in their native language It does not affect Unicode programs but it does apply to all users of this computer Select a language to match the language version of the non Unicode pgrams pou want to User Chinese Hong Kong S A R Code page conversion tables 10001 MAC Japanese 10002 MAC Traditional Chinese Big5 10003 MAC Korean C 10004 MAC Arabic C 10005 MAC Hebrew Default user account settings C Apply all settings to the current user account and to the default user profile 6 After rebooting Windows start RaceMate and choose Change to Chinese Display on the Tools menu of the RaceMate 18 3 Chinese Characters Becomes Garbage No m
71. the function will return NULL 2 Although the functions accept 5 arguments the 4th argument of HrXMinimum JrXMinimum SrXMinimum will always be ignored Syntax HrXMinimum eValueExpr nRaces fCondition eDefaultValue cIncluding JrXMinimum eValueExpr nRaces fCondition eDefaultValue cIncluding SrXMinimum eValueExpr nRaces fCondition eDefaultValue cIncluding Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 383 Argument Description Example Datum the minimum of which is to be eValueExpr found HrDvdWin Data type of expression Any Number of latest races counting back from the underlying race to be averaged The races must be meeting the condition specified by fCondition If nRaces is omitted all races meeting fCondition will be included BRACES If total number of races meeting fCondition is smaller than nRaces the function will perform calculations on only the available races You may use the HrCount function to check how many races have been counted If argument fCondition is passed the races nRaces will only be selected from those meeting fCondition The fCondition argument is composed of a For clause and a While clause A For clause causes the function to i SS fCondition act on each record that meets the PETA E e P specified logical condition A While clause causes the function to stop action once the logical expression evaluates to false B
72. verses stakes O An Arabic numeral for number of seasons Number of latest seasons in which stakes earned About Season Number Once a season number is included into the cFlag argument the stakes the horse earned before arriving HK will not be counted Returns Numeric 9 digits Examples Total local and overseas stakes earned in the current season which the start takes place HrStakes 1 Total overseas stakes earned in all seasons up to current start Stakes earned before arriving HK will also be included HrStakes O Total local stakes earned in all seasons up to current start HrStakes L Local stakes earned in current season HrStakes L1 Local stakes earned in latest 2 seasons HrStakes L2 Total Local and overseas stakes earned in latest 2 seasons Stakes earned before arriving HK will not be included HrStakes 2LO Average stakes per race earned in latest 2 seasons Stakes earned before coming to HK will not be counted HrStakes 2A Average stakes per race including those earned before coming to HK HrStakes A Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 283 16 3 59 HrTime JrTime SrTime The functions return the time taken by the horse to finish the running Returned values will be in the following format 1 23 9 1 minute and 23 9 seconds Syntax HrTime nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrTime nBackRaces fCondition cDefa
73. when you push the left top small button of the grid the view will be reset to the natural order 16 7 8 IfCurRun In the current run row of a view the function will return the value of the expression inside the character string of the first argument In past record rows the function will return the value of the expression inside the character string of the second argument Syntax IfCurRun fTrueExpression fFalseExpression Returns The same data type as the expression contained in the argument strings Example In the view shown in the following figure the formula CurRunHorses in the fourth column shows the current starters met by each horse in each race including the current race The formula IfCurRun CurRunHorses applies the CurRunHorses function only in past races A space will be shown in the current run Welkin Systems Limited am RaceMate Reference FP No Horse CurRunHorsest TfCurRunFni CurRunHorses 1 10 Luckswell High Spirits RebelLeader GoodFit Danefactor sl 8 o1 152 Don Sebastian Win For Lily High Sky Viper Corp Don Sebastian Win For Lily High Sky Viper Corp afio o1 100 panefactor Vier Corp panefactor Winer Corp 10 13 01 057 Win For Lily Danefactor Win F r Lily Danefactor _ 2 ng Spirits fLuckswell Rebel Leader Good Fit Danefactor Do SSS y O ES el T E E e EH al 2 01 116 Rebel Leader Don Sebastian Viper Corp
74. 2009 The following function returns the date and group of the second barrier trial before the race HrBTrial 2 The following functions return the date jockey and finishing position of the latest trial HrBTrial d j HrBTrial ld j f amp amp 1 for last trial Sample of return 05 03 2010 B Doyle 3 The following functions return the dates jockeys and finishing positions of the trials between the current and last starts of the horses HrBTrial d j HrBTrial 0d 3 f amp amp O for current start Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 3o Sample of return 30 03 2010 M L Yeung 2 16 03 2010 M L Yeung 8 The following function returns the dates jockeys and finishing positions of the trials between the last and second last starts of the horses HrBTrial ld 3 f amp amp O for last start Sample of return 02 12 2008 H W Lai 6 18 11 2008 G Mosse 3 See Also HrActivity JrActivity SrActivity HrBTVideo JrBTVideo SrBTVideo HrGBTCount JrGBTCount SrGBTCount HrRGBTCount JrRGBTCount SrRGBT Count _ 16 5 6 HrGallop1200Best JrGallop1200Best SrGallop1200Best The functions return the best time in seconds in all 1200m galloping during a number of days before the race in which the horse runs Syntax HrGallop1200Best nDays nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrGallop1200Best nDays nBackRaces fCondition
75. 29 3 26 3 ytc J AEA mlae Hann First Knight horse oa Syntax 1 HrActivity nDays cTypeList cChrForNA cFlag cSeparator nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cInc JrActivity nDays cTypeList cChrForNA cFlag cSeparator nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cInc SrActivity nDays cTypeList cChrForNA cFlag cSeparator nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cInc Syntax 2 HrActivity DayX DayY cTypeList cChrForNA cFlag cSeparator nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVa JrActivity DayX DayY cTypeList cChrForNA cFlag cSeparator nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVa SrActivity DayX DayY cTypeList cChrForNA cFlag cSeparator nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVa Arguments Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 305 Argument Descrietion nDays Number of days e g 60 Syntax 1 If nDays is missing or equals 0 the activities since last start will be returned DayX DayY Specifies a period from day X to day Y counting back from the Syntax 2 underlying race For example 8 14 mean from day 8 to day 14 back from the underlying race cTypeList A character string with list of activity types inside separated by Possible types Race Barrier Trial Swim Inner AW Eq Jog Outer AW Eq Jog Aroe Jog Turf Jog Any type of galloping Turf track galloping All weather track galloping River side galloping cChrForNA Character which stands for no activity Default to Pass Nu
76. 339 Hoi Inner 339 HrWinSeconds 340 HrWinTickets 285 HrWinTime 240 HrWinTimew 340 HrWQPStat 285 HrXAverage 379 HrXMaximum 380 HrXMaxStartID 381 HrXMinimum 382 HrXMinStartID 383 HrXSum 385 Hyper Linking 73 ICase 442 IfAtTop 346 fCurRun 347 IIF 442 Importing View Data From Excel Files 240 Incremental Search 74 Index Page Race Data Form 101 Information about a Start 258 InList 443 Installing RaceMate 21 Int 394 Introduction to RaceMate 18 IrregularRace 341 IsNull 443 sl Jockey Change Statistics 171 Jockey Form 109 Jockeys Clothes 104 Jockeys List Page Jockey Form 112 Join 443 JrABTCount 303 JrAccSectionalTime 318 JrAccSectionalTimew 319 JrActivity 304 JrAge 259 JrAgeMonths 259 JrAllowance 260 JrArrivalYear 286 JrAverage 354 JrAverageBy 355 JrAverageNZ 357 JrAveRating 319 JrBestGallopSect 307 JrBleedDate 260 JrBleedDateStr 260 JrBlinker 260 JrBlinkerAbbr 261 JrBlinkerAbbrNew 261 JrBlinkerNew 261 JrBodyWeight 262 JrBrandNo 287 JrBreedNote 287 JrBTrial 307 Welkin Systems Limited JrBTVideo 431 JrCHorse 287 JrClass 262 JrClassGroup 319 JrClassID 262 JrColor 288 JrCount 358 JrCountBy 360 JrCountNZ 366 JrCountryID 288 JrCourse 319 JrCourseDist 320 JrCourselD 320 JrCupName 321 JrCurRating 263 JrDam 288 JrData 344 JrDate 321 JrDayNight 321
77. 4 For HrDistance 1400 The above example returns the average speed of the last 4 1400m starts of the stable JrAverage HrSpeed For HrDistance 1400 and HrAveRating gt 100 95 The above example returns the average speed of all runs meeting the following conditions 1 1400m race 2 Average rating of the race is greater than 100 If no race meeting the condition can be found return 95 SrAverage HrFP 10 R The above function returns the average of the finishing position of last 10 starts including the starts in the underlying race 16 8 2 HrAverageBy JrAverageBy SrAverageBy The functions return the average of a datum over the past records which satisfy a specific condition of the horse jockey and stable respectively The results will be broken down by the value of an expression and returned as a character string Welkin Systems Limited 356 RaceMate Reference Syntax HrAverageBy nValueExpr eBreakdownExpr nRaces fCondition cDefaultValue cIncluding JrAverageBy nValueExpr eBreakdownExpr nRaces fCondition cDefaultValue cIncluding SrAverageBy nValueExpr eBreakdownExpr nRaces fCondition cDefaultValue cIncluding Enhanced Syntax By using the enhanced syntax you may 1 carry out multiple statistics in a single pass of past record scanning 2 customize the format of return string 3 define the order of breakdown groups 4 define a summary sessi
78. 4 digits Returns Character 10 digits Example For the race on the first of October in 2009 Return Value DateStr HrDate ymd 2009 10 01 DateStr HrDate dmy 01 10 2009 DateStr HrDate mdy 10 01 2009 16 13 4 DToC The DToC function is a Visual FoxPro function which returns a Character type date from a Date expression Syntax DToC dExpression dExpression Specifies a Date type value or MCL expression which DToC returns a Character type date Returns Character width 10 16 13 5 Evi EVL is a Visual FoxPro function It converts an empty value to another value Visual FoxPro regards the following as empty values Zero 0 False Any combination of Space Chr 9 Chr 13 Chr 10 Empty date Le Welkin Systems Limited 42 RaceMate Reference You can think of EVL eExpression1 eExpression2 as shorthand for IIF Empty eExpression1 eExpressioni eExpression2 Syntax EVL eExpressionl eExpression2 16 13 6 GCnv The function searches a list of items cListToBeSearched for an item equal to or greater than the first argument cToSearch and returns another a string item at the same ordinal position from another list cListOfReturnItems Search will be carried out from left to right Once an item equal to or greater than cToSearch is found all the following items will be ignore the corresponding item in cListOfReturnItems will be ret
79. 6 Keep the existing filter expression HrDistance lt 1600 and click on the Calculate button to calculate the result in the lower part of the form The result shows that the average finishing position of Inner tracks is 6 5735 which is significantly better than that 7 5489 of the Outer tracks For more examples please see Find horses which win in 60 days after a stablechange 12 2 3 3 Printing or Exporting Statistics You can output your statistics by clicking on the Output button of the form Seen Statistics on FP Races 447 Count Sum l 5770 0000 40520 0000 7 0225 14 0000 1 0000 14 6536 Inner 3114 0000 20470 0000 6 5735 14 0000 1 0000 14 1039 outer E 20050 0000 7 5489 14 0000 1 0000 14 7845 t You will see the following dialog box Click on the MS Excel button to export the result to MS Excel or Print button to output it to the printer Welkin Systems Limited Statistics and Data Analysis 225 Output Statistics Results 12 3 Type 3 Simplified Statistics Form Select Simplified Statistics from the Analysis menu to open the Simplified Statistics form Then set the criteria you want on the form and click on the Calculate button L Simplified Statistics 1 Criteria ped Time an lt Distance Any x to Any z Course Shatin X Going Any E to Any E Rac
80. 8 8 1 8 1 1 Built in Views This chapter explains the meanings of the views and their columns gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt e Built in Starter Views Built in Starter Views This chapter describes important built in starter views gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt e All Distances WQP Stats View e Jockey Change Statistics All Distances WQP Stats View This view shows the W Q P counts of horses jockeys and stables You can double click on a column to show the corresponding hist stat view to verify the data on the column The screen capture below shows the figures for the 19 10 2011 meeting We have set the statistical period to 120 oye ee and stables and all starts for horses 45 Race Data 1 19 10 2011 4 All Distances WQP Statistics Collo Ea f 19 10 2011 4 11 105 II 20 45 Rtg Cls 60 40 4 s1650 m awT GA Bas SAM TUNG UK HANDICAP Group Best Time 11 02 2006 2 Legionnaire 1 38 5 F Coetzee Std Time 1 39 5 Sect Time 27 7 23 1 24 4 24 1 CABA Remark Race Prize 675 000 Penetrometer This view shows the WPQ statistics of horses jockeys and stables in different distances and tracks When you double dick on the statistical results a a Jocky stable 120 days Horse All statistics view showing corresponding races will be shown q Set Choose MCL Variables 1 Starter Views 2Trackwork 3 Allocation 4Flemming SDvds 6
81. 8 to set an ending race Unlike using pre defined ranges you can define a period which is far from recent meetings by defining race numbers Data Display Modes There are two display modes 9 for displaying the data retrieved Runs Show all records runs satisfying the data period and criteria set Statistics Group the records retrieved i e what you see in the Runs mode according to the grouping defined in the view structure and show the statistics you defined If you have not defined any groups in the view structure all records will be regarded as a single group Showing Betting Return If you check the Betting Return check box 9 the following betting return information will be shown Display Mode Betting Return Information Statistics e Start counts e Wins counts e WQP counts e Lost counts Welkin Systems Limited Statistics and Data Analysis 213 e Return on investment if betting on Wins 1 05 means 5 profit while 0 97 means 3 lost Setting Data Period in View Details form Both data period and display mode can also be set on the View Details form which can be opened by clicking on the View Details button on the Definition of Statistical Views form 5 yseneracion Once you uncheck any of the Forms Applicable checkboxes the view will not be available in the corresponding form s and the data range controls will not be shown on the View Details form
82. Alignment Automatic wl wn RE Sort in Horse Nam See Also Introduction to MCL Variables Setting Values amp Choosing MCL Variables MCL Variables to Set Data Range Assigning an MCL Variable to Receive Data Range Information On the bottom of the View Details form you may assign an MCL variable to receive the data range information in the argument passed from a starter view E gi Definition of Statistical Views 1 MCL Criteria Library l Statistical View Structure Edit Item _ New en Delete Item Distance WQP Stats Lol This view shows the WQP statistics of runs t E View Name Distance WQP Stats V Edit Chinese View Name Chinese Name a g zc Se ap d G S a tenal Wihan sems dahla inie nn the Chinese Remarks iz Mt d z a ie Ragas ES KM KE a ge Seng F Don t Prefix Stat Columns of Type ANY Display Mode Statistics E a Di TERSTEN MARIZ i Data Range 600 F Races Period 10 11 JN sie u2 E meei ome ea EE 2 i Years x Period 03 10 139 11 12 Yeast x Period 10 11 JH zl 11 12 101 TEE etna Welkin Systems Limited MCL Variables in MCL Functions 16
83. Argument nDays Syntax 1 Number of days e g 60 If nDays is missing or equals 0 the activities since last start will be returned DayX DayY Syntax 2 Specifies a period from day X to day Y counting back from the underlying race For example 8 14 mean from day 8 to day 14 back from the underlying race cTemplate A template containing the following control symbols which control the return value of the function symbols ketums Remak Number of river side turf barrier trials barrier trials while small Aa Number of all weather track barrier trials etters for Jump out tt Gallop no partner L2 Gallop 1 patne o L3 Gallop 2 or more partners 1 Um Sam CG Sen Fr pen N We activity including spelling days I Wo activity excluding spelling days e In the template you may separate different types of Activities by commas or other punctuation marks More than one type of activity may be grouped together by putting more than one symbol together e cReturnList is default to L J S gra A G cZeroMark A character string which will replace the zero value in the returned value list If you don t pass a character string into this parameter zero values will be replaced with blank spaces Returns Character width is template dependent 31 for the default template Welkin Systems Limited am RaceMate Reference 16 6 Remark Under normal circumstances you may need to push the
84. Auto Resize Ivo Caching C Always Hidden Judden If No History lank For Ze Alignment Automatic b New Report Engine Zoom percentage New zoom percentage options are available in the dropdown list of the Report Preview toolbar You may now zoom a report up to 500 Welkin Systems Limited e RaceMate Reference Report Preview Report Preview rpthon lq 4 Welkin Systems Ltd Racehfate Hong Kong Professional Eti ic Peied WI to Ywan Acris fe og Zoom up to 500 Multiple page preview A EJ o gt n BEE 10 25 150 N75 Welk Racehlate Hong Tw N Peiod 818202 to Ywan Goarerest etre Ode ee oy Activism Mase Term Tots Multiple page preview You may now display more than one page in the new report preview form by clicking on the report preview toolbar Viewing a considerably track work record of a considerably long period may be helpful in finding special training pattern horses If you have a large monitor you will find this new feature valuable Reverting to old report engine The new report engine is powerful but runs in a much lower speed If you feel comfortable with the old report engine and do not need the new functionalities which the new report engine provides you may revert the report engine to its previous version in the RaceMate Options page as show in the following figure t Options and System Information P
85. AvgOdds HrAverage HrFinalOdds O User Input Remark 4 The values of race variables are store in a variable cache that will not be refreshed when you push the Recalc key To refresh the variable cache you have to hold down the Shift key when you click on the Recalc key 5 Start Variables saved and accessed via RaceVar and Race Variables saved and accessed via StartVar are store in different area of the variable cache They will not interference with each other even the same variable name is given to both a Race Variable and a Start Variable Syntax StartVar cVariableName eMCLExpr Returns Retruns Data type returned by the expression eMCLExpr Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 353 Example StartVar AvgTime HrAverage HrSeconds Same HrDistance When the function is firstly called in a horse row of a view it stores the average time in seconds of the horse into the race variable AvgTime Subsequent calls to the function for the same horse will return the value directly from the variable AvgTime The example view in the figure below shows the 221st race of season 2001 2002 The structure of the view is as follows Horse Built in colum Horse Name fe Built in column Final Odds oo Avg Odds HrAverage HrFinalOdds N 5 2 Diff Avg Odds Column Odds Column Avg Odds N 5 2 Cur Avg Odds StartVar AvgOdds HrAverage HrFinalOdds
86. Clicking on the Test MCL button on the left bottom of the view page will show the MCL Checker form Before opening the form you must click on a cell of the column the formula of which is going to be tested The MCL Checker is consisted of the following 2 parts 1 Upper half Current Expression The upper half of the form shows the current MCL expression It also shows the expression result data type number of characters and error message if any etc 2 Lower half Expression to Test The lower half of the form is for testing a revised or another MCL expression While the form shows it copies the current expression into the Expression to Test box You may delete some characters from the expression to make the expression simpler and then click on the Calculate button to check its result and data type Welkin Systems Limited Excel Spreadsheet Features 179 R 44 MCL Checker x Current Expression Int Column WtSecSumCnt 1000 Column Races D Result of Expression 490281 88 4 What Make the MCL Checker a Good Testing Tool You will find the following strong points of the tool 1 It is a very efficient tool because it calculates only a cell rather than the whole view 2 It will tell you the data type of the expression to be checked 3 It will suggest you the number of characters or digits However you can t 100 rely on the suggestion Sometimes you need to change the suggested values How to Tes
87. Creating a View to Retrieve Bodyweight Information 1 On the Starter Views page of the Race Data Form click on the New button at the right hand side of the page Declaration a Positions Entries 14 Days Trkwk 28 Days Trkwk WOP Statistics Running Comme 2 You will see an Edit View form Input Bodyweight into the View Name textbox You will see a Built In Column Horse Name heading Horse is automatically inserted as the first column of the view ree Edit View View Name Bodyweight hinese Mode Equivalent Description Starters view O Entries View Show Formula Row Height D Columns Locked E Columns El tose Column ID yWBOO002 C1 Append S _ Betting Index _ Stat Column _ Stat Groups Insert _ Export Heading Horse mport Width pixel ez Type Character Save Format Chars Digits Decimal C Auto Resize Built In Item Horse Name a User Defined Item O User Input Remark Add a New Built In Column 3 Click on the Append button to append a new column Welkin Systems Limited Views Management 131 C d LL d aX Export Delete Import Advanced Save Format pe NNAAAAKAAAAN AAKAAAKAAAAAAAAN 4 Please leave the Heading box blank and choose Built In Item Body Weight from the Built In Item dropdown list ye r Edit View view Name Bodyweight Chi
88. Dbl Click Action Form to Open C Auto Resize S Update Value When View Line is Retrieved Update Yalue Only in th Deferred Calculation C No Caching Always Hidden _ Hidden IF No History Alignment Automatic Nj 1 Mapped to You can display data of a column of another view in the current column by entering the column ID of the target column into this box Except for special cases normally we will make the settings data type chars digit etc same as the target column Otherwise data of the target column may not be properly displayed 2 Read Only No change made to the mapped column is allowed 3 Formto Open Form to be open when the column is double clicked 4 Open Record Specify the record to be open after a form is opened by double clicking For example you can specify here record of which horse will be shown when the Horse form is opened 5 Cursor at Specify the line to be highlighted when a form is opened by double clicking 6 Auto Resize When checked the column will automatically be resized with the form However resizing takes place only when the total width of all columns is less than the width of the grid The Auto Resize columns will expand to fill the blank space of a grid Contrarily when the form is shrunk by the user the width of the column will be reduced automatically You may mark the minimum width of the column in one of Welkin Systems Limited 136
89. Editing D ta EE 77 E aako ING eiaa nE PREP E T A T Multiple STANCES A e a E E E AE A E E E AT Freezing a Fort ode eege ee SEENEN Changing and Restoring Form Size T Handling NC EE Changing Colum Width BE 80 Welkin Systems Limited 6 RaceMate Reference Part V 11 12 Changing ROW e e UE 81 Sue Be ell EE 82 Cha nging a Column s POSIION scssssssscctvssccevscasescerssccrsscsesescesscacecteadessetvacedcccesrssneessucseuteseebeershsetsencssvencevsearetersense 83 Sorting Grid er EE 84 Resetting Grid Lay Ubi sssssesssvcssscvscstsatsecsecivevensevelicncvesesceescvecscocdecschectoucetscescvsctvactechecbesbeneeibechdetsestessnsterstcverbeier 86 Main Data Forms 90 Record Iree kerm Zug ENEE ES EE Ee A E A ene 90 Race Calendar Forimiiesicciisccicccicesanciecieseeceibanceuvee ct aeaa aa aana Anaiak Dd 94 Race Dal PO a a a a a a a a a a e 95 Starter View Page Race Data Form s sccsssesssessseeeseeeeeseeesseeeesaeeeseeeesseeessaeeesaeeessaeessaseeseeeesaeeeesaseesaeeeseaeeesas 96 Trackw ork Page Race Data Form sssccssccessseeeseeeesseeeeseeeeseeeesseeeeeeeesneeesaeeeeseesesneeesaeeesaeesesneeesaeeeseeeeeeeeeeseeeees 97 Allocation Page Race Data Form Flemming Page Race Data Form Dividends Page Race Data Form Remark Page Race Data FOr e e a e a aeaa ae ra eaa Aa E E a eA ae Eaa EE na aR Links Page Race Data FOr e eae a aar aaa EAA ae A aaa Ea paaa aada Saaka Eaka aeara hdex Page Race Data Form
90. Gallop L Barrier Trial B or Jump out O resumes since prior start Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 307 16 5 4 HrBestGallopSect JrBestGallopSect SrBestGallopSect The functions return the best galloping sectional 400m time in seconds during a number of days before the race in which the horse runs Syntax HrBestGallopSect nDays nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrBestGallopSect nDays nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrBestGallopSect nDays nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Numeric Examples HrBestGallopSect 7 Returns the best sectional time in second during the last 7 days 16 5 5 HrBTrial JrBTrial SrBTrail The functions return the date and group of the barrier trial before the race The draw number and finishing position are appended at the end of the returned string There may be more than one barrier trials before a race You can pass a number into the first argument to get the date of it When you double click on the column the system will open the Barrier Trial form Syntax 1 HrBTrial nBackBarrierTrials nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal JrBTrial nBackBarrierTrials nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal SrBTrial nBackBarrierTrials nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal Syntax 2 HrBTrial Template nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal JrBTrial Template nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal SrBTrial Template nBackRaces fCo
91. Limited 12 RaceMate Reference HrRaceNolnSeason JrRaceNoInSeason SrRaceNoINSeason ceseceeseeeeseeeeeeeeesseeeeseeeeeeeeeseeeeeseeeees 331 HrRaceNote JrRaceNote SrRaceNote ccesccceseeeeseeeesseeeeeeeeeseeeeeaeeeesneeseaeeesaeeseaeeessaeeesaeeseeeeeseeeeeseeeees 331 HrRacePrize JrRacePrize SrRacePrize seessceesseeeseeeeseeeeeseeeeseeeesaeeeeaneesnesesaeesesneeseaeeesaeeseeneeeeeaeeseeeees 331 HrRaceRating JrRaceRating SrRaceRating cessscesseeeesceeeseeeesseeeeseeeseeesesaeeeeneessaeeesaeeseeeeeseeeeeseeeees 332 HrRaceRemark JrRaceRemark SrRaceRemark ssscessceeeseeeeseeeeeeeeeseeessneeesaeesesneeseaeeesaeeeeeeeeseeeensaeeeees 332 HrRacesInMeeting JrRacesInMeeting SrRacesInMeeting cssccceseeeseeeesseeeeeeeeeseeeesaeeseeeeesseeeeseeeees 332 HrRaceTime JrRaceTime SrRaceTime HrRunners JrRunners SrRunners ssceeseceeesceeeeeeeeseeeeseeeeeeeeesseeeesaeeeeeneesaesesaeeeeeneessaeeesaeeseeneeeseeeeseeeees HrSeason JrSeason SrSeason sseesceeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeesaeeeesneeesaesesaeeseseeesaaeeesaeeseaneeseaesesaeeeeeeeeeeeaeeseeeees HrSeason2 JrSeason2 SrS ASON2 esseseceeeeceeeeeeeseeceseeeeeeneeeseeeesaeeeeaneesaesesaeeseeneeseaeeesaeeeeeneeeeeeeeseeeees HrSeasonRace JrSeasonRace SrSeasonRace ssseseceeeseeeeseeeeseeeeeeeeeseeeeesaeeeeeneessaeeesneeeeeneeseeeeeseeeees 334 HrSectionalTime
92. Loan e 1 03 374 Ilan nam Mer Rtg cls 40 0 5 19 30 SAPPHIRE HANDICAP ni 2 Trackwork 3 Allocation 4 Flemming 5 Dvds 6 Remark Links 0 Index 400 best cnt 800 best cnt Best Sect GBT ABT A Declaration A 0 48 2 2 1 24 9 1 Positions a Fairway Finder 0 55 6 1 Entries Pretty Pretty 0 48 3 6 Queen s Glory 25 3 1 0 52 4 2 1 20 31 _ 28 Days Trkwk Top Of The Crom 24 4 1 0 50 6 2 1 22 3 2 WQP Statistics Back Seat Driver 24 2 1 Running Camne User Comment Superior Title 24 2 2 0 53 7 3 Yeung s Index Asia Star 0 52 6 1 1 17 4 2 Eynected Snan M Tim s Tonic 1 00 0 1 1 16 6 3 Smiley Win 1 16 3 1 Watch King 24 9 1 Mr President 25 6 1 Past Records By Horse wv Lines oZz Welkin Systems Limited 90 RaceMate Reference 5 5 1 Main Data Forms You may pull down the Data menu of RaceMate to get access to RaceMate s common data forms including Race Calendar Race Data Horse Jockey and Stable The Race Calendar form is the hub of race data Very often you start your data search from the Race Calendar and chain to other data forms from via the hyper linking feature of RaceMate Fie Edit Record Training Analysis Tools Window Help Reco
93. N 5 2 Ope Diff Cur Avg Odds Column Odds Column Cur Avg Odds N 5 2 In this example view the function of the Cur Avg Odds column stores the average odds up to the current race into the Start Variable AvgOdds in the past record lines of the view the same function retrieves the value directly from the variable Odds Cur Avg Odds Diff Cur Avg Odds Final Odds Avg Odds Diff Av 2 1 24 83 6 3 26 16 10 0 27 40 74 29 07 een 25 71 15 99 1713 17 24 18 14 Horse Average Odds of Amity up to race 179 of season 2001 2002 Average Odds of Amity up to the Y current race retrieved from Start Variable AvgOdds Average Odds of Amity up to race 95 of season 2001 2002 16 0 15 99 0 01 Difference between the Odds column and the Our og 16 0 20 58 Ion 21 90 16 0 17 24 1 24 Different between column Odds 5 30 0 20 74 Avg Odds and column Avg 00 574 7 6 22 93 column Odds Darwin 6 7 35 26 01 080 6 1 4012 01 003 150 4514 00 627 15 0 52 68 00 565 az 67 00 57 3 35 26 25 6 See Also RaceVar 16 8 Statistics on Past Records This group of functions returns statistical figures on the past records of horses jockeys and stables gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt Welkin Systems Limited 34 RaceMate Reference 16 8 1 HrAverage JrAverage SrAverage HrAverageBy JrAverageBy SrAverage
94. New button Go To Current Meeting added on the Record Tree form 2006 11 20 New auto hide feature for the Record Tree 2006 11 13 1 New columns in the History page of Horse Jockey and Stable forms 2 Use the new HrDistTrack function for better sorting operation for the distance column in the History page of Horse Jockey and Stable forms 2006 11 09 1 New user interface in the Starter Views page of the Race Data form Dropdown list of filters and filter on off checkbox If you want to see only records which satisfies a criterion you may set a filter on a starter view In the past filter is set by clicking on the Filter button on the RaceMate toolbar Since filter setting is one of the most important steps of studying a race we have put a filter dropdown list at the top of the Starter Views Welkin Systems Limited Release Notes page together with a checkbox for turning on and off a filter Setting a filter is now simply one or tow mouse clicks Relocation of controls for past records The dropdown list for changing the track of history and the spinner for setting the number of history rows are now moved to the page top at the left of the filtering controls Balloon tips for view remarks Now when you move your mouse over a view name in the view list you will see a balloon tip showing the remark for the view You may turn this tip on or off in the Edit View form Balloon tips for column remarks Now when you mov
95. RaceMate 1 Starter Views The views shown on the Starter Views page of the Race Data form 2 History and Statistics View The views on the Comprehensive Statistics and Record Query form and the views on the History Star page of the Horse Jockey and Stable forms are all History and Statistics View See the Statistics and Data Analysis section for more information of the 2 types of views This chapter will discussion how to make use of these 2 types of views gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt Type 1 Starter Views Type 2 History and Statistics Views Cache for View Data Conversion Tables Linking Up Views Exporting and Importing View Data Type 1 Starter Views Starter Views are views on the Starter Views page of the Race Data form On starter views we can show past record of horses jockeys or stables by expanding the number of history lines A starter view is different from a history statistics view which shows on the History Stat page of the Horse Jockey or Stable forms in both operations and content We will discuss the techniques about using this type of view in this chapter See the Type 2 Statistics via Starter Views Race Data Form section for more information of starter views gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt e Defining Starter Views e Show History in Starters Views e Filtering Records in Starters Views Defining Starter Views In this section we will
96. RaceMate displays data about races It is can be opened by e clicking on a race inside the Race Calendar e selecting Race Data from the Data menu Welkin Systems Limited 96 RaceMate Reference 5 3 1 gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt e Starter View Page Race Data Form e Trackwork Page Race Data Form e Allocation Page Race Data Form e Flemming Page Race Data Form e Dividends Page Race Data Form e Remark Page Race Data Form e Links Page Race Data Form e Index Page Race Data Form e Print Race Data Race Data Form Starter View Page Race Data Form Starter Views is the first page of the Race Data Form At the top of the Race Data form there are a couple of lines showing some basic information of the race Click on the leftmost button on this line to open the Race Calendar Click on the small button with a down arrow to open the Race Search form Di Race Data 1 29 10 2006 9 List of Declared Starters SUES onne odds Open race calendar 29 10 2006 e 9 06 119 lz Rta cls 95 op aam M re Bees THE HSBC PREMI Group ca Race replay Best Time 23 02 2003 7 Century Star 1 08 7 S Dye 123Ib Std Time Sect Time 23 5 22 0 22 6 Running positions Remark Priority to run has been given to horses with a higher rating Balloting of horses of equal rating has been carried out History track eo ee A TT en e e sS view list L Starter Views 2Trackwork
97. Rebel Leader Don Sebastian Viper Corp EE EE ee 3 4 Rebel Leader Luckswell High Spirits Good Fit Danefactor Don High Spirits Don Sebastian Viper Corp High Spirits Don Sebastian viper Corp 3 lo ___ Danefactor High Sky Viper Cap Danefactor High Sky Viper Corp 4 13 GoodFit_ _ Luckswell High Spirts RebelLeader Danefactor o DEE EE 16 7 9 RaceVar The function stores the result of an MCL expression under a name We call the name a race variable When you use the function RaceVar cVariableName eMCLExpr in a row of a view of a race the system will see if the variable has already been defined in this race If the variable has already been defined the function will return the value stored in the variable Otherwise it will evaluate the expression eMCLExpr and store the result into the variable the variable will automatically be created and return the result Please note the following points about a race variable 1 The value of a race variable of a race is independent of the same variable for another race in the same view The expression eMCLExpr will be evaluated once for each race When you expend a view to show the past records although the lines are not showing the data of the current race the race variable will not be recalculated Whenever the formula for a view column contains a RaceVar function the system will automatically set the column as No Caching figure below so that values in the view
98. Recalc button to refresh the data of the column see Cache for View Data for details Examples HrTwCount GA gra L J S GA stands for total number of formal barrier trials oral stands for the total number of jump outs L J S stand for gallop jog and swim respectively If we apply the function to race number 9 of 17 Sept 2005 the following list will be returned for the horse Chinsola 1 3 32 1 format barrier trial O jump out 3 gallops 32 jogs 0 swim HrTwCount 425 453 GA gra L J S Similar to the example above The only difference is the statistical period is specified as 453 days ago to 424 days ago 30 days in total from the underlying race HrTwCount GA gra L J S 0 We will get the same values as shown in the above example except that zero will be shown as 0 1 0 3 32 0 Trim HrTwCount 28 gra A G The functions in this example will return the counts of all jump outs formal AW barrier trials and turf barrier trials in last 28 days The Trim function removes all trailing spaces and commas HrTwCount 14 G gr The function will return the number of formal and turf jump outs in last 14 days HrTwCount 30 L1 L21L3 L HrTwCount 30 L1 L2L3 L1L2L3 The 2 functions above will return the same result which is the numbers of single horse gallops no partner partnered gallops and all gallops in last 30 days The sum of
99. Returns Character Examples RListItem 12 41 8 1 The above function returns the character 8 RListItem Column Position 1 The above function returns the last number item in the string in column Position RListItem HrSectionalTime 2 The above function returns time of the last section of a race in string format For example 23 9 will be returned if HrSectionalTime returns 14 0 22 3 23 6 23 9 Please note that the separator in the string is a space instead of a See Also ListItem RlistVal ListVal HrSumCount JrSumCount SrSumCount HrOdds JrOdds SrOdds Column 16 12 2 RListVal The RListVal function retrieves a numeric value from string of numbers separated by LI The function is almost identical to the ListVal function except that RListVal counts item numbers from right to left while ListVal counts item numbers from left to right Syntax RListVal cMCLExpr nItemNumber cSeparator nItemsReturn Returns Numeric Examples RListVal 12 4 8 1 The above function returns 8 Welkin Systems Limited ns RaceMate Reference 16 13 RListVal Column WinTk 1 The above function returns the last number item in the string in column WinTk RListVal HrSectionalTime 1 The above function returns time of the last section of a race For example 23 9 will be returned if HrSectionalTime returns 14 0 22 3 23 6 23 9
100. SDvds 6Comment ZU D S Jockey Rtg Cls Updn Dw WE D I Time Age Stable ivile VO Doleuze 124 2 1 42 0 4 CH Yip Priori 1 re TCheng 58 4 2 131 1 1 42 5 5 DCruz Tru 5 TelecontSuperbc H W Lai S44 8 120 1 1 43 0 4 L Ho Prior 12 Devon Flair Mw Leung 40 5 ein 3 1 43 1 5 D Oughton Tru 2 Fortune Warrior C Williams 56 4 11 129 1 43 3 4 TW Leung Tru 3 Globe River BPrebble 56 4 9 129 1 1 43 4 4 D Hall Tru 10 Dolphin Star Kam 43 4 5 116 1 1 43 7 4 TKNg Prio Ta at menger dem ELT e P m ae nab Aert eg Visual cue for sortable columns Many table columns of RaceMate can be sorted by clicking on their column headers In RaceMate 7 0 when you put your mouse over the heading of a sortable column the mouse pointer will change to a double arrow icon which cues you that the column can be sorted in either ascending or descending orders Race Data 1 29 06 2005 4 List of Declared Starters 29 06 2005 e 4 04 706 20 45 Rta Cls 60 40 4 ween Best Time 02 06 2004 5 Sunrise Rainbow 1 39 3 D Whyte Std Time ter ackwork 3 Allocation 4Flemming SG Dvds 6 Comment FU i Horse ds Jockey Rtg Cls Updn Dw WE Diff Time Age Stable hf 124 2 1 42 0 4 CH Yip Freebird se j Z 1 42 5 _5 D Cruz 5 Telecom SuperbdHWLai 54 4 8 120 1 1 43 0 4IL Ho Prio 12 Devon Flair MWLeung 40 5 6 110 3
101. Sorting Grid Columns Single Column Sort You can sort data in a column by clicking on the column header On each clicking the data will be sorted in ascending or descending order alternately Welkin Systems Limited Basic Ul Techniques ER Clicking on column header to sort column r Race Data 1 01 02 2004 9 Statistics on Trackwork 14 Days Sle o1fozjzo04 a 03 372 lc Laien m FG Rtg Cls 115 90 1 17 05 HIGH ISLAND HANDIC 1 Starter Views 2Trackwork 3 Allocation 4Flemming SQvds 6 Remark Z Links OIndex Horse 400 best cnt 600 best cnt 1200 best cnt Best GBT ABT Allll Declaration A 0 48 8 4 22 0 Positions E 6 Splendid Patrol 26 0 1 0 50 5 1 1 16 4 1 i Entries 13 Summerland 0 52 7 3 9 1 Bullish Luck 0 49 9 2 CSS ES 28 Days Trkwk 4 Floral Dynamite 31 3 1 0 50 31 1 2344 231 WQP Statistics 7 Northern Gold Bal 0 53 41 1 19 4 2 231 gt Running Comme 3 Native Dream 0 54 2 2 1 22 1 2 c User Comment V Yeung s Index 10 Chiu Chow Brothe 24 1 1 0 57 8 1 Evnerterd Snee S8 8 Helene Momentur 0 55 2 3 13030 255 page New _ 9 Darwin 25 7 1 Z Delete Reca ee s T aa 27 0 2 1 00 7 1 CSN j Past Records By Horse Lines 0 ZC Multicolumn Sort You may sort more than one colurm simultaneousl
102. SrBrandNo HrBreedNote JrBreedNote SrBreedNote HrCHorse JrCHorse SrCHorse HrColor JrColor SrColor HrCountryID JrCountryID SrCountryID HrDam JrDam SrDam HrDDam JrDDam SrDDam HrDDDam JrDDDam SrDDDam Welkin Systems Limited 286 RaceMate Reference 16 4 1 HrDDSire JrDDSire SrDDSire HrDSDam JrDSDam SrDSDam HrDSire JrDSire SrDSire HrDSSire HrDSSire SrDSSire HrEHorse JrEHorse SrEHorse HrFoalDate JrFoalDate SrFoalDate HrHorse JrHorse SrHorse HrHorseID JrHorseID SrHorseID HrHorseMarkNote JrHorseMarkNote SrHorseMarkNote HrHorseNote JrHorseNote SrHorseNote HrJockey JrJockey SrJockey HrJockeyClass JrJockeyClass SrJockeyClass HrJockeyEngAbbr JrJockeyEngAbbr SrJockeyEngAbbr HrJockeyID JrJockeyID SrJockeyID HrjJockeyRetired JrJockeyRetired SrlockeyRetired HrNoteMark JrNoteMark SrNoteMark HrOrigin JrOrigin SrOrigin HrOriginCategory JrOriginCategory SrOriginCategory HrOwner JrOwner SrOwner HrRetired JrRetired SrRetired HrSameBlood JrSameBlood SrSameBlood HrSDam JrSDam SrSDam HrSDDam JrSDDam SrSDDam HrSDSire JrSDSire SrSDSire HrSex JrSex SrSex HrSickHistory JrSickHistory
103. SrWinner HrWinnerID JrWinnerID SrWinnerID Welkin Systems Limited se RaceMate Reference 16 6 1 HrWinSeconds JrWinSeconds SrWinSeconds HrWinTime JrWinTime SrWinTime HrWinTimew JrWinTimew SrWinTimew IrregularRace ComingDate The function returns the date of the coming race meeting which has not yet started If there is no coming meeting in the database date of the latest started meeting will be returned Syntax ComingDate Returns Date See also HrDate 16 6 2 CurRunHorses The function returns a comma separated list of starter name of the current run viewing race When you show past records of a horse in a view the function will filter from the past races the horses which participate in the current race The example view in the figure below shows data of race 195 of season 03 04 The CurRunHorse function in the 4th column shows that Everest had met Elite Win 03 177 Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 317 r Race Data 1 19 11 2003 4 List of Declared Starters 19 11 2003 a 03 195 la men Me Rta Cls 60 40 4 20 45 PENG CHAU HANDICE 1 Starter Views 2Trackwork 2 Allocation 4Flemming SDvds 6Remark Z Links O Index Horses Met Date Distance Ji A Everest Elite Win Bravissimo Barfold Herc 19 11 2003 1650 0 Positions F 22 10 2003 1800 T _ Entries Dandy Bunny 10 09 2003 1650 C 14 D
104. Start ID HrJockeyID 1 a HrRaceID 1 Arguments Gel teQ 13 HrDateQ 1 ice Gier 049 0 1 in sequence _ Auto Resize Width No Less Than Default Column Width How to Show Races of the Statistics Double click on any of the statistical column open the Jockey form to show the runs of the corresponding statistics in a hist stat view Jockey type name and period you that choose will be passed to the target view as arguments Let us take double clicking on the first row of the column Last Jky Chg to Foreign Jky WQPL T as an example The value shown on the row is 0 3 4 18 25 w 0 p 28 You can verify these figures on the Jockey Change Performance view of the Jockey form Period setby MCL variable 1 Last jockey HrJockey 1 erforma This view shows the WPQ statis FILTER HsNull HrJockey 1 AND Match HrJockeyClass 1 Fo RESULT Runs 24 Season Next Start Season Horse Next Start Jockey Next Start Jockey Catagory Horse Next Start FPy 2011 091 2011 119 O Doleuze Foreign 2011 088 2011 127 B Prebble Foreign 8 4 F 2011 052 2011 071 B Prebble Foreign 5 Edit Mew Suche 2011 045 2011 101 D Whyte Foreign 3 Set Default Column Widths 2011 044 2011 089 Z Purton Foreign 4 Reorder View List Items 2011 040 2011 078
105. StdTime Returns Character Width 7 Statistics in a Race This group of functions returns statistical figures on races gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt RunnersAvg RunnersCnt _ RunnersFind Runners iert RunnersMax _ RunnersMin _ RunnersSum RunnersAvg The RunnersAvg function returns the average of a datum about a runner ina particular race Syntax RunnersAvg nValueExpr cRaceID fCondition Welkin Systems Limited 388 16 9 2 RaceMate Reference Description Example e Datum the average of which is to be found F See e Data type of expression Numeric SE Race ID default to underlying race Normally cRaceID this is a string returned by the functions 17222 HrRaceID JrRaceID and Grbacel Condition Logical expression to filter out a particular set HrEP lt 3 of runners in the race Returns The function returns a numeric value Examples RunnersAvg Bodyweight ii Returns the average Body Weight of the underlying race RunnerAvg Bodyweight 17222 Returns the average Body Weight of the race of ID 17222 i e the 222nd race of season 97 98 RunnerAvg Bodyweight HrFP lt 3 Returns the average Body Weight amount the 3 fastest horses in the underlying race RunnerAvg Bodyweight 17222 HrFP lt 3 Returns the average Body Weight amount the 3 fastest horses of the race of ID
106. String 12 will be returned See also SCnv GCnv _ ListItem RListItem Conv SConv GConv IIF 16 13 2 Conv The Conv function converts a value to another value according to a lookup table A lookup table is consisted of 2 columns The first column is a Key Value column in which a set of original values is stored The second column is the returned value column in which the values being converted to are stored A simple lookup table FPconv is shown below KeyVal RetVal According to the table 1 will be converted to 10 and 2 will be converted to 5 and so on A default returned value could be specified if the value to be converted is not found in the KeyVal column If no default returned value is specified NULL will be returned Syntax Conv cLookupTable KeyVal DefaultValue Returns The data type of the returned value will be identical to that of the RetVal column Example Conv FPconv HrFP 0 The above function converts the finishing position according to the conversion table FPconv 16 13 3 DateStr Converts a date value into a string in a specific format Syntax Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference e DateStr dDate cFormat Argument dDate Date to be converted cFormat ymd year in 4 digits month in 2 digits date in 2 digits mdy month in 2 digits date in 2 digits year in 4 digits dmy date in 2 digits month in 2 digits year in
107. Time Horse Sect Marg Filename D Users user Documents RACEDATA File Type Microsoft Excel XLS Welkin Systems Limited Exporting and Importing Data 2 Steps Specify the period of interest 2 The data to be exported may includes sectional data For example you may want to export the section positions of a 4 section race If you may choose Left Align you will put the 4 positions of each horse into columns 1 2 3 4 and leave columns 5 and 6 blank there are 6 columns for positions If you choose Right Align you will put the positions into columns 3 4 5 6 and leave columns 1 2 blank Please choose the way of representation for empty cells in the For Empty drop down 3 Click De Select All to select all fields button If you click once again the same button all fields will be deselected 4 If necessary fine tune your selection by choosing proper buttons in the Fields area Enter a file name and choose a file format If you are going to export the data into a text file commas are the field separators If there is any inside the data to be exported fields may be misplaced You may enter a symbol to replace in data 7 Click on the Export button to export the data into the file 13 2 Exporting Horse Data Follow the steps below to export horse data into a file 1 Choose Export Horse Data from the Tools menu Window Help Download New Data and Programs Repeat Last Do
108. Trainer Preference represented by a number in Entries List Syntax HrStablePreference nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrStablePreference nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrStablePreference nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Numeric Width 2 Example of Returned Value 2 See also HrPrivilege JrPrivilege SrPrivilege 16 3 56 HrStartID JrStartID SrStartID The functions return a unique character string representing a particular start of the horse Syntax HrStartID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrStartID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrStartID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 8 Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 1 16 3 57 HrStartIDOn JrStartIDOn SrStartIDOn The functions return the Start ID of a horse jockey stable run on specified date If no run is found on the day or B is passed into the 2nd argument the Start ID of the suitable run on a nearest day will be returned If there is more than one run on the day the Start ID of the day s last run will be returned Syntax HrStart1IDOn dDate cFlag JrStartiIDOn dDate cFlag SrStartIDOn dDate cFlag Arguments dDate Target date The Start ID of an eligible start on this day will be returned If no eligible start is found on this date the Start ID of an eligible start on the n
109. Welkin Systems Limited 4 RaceMate Reference STR nExpression nLength nDecimalPlaces nExpression Specifies the numeric expression STR evaluates nLength Specifies the length of the character string STR returns The length includes one character for the decimal point and one character for each digit to the right of the decimal point STR pads the character string it returns with leading spaces if you specify a length larger than the number of digits to the left of the decimal point STR returns a string of asterisks indicating numeric overflow if you specify a length less than the number of digits to the left of the decimal point If nLength isn t included the length of the character string defaults to 10 characters nDecimalPlaces Specifies the number of decimal places in the character string STR returns You must include nLength to specify the number of decimal places If you specify fewer decimal places than are in nExpression the return value is rounded If nDecimalPlaces isn t included the number of decimal places defaults to zero Returns Character 16 13 1StrDiff The function is returns a character string as the result of the difference between 2 numeric values Syntax StrDiff nValuel nValue2 e The function will return nValuei nValue2 and convert it into a string You will find a or at the returned string representing positive or negative of the result e If only one value
110. Welkin Systems Limited 42 RaceMate Reference 1 If you omit this argument a character string of 14 characters showing the date and group of the trial will be returned 2 If you pass a value into vRetVal it will be the return value can be any type of the functions 3 If you pass Null into vRetVal the link 75 characters for opening the video will be returned Links to local files will be skipped Returns Default to string e g 17 02 2009 5 for 17 02 2009 group 5 If you pass a value to vRetVal please see the description for vRetVal above Example The following functions will return the latest barrier trial date and group If you double click on the date the barrier trial video will be played HrBTVideo HrBTVideo 1 The following function will give the date and group before the last trial before the underlying race That is 2nd last trial This trial may or may not be before the 2nd last race If you double click on the date the barrier trial video will be played HrBTVideo 2 The following function will give the date and group of the trial before the 2nd last race If you double click on the date the barrier trial video will be played HrBTVideo 1 1 The following function will give the latest barrier trial date and group It will display Latest BT on screen If you double click on the text the barrier trial video will be played HrBTVideo Latest BT The following function will return
111. When to use the While keyw ord Quoted MCL Expression Argument ssccssccsssssesssesssesseescesseeeseessnesseessnecseensneseenenenaesneesanesseesenesseesenesseenenenees 255 The Default al Argument a e a E E e e rr E aae a a deus deecsnccneyesuyanetesetsniesccevecsacnessupseczsazeaceaectves 256 BER ei ie Me ein 256 2 Null ValU Seis cieeccsscevccsncceceeeee te nisandan saniat baaaie rdi anita raataa ida aninha ni riadenn iranha aisia iate eT 257 Characteristics of Null Valus eege 257 Absence of Values Null Values in Statistics Propagation erg UNE 257 Errors sin MCL eu TE 258 3 Information about a Start ENEE 258 HrAge JrAge STA TO EE 259 HrAgeMonths JrAgeMonths SrAgeMonths 259 HrAllow ance JrAllow ance SrAllowance sscesseesseeceseeeeeseeeeseeeesseeeesneesaeeesaeeeeeneessaeeesaeeeeneeseeeeeseeeees 260 HrBleedDate JrBleedDate SrBleedDate ccessceeseceesseeeeseeeeseeeesaeeeeneeseeeeesaeeeeeneessaeeesaeeeeeeeseeeeeeseeeees 260 HrBleedDateSir JrBleedDateStr SrBleedDateStr escccesseeeseeeeseeeeeseeeeseeeesaeeeeeneessaeeesaeeseeeeesseeeeeeeeees 260 HrBlinker JrBlinker SrBlinker cceseceeseeeeseeeeeseeeeseeeesaeeeeeeeeseeeesaeeseaneesaaesesaeeseeeeeseaesesaeeseeeeesseeeeseeeees 260 HrBlinkerAbbr JrBlinkerAbbr SrBlinkerADDr essceessceeeeseeeseeeeseeeeeeneesseeeesaeeseeneeseaeeesaeeeeeeeeseeeensaeeees 261 Hr
112. Width Info Bar Shows total number of pages and other relevant information D Column Settings Shows the name and width of the highlighted column You can make a column disappear from the report by checking the Hidden checkbox E Heading Font for column heading and space after column between this and next columns F Content Font word wrap and alignment of the column The number in the Page box shows on which page the column will be Normally there will only be one page G Paper Settings Margins of the report and default fonts Welkin Systems Limited Printing and Creating Reports 185 You will find the following buttons on the form Reset Cancel all changes and restore what you see when this form is open Page Setup Define attributes of print out e g paper size printer etc Description Report description Save Exit Save change and close the form Cancel Exit Cancel change and close the form Welkin Systems Limited 188 11 11 1 RaceMate Reference Multimedia Resources You will find a Links page in the main data forms of RaceMate In the page you will see a set of autolinks linking to the official multimedia files of the Jockey Club You may also add your own multimedia links into the page gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt e Autolinks e Managing Your Own Multimedia Resources e Saving Web Video Photo into Disk See also Autolinks Managing Your Own Multimedia Re
113. _ Special Bit Report 17 12 2008 HrSpecialBit HrSpecialBitAbbr _ Time to Collect Odds 7 3 2009 During a long period of time before 6 3 2009 the collection time of the 3 odds is 12 00 am 5 minutes before race and the time the race starts Since 7 3 2009 it has be changed to 8 00 pmon prior day 1 hour before race and the time the race starts Jockeys Clothes 19 1 2010 Clothes of retired horses may be missing Speed Power Data 1 9 2010 HrPowerFigure Welkin Systems Limited Technical Reference 471 i rPowerComment s 1 9 2011 HrOverweight Remarks In order to speed up the download speed of the setup program some time ago we had cut data before 1997 in the SETUP HK EXE of the Hong Kong Edition This will not be a problem for most users However if you find that this range of data is important for you and the data for season 1987 1996 are really missing from your RaceMate you may click on the following links to download the latest SETUP HK EXE program and run it again Running the SETUP HK EXE program once again will not erase your personal data including notes and views You will not be required to register your software again Link to download SETUP HK EXE Download only if 86 97 data is necessary for you Before downloading please verify the data is really missing from your RaceMate http www racematenet com setup hk setup hk exe Welkin Systems Limited 474 20 RaceMate Reference
114. a placeholder for the breakdown value 2 Enter the text that you want to replace the default caption outside the quotes 3 Once you have use the lt lt and gt gt quotes the default brackets will no longer appear Example HrCountBy Wins lt lt HrFp 1 gt gt Best lt lt Min HrFp gt gt Draw lt lt HrDraw gt gt The return value of the function will be similar to the following Draw 1 Wins 0 Best 3 Draw 2 Wins 1 Best 1 Draw 6 Wins 0 Best 12 Draw 10 Wins 2 Best 1 Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 365 Please note that there are 2 spaces at the end of the first argument so that groups will not be too close to each other Enhanced Syntax 5 Embedding an Sorting Expression in Argument eBreakdownExpr You may define an expression for sorting breakdown groups and put it at the very beginning of the eBreakdownExpr argument The expression must be quoted by the brackets and begins with ASC or DESC for ascending and descending sorts You may embed statistics items inside the sort expression These statistics items must be enclosed by lt lt gt gt The format of the items is similar to a normal statistics item as described in the prior sections Examples HrCountBy HrFp 1 Desc lt lt Cnt HrFp 1 gt gt HrDistance Returns 1400 6 1200 4 1000 1 1600 0 HrCountBy HrFp 1 HrDistance ii Returns 1000 1 1200 4 1400 6 1600 0 The functions abo
115. are free to set your own statistical criteria which are limited only by your imagination and availability of data Criteria setting interface is kept simple evening for complicated statistics requirements RaceMate s Model Construction Language can readily be used in statistics Professional statistics that are typically done by computer programmers can now be carried out by laypersons You may create data conversion tables for converting text data to numbers Conversion tables are designed for statistics and analysis models Open related forms by mouse clicking on statistics results Your personal notes and ratings can be part of statistical criteria Flexible Data Searching Data Searching functions use the same engine of RaceMate s statistics system and inherit all the capability and flexibility of the features of the statistics system Data search can be carried out in almost any data fields You may put the results of a search in a list and open the races by a mouse click Incremental search can be carried out in all data tables Provides different Chinese character indexing systems e g Cantonese phonetic index Chinese name searching is made simple Electronic Personal Notes and Rating System Add your notes and ratings directly in records of horses jockeys stables races track work Notes can dynamically be displayed with past records of horses in forms starter views and race results No limit on sizes of the notes P
116. be installed into a folder with modify right The folder Program Files of Windows Vista or above have been made read only Therefore please don t install RaceMate into this folder C RaceMate is the default installation folder for RaceMate e RaceMate will write a couple of static files into the folders c Windows and c Program Files Common Files Displaying Chinese Characters If you want to display Chinese data of RaceMate you are required to have one of the following systems e Chinese Windows Traditional Chinese or Simplified Chinese e English Windows with RichWin or other Chinese enabling tools Inputting Chinese Characters Welkin Systems Limited Introduction to RaceMate 21 You may use any input method including pen input and voice recognition supported by your Windows to input Chinese characters 1 3 Installing RaceMate 1 Inserting Installation CD Insert your RaceMate installation CD into your CD ROM drive The setup program of RaceMate will be run automatically If the Autorun feature of your CD ROM drive does not work please double click on the setup file in the CD fe Setup RaceMate Welcome to the RaceMate Setup Wizard This will install RaceMate on your computer It is recommended that you close all other applications before continuing Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup Click on the Next button The Read Me File dialogue will appear The dialog shows important infor
117. breakdown by course You may choose any of the following breakdown settings Course Day Night Turf AW Going Distance Draw Jockey Track Welkin Systems Limited Main Data Forms 11 PURE VE Jockey C Y Ho Category Apprentice RaceMate Jockey ID DE Atistory Stat 2 Wins 0 Jockey List Period 17 07 2011 To 15 07 2012 eourse 5 12 82 5 12 82 1 1 82 8 14 55 5 7 3 Particulars Notes Page Jockey Form You can input your personal note for the jockey on this page You need to push Ctri E or the Edit button on the toolbar to change to the Edit mode before you can input your notes After edit finished push Ctrl S to save your change The page also shows the Chinese name allowance no such item in Macau edition and stakes got past seasons Category Apprentice ChiName TF3 Stakes DEES a HKD 10 11 30 719 850 09 10 5 772 075 Allowance 5 Personal Notes 5 7 4 Links Page Jockey Form You may open videos of the Jockey Club by double clicking on the links in the table The availability of the videos depends on their existence on the server of the Jockey Club For management about the links please see the Multimedia Resource section for details Welkin Systems Limited 112 RaceMate Reference 5 7 5 5 8 Autolink to Jockey Club Website Auto
118. by accident you may click on the Cancel Exit button to abort all the changes you made to the view Tip If you don t want to abort all the changes you made you may export the current definition by clicking on the Export button before aborting After you have got back your deleted expression you may than import the view to get back your change View Header You can display results of MCL functions in the view header Displaying Text in View Header Welkin Systems Limited Views Management 129 To display text in the view header put the text inside a pair of and quotes into the Header Expression box We call it a text node You can put unlimited number of characters inside the quotes There can be unlimited number of text nodes in a view header Displaying Results of MCL Functions in View Header To display the result of an MCL function put the function directly into the Header Expression box Two MCL functions must be separated by a text node The simplest text node is the one with no text only quotes or just a single space i e tt Calculation Context for MCL Functions in View Header MCL functions will be calculated after all columns of the view table below are filled Calculations will take place in the context of the data for the winning horse or horse number 1 if the race has not yet be started Therefore the Column function will return the view data of the winning horse View
119. cIncluding SrDDSire nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 22 Welkin Systems Limited 200 RaceMate Reference See also HrSire JrSire SrSire HrDam JrDam SrDam HrSSire JrSSire SrSSire HrDSire JrDSire SrDSire HrSDam JrSDam SrSDam HrDDam JrDDam SrDDam HrSSSire JrSSSire SrSSSire HrDSSire HrDSSire SrDSSire HrSDSire JrSDSire SrSDSire HrSSDam JrSSDam SrSSDam HrDSDam JrDSDam SrDSDam HrSDDam JrSDDam SrSDDam HrDDDam JrDDDam SrDDDam 16 4 11 HrDSDan JrDSDam SrDSDam The functions return the name of the horse s dam s sire s dam Syntax HrDSDam _ JrDSDam nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrDSDam nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 22 See Also HrSire HrDam HrSSire HrDSire HrSDam HrDDam HrSSSire HrDSSire HrDSSire SrDSSire HrSDSire HrDDSire HrSSDam HrSDDam HDDDam 16 4 12 HrDSire JrDSire SrDSire The functions return the name of the horse s dam s sire Syntax HrDSire JrDSire nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrDSire nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 22 See Also HrSire HrDam HrSSire HrSDam HrDDam
120. column Position ListItem HrOdds 2 The above function returns odds 5 minute before race of the horse by retrieving the 2nd item from an odds string If HrOdds returns 5 8 6 4 7 1 6 4 is returned by the above function Please note that the separator in an odds string is a space instead ofa See Also HrSumCount JrSumCount SrSumCount HrOdds JrOdds SrOdds Column _ 16 12 12ListSort The function sorts an item string in ascending order and returns the sorted string ora specific number of items If the items of the item string contain sub items you may specify a sub item as the sorting key Syntax ListSort cValueExpr nItemsReturned cSeparator nSortSubItem cSubItemSeparator Or ListSort cValueExpr nItemsReturned cSeparator cSortExpr cSubItemSeparator Argument Description Example cValueExpr The item string or an 12 45 6 00 9 40 expression returning an item string nItemsReturned Return how many numbers of 3 items Default to all items Default to all items cSeparator Item separator can be more than 1 character default to nSortSubItem An ordinal number specifying which sub item to be sorted If omitted the whole item will be sorted cSortExpr Use the value returned by ListColVal 1 ListColVal 2 ListCol and ListColVal to determine the order Please Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference as see the examples below for
121. column Column ID VWC10017 C6 of the Young s Index view into the current column of the current view See also Column HrData JrData SrData The functions return the value of an MCL expression which is passed into the function through the first argument Syntax HrData CMCLExpr nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrData cCMCLExpr nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrData CMCLExpr nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns The same data type as MCL expression passed into the first argument Example HrData HrWeight HrBodyweight 1 This function calculates the Loading Bodyweight ratio of a horse in last race Although the function can be rewritten as HrWeight 1 HrBodyweight 1 and identical results will be returned however the speed of latter expression will be lower than the example It is because in the latter expression HrWeight and HrBodyweight will each walk though the past records once to retrieve corresponding information respectively while the HrData function of the example walks through the past record only once When Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 345 the condition fCondition getting a target race is complicated the speed improvement of the HrData function will be obvious 16 7 6 HrHistoryList JrHistoryList SrHistoryList The functions return a string composed of a list of items got by concatenating the values of an MCL
122. condition can be found The data type of this value must be identical to that of normal return cDefaultValue Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 357 vawe SES When applying the function to past records by default races in the underlying meeting are not included You may use this argument to change the scope See the following page for details The cIncluding Argument cIncluding Returns Character The length of the returned character string depends on the breakdown expression It is recommended to set the column data type to Multiline Text so that number of characters returned can be of any length Examples HrAverageBy HrFp HrDistance ii The above function returns the average finishing position of a horse over all races The result will then be broken down by distance HrAverageBy HrFp HrDistance HrFp 1 The above function returns the average finishing position of a horse over all winning races The result will then be broken down by distance See also HrCountBy JrCountBy SrCountBy HrSumBy JrSumBy SrSumBy HrAverage JrAverage SrAverage 16 8 3 HrAverageNZ JrAverageNZ SrAverageNZ This set of functions is similar to the HrAverage function set However these functions will skip items with values 0 and Null NZ stands No Zero Syntax HrAverageNZ nValueExpr nRaces fCondition nDefaultValue cIncluding JrAverageNZ
123. convert data into correct data types automatically However sometimes Excel may do wrong conversions For example Excel always convert margin characters to dates If you foresee any wrong data type conversions you may click Next two times to proceed to the following data format setting form The following example form shows how to tell Excel that this is a text data rather than dates Welkin Systems Limited 240 RaceMate Reference 13 7 Text Import Wizard Step 3 of 3 TZ zs This screen lets you select each column and set the Data Format Column data format General converts numeric values to numbers date values to dates and all remaining values to text Advanced Do not import column skip Data preview e EE Eeer a I Saving Exported Files When you try to save a RaceMate exported file you may see a message similar to the following You may keep the files original text format or convert it to a true Excel file Once you have converted it to a true Excel file this file will not be able to be imported into a RaceMate on a computer without Microsoft Excel installed Please also note that Excel 2007 files are in a special format which can t be read by earlier versions of Excel Microsoft Office Excel ea User Comment xls may contain features that are not compatible with Text Tab delimited Do you want to keep the workbook in this format Ci To keep this format which l
124. data cache particularly those put into the past records of an expanded view will be refreshed in other races Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 349 r Edit View Advanced Settings Column ID WwCo0003 C3 OK Heading Avg Age Cur Race DbI Click Action Form to Open a v W Edit View RaceVar View Name O E Description RaceYar Starters view Entries view Columns Mino caching C Always Hidden T Hidden If No History Blank for Zero Alignment Automatic v Avg Age Cur Race Avg Age Age Diff from Cur Ra Width pixel 80 gt Type Numeric v Q Advanced Age Diff from Avg E e Chars Digits 4 Decimal 1 Auto Resize O Built In Item User Defined Item RaceVar Avgdge RunnersAVGC HrAge O User Input Remark 4 The values of race variables are store in a variable cache that will not be refreshed when you push the Recalc key To refresh the variable cache you have to hold down the Shift key when you click on the Recalc key 5 Start Variables saved and accessed via RaceVar and Race Variables saved and accessed via StartVar are store in different area of the variable cache They will not interference with each other
125. details cSubItemSeparator Sub item separator can be more than 1 character default to Returns Character Example ListSort Orange Apple Grape Pear Returns Apple Grape Orange Pear ListSort 12 45 6 00 9 40 3 2 Returns 6 00 9 40 12 45 The 2nd sub items of the item string are 45 00 and 40 respectively After sorting on the 2nd sub items the item string becomes 6 00 9 40 12 45 ListSort 5 4 23 15 3 26 1 2 Returns 23 15 5 4 3 26 The 2nd sub items of the item string are 4 15 and 26 respectively Please note that when comparing strings 4 is greater than 15 since A gt 1 When comparing numbers 4 is smaller 15 Therefore after sorting the item string becomes 23 15 5 4 3 26 ListSort 5 4 6 1 2 6 1 ListColVal 1 ListColVal 2 Returns 6 1 2 6 5 4 The argument ListColVal 1 ListColVal 2 asks the system to sort on the numeric sum of the ist and 2nd sub items Item ListColVal 1 ListColVal 2 Since 7 lt 8 lt 9 after sorting the item string becomes 6 1 2 6 5 4 ListAscItem 5 4 6 12 2 6 1 ListCol 1 ListCol 2 Returns 6 12 5 4 2 6 The argument ListCol 1 ListCol 2 ask the system to sort on the concatenation of the 1st and the 2nd sub items iem f ListCol 2 ListCol 1 Since 126 lt 44 lt 62 note 126 lt 44 because 1 lt 4 the item string after sorting becomes 6 12 5 4 2 6 Welk
126. discuss how to create and maintain starter views gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt Welkin Systems Limited Views Management 123 Creating Starter Views Modifying Existing Views View Header Example Creating a Starter View Advanced Settings of View Columns Filtering Past Records Rearranging Position of Views in View List Exporting and Importing View Structures Copying a Starter View 6 1 1 1 Creating Starter Views To modify the structure of a view click on the Modify button at the right hand side of a view To add a new view click on the New button Declaration TE Positions F Entries 14 Days Trkwk 28 Days Trkwk WOP Statistics Running Comme User Comment Yeung s Index a v Dete When you click on the Modify or New button RaceMate will show the following Edit View form Welkin Systems Limited 1 4 RaceMate Reference P 450 Edit View View Name PDedaration Chinese Mode Equivalent Ffiz Description List of Dedared Starters Starters View Entries View Show Formula Row Height 17 Columns Locked Column ID VWB10001 C1 Betting Index 1 Stat Column Heading No Width pixe 18 Type Numeric anama Chars Digits 2 Dedmal Always View Remark Z Built In Item Horse No C User Defined Item HrHorseNo 1 View Name Caption of the view to be s
127. fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrHorseNote nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrHorseNote nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width equals number of characters of the user comment See Also HrNoteMark HrHorseMarkNote 16 4 20 HrJockey JrJockey SrJockey The functions return the name of the jockey riding the horse In Chinese language mode Chinese horse name will be returned In English language mode English horse name will be returned Syntax HrJockey nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrJockey nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrJdockey nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 8 in Chinese Mode Width 30 in English Mode 16 4 21 HrJockeyClass JrJockeyClass SrJockeyClass Category of the horse The function will return one of the following values e Foreign e Local e Apprentice Syntax HrJockeyClass nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrJockeyClass SrJockeyClass nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 10 in English mode Width 6 in Chinese modei Welkin Systems Limited 204 RaceMate Reference 16 4 22 HrJockeyEngAbbr JrJockeyEngAbbr SrJockeyEngAbbr The functions return the Jockey Club abbreviation of the jockey riding the horse No matter in Chinese or English language modes an abbreviatio
128. format according to your needs To insert a built in column append or insert a column first Then click on the Built In Item option button and drop down the item list to select a predefined item ct e Built In Item MEHN ene Last Start Ov User Defined Trackwork Details Since Last Start Trackwork Stats Since Last Start Updown W Q P Numbers W Q P Numbers Crs Track Type W Q P Numbers Dst Crs Track Type W Q P Numbers Equitrack Ov User Input Remark User Defined Column A user defined column is a column with a user defined expression for retrieving data or Welkin Systems Limited 12 RaceMate Reference 6 1 1 3 doing statistics Enter your expression composed of MCL functions into the user defined item expression edit box The RaceMate online help system provides you with complete information about MCL Press F1 or click on the button to get access to the help system Context Sensitive MCL Online Help While your cursor is staying inside the user defined item expression edit box RaceMate provides you with the following shortcuts for getting context sensitive MCL help 1 If text is selected in the edit box RaceMate will try to search the selected text in the index of the online help If an exact match is found the help page will automatically be opened otherwise RaceMate will jump to the most closely matched topic 2 If no text is selected RaceMate will try to search the
129. function to get a datum from one and only one horse of a race Incorporating with the statistics pushing the Stat button feature we can calculate statistics on a race based instead of horse based item Natural order in the above paragraph means e In past races ordered by finishing positions e In races without finishing positions ordered by horse numbers Syntax IfAtTop fTrueExpression fFalseExpression Returns The same data type as the expression contained in the argument strings Example In the following example the formula IfAtTop HrRunners is applied to the fourth column of the view Lombard is the horse at top of the view in natural order No matter what current order the view is in e g in the right figure the view is sorted by horse names the function will always return 12 number of runners in the row of Lombard and return NULL in other rows Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 347 Push this button to reset to natural order Ee Horse fatTopt runners El Vespa ULL PERRIN D fasse Im i aom EE D shavi J m ol olarai S Feo mes atTop Runners alloma O o MULL al apom S PS s Hepny fe Im EIERE elawr CLL ii Fortune Sain Nut hl Perfect Spore Im Dal eloa n R IEREN ir io wnnina Im Diaen sain Im D lrzbagegetanzgl mu Winning Mascot NULL Tar n Feather NULL ra p 10 7 Perfect Sport ut 9 l l Remark No matter what current order is
130. going of the race in which the horse runs Welkin Systems Limited 326 RaceMate Reference Syntax HrGoing nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrGoing nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrGoing nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 20 in English mode Width 4 in Chinese mode See Also HrGoingID HrisTurf 16 6 23 HrGoingAbbr JrGoingAbbr SrGroingAbbr The functions return an abbreviation for each going Syntax HrGoingAbbr nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrGoingAbbr nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrGoingAbbr nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 2 Abbreviation Going Hl O e E E All Weather Raining Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 327 See also HrGoing JrGoing SrGoing HrGoingID JrGoingID SrGoingID 16 6 24 HrGoingID JrGoingID SrGoingID The functions return the internal ID of race goings in which the horse runs Syntax HrGoingID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrGoingID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrGoingID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 1 Ging All Weather Raining See also HrGoing JrGoing SrGoing HrGoingAbbr JrGoingAbbr SrGroingAbbr 16 6 25 HrisTurf JrisTurf
131. in another record tree RaceMate will try to find another currently open Record Tree form other than the one you are working in If one is found the tree for the meeting will be open in this form If there is no other currently open Record Tree form RaceMate will then open a new one If you want RaceMate to a new one instead of using an existing one hold down the Ctrl button before you choose the Open Meeting of in Another Record Tree on the quick menu Welkin Systems Limited Main Data Forms s P ri ev MA E KZ di ie Es SE d S5 te Record Tree 1 g ie Record Tree 2 29 03 2006 gt 29 03 2006 R I ce EEN 14 Va lley Night 6 01 1 691 10008 men GY 1 Buddies Spirit P O Sullivan C Mur 2 Sure Joy C H Yip C W Wong R CW Wong WE CH Yip 2 28 06 06 691 1000B 60 404 04 06 06 644 10008 60 404 29 03 06 492 1200AWT 60 4 12 03 06 447 1000C 60 404 11 02 06 378 100058 60 40 4 25 01 06 343 12004WT 60 4 Million Chase K L Man W M Lai Racing Spirit K W Lui H W Lai F Champ De Union D E Ferraris K Golden Farm L Ho E Saint Martir Grass Hopper C 5 Shum D Dunn As You Wish BK Ng H K Yim R oe i na a 3 0 0 E eil Me m P Placing Record Tree on Another Monitor atin Night 490 497 a 1 490 12004WT 40 155 GA 2 491 1650AWT 60 4064 GA OD 3 492 1200AWT 60 40 4 GA d Strawberry Kiss
132. into this argument to skip the lines without activities cFlag Characters for specifying date format and suppressing user comments N shows the day number from underlying start D shows full date S or missing dd mm e g 3rd of November will be shown as 03 11 U Suppress user comments for the activity cSeparator Activity separator which is default to carriage return Chr 13 If you want to display all activities separated by a semicolon in the same line you may pass into this argument nBackRaces nBackRaces specifies activities before which start will be shown For example if nBackRaces 1 and nDays 30 the activities within 30 days before the last start not current start will be shown nBackBaces is default to 0 i e the current start fCondition See MCL Condition under Arguments of MCL functions section cDefaultVal See The DefaultVal Argument under Arguments of MCL functions section cIncluding See The cIncluding Argument under Arguments of MCL functions section Returns Character variable length In views normally Multiline Text type will be used for the column Remark e Under normal circumstances you may need to push the Recalc button to refresh the data of the column see Cache for View Data for details e By default user comments are displayed at the right hand side of the activity Welkin Systems Limited am RaceMate Reference 16 5 3 descriptions You may
133. is greater than 2 5 If 2 5 is being looked up 4 RetVal of 3 will be returned Similarly if O is being looked up 10 RetVal of 1 will be returned If 8 is being looked up NULL will be returned in case no DefaultVal is given Syntax GConv cLookupTable KeyVal DefaultValue Returns The data type of the returned value will be identical to that of the RetVal column Example GConv FPconv HrFP 0 The above function converts the finishing position according to the conversion table FPconv 16 13 8 QStr The QStr function converts a value to a character string in proper quoted formats The value can be of any data type Proper format Example of string returned Quoted with one of the following pair of Text or quotes Character or String Quoted with and in format Ayyyy mm dd The Year iV Month 2001 03 12 Day sequence will be followed Loge er true F for false Syntax QStr Value Returns Character proper quotes if any will be included Example HrAverage HrRating For HrDate gt OStr HrDate 365 Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 425 16 13 9 NVL NVL is a Visual FoxPro function It provides a way to keep nulls from propagating without having to use IsNull You can think of NVL eExpression1 eExpression2 as shorthand for IIF IsNull eExpression1 eExpression1 eExpression2 Syntax NVL eExpressionl eExpression2 16 13
134. last etc The margin behind the leading horse for the section will be returned as a numeric value See Arguments of MCL functions for details about other arguments Returns Numeric decimal 2 See Also HrSectPositions JrSectPositions SrSectPositions HrSectTime JrSectTime SrSectTime HrTime JrTime SrTime HrSeconds JrSeconds SrSeconds HrMargin JrMargin SrMargin HrMarginLen JrMarginLen SrMarginLen HrMarginLenX JrMarginLenX SrMarginLenX HrSectMargins JrSectMargins SrSectMargins Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 277 16 3 48 HrSectMargLensX JrSectMargLensX SrSectMargLensX If the ist argument is omitted the functions return the margins behind the fastest horse of all sections in a character string composed of a list of decimal numbers identical to HrSectMargLens JrSectMargLens SrSectMargLens If a number if passed into the 1st argument the margins behind the fastest horse of the section will be returned in numeric values However for the fastest horse the length which leads the second horse will be returned in a negative number Syntax HrSectMargLensx nSection nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrSectMargLensx nSection nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrSectMargLensx nSection nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Arguments If nSection is omitt
135. much more However the calculation speed of it is lower than the Quick Statistics Form Besides statistics it is an excellent tool for listing a set of races which satisfies the criteria that you specified If you find that even the Race Query and Comprehensive Statistics Form is not able to do what you want you may turn to another professional tool Starter View Model Statistics 3 Advanced Statistics via View Models View Model Statistics is the most powerful statistics tool of RaceMate We can formulate statistics criteria into MCL functions and construct a view model The statistics function of the view model will solve most statistics problem MCL provides the model with tremendous extensibility which is limited only by your imagination gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt e Type 1 Comprehensive Statistics amp Record Query e Type 2 Statistics via Starter Views Race Data Form e Type 3 Simplified Statistics Form Type 1 Comprehensive Statistics amp Record Query Choose Defining Statistical Views Comprehensive Statistics from the Analysis menu to define criteria of statistics and queries The Comprehensive Statistics and Records Query menu opens a formthe display the results getting by running the criteria and queries that you defined Welkin Systems Limited Statistics and Data Analysis 197 Training BZ Tools Window Help Defining Statistical Views Comprehensive Statistics Co
136. nBackRaces fCondition vDefaultVal Argument nSection Specify the section number of the video vRetVal 1 If you omit this argument a character string of 13 characters showing the race date and section of the video 2 If you pass a value into vRetVal it will be the return value can be any type of the functions 3 If you pass Null into vRetVal the link 87 characters for opening the video will be returned Links to local files will be skipped Returns Default to string e g 15 02 2009 3 for section 3 of 15 02 2009 If you pass a value to vRetVal please see the description for vRetVal above Example The following function will return a date and a section number If you double click on Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 437 it the corresponding Post Race video in Chinese section 1 will be played HrRacingFocus HrRacingFocus 1 The following function will return a date and a section number If you double click on it the corresponding Post Race video in Chinese section 2 will be played HrRacingFocus 2 The following function will display Focus on screen If you double click on the text the correspon HrRacingFocus Focus The following function will return the link for getting access to the web resource something similar to mms wm hkjc pbase net extral1 RacingFocus 20080227 chi_RacingFocus_20080227_04_500 asf HrRacingFocus Null See Also HrBTrial HrBTVideo
137. new function HrJockeyEngAbbr Jockey Abbreviations in Jockey List of Jockey Form An Abbreviation Abbrev column has been added into the jockey list of the jockey form In the Hong Kong edition the abbreviations are basically the Jockey IDs in various documents of the Hong Kong Jockey Club g k S Jockey 1 R Woodworth Jockey R Woodworth Category Foreign RaceMate J iHistory Stat 2 Wins 3 Notes 4 Links D Jockey List Foreign f R Fradd Foreign RF For RHI Hils a w s ae aptamer smati e AF New Built In Columns In Race Horse Jockey Stable and Comprehensive Statistics forms the following new items were added for selecting Horse Section Time Horse Section Margins Horse Section Margin Lengths Positions with FP Loading Different After Adj International Rating Latest Horse Rating Prior FPs of Top 4 Horses Only in Starter Views New Structures of Views The structures of the Declaration and Position views of the Race form and the Welkin Systems Limited Release Notes Basic Columns view of the History Stat page of the Horse Jockey Stable and Comprehensive Statistics forms have been revised New columns for the new sectional data from the Jockey Club were added In order to see the change existing users must reset their corresponding views However resetting a view will remove all your changes to the view If you want to keep your change please don t do it
138. pass the flag U into the 4th argument cFlag to suppress the user comments Examples Track work activities since last start HrActivity Show jogging and swims since last start HrActivity JI J0O JA JT SW Show galloping and barrier trials only in last 30 days Use space vertical bar space as separator between trials instead of putting the trials in separate lines HrActivity 30 GL BT Number of barrier trials during the week before last week HrActivity 8 14 BT See Also HrTwCount JrTwCount SrTwCount HrABTCount JrABTCount SrABTCount HrGBTCount JrGBTCount SrGBTCount Occurs HrTwResumeDate JpPTwResumeDate S eTwResumeDate The functions return the date on which the horse resumes its trackwork activities after the prior start You may optionally pass one or more activity IDs into the first parameter to specify the type s of activity you are looking for The function will then return the date on which this type of activity resumes Syntax HrTwResumeDate cActivityIDs nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrTwResumeDate cActivityIDs nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrTwResumeDate cActivityIDs nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Date Examples HrTwResumeDate Returns the date on which track work activities any type resumes after the prior starts HrTwResumeDate JLBO Returns the date on which jog J
139. race RunnersMax Bodyweight 17222 HrFP lt 3 Returns the maximum Body Weight amount the 3 fastest horses of the race of ID 17222 i e the 222nd race of season 97 98 16 9 6 RunnersMin The RunnersMin function returns the minimum value of a datum about a runner ina particular race Syntax RunnersMin nValueExpr cRaceID fCondition Description Example e Datum the minimum of which is to be found i EES e Data type of expression Any PEG weight Race ID default to underlying race Normally cRaceID this is a string returned by the functions 17222 HrRaceID JrRaceID and Grbacel i EE Logical expression to filter out a particular set Returns The type of the value returned by the function is identical to that of the first argument of the function Examples RunnersMin Bodyweight ii Welkin Systems Limited 32 RaceMate Reference 16 9 7 Returns the minimum Body Weight of the underlying race RunnersMin Bodyweight 17222 Returns the minimum Body Weight of the race of ID 17222 i e the 222nd race of season 97 98 RunnersMin Bodyweight HrFP lt 3 Returns the minimum Body Weight amount the 3 fastest horses in the underlying race RunnersMin Bodyweight 17222 HrFP lt 3 Returns the minimum Body Weight amount the 3 fastest horses of the race of ID 17222 i e the 222nd race of season 97 98 Runne
140. record corresponding to the race ID returned by the following function HrRaceID 1 For HrFp 1 After the race record is open RaceMate will then highlight the horse that you double click on returned by the function HrHorseID in the past record list Z Edit View view Name Declaration Chinese Mode Equivalent HIT v a Ah TIES Description List of Declared Starters kl 22 06 2005 _3 04 687 El Starters View Entries view _ Show Formula RowHeight 17 ColumnsLocked 3 Best Time Columns Remark 5 E Column D wwc10001 c34 C Betting Index LlStat Column Stat Groups Heading Delete Import Date Width pixel Type Date we Format Distance Super Ball Jockey Chars Digits Decimal C Auto Resize d Notes 1 Lucky Trio Rtg O Built In Item User Defined Item SO ON Ne NYO mM Oil Kimbo Kid Fantastico Wise Lover Positions Golden Win Ge Column ID vWC10001 C34 Kao And Ming Time Naughty Boy NawiMiqht edd Lew 1 Ace King Mapped Read Onl Dbl Click Action Form to Open Open Race Race ID HrRaceID 1 For HrFp j 1 Cursor at Horse ID HrHorseID C
141. return the date of the last winning start of a horse HrDate 1 For HrFp 1 The first argument of the function above indicates we want the last start However it is not an ordinary last but the last start satisfying the condition specified by the 2nd argument For HrFp 1 Since HrFp returns the finishing position of the horse thus the date of the last winning start will be returned We may put the above functions into a view to see the results Please make sure Date type is selected for the columns as show in the following figure Welkin Systems Limited ree Edit View view Name HrDate Test Chinese Mode Equivalent Save Exit Description HrDate Test Cancel Exit Starters view O Entries View Show Formula Row Height Columns Locked 0 gt Columns weem a Column ID ywcoo00s cs Append HrDate C Betting Index Stat Column Stat Groups Export HrDate 1 i HrDate 2 Heading HrDate 1 For HrFp 1 Import HrDate 1 For HrFpt i i Advanced Save Format Chars Digits Decimal l Auto Resize Built In Item User Defined Item HrDate 1 For HrFp 1 O User Input Remark Apply the view to the 6th race of the meeting on 1 May 2005 We will see the following result Horse HrDate HrDate 1 HrDate 2 HrDate 1 For HrFp j 1 01 05 2005 13 04 2005 23 03 2005 1
142. satisfying a set of criteria that you specified Multiple track work views for effectively identifying training patterns Talented data sorting and grouping by 1 or 2 mouse clicks Multimedia Resources Welkin Systems Limited Introduction to RaceMate e Automatic hyper linking to multimedia resources of the Hong Kong Jockey Club including photos of running videos of track work race replay and pre race studies e Multimedia resources are integrated in records of races horses jockeys and stables The resource are always ready for accessing without searching e Integrating your personal multimedia resources with race and horse records Excel Like Spreadsheet Features e RaceMate provides Excel Like spreadsheet features You may set formulae to do powerful calculation among columns e There are hundreds of functions for calculations and statistics e On the spreadsheet you may retrieve past and future records or do statistics of horses jockeys and stables e You may import data from external files into your spreadsheet Computer Rating and Data Analysis Models e RaceMate s Flemming Model and Young s Betting Index provide you with accurate computer rating about starters e You are encouraged to build your own analysis models by using RaceMate s Model Construction Language MCL e Validating your model by fitting it with real past records Improving your models based on validation results Powerful Statistics You
143. section lt lt lt e Options and System Information e About RaceMate Options and System Information Choose Options and System Information from the Tools menu to open the following form for viewing and define system settings dei Options and System Information es V Automatically update data and programs when RaceMate starts Cancel d In Chinese mode use Tahoma to display numbers x V Windows XP Theme Support V Direct Edit Local File Name Templates Race Replay Latest Download File 0904304 eport Engine Old e Position Photo Date Format Default Barrier Trial Current Chinese Codepage 950 ANSI OEM Traditional Chinese Beni w 8399 Focus Racing Preview Startup Form Record Tree amp Calendar w Racing Result Autolink to HK Jockey Club Website Video Resolution High Broadband Le El me Leewen oer ont een EE Eeer ep e SS EE Petey Ja sae i wt racecar BIS IS CR EE Phone No of RaceMate Data Server If you have selected Dial Up Connection as your download method RaceMate will dial the number in this box to connect to RaceMate s data server If the location where your RaceMate is installed requires special phone number prefix or you need to add an international call number here is the place to put the extra numbers Latest Download File This field shows the name of the latest data update file that you downloaded and processed Download Setti
144. see Clearing_Cache_Folder Conversion Tables We can use a conversion table to convert data froma particular value into another A variety of MCL functions for retrieving the converted values are provided by RaceMate Please see the section conversion_functions for details about the functions gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt Welkin Systems Limited Views Management 151 e Managing Conversion Tables e Using Conversion Tables in Views 6 4 1 Managing Conversion Tables A conversion table provides rules for converting a value into another Selecting Conversion Table Management from the Analysis menu of the RaceMate main menu You will see the following form The AgeConv table in the following figure converts 2 to Young 4 to Middle and 6 to Old p Conversion Tables Management E A Conversion Tables Tite AgeConv Type User defined a Rmk Convert age from number to text a j Insert Entry Delete Entry Edit Table Content Click on the Edit Entries button to edit the content of the conversion table You may use the Append Entry Insert Entry and Delete Entry buttons to add and delete entries of the table Export Conversion Table Click on the Export button You will be prompted to assign a file name to your exported file Welkin Systems Limited 152 RaceMate Reference xX JO E Programs v RacemateHk gt y seach A Filename META eee Browse
145. see the up to date data in your view 2 You use your a conversion table in your calculation You change the data in your conversion table after data are loaded into the cache The new change will not be Welkin Systems Limited 150 RaceMate Reference 6 4 shown You may solve such data synchronization problem in the following ways Manual Data Reload Click on the Recalc button at the right hand side of your Starter Views page to reload data of the view of the current race Set No Caching Attribute You may set the No Caching attribute of column advanced setting RaceMate will not cache the data of a No Caching column and the column will be recalculated every time you open the race However never set every column as No Caching because it will affect the speed of the view Edit View Advanced Settings Column ID Heading Mapped to Dbl Click Action Form to Open M et vien EN Open Record Jockey ID Cursor at Race vwc10001 C38 Race Related Veterinary Records Read Only Arguments r in sequence F Auto Resize Width No Less Than Default Column Width Header Text Width Update Value When View Line is Retrieved Update Value Only in th Deferred Calculation E Always Hidden 1 Hidden If No History _ Blank for Zero Alignment Automatic Le Clearing the Cache Please
146. software in this computer and then carry out a Moving or Uninstalling RaceMate to move the software to the computer that you want Creating New Database After the software is activated RaceMate will begin to create a new database When it is working you will see a screen similar to the following Depending on the speed of your computer the process will take from several minutes to over ten minutes is Update RaceMate Data Files Preparing data files May take several minutes 80 Welkin Systems Limited z RaceMate Reference 1 5 First Time Starting RaceMate When database is created you will see the following form Refresh RaceMate Data This is the First time you run RaceMate Please click on Update RaceMate Data below to update the database of RaceMate Update RaceMate Data Please click on Download Setting to set up your data update method see Data Update if you have any problem and the click on the Update RaceMate Data button to refresh your RaceMate data Installing into More Than One Computer You can install RaceMate into any number of computers You can view data in any of them However only one of them can download new data We called the RaceMate which can download new data an active RaceMate and the others inactive RaceMate If you want to make an inactive RaceMate active you have to transfer the date update right license from the active RaceMate into it Remark Co
147. the first 2 figures L1 and L2L3 will be equal to the 3rd figure L or L1L2L3 See also HrActivity JrActivity SrActivity HrABTCount JrABTCount SrABTCount HrGBTCount JrGBTCount SrGBTCount Race and Meeting Information This group of functions returns particulars about a race Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 315 gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt ComingDate CurRunHorses _ DateOfRace HrAccSectionalTime JrAccSectionalTime SrAccSectionalTime HrAccSectionalTimew JrAccSectionalTimew SrAccSectionalTimew HrAveRating JrAveRating SrAveRating HrClassGroup JrClassGroup SrClassGroup _ HrCourse JrCourse SrCourse HrCourseDist JrCourseDist SrCourseDist HrCourseID JrCourseID SrCourseID HrCupName JrCupName SrCupName HrDate JrDate SrDate HrDayNight JrDayNight SrDayNight HrDayNote JrDayNote SrDayNote HrDaysAgo JrDaysAgo SrDaysAgo HrDistance JrDistance SrDistance HrDistTrack JrDistTrack SrDistTrack HrDvd JrDvd SrDvd HrDvdPlace JrDvdPlace SrDvdPlace HrDvdTrio JrDvdTrio SrDvdTrio HrDvdWin JrDvdWin SrDvdWin HrGoing JrGoing SrGoing HrGoingAbbr JrGoingAbbr SrGroingAbbr HrGoingID JrGoingID SrGoingID HrisTurf JrisTurf SrisTurf
148. the Jockey forms showing the Jockey Change Performance view The data range will be set by argument 1 See Using MCL Variables As View Arguments about how to pass data range Changing to which jockey type will be set by argument 2 Name of next jockey is set by argument 3 Please note that column Last Jky Chg to Any Jky WQPL T has argument 3 but no argument 2 while other statistics columns has argument 2 but no argument 3 Lets take Last Jky Chg to Foreign Jky WQPL T as an example Highlight the column on the columns list at the left hand side of the Edit View form The click the Advanced button at the right You will see the following form Open Form Jockey Open the Jockey form on double clicking Target View Jockey Change Jump to the Jockey Change Performance Performance view Arguments 1 Gel HrDate 1 HrDate In this example 1 is 120 And HrDate is 19 10 2011 Therefore e HrDate 1 19 10 2011 120 21 06 2011 e HrDate 1 19 10 2011 1 18 10 2011 The Gel function combines the items including the inserted in the middle into 21 06 2011 18 10 2011 Welkin Systems Limited 174 RaceMate Reference which confirms the data range argument standard of RaceMate Since the argument if passed through argument 1 you must prepare 1 to receive it Argments 2 Foreign Set filter jockey type of next jockey to Foreign Open Jockey Jockey ID Cursor at Race
149. the high quality multimedia video files of the HK Jockey Club Otherwise you should choose 56K Dial Up Connection to connect to a trimmed down version of the files 14 3 2 About RaceMate Select About RaceMate from the Help menu A form showing the program information will be shown as follows You may click on 1 the Program Files Details button to show a list of program files 2 the program filter link to open the program folder Welkin Systems Limited zm RaceMate Reference f Z S About RaceMate RaceMate Hong Kong Professional Edition Version 9 2 0806244 Engine _ 09 00 0000 5815 Data 080726A Expiry Date 15 07 2009 Program Folder F Programs RaceMate HK User ID 000 010 Copyright c 1990 2008 Welkin Systems Ltd 14 4 Clearing Cache Folder 14 5 Whenever you find that the data in the cache folder is out of data please select Clean Up Calculation Results in Cache to clear the data in the cache folder Please see Cache for View Data for functions about the cache folder Upgrading RaceMate or Installing Add Ins Whenever you have got either a RaceMate update file or an version upgrade file please select Upgrading RaceMate or Installing Add Ins from the Tools menu you will see the following dialogue box If your file is not in drive A click on the small button at the right of the source folder text box to select the correct folder Then click on Install to install
150. the prior start the horse HrLastSectionTime 2 Returns time for the 2nd last section of the race Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 3 See also HrSeconds JrSeconds SrSeconds HrSectionTime JrSectionTime SrSectionTime HrLastSectPos JrLastSectPos SrLastSectPos 16 6 27 HrLastSectionTimew JrLastSectionTimew SrLastSectionTimew These functions are identical to their original versions except that they return 2 digits after the decimal point Click on the link below to see the syntax of the functions HrLastSectionTime JrLastSectionTime SrLastSectionTime Returns Numeric Characters 5 Decimals 2 16 6 28 HrMeetingNo JrMeetingNo SrMeetingNo The functions return a start s race number in a meeting Syntax HrMeetingNo nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrMeetingNo nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrMeetingNo nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Numeric Width 4 16 6 29 HrPenetrometer JrPenetrometer SrPenetrometer The functions return the Penetrometer and Clegg Hammer Readings of the race course Syntax HrPenetrometer nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrPenetrometer nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrPenetrometer nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 25 See also HrCourse JrCourse SrCourse
151. to the old stable is not application Therefore using while will significantly increase the statistical speed HrStableID Against HrStable The HrStableID function returns a 2 char ID of a stable which is faster language independent and more accurate than using the full name When we do statistics comparing an ID is always preferable to comparing a name Therefore another enhancement to the view is to change the HrStable function to HrStable After making the above improvements to the view the view becomes User Defined MCL Function Type Chars E lt Old Stable Date Stable Date HrDate For Not Same HrStableID Date s_i Before Stable HrWQPStat For HrDate lt Qstr Column Old StayCharacter 23 Change After Stable HrWQPStat While HrDate gt Qstr Column Old StaCharacter 23 Change Enhancing the View According to Your Need You may add more filtering conditions and columns to the view according to your needs For example if you are only interested in the horses which change stable during the past 12 months your may change of condition of the Old Stable Date column to HrDate 1 While HrDaysAgo lt 365 For Not Same HrStable Welkin Systems Limited asa RaceMate Reference 18 18 1 Questions amp Answers This section provides help on common problems that RaceMate users may encounter If you still cannot find solutions in this user guide or t
152. 0 2 14001 1650 2 Classabove 1400 3 1400 0 Multi win Spit 1200 3 1200 0 Global Way 14002 1400 0 StdTime _ The new StdTime function returns the standard running time of races of a particular combinations of distance course track and class Argument for Future Records The nBackRace argument of most MCL functions now supports negative numbers for retrieving data of future races For example HrFp 1 will return the finishing position of next race relative to the underlying race while HrFp 1 returns the finishing Welkin Systems Limited ER RaceMate Reference position of last race Miscellaneous There are many improvements in terms of both functionality and efficiency and bug fixing in the MCL language in the RaceMate 8 0 2007 02 01 1 A new built in column W Q P Numbers Same Jockey is added You may insert this new column into any views 2 The following columns are added into the WQP Statistics view o Jockey o WQPU Tot Jockey In order to see this new change you must reset the view by clicking on Modify Reset Please note that resetting a view will wipe out all your prior change made to the view 3 A new filter Same jockey is added into the filter list of the Starter Views page 2006 12 13 New MCL function HrRaceTime JrRaceTime SrRaceTime 2006 12 06 Three new buttons added into the Race Calendar form Prev Month Current Mtg and Next Month 2006 11 20
153. 05 05 09 2005 C Have you ever wanted to add columns showing the details of trackwork the counts of jogs swims gallops and barrier trials of each horse since its last start into your fields Now it will be as simple as choosing the follawing 2 new built in colurnns in the Edit View form without writing any user defined MCL functions New built in columns e Trackwork Details Since Last Start e Trackwork Stats Since Last Start See more information about the built in colurnns and the MCL functions behind them by clicking on the following links Help Topic Hrdctivit JrActivit Srdctivit Help Topic HrTwCount IrTwCount SrTwCount You may fine tune your columns by changing arguments of the functions If you have declared Read on a notice you can still get access to the notice again by choosing the Notice option from the Help menu open the Notice form You will see a list of notice dates on the left hand side of the form Click on any of them to show the notice content Please note that if there are any notices which are still marked as unread only the date of these unread notices will be shown on the list However you may click on Show All to show all notices Welkin Systems Limited zs RaceMate Reference 14 3 14 3 1 System Configurations and Information This section will discuss how to get information about the system and how to change the system settings gt gt gt Subtopics of this
154. 0Turf 3 0 0 8 p 27 Export Data Import Data i IEE N neie nory 1T A aa z a NNATHrFIN D N RIRN w z ay 4 D Sort in Horse View Columns Columns No Horse Jockey and Stable Shows horse no horse name jockey name and stable name Column Horse DistTrack W Q P L Tot W WQP This column shows the W Q P counts and the winning percentage of each horse For example the line 1000Turf 0 0 0 2 2 w 0 p 0 on the top row of the column shows no winning 2nd and 3rd for Golden Treasure It has lost in 2 starts and the its total starts are 2 Both winning and 2nd percentage of it are O Column Jockey DistTrack W Q P L Tot W WQP This column shows the W Q P counts and the winning percentage of each jockey Welkin Systems Limited Built in Views 169 during the period defined by MCL variable 1 For example the line 1000Turf 0 0 1 5 6 w 0 p 17 on the top row of the column shows during the latest 120 days no winning and 2nd for T Angland He has one 3rd and lose in 5 races His total races are 6 The winning percentage was 0 while the top 3 percentage of it are 17 Column Stable DistTrack W Q P L Tot W WQP This column shows the W Q P counts and the winning percentage of each stable during the period defined by MCL variable 1 For example the line 1000Turf 0 0 1 4 5 w 0 p 20 on the top row of the column shows during the latest 120 days no winning and 2nd for A Schutz
155. 1 43 1 5 D Oughton Tru 2 Fortune Warrior C Williams 56 4 119 1 43 3 4 TWLeung Tru 3 Globe River BPrebble 56 4 9 129 1 1 43 4 4 D Hall Tru 10 Dolphin star kam ai Su n 1 43 7 4 TKNg Priog i Salt Matin eco Gen Macca ala deen marke al porad amemba rors e View Definition Enhancement In the new version you can assign a form to be hyperlinked when a user defined column is double clicked The hyperlinking property of the user defined column is defined in the Advanced Settings form which will be shown when you click on the Advanced setting You may define the following items on the form 1 Form to Open Choose the form that your want to open here 2 Open Race RaceID Input an MCL function returning the ID of the target race horse jockey or stable which you want to show on the hyperlinked form RaceMate will evaluate the function and use the returned ID for opening the corresponding record in the target form 3 Cursor at Horse ID Input an MCL function returning the ID of a horse RaceMate will try to locate the horse in past record table in the target form Welkin Systems Limited Release Notes ER In the example in the following figure a user defined column LastWin is defined in the Declaraction view The column returns the last winning date of each horse using the formula HrDate 1 For HrFp 1 When you double click on the column RaceMate will open a new Race Data form and open the race
156. 1 SCnv The function searches a list of items cListToBeSearched for an item equal to or smaller than the first argument cToSearch and returns another a string item at the same ordinal position from another list cListOfReturnItems Search will be carried out from left to right Once an item equal to or smaller than cToSearch is found all the following items will be ignore the corresponding item in cListOfReturnItems will be returned Syntax SCnv eToSearch cListToBeSearched cListOfReturnItems cNullSearchReturn cSeperator eToSearch String to be searched eToSearch can be of any data type cListToBeSearched List of items for searching matching If eToSearch is not of character type the function will convert each member item of cListToBeSearched into the same data type before comparing Please don t put any space after each comma Otherwise the space will be regarded as a character of the item cListOfReturnItems List of items for returning The items in the list must be from large to small If the nth item in cListToBeSearched matches eToSearch the nth item of cListOfReturnItems will be returned If no in cListToBeSearch is equal to or smaller than eToSearch the function will return a value as follows e IF the items in cListOfReturnItems are more than that in cListToBeSearched the first excess item of cListToBeSearched will be returned e Otherwise Null will be returned Please don t put any space after ea
157. 111 Links2Page JOCKEY ORM E 111 Jockeys List Page Jockey FOr csssccsseceeseeeeseeeesseeeeseeensaaeesseeeesaeensneeesseeeesaesasaeeeseeeesaasesaasesseeeesaesasneeeseeee 112 Stable FORM icc rn stich ects sna sees cece yack rend a dened a bent Woe shedeai area a Teel anavbai eens ce 112 Horses in Stable Stable Fort sacssssesscsseccecsssecsivevsssresesvensavesenssessncecsceccssasssecseasteesenseceseceusarssssaseresseustvesencesens 113 Wins Page Stable e dr E 113 Past Record and Comprehensive Statistics Stable Form 113 Notes Page Stable e EE 114 Links Page Stable Form ssisicecesscssssvessacesensevesnsavcavecssseesessenstcesensrssansacsarsvesaseveesenserssensrcrsnseusoressstessssreussreseneaseas 114 Stables List Page Stable FOr aerea e ae roiete a Da eaaa aaaea aaae aa aa aa Aea aaa eae Sa adaa aaa Saaai 115 Current Odds from Jockey Club s ssssssssssrsssnnnnnnnnnunnnnnnnnnnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn annn 115 Daily Track Work and Barrier Triall ccccccesecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeseneeeeeeeeees 115 Barrier Trials Daily Track Work FOrm sesscesssecesseeeeeneeeseeeeseeeeeneesenesesaeesesneesanesesaeeseaeeesaeeesaeeseneeseeeeesaeeeees 116 Barrier Trial Groups Daily Track Work Form cssccceseeesseeeeseeeeeeneessneeeeaeeeeseeesaaesesaeeeeseeeseaeeesaeeseeneeseeeeeeaeeeeas 116 Track Work Daily Track Work Form cssscesseseeesseeeeeeeeseeeesneeeeeeeeeeeensaaeeeseeeesaesasnesesseeee
158. 1400m race 2 Average rating of the race is greater than 100 If no races satisfying the above conditions can be found 101 will be returned 16 8 11 HrStatList JrStatList SrStatList The functions return sum maximum minimum and count of a racing datum in the past records The 2 figures are returned in a single string separated with a For example a returned value 1324 16 8 11 means that 1324 is got by summing up 11 races and the maximum and minimum value in these 11 races are 16 and 8 respectively Using these functions you can get sum maximum minimum count and average suny count by only scanning the database once It is much faster than applying HrSum HrMaximum HrMinimum HrCount and HrAverage in separate columns Use the ListVal function to retrieve a specific item in the list Syntax HrStatList nValueExpr nRaces fCondition cDefaultValue cIncluding Argument Description Senge e Datum the statistics of which is to be eValueExpr found HrDvdWin Data type of expression Any Number of latest races counting back from the underlying race to be averaged The races must be meeting the condition specified by fCondition If nRaces is omitted all races meeting fCondition will be included If total number of races meeting fCondition is smaller than nRaces the function will perform calculations on only the available races You may use the HrCount fu
159. 16 12 9 ListDescVal This function is almost identical to ListDescItem except that in this function items or sub item which is to be sorted will be converted to numbers for sorting Please see ListAscItem and ListDescItem for function details Syntax ListDescVal cValueExpr nItemNumber cSeparator nSortSubItem cSubItemSeparator cReturnType Or ListDescVal cValueExpr nItemNumber cSeparator cSortExpr cSubItemSeparator cReturnType Returns Character Example ListDescVal 8 4 12 1 Returns 12 gt Compare ListAscItem 8 4 12 1 which will return 8 It is because to in text text comparison 12 is smaller than 8 since 1 lt 8 See also ListDescItem ListAscItem ListAscVal ListItem ListVal ListSum ListAverage ListFilter 16 12 1 ListFilter This function extracts a set of items according to a user define criteria from an item string to forma new item string Syntax ListFilter cValueExpr cFilterExpr cReturnExpr cSeparator cSubItemSeparator Argument Description cValueExpr Item string or MCL function returning an item string cFilterExpr A logic expression for filtering items You may use ListCol and ListColVal to compose the expression ListCol is referred to an item string or sub item string while ListColVal is referred to the numeric value of an item string or sub item string See example
160. 17222 i e the 222 nd race of season 97 98 RunnersCnt The RunnersCnt _ function returns the number of runners that meets a particular condition in a race Syntax RunnersCnt eValueExpr cRaceID fCondition Argument Description Example e Datum the count of which is to be found e ICountIf can be of any data type If ICountIf Count If is of logical type all true T values will be HrBodyweight 1 counted For any other types record will be counted only if ICountIf returns a non null value Race ID default to underlying race Normally i cacem fac is a string returned by the functions Maer Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 389 ___HrRaceID JrRaceID _ and SrRacelD fC Logical expression to filter out a particular set HrFP lt 3 fCondition of runners in the race Returns The function returns a numeric value Examples RunnersCnt _ Returns the number of runners in the underlying race RunnersCnt 17222 Returns number of runners in the race of ID 17222 i e the 222nd race of season 97 98 RunnersCnt HrRating gt 95 Returns number of runners of rating greater than 95 in the underlying race RunnersCnt 17222 HrRating gt 95 Returns number of runners of rating greater than 95 in the race of ID 17222 i e the 222nd race of season 97 98 16 9 3 RunnersFind The functions return the value of an MCL function expre
161. 21 HrDayNight 321 HrDayNote 322 HrDaysAgo 322 HrDDam 289 HrDDDam 289 HrDDSire 289 Welkin Systems Limited HrDistance 322 HrDistTrack 323 HrDraw 263 HrDSDam 290 HrDSire 290 HrDSSire HrDSSire 291 HrDvd 323 HrDvwdPlace 324 HrDvdTrio 325 HrDvwdWin 325 HrEHorse 291 HrEntriesWeight 264 HrFavorite 264 HrFinalOdds 265 HrFoalDate 291 HrFP 265 HrFPX 266 HrGallop1200Best 309 HrGallop1200Stat 309 HrGallop400Best 310 HrGallop400Stat 310 HrGallop800Best 310 HrGallop800Stat 311 HrGBTCount 311 HrGoing 325 HrGoingAbbr 326 HrGoingID 327 HrHistoryList 345 HrHorse 292 HrHorselD 292 HrHorseMarkNote 292 HrHorseNo 266 HrHorseNoStr 266 HrHorseNote 293 HrlsRunner 267 HrisTurf 327 HrJockey 293 HrJockeyClass 293 HrJockeyEngAbbr 294 HrJockeyID 294 HrJockeyRetired 294 HrLastSectionTime 328 HrLastSectionTimew 329 HrLastSectPos 267 HrLoadDiff 268 HrLoadDiffStr 268 HrMargin 268 HrMarginLen 269 HrMarginLenX 269 HrMaximum 367 HrMaxStartID 369 HrMeetingNo 329 Welkin Systems Limited HrMinimum 370 HrMinStartID 371 HrNetLoadDiff 270 HrNoteMark 295 HrOdds 270 HrOdds1Day 270 HrOdds5Min 271 HrOrigin 295 HrOriginCategory 295 HrOverweight 271 HrOwner 296 HrPastincident 271 HrPenetrometer 329 HrPlaceTickets 272 HrPositions 272 HrPosPhoto 4
162. 230 D 2 Faile to Open a Starter View 467 Filter Editor 146 Filtering Past Records 136 Filtering Records in Starters Views 142 Find horses of this race met in past starts 450 Find horses which win in 60 days after a stable change 452 Firewall Blocking 70 Flemming Page Race Data Form 99 Format of Exported Excel Files 238 Freezing a Fom 79 Freezing Columns 82 Functions 447 G GCnv 422 GConv 423 Gell 1 441 GetColumn 343 H Handling Forms 77 Handling Grids 79 History Tracks 139 Horse Clothes 104 Horse Form 104 Horse List Page Horse Form 109 Horses in Stable Stable Form 113 How Can Display Chinese in English Windows Hew To 450 How to Create Complicated Formulae 178 HrABTCount 303 HrAccSectionalTime 318 HrAccSectionalTimew 319 HrActivity 304 HrAge 259 HrAgeMonths 259 HrAllowance 260 HrArrivalYear 286 HrAverage 354 HrAverageBy 355 HrAverageNZ 357 HrAveRating 319 HrBestGallopSect 307 HrBleedDate 260 HrBleedDateStr 260 HrBlinker 260 HrBlinkerAbbr 261 HrBlinkerAbbrNew 261 HrBlinkerNew 261 HrBodyWeight 262 HrBrandNo 287 HrBreedNote 287 HrBTrial 307 HrBTVideo 431 HrCHorse 287 HrClass 262 HrClassGroup 319 HrClassID 262 HrColor 288 HrCount 358 HrCountBy 360 HrCountNZ 366 HrCountryID 288 HrCourse 319 HrCourseDist 320 HrCourselD 320 HrCupName 321 HrCurRating 263 HrDam 288 HrData 344 HrDate 3
163. 280 HrStartiID JrStartID SrStartlD sciicccecsccsessecsiccussecstscscastevsestessessesoacsteseresececustecsecacssoseessbecussecsssctensievcessetses HrStartIDOn JrStartIDOn CET R SA HrStakes 1 JrStakes SrStakes cceseeesseesseeeeeseeeeseeeeseeeesaeeeeeeeeseeeesaeeeeaeeesaaeeesaeesesneeseaeeesaeeseeeeeseeeeeseeeas ArTime Sr Time Sr TIME vessevsssverseceseccaveavcacsivevecssevesceusscesectecssncevsdcevectssvessensscevencecescavcnvecdecasssescsusetevensesses HrTimew JrTimew SrTim w esseesseeesseesseeeesseeeeseeeesaeeesaeeseaneesnesesaeeseaneesaeeesaeeseeneessaesesaeeseeeeesseeeeseeeees HrUpdow n JrUpdow nt SrUpdow n eesseesseeessceeeeeeeeseeeeseeeeeeneessaeeesaeeeeaneesaaesesaeeeeeeeeseaeeesaeeseeeeeeeeeeeeaeeees HrUpdow nID JrUpdow nID SrUpdow nID esssceesseeesseeeeeeeeeseeenseeeesneeeesneeseneeesaeesesneesaesesaeeseeeeeeeeeeeseeeees HrWeight JrWeight SrWeight esscesssceesseeeeseeeeseeeesseeeeeneeeseeeesaeeeeaeeesaaesesaeeeeaeeesaeeesaeeseeneeseneeeseeeeas HrWinTickets JrWinTickets SrWinTickets os HrW PStat JFWOPStat STWOPStat eerren aana aa aeaaea aaea arana aana n aea raam dadaa iaiaaeaia Eana aasian tanai 4 Static information of Horse Jockey and Gtable AANEREN 285 HrArrivalYear JrArrivalYear SrArrivalY Car cescssseeeseeeeeeeeeeeeseeseeeeeeeseesseeseasseesseaeseeseeseseseenseeesneneeaaes 286 HrBrandNo JrBrandNo
164. 3 04 2005 Fortune Warrior 01 05 2005 09 04 2005 05 03 2005 NULL DiamondEra 01 05 2005 26 03 2005 19 03 2005 NULL Mr Beautiful 01 05 2005 13 04 2005 23 03 2005 04 11 2003 Speed Of Light 01 05 2005 03 04 2005 05 02 2005 20 06 2004 Great Star 01 05 2005 13 04 2005 19 03 2005 16 01 2005 Main Attraction 01 05 2005 09 04 2005 19 03 2005 01 05 2003 The LavishLad 01 05 2005 03 04 2005 26 03 2005 NULL Bullish General 01 05 2005 26 03 2005 05 03 2005 MI Maximus 01 05 2005 NULL NULL NULL Right Choice 01 05 2005 13 04 2005 09 03 2005 Mu Liverbird 01 05 2005 13 04 2005 09 04 2005 NULL Harry Harry 01 05 2005 03 04 2005 26 03 2008 26 03 2005 Just Too Good 01 05 2005 13 04 2005 23 03 2005 27 03 2004 In the figure above we see that the latest start relative to the viewing race on 1 5 of the horse Easy Game was on 13 Apr 2005 and it was the winning horse of that race Date on Which a Horse was in Its Old Stable To show the trainer of a horse we use the MCL function HrStable Suppose the trainer of a horse in the viewing race is A S Cruz We can use the following function to find when the horse was still trained by its prior trainer HrDate 1 For Not HrStable A S Cruz Welkin Systems Limited so RaceMate Reference However since almost all horses are in different stables we may not hard code the stable name into our functions as shown in the above line To s
165. 33 JrPrivilege 272 JrPrivilegelD 273 JrRaceClass 330 JrRacelD 330 JrRaceNoInMeeting 330 JrRaceNoInSeason 331 JrRaceNote 331 JrRacePrize 331 JrRaceRating 332 42 RaceMate Reference JrRaceRemark 332 JrRaceReplay 435 JrRacesInMeeting 332 JrRaceTime 332 JrRacingFocus 436 JrRacingWeight 273 JrRating 274 JrRatingDiff 274 JrReserved 274 JrRetired 296 JrRGBTCount 312 JrRunners 333 JrRunning 273 JrSameBlood 296 JrSDam 297 JrSDDam 297 JrSDSire 298 JrSeason 333 JrSeason2 334 JrSeasonRace 334 JrSeconds 275 JrSectionalTime 335 JrSectionalTimew 335 JrSectionPos 275 JrSectionTime 335 JrSectionTimew 336 JrSectMargins 275 JrSectMargLens 276 JrSectMargLensX 277 JrSectPositions 277 JrSectTime 278 JrSectTimew 279 JrSex 298 JrSickHistory 298 JrSire 200 JrSpecialBit 279 JrSpecialBitAbbr 279 JrSpeed 280 JrSSDam 301 JrSSire 301 JrSSSire 301 JrStable 302 JrStableAbbr 302 JrStablelD 302 JrStablePrefence 280 JrStableRetired 303 JrStakes 281 JrStartID 280 JrStartIDOn 281 JrStatList 373 JrSum 374 JrSumBy 375 JrSumCount 377 JrTime 283 JrTimew 283 JrTrack 337 JrTrackID 337 JrTrackPlus 338 JrTrackShift 339 JrTwCount 312 JrTwResumeDate 306 JrUpdown 283 JrUpdownID 284 JWeight 284 JrWinner 339 JWinnerlD 339 JrWinSeconds 340 JrWinTickets 285 Jr
166. 34 HrPostRace 432 HrPowerComments 337 HrPowerFigure 336 HrPreRace 433 HrPrivilege 272 HrPrivilegelD 273 HrRaceClass 330 HrRacelD 330 HrRaceNolnMeeting 330 HrRaceNolnSeason 331 HrRaceNote 331 HrRacePrize 331 HrRaceRating 332 HrRaceRemark 332 HrRaceReplay 435 HrRacesInMeeting 332 HrRaceTime 332 HrRacingFocus 436 HrRacingWeight 273 HrRating 274 HrRatingDiff 274 HrReserved 274 HrRetired 296 HrRGBTCount 312 HrRunners 333 HrRunning 273 HrSameBlood 296 HrSDam 297 HrSDDam 297 HrSDSire 298 HrSeason 333 HrSeason2 334 HrSeasonRace 334 HrSeconds 275 HrSectionalTime 335 HrSectionalTimew 335 Index 479 480 RaceMate Reference HrSectionPos 275 HrSectionTime 335 HrSectionTimew 336 HrSectMargins 275 HrSectMargLens 276 HrSectMargLensX 277 HrSectPositions 277 HrSectTime 278 HrSectTimew 279 HrSex 298 HrSickHistory 298 HrSire 300 HrSpecialBit 279 HrSpecialBitAbbr 279 HrSpeed 280 HrSSDam 301 HrSSire 301 HrSSSire 301 HrStable 302 HrStableAbbr 302 HrStablelD 302 HrStablePrefence 280 HrStableRetired 303 HrStakes 281 HrStartID 280 HrStartIDOn 281 HrStatList 373 HrSum 374 HrSumBy 375 HrSumCount 377 HrTime 283 HrTimew 283 HrTrack 337 HrTrackID 337 HrTrackPlus 338 HrTrackShift 339 HrTwCount 312 HrTwResumeDate 306 HrUpdown 283 HrUpdownlD 284 HrWeight 284 HrWinner
167. 34 HrSex JrSex SrSex Sex information of the horse The function will return one of the following values e Filly Mare e Gelding e Cold Horse Syntax HrSex _ JrSex nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrSec nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 11 in English mode Width 6 in Chinese mode 16 4 35 HrSickHistory JrSickHistory SrSickHistory The functions return the veterinary records of the horse Syntax 1 HrSickHistory cKeywordList cFlags nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrSickHistory cKeywordList cFlags nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrSickHistory cKeywordList cFlags nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 299 Syntax 2 HrSickHistory nDays cFlags nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrSickHistory nDays cFlags nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrSickHistory nDays cFlags nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Syntax 3 HrSickHistory cDayRange cFlags nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrSickHistory cDayRange cFlags nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrSickHistory cDayRange cFlags nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Syntax 4 HrSickHistory cDayRangeKeywords cFlags nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrSickHistory cDayRangeKeywords cFlags nBackRa
168. 5 When inputting the arguments into the Arguments box of the Edit View Advance Settings form you should follow the one to one matching rule That is if you have assigned MCL variable 1 to receive the information the information should be put in line 1 If you have assigned 2 put the information in line 2 and so on e Ka Column ID VwWC10025 C6 P RS Heading Jockey DistTrack W Q P L Tot W WG Mapped to Read Only Open Form Jockey Target View Distance WQP Stats Open Jockey Jockey ID Cursor at Race Ster 7 HrJockeyIDQ a HrRaceIDQ Put data range info in line 1 to pass it to 1 Gel HrDate 2 HrDate 1 will be evaluated as something like 21 06 2011 18 10 2011 before passing exh iin HrDateQ 2 0 1 gt e in sequence This view Auto Resize Width No Less Than Default Column Width d op ee gebr Syntax for Data Range Argument Use 3S for 3 seasons and 3S for 3 seasons including future races Replace S with Y M D or R for year month day and race respectively You may also pass 17 9 2010 19 12 2010 for a period between the dates or pass 2010 1 2010 9999 for a period between race 1 and last race of season 2007 2008 See Also Using MCL Variables As View Arguments Introduction to MCL Variables Setting Values amp Choosing MCL Variables Editing View Particulars Welkin Systems Limited 168 RaceMate Reference
169. 6 2007 12005 EE D D0e E i HGH 5 ip E aa ae Jak Ye gh aad ii Turning Filters Off On You may turn filters off and on via one of the following ways 1 Check uncheck the Filter checkbox at the left hand side of the filter dropdown After you have cleared the checkbox the filter definition will still be kept in the editor You may turn the filter s on once again by checking the box 2 Double click on the label of the Starter View page to toggle filters on and off EN Race Data 1 28 11 2007 6 List of Declared Starters Double click on the page J tab nob to toggle filter on 45 Pack 80 60 3 H1200 6 1 3 2 Modifying Criteria and Setting Compound Filters Setting Multiple Filters 1 Display the Filters Editor form by carrying out one of the following actions o Select Create compound custom filters or manage filter library from the filter list o Click the Filter button of the RaceMate toolbar You may also select Filter from the Record menu RaceMate will show a Filters Editor form 2 On the Filters Editor form click on the Select from Library button to show the View Filters Library form 3 On the left pane of the View Filters Library form select the filter that you want to apply In the following example filter WQP is selected Welkin Systems Limited 144 RaceMate Reference 4 Click on t
170. 60 SrCountNZ 366 SrCountryID 288 SrCourse 319 SrCourseDist SrCourselD SrCupName SrCurRating SrDam 288 SrData 344 SrDate 321 SrDayNight SrDayNote SrDaysAgo SrDDam SrDDDam SrDDSire SrDistance SrDistTrack SrDraw 263 SrDSDam 200 SrDSire 290 SrDSSire 291 SrDvw 323 SrDvdPlace SrDvdTrio SrDwWin 325 SrEHorse 291 SrEntriesWeight SrFavorite 264 SrFinalOdds 265 SrFoalDate 291 SrFP 265 SrFPX 266 261 319 320 320 321 263 321 322 322 289 289 289 322 323 324 325 264 Welkin Systems Limited SrGallop1200Best 309 SrGallop1200Stat 309 SrGallop400Best 310 SrGallop400Stat 310 SrGallop800Best 310 SrGallop800Stat 311 SrGBTCount 311 SrGoing 325 SrGoingID 327 SrGroingAbbr 326 SrHistoryList 345 SrHorse 292 SrHorselD 292 SrHorseMarkNote 292 SrHorseNo 266 SrHorseNoStr 266 SrHorseNote 293 SrlsRunner 267 SrisTurf 327 SrJockey 293 SrJockeyClass 293 SrJockeyEngAbbr 294 SrJockeyID 294 SrJockeyRetired 294 SrLastSectionTime 328 SrLastSectionTimew 329 SrLastSectPos 267 SrLoadDiff 268 SrLoadDiffStr 268 SrMargin 268 SrMarginLen 269 SrMarginLenX 269 SrMaxmum 367 SrMaxStartID 369 SrMeetingNo 329 SrMinimum 370 SrMinStartID 371 SrNetLoadDiff 270 SrNoteMark 295 SrOdds 270 SrOdds1Day 270 SrOdds5Min 271 SrOrigin 295 SrOriginCategory 295 SrO
171. 66 Statistics T Bet Ret C 7 Filter AB Jockey Stabie Distance E RCs Cis Rtg i FE EE eee ees 2019 035 15 09 2010 7D Whyte ER _ 120086 bans 3 i 76 Recalculate Reload f T 12009 685 12 06 2010 85K St Cum mea 12 7 J SIS ee Edit View Structure 2 Set Default Column Widths 7 2008 540 18 04 20 10 Sly T cheng Y O Wong 120046 2009 477 21 03 2 A Gryder Yo Wong 140086 2009 405 911 A Gryder Y Wong 140086 GE Jiloyd W Wong EAS 12008 2863 23 a 7 6 Doleuze t O Wong 1200HG FW Lai YO Wong 120086 INT Cheng Wong 100086 e E IC BIN Wine 4 4 Reorder View List Items H D Export Data Import Data Test MCL Jockey Horse Statistic J as J J pa NINNIN IS aS Sek Se Ken f j f f wi iS EA heh in 17 A Welkin Systems Limited Statistics and Data Analysis 217 Rearranging Column Positions After loading the data you may want to move the columns that you frequently use to the leftmost of the data grid Let us try moving the FP column up so that it just follows the Horse column 4 Click on the Edit View Structure button on the Horse form The Definition of Statistical Views form will be opened showing the structure of the o Basic Columns view 5 Click to highlight the FP column 6 Click on the Up key 3 time
172. 8 52 48 45 43 124 Solar Power 2004 678 58 48 45 43 130 Aurelian 2004 678 47 48 45 43 120 Telecom Tyce 2004 678 610 54 48 45 43 126 Fat Dragon 2004 678 14 11 41 48 45 43 115 Goodwood 2004 678 312 56 48 45 43 128 Good Nature 2004 678 113 59 48 45 43 131 Rain In Sprin 2004 678 1014 48 48 45 43 120 CH CH WOP Statistics Running Comme Settled in re Settled in fo Missed the s Midfield to sl Soon droppe Always in las Prominent bi S Ge Broke wel Weed oh we lines 0 ZS CJ gt C Sort in Horse Mostly in mic auna N ont Ae OND Ons OO Op OO OO OO OO oO 0 0 OO OO OO OO OO OO OO Ninf bk OO Oh orn OO oO wo wo o oO o oal ol alo oalo oalo oloa oo OO OO co oc 0 OO OO oo oOoOoOooloOoOooO o 7 Retrieve Data Click on the Stat button on the form in the above figure You will see the following form Set the evaluation period to races 1 9999 of the season 2004 2005 Click on Calculate The data retrieved will be shown in the grid at the bottom r Statistical View Calculation View Horse Comment Race 1 1 Calculate To Season 2004 2005 Race 9999 e SC Use Cached Results O Recalculate All Formulae Race Filtering Condition Exclude Zeros bad Show List Evaluation Period From Season 2004 2005 Statistics on F
173. ANY If you have defined a column of the Stat Type ANY rather than MAX or MIN race will return the first value it encounters in the group from the database and prefix the column heading with any If you don t want the prefix please check Don t Prefix Welkin Systems Limited 2 RaceMate Reference 12 1 4 Stat Columns of Type ANY Display Mode 1 Races List all the races which satisfies the duration and criteria settings 2 Races Returns List all the races which satisfies the duration and criteria settings to gather with finishing positions and the dividends of winning horses 3 Statistics List the statistics figures according to the grouping and statistics type defined in the STAT column of the view definition If nothing has been defined in the STAT column all races satisfying the criteria will be regarded as a single group 4 Statistics Returns Display the same columns of the option above together with columns showing win counts and betting returns Data Ranges The lower part of the form defines the data range either to be displayed or to be used for statistics Since part records involved by different entities are different you may define different data ranges for different form types Please see Setting Data Range in an Argument about how to define data range via passing arguments Removing Current View from View List of a Particular Form In case the current view is not applicable for a particul
174. AscItem ListAscVal ListDescItem ListDescVal ListItem ListVal ListSum ListFilter ListAverage 16 12 7 ListCount This function returns the number of items in an item string Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 409 Syntax ListCount cValueExpr cSeparator cValueExpr Item string Separator Item separator can be more than 1 character Default to Returns Numeric Example ListCount 8 4 3 Returns 3 See also ListAscItem ListAscVal ListDescItem ListDescVal ListItem ListVal ListSum ListAverage ListFilter 16 12 8 ListDescltem The function is similar to the ListAscItem function except that items in the item string will be sorted in descending order instead of ascending order See ListAscItem for details Syntax ListDescItem cValueExpr nItemNumber cSeparator nSortSubItem cSubItemSeparator cReturnType Or ListDescItem cValueExpr nItemNumber cSeparator cSortExpr cSubI temSeparator cReturnType Returns Character Example ListDescItem Orange Apple Grape Pear 2 Returns Orange After sorting the item string becomes Dear Orange Grape Apple The 2nd item is Orange See also ListAscItem ListDescVal ListAscVal ListItem ListVal ListSum ListAverage ListFilter Welkin Systems Limited so RaceMate Reference
175. BlinkerAbbrNew JrBlinkerAbbrNew SrBlinkerAbbrNew ssccssseeseesesseeeeeneesseeeesaeeeeeeeesseeeeseeeeee 261 HrBlinkerNew JrBlinkerNew SrBlinkerNew esscssecesseeeeseeeeseeeeseeeeeeeeeeseesesaeeseeneeseaeeesaeeeeeeeeseaeesaeeees 261 HrBodyWeight JrBodyWeight SrBodyWeight csscceseeeseeeesneeeeeneeeseeeesneeseeeessaeeesaeeeeeneeseeeeeseeeees 262 HrClass JrClass Graes HrClassID JrClassID SrClassID HrCurRating JrCurRating SrCurRating cssscceseessseeesseeeeseeesseeeesaeeeeneesaeeesaeeseeneessaeeesaeeseneesseeeeseeeees 263 HrDraw JrDraw SrDraw A E 263 HrEntriesWeight JrEntriesWeight SrEntriesWeight csseccesseeeeseeeeseeeesaeeeeeneeeseeeesaeeseseeesseeeeseeeees 264 HrFavorite JrFavorite SrFavorite eecessceeeseeeeeeeeeseeeeseeeeeeeeseeeesaeeseeneesaesesaeeseaneessaeeesaeeseneeeeeeeesaeeeeas 264 HrFinalOdds JrFinalOdds SrFinalOdds cceseeeeseecesseeeeeeeeseeeeeeaeeeeneesseeeesaeeeeeneeseaesesaeeseeneeeseaeesaeeeees 265 HrFP JrER SrFP cssesseceeseseeseeeeeseeeeeseeeeees HrFPX JrFPX SrFPX HrHorseNo JrHorseNo SrHOrSe No scsseccessceeeeeeeeseeeseeeesneeeseeeesaeeeeeeesaesesaeeeeeeeessaeeesaeeeeeeeeseeeeesaeeeees HrHorseNoStr JrHorseNoStr SrHorseNoStr eeeceeseceesseeeeseeeeseeeesneeeeneesneeesneeseeneeseaeeesaeeeeeeeeseeeenseeeees HrisRunner JrisRunner Sr
176. By HrAverageNZ JrAverageNZ SrAverageNZ HrCount JrCount SrCount HrCountBy JrCountBy SrCountBy HrCountNZ JrCountNZ SrCountNZ HrMaximum JrMaximum SrMaxmum _ HrMaxStartID JrMaxStartID SrMaxStartID HrMinimum JrMinimum SrMinimum HrMinStartID JrMinStartID SrMinStartID HrStatList JrStatList SrStatList HrSum JrSum SrSum HrSumBy JrSumBy SrSumBy HrSumCount JrSumCount SrSumCount HrXAverage JrXAverage SrXAverage HrXMaximum JrXMaximum SrXMaximum HrXMaxStartID JrXMaxStartID SrXMaxStartID HrXMinimum JrXMinimum SrXMinimum HrXMinStartID JrXMinStartID SrXMinStartID _ HrXSum JrxSum SrXSum StdTime StdTimew HrAverage JrAverage SrAverage The functions return averages of specified information in the past records of the horse jockey or stable respectively Syntax HrAverage nValueExpr nRaces fCondition nDefaultValue cIncluding JrAverage nValueExpr nRaces fCondition nDefaultValue cIncluding SrAverage nValueExpr nRaces fCondition nDefaultValue cIncluding Argument Description Senge e Datum the average of which is to be nValueExpr found HrDvdWin Data type of expression Numeric Number of latest races counting back from the underlying race to be averaged The races must be meeting the conditio
177. Comment ZLinks 0 Index History Horse z Lines o Filter E Update 14 Days Trkwk a 28 Days Trkwk lo Horse Jockey Stable Horse DistTrack W Q P L Tot W WOP Jockey DistTrack W Q P L Tot W WOP Stable DistTrack W Q P L Tot W WQP a WQP kpa 1000Turf 0 0 0 2 2 w 0 p 0 1000Turf 0 0 1 5 6 w 0 p 17 1000Turf 0 0 1 4 5 w 0 p 20 4 Running Comment s 1200AW 1 0 2 2 5 w 20 p 60 1200AW 0 1 0 1 2 w 0 p 50 1200AW 0 1 0 3 4 w 0 p 25 E Golden Tre T Angla A Schut 1200Turf 0 0 0 5 5 w 0 p 0 1200Turf 1 5 0 11 17 w 6 p 35 1200Turf 2 1 0 11 14 w 14 p 21 z 1400Turf 0 1 0 3 4 w 0 p 25 1400Turf 1 1 1 10 13 w 8 p 23 1400Turf 1 2 0 10 13 w 8 p 23 Yeung s Index 1600Turf 0 0 0 1 1 w 0 p 0 1600Turf 1 1 0 5 7 w 14 p 29 1600Turf 1 0 1 5 7 w 14 p 29 Expected Speed S SCENAMA E 3 D EN aE m AAS ACEAMMIA 3 D A eee m ENON Aen A np DI 1200Turf 0 0 0 2 2 w 0 p 0 a 1000Turf 2 0 1 oi w 22 p 33 1000Turf 1 0 0 EROT w 10 p e E Modify L ge 1400Turf 0 0 0 1 1 w 0 p 0 1200AW 0 0 1 3 4 w 0 p 25 1200AW 0 2 1 0 3 w 0 p 100 d Delete ve Beck 1 Classic Boy C Y Ho C Fown 1600Turf 0 0 0 3 3 w 0 p 0 1200Turf 1 3 5 12 21 w 5 p 43 1200Turf 2 7 5 21 35 w 6 p 40 7 Cast 1650Turf 1 1 1 2 5 w 20 p 60 J 1400Turf 2 0 2 15 19 w e 21 1400Turf 0 1 2 21 24 w 0 p 13 Re order _ aed 160
178. Condition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrSectTime nSection nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrSectTime nSection nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Arguments If nSection is omitted or equals to 0 times of all sections will be returned in a character string When nSection is a positive number it is a section number counting from the starting point i e 1 for the first section and 2 for the second etc The time for the section will be returned as a number When nSection is a negative number it is a section number counting from the finishing point i e 1 for the last section and 2 for the 2nd last etc The time for the section will be returned as a number See Arguments of MCL functions for details about other arguments Returns Character width 34 if nSection argument is ignored Numeric if nSection argument if used See Also HrSectMargins JrSectMargins SrSectMargins HrSectPositions JrSectPositions SrSectPositions HrSectMargLens JrSectMargLens SrSectMargLens HrTime JrTime SrTime HrSeconds JrSeconds SrSeconds Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 279 16 3 51 HrSectTimew JrSectTimew SrSectTimew These functions are identical to their original versions except that they return 2 digits after the decimal point Click on the link below to see the syntax of the functions HrSectTime JrSectTime SrSect
179. CupName nBackRaces fCondition dDefaultVal Returns Character Width 18 in Chinese mode Width 30 in English mode 16 6 12 HrDate JrDate SrDate The functions return the date of start of the horse Syntax HrDate nBackRaces fCondition dDefaultVal JrDate nBackRaces fCondition dDefaultVal SrDate nBackRaces fCondition dDefaultVal Returns Date See Also HrRaceTime JrRaceTime SrRaceTime 16 6 13 HrDayNight JrDayNight SrDayNight The functions return a character showing which time period in a day the meeting takes place Syntax HrDayNight nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrDayNight nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrDayNight nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Character Width 1 Le Day Meeting Welkin Systems Limited 322 RaceMate Reference Pe N Evening Meeting Ee Twilight Meeting 16 6 14 HrDayNote JrDayNote SrDayNote The functions return the your personal notes for the meeting The notes are input on the second page of the Race Calendar form Syntax HrDayNote nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrDayNote nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrDayNote nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character width equals number of characters of the note See Also HrRaceRemark JrRaceRemark SrRaceRemark HrRaceNote JrRaceNote SrRaceNote 16 6 15 HrDaysAgo
180. Deletes the selected report Setup amp Print Displays the Print Setup dialog box in which you can select printer paper size and orientation of printing Print Outputs the report to your printer Preview Displays the preview of the selected report To Text File Clicking this button will print to a text file You will be asked to input the filename Close Closes this dialog box 5 4 Race Search Form The Race Search Form helps you quickly locate a race You can do an incremental search on any column of the Race Search Form or carry out a multicolumn sort After you have located a race press Enter or double click on the race to open it in the Race Data Form ra Ss Race Search Year No Date No Course Cls Distance Track Going Caption User Remark 03 03 2004 7 Happy Valley 5 03 03 2004 Happy Valley 5 03 03 2004 Happy Valley 4 03 03 2004 Happy Valley 4 03 03 2004 Happy Valley 3 03 03 2004 Happy Valley 3 03 03 2004 Happy Valley 2 28 02 2004 Shatin 3 28 02 2004 9 Shatin 28 02 2004 Shatin 28 02 2004 Shatin 28 02 2004 Shatin 28 02 2004 5 Shatin Welkin Systems Limited 104 RaceMate Reference 5 5 5 6 Jockey Silks The Jockeys Silks form shows the clothes of horse riders The clothes are unique to individual horses You can open this form in one of the following ways 1 Choose Jockey Silks from the Data menu 2 Click on the Jockey Silks button on the Race Data form 3 Click on th
181. Duck Bobo Win Bodacious Bold We Bobo Duck Bobo Win Bodacious Bold Fighter luu i lt Ce A Ae Kit Sia Ca hir amp Mrs Gler SIISII ISISI pepe Ge Chan Bina W beet eet Chan Tsana 2 x LLL hhh eee ed Remarks 1 If you do an incremental search in a column that is not currently ordered when you enter your first keystroke the column will automatically be sorted into ascending order However if the column has already been sorted in descending order RaceMate will not change its order 2 No matter what you have keyed in there will generally be 2 best matching records one is larger than what you entered and the other is smaller than what you entered RaceMate will always jump to the one at a lower position visually Incremental Number Search An incremental search in a numeric column is similar to an incremental search in a text column except that the key strokes that you entered are displayed in the column heading The figure below shows an incremental search for the value 783 in the Place Tickets field Keystroke Number Input Nearest Number RE NC CHE NC Welkin Systems Limited RaceMate Reference r Race Data 1 10 09 2003 4 Running Positions 10 09 2003 e 4 03 022 la neen m FG Rtg Cls 60 40 4 12048 NEW YORK HANDIC 1 Starter views 2 Trackwork 3 Allocation 4 Fle
182. E ale a Reds 3 128 1 1 41 7 3 ASCruz a 4 Dm Lag 4YSTsui Priority _ SF La Tl Sort in Horse Please note that no matter you edit data of R1 in either the Declaration view or the User Comments view data in both views will be changed at the same time 6 6 Exporting and Importing View Data In RaceMate version 10 0 or later you can export and import data of views into Excel files See the following topics for details e Exporting View Data e Importing View Data From Excel Files Welkin Systems Limited 160 RaceMate Reference 7 7 1 MCL Variables in MCL Functions You can insert MCL variables into an MCL function This allows us the rapidly replace the figures of a MCL function gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt Introduction to MCL Variables Setting Values amp Choosing MCL Variables Using MCL Variables As View Arguments MCL Variables to Set Data Range Introduction to MCL Variables You can embed variables in MCL functions They will be replaced with either the default values or the values that you supply before the functions are evaluated How to Define an MCL Variable and Its Default Value An MCL variable is a number enclosed by a pair of quotes and The number can be 1 to 9 For example 1 means variable number 1 You can put an optional default value by separating the variable number and the default value with a For example 3 MyValue
183. FP of the horse of that start by putting the following functions in subsequent columns as follows AtStart HrWeight Column FastestStartID AtStart HrRating Column FastestStartID AtStart HrFP Column FastestStartID Column The Column function returns the value of a column of a race view Syntax 1 Column cColumnHeading 2 Column nNumericColumnID Argument escription cColumnHeading Heading caption of column Important The argument cColumnHeading is case sensitive You must use Column FP not Column Fp to retrieve data of a column of name FP nNumeric ColumnID Numeric column ID is the rightmost number in the full Column ID The following figure shows how to find the Column ID in the View Definition Editing Form Numeric Column ID r Edit View View Name Expected Speed Chinese Mode Equivalent AEE Mi Description Expected Speed Starters view O Entries View Show Formula Columns Locked 0 Columns Column ID ywe1o019 d4 _ Betting Index _ Stat Column _ Stat Groups Heading WtSecSumCnt Returns Value returned by the function will be of the same type and width of the referencing column Examples This following expression returns average of the columns This Rating and Last Rating Column This Rating Column Last Rating 2 If the numeric column ID of the This Rating column and the Last Rating col
184. Folders Ca Import Conversion Table Click on the Import button When you see the following dialogue select the exported conversion table you want from the hard disk and click on Open to import the file Favorite Links E Mm D Tmp 64 hr Recently Changed More Folders 1 RaceMate HK Apps Cache Data E di Help Ji Temp Create New Conversion Table Click on the New Table button to create a new conversion table Welkin Systems Limited Views Management 153 ES Structure of Conversion Table wm x Table Name AgeConv Description Convert age from number to text Table Type User defined e Orig Data Type Numeric Chars Digits 2 Decimal New Data Type Text Ei Chars Digits 6 gt Decimal Delete Conversion Table Click on the Del Table button to delete the highlighted conversion table Zap Conversion Table Click on the Zap Table button to clear the editing table Modify Table Structure Click on the Table Structure button to show the Structure of Conversion Table form On the form you can modify the structure of the table 6 4 2 Using Conversion Tables in Views Let us see how the conversion table created in the page Managing Conversion Tables is used in a view Please note that this is only an example Step 1 Click on the New button below the view list to create a new view OP Peed ei Delete Rees Re order Stat
185. G E Zi 1 Ambition K W Lui S Dye R 35 D 4 W 129 B 1076 F 19 f 5 Dye H 13 25 06 06 682 Ambitious Marju 18004 40 10 5 FG R 3 CH 3 25 06 06 681 Accelerator 12004 New FG D 10 W 11 1 C3 4 17 06 06 680 Elegant King Prawn 1600C 80 60 3 G R zu CO 6 17 06 06 679 Winning Success 1400C 100 80 2 G R t H E 3 17 06 06 678 Excellent Boy 1200C 80 60 3 G R 74 D 17 06 06 674 A Plus Fit 1600C 60 40 4 G R 50 D 2 17 06 06 673 Money Man 1200C 1 G D 5 W 118 B 17 06 06 672 Ambition 1400C 40 15 5 G R 35 D 4 W 10 06 06 670 Best Power 1800C 105 80 1 SY R 83 D 10 06 06 669 Savute 1400C 80 603 5Y R 79 D 8 W 10 06 06 667 Lucky Baby 1000C 80 603 SY R 68 D Zi 1 Lucky Baby C 5 Shum 5 Dye R 68 D 5 W 121 B Ri 5 Dye Ly WE CS Shum 1 10 06 06 667 1000C 80 60 3 SY R 68 D 5 W OO 1 13 05 06 600 1000C 60 40 4 FG R 60 D 4 W ian nis Hinin ben Ab Ni ttl S ch EN ee nie te te Ks Es Open Data Form of this Record Open Meeting of 15 04 2006 Open Meeting of 15 04 2006 in Another Record Tree GC pE Changing Meeting Date A record tree displays record information about a meeting The meeting can be selected in one of the following ways 1 Enter the a date directly into the left top date box of the Record Tree form 2 Clicking on the up or down arrow or push the Up and Down arrows on the keyboard in the date box to select a da
186. HrPreRace HrPostRace HrPosPhoto HrRaceReplay 16 15 Miscellaneous Functions Miscellaneous functions not in the basic categories gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt Box Compare Date Edition Empty Gel ICase Iif InList IsNull Join Lang Match Month Same Season Year 16 15 1 Box Use the Box function to store a value into a RaceMate storage box or return the latest value in the box RaceMate have 7 storage boxes in total If you omit the second argument the function will return the value in the box specified by the first argument Storage boxes are common in all views That means once you store a value into a storage box the value in it can be accessed in any other views Values storage in a starter view can be accessed in a hist stat view as well Values in storage boxes will be kept until you quit RaceMate Welkin Systems Limited ER RaceMate Reference Please note that Box can t be put inside a string If you really want to use Box in a string you must precede it with a amp sign Syntax 1 outside strings Box nBoxNumber eValueToStore eArgl eArg2 eArg3 eArg4 eArg5 eArg6 eArg7 eArg8 eArg9 Syntax 2 in strings amp Box nBoxNumber eValueToStore eArgl eArg2 eArg3 eArg4 eArg5 eArg6 eArg7 eArg8 eArg9 Argument nBoxNumber Indicate which box to be used RaceMate have 7 storage boxes in tota
187. ISRUNMEL essceeeeceeeeeeeseeeesseeeeeneeeseeeesaeeseaeeesanesesaeeseeeeeseaeeesaeeseeeeeseeeeeseeeees HrLastSectPos JrLastSectPos SrLastSectPos HrLoadDiff JrLoadDiff SrLoadDiff eeseesesssseeseeseeeeeeeeseeseesesseeeeeeaeseeesesseesesseseeseaeeaseaeeaeeaesaeeseseneeeeeeeeees HrLoadDiffStr JrLoadDiffStr SrLoadDiffStr ceeeceeeseeeeseeeeseeeeeeeeeeeneeesneeesaeeseeneessaeeesaeeseeeeeseeeeesaeeeees HrMargin JrMargin SrMargin sssccesscesseeeeseeeeeeeeeesaeeesseeeeeeeesseeeesaeeseaneesaaesesaeeseeneesaesesaeeseeneeeeeeeeseeeeeas HrMarginLen JrMarginLen SrMarginLen n HrMarginLenX JrMarginLenX SrMarginLenX sssceesseeeeeceeeseeceeneeeeeneesseesesneeseneessaeeesaeeseeeeeseeeeneeeeees HrNetLoadDiff JrNetLoadDiff SrNetLoadDiff esssessceeeseeeeseeeeseeeeeseeesseeeesaeeeeeneessaeeesaeeeeeneeeeeeeeseeeees HrOdds Jedder NV SrOddS ssavstesscsiestceceascesceccectscesccsenecenencoueancauesdecsueutesuevutseeesattavetecevsiendesaeacnaudstidaeenenenis HrOdds 1Day 1 JrOdds1Day 1 SrOdds1Day s ccesseeeseeceseeeeeseeeeseeeesseeeesneesneeesaeeseeneessaeeesneeseeeeeeseeeesaeeeees HrOdds5Min JrOddsSMin SrOdds5Min essesseseeseeseeeeeseeseeeeeseeeeeeeeseeeseeeeeeeseeseeseaeeaeeaesaeeaeseeeeseeeensseseees HrOverw eight JrOverw eight SrOverw Cight essccesscecesseeeseeeeseeeeeeneesseeeesaeeseeneesaeeesaeeeeeeeneeeeeseeeees Hr
188. Index a 7 Update Dedaration a Save Reorder Groups 3 Positions E apy J pelete 9 POMPE entries 09 12 32 7 26 9 0 59 6 a Aroe Jog a 2 Daya Biak ime Swim 2 13 14 30 6 WQP Statistics m 08 12 Inner Eq Jog a Swim Running Comment 07 12 Inner Eq Jog a Swim User Comment 06 12 Inner Eq Jog a Swim F Yeung s Index 11 12 Inner Eq Jog at D Expected Speed 10 12 28 0 24 1 0 52 1 at Best Distance 09 12 Inner Eq Jog at 3 Senge D E Ferrari 08 12 Inner Eq Joa at 218 ft DEER 107 12 25 5 23 2 0 48 7 at r Sra de See Also Introduction to MCL Variables Using MCL Variables As View Arguments Using MCL Variables As View Arguments Open the structure of the Offsprings Performance view You will find an MCL variable 1 The item 1 DANEHILL means DANEHILL is the default value for the MCL variable 1 You may change it to another default value However the easiest way to supply this value is passing an argument value to the view Welkin Systems Limited MCL Variables in MCL Functions 163 e ML Criteria Library Statistical View Structure EditItem Item Delete Item Offspring s Performance D Performance of a sire s offsprings SeverCal insert View save Severs New vew petete ves ID View Column Criterion Requirement Order Stat Hide 0m0 T p
189. JrDayNote 322 JrDaysAgo 322 JrDDam 289 JrDDDam 289 JrDDSire 289 JrDistance 322 JrDistTrack 323 JrDraw 263 JrDSDam 290 JrDSire 290 JrDvd 323 JrDvdPlace 324 JrDvdTrio 325 JrDvdWin 325 JrEHorse 291 JrEntriesWeight 264 JrFavorite 264 JrFinalOdds 265 JrFoalDate 291 JrFP 265 JrFPX 266 JrGallop1200Best 309 JrGallop1200Stat 309 JrGallop400Best 310 JrGallop400Stat 310 JrGallop800Best 310 JrGallop800Stat 311 JrGBTCount 311 JrGoing 325 JrGoingAbbr 326 JrGoingID 327 JrHistoryList 345 JrHorse 292 Welkin Systems Limited JrHorselD 292 JrHorseMarkNote 292 JrHorseNo 266 JrHorseNoStr 266 JrHorseNote 293 JrlsRunner 267 JrlsTurf 327 JrJockey 293 JrJockeyClass 293 JrJockeyEngAbbr 294 JrJockeyID 294 JrJockeyRetired 294 JrLastSectionTime 328 JrLastSectionTimew 329 JrLastSectPos 267 JrLoadDiff 268 JrLoadDiffStr 268 JrMargin 268 JrMarginLen 269 JrMarginLenX 269 JrMaximum 367 JrMaxStartID 369 JrMeetingNo 329 JrMinimum 370 JrMinStartIiD 371 JrNetLoadDiff 270 JrNoteMark 295 JrOdds 270 JrOdds1Day 270 JrOdds5Min 271 JrOrigin 295 JrOriginCategory 295 JrOverweight 271 JrOwner 296 JrPastincident 271 JrPenetrometer 329 JrPlaceTickets 272 JrPositions 272 JrPosPhoto 434 JrPostRace 432 JrPowerComments 337 JrPowerFigure 336 JrPreRace 4
190. L Diamond Era NULL NULL NULL Mr Beautiful 18 06 2003 1 0 0 14 15 1 1 4 9 15 Speed Of Light NULL NULL NULL Great Star NULL NULL NULL Main Attraction 11 05 2002 0 0 1 2 3 2 2 0 17 21 The Lavish Lad NULL NULL NULL Bullish General NULL NULL NULL Maximus NULL NULL NULL Right Choice NULL NULL NULL Liverbird NULL NULL NULL Harry Harry 17 10 2004 0 0 1 8 9 1 0 1 3 5 Just Too Good NULL NULL NULL The following paragraphs will explain what are shown in the view how this view is constructed and some useful technical tips The content is deliberately structured so that it will be understood by users with little MCL experience Even if you are an intermediate to advanced level MCL user you will find some of the information useful If you have no knowledge or experience on how to create a starter views you may find the topic Creating a Starter View helpful Find the Date of a Particular Start To find the date of a particular start we use the HrDate function When no argument is passed the function will return the date of the viewing race Passing an argument 1 into the function i e HrDate 1 it will return the date of the horses last start Passing 2 i e HrDate 2 the function will return the date of the start prior to the last start and so on We can also specify a filter condition by passing an expression to the 2nd argument For example the following function will
191. L functions were added Please open their help pages for details HrSectMargins JrSectMargins SrSectMargins HrSectMargLens JrSectMargLens SrSectMargLens HrSectMargLensX JrSectMargLensX SrSectMargLensX HrSectPositions JrSectPositions SrSectPositions HrSectTime JrSectTime SrSectTime HrCurRating JrCurRating SrCurRating HrJockeyEngAbbr JrJockeyEngAbbr SrJockeyEngAbbr HrNetLoadDiff JIrNetLoadDiff SrNetLoadDiff MCL Functions Updated 1 Hr wCount JrTwCount and SrTwCount New symbols for the cTemplate argument of HrTwCount JrTwCount _ And SrTwCount _ Symbol Rep O Welkin Systems Limited s RaceMate Reference P Spelling No activity including spelling TI No activity excluding spelling 2 DayX DayY Syntax 2 of HrTwCount JrTwCount And SrTwCount In old versions the numbers are from large to small e g 40 10 where 40 means 40 days ago RaceMate 9 5 changes the sequence to small to large e g 10 40 making it consistent with that in the functions HrActivity JrActivity and SrActivity 3 HrActivit JrActivit and SrActivit In old versions and Chinese mode in the results of HrActivit JrActivit and SrActivity _ jockey names were shown as the first Chinese characters of jockeys resulted in many duplications In order to solve the problem in version 9 5 it will be shown in Jockey Club s jockey ID returned by the
192. License Agreement IMPORTANT READ CAREFULLY This License Agreement is a legal agreement for RaceMate between you either an individual or a single entity and Welkin Systems Limited abbreviated as Welkin By installing RaceMate you agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement DEFINITIONS e Welkin means Welkin Systems Limited and its suppliers and licensors if any e Information Technology Research Centre is a subsidiary of Welkin Systems Limited Information Technology Research Centre Develops RaceMate and Welkin owns the copyright of RaceMate and markets the product e RaceMate means any version of RaceMate software The term RaceMate also includes associated media printed materials and online and electronic documentations GRANT OF LICENSE This license agreement grants you the following rights e Installing and Running RaceMate You may install RaceMate in more than one computer However at any time you may activate use access run or otherwise interact with only one copy of RaceMate Reservation of Rights All rights not expressly granted are reserved by Welkin Not for Resale You cannot resale your RaceMate to any other party Reverse Engineering Decompilation and Disassembly You may not reverse engineer decompile or disassemble RaceMate e Separation of Components RaceMate is licensed as a single product Its component parts may not be separated for use on more than one computer Rental You may not rent
193. ListAscItem 5 4 6 12 2 6 1 ListCol 1 ListCol 2 Returns 6 1 The argument ListCol 1 ListCol 2 ask the system to sort on the concatenation of the 1st and the 2nd sub items item ListCol 2 ListCol 1 6 12 12 6 126 2 6 IG 12 62 Since 126 lt 44 lt 62 note 126 lt 44 because 1 lt 4 the item string after sorting becomes 6 12 5 4 2 6 The function returns the first item 6 12 See also Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 407 ListDescVal ListDescVal ListAscVal ListItem ListVal ListSum ListAverage ListFilter 16 12 2 ListAscVal This function is almost identical to ListAscItem except that in this function items or sub item which is to be sorted will be converted to numbers before sorting Please see ListAscItem for other function details Syntax ListAscVal cValueExpr nItemNumber cSeparator nSortSubItem cSubItemSeparator cReturnType Or ListAscVal cValueExpr nItemNumber cSeparator cSortExpr cSubItemSeparator cReturnType Returns Character Example ListAscVal 8 4 12 1 Returns 4 Compare ListAscItem 8 4 12 1 which will return 12 It is because in text comparison 12 is smaller than 4 since 1 lt 4 See also ListDescVal ListAscItem ListDescItem ListItem ListVal ListSum ListAverage ListFilter 16 12 3 ListAverage
194. Name Pedaration Chinese Mode Equivalent HS kel Description List of Dedared Starters E No Caching Starters View Entries View 7 Show Formula Row Height 17 Columns Locked 3 Cancel Exit Column ID VWB10001 C1 Append Reset F Betting Index Stat Column F Stat Group Export Delete Import Advanced Heading No Width pixel 18 Type Numeric Chars Digits 2 Geng Always Shown view Remark Z Rtg S os Built In Item Horse No D Updn User Defined Item E Dw HrHorseNoQ Serge ZLinks index History Horse EN Lines 0 Filter D Update ES lt Jokey RtgRtg Cls Updn Dw Wt Diff Time AgeStab a geng Cleung 89 2 2 Down 1 117 49 1 09 2 SAS 14 nays Trkwk WCMarwing 84 2 2 up 2 117 16 1 09 4 4 DE 28 pays Trkwk DBeadman 90 5 2 14 123 10 1 09 4 4 Mc WQP Statistics ji 12 et Didar Up Ale Speed Welkin Systems Limited 130 RaceMate Reference 6 1 1 4 Example Creating a Starter View An experimental view about the bodyweight of horses will be created below Since this is a sample view to demonstrate the basic steps of creating view columns the formulae are deliberately made simple If your want to get comprehensive statistics about bodyweight you will need to create put more columns into the view
195. P Races 702 Horse Name Season No FP Rt J 4 Better Drac2004 012 1 39 20 20 24 7 Sustained progresc A Better Dra 2004 076 1 7 39 38 30 22 5 Made up a little gra 4 Better Dra 2004 141 2 39 38 32 39 7 Always thereabouD 4 Better Drac2004 223 3 6 39 35 29 40 2 Kept on steadily w0 4 Better Drac2004 311 3 7 39 35 31 40 1 Ran home one pad Ze Welkin Systems Limited 23 RaceMate Reference 13 6 8 Export result to Excel Click on the Output button to send the retrieved data into an external file If you choose Excel as the output format a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet similar to the following will be created A B Ce ee Leg L type horse_name season no_ fp rtg top3_rtg ri comment cou 2 Overall oo 0 0 4 3 4 Better Dragon 2004 012 1 2 39 30 39 24 7 Sustained progress in strait 4 4 Better Dragon 2004 076 1 7 39 38 30 22 5 Made up a little ground insi 5 4 Better Dragon 2004 141 2 3 39 38 32 39 7 Always thereabouts 6 4 Better Dragon 2004 223 3 6 39 35 29 40 2 Kept on steadily without gt 7 _ 4 Better Dragon 2004 311 2 7 39 35 31 40 1 Ran home one paced Note Special characters in column headings are replaced by an underscore by RaceMate 9 Fine Tune Excel File Finally you may delete the rows and columns that you don t need from the exported Excel sheet Format of Exported Excel Files Most of the Excel files exported from RaceMate are actua
196. Pastincident JrPastincident HrPastIncident HrPlaceTickets JrPlaceTickets SrPlaceTiCketS cesseeesseeeseeeeseeeeeeneeeeneeesneeseeneeseaeeesaeeeesneeeeeeeesaeeeees HrPositions UrPositions SrPOSitiONS essscessceeeseeeeseeeeseeeeeeeeesseeeesaeeeesneesaaesesaeeseeneessaeeeeaeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees HrPrivilege JrPrivilege SrPrivilege scsssccessceeeseeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeesneesesneesaesesaeeseeneessaeeesaeeseeeeeeseeeesaeeeeas HrPrivilegelD JrPrivilegelD SrPrivilegelD cesecesseeeesseeeeeeeeeseeeesaeeeeseeeeseesesaeesesneessaeeesaeeseeneeseeeeesaeeeees HrRunning JrRunning SrRUNMMING cesecceesceeeeeeeeseeeesseeeeeneeeneeesaeeseeneeeaaeeesaeeseeneeseaeeesaeeseeeeeeseeeeseeeees HrRacingWeight JrRacingWeight SrRacingWeight ss cssscesseeeeseeeeseeeeseeeeeneeeseeeesaeeseeneeeeeeeeseeeees 273 HrRating UrRating SrRating esscesssesseecesseeeeeeeeesaeeesaeeeeeneessaesesaeeesaneesaaesesaeeseeneessaesesaeeeeeneeseeeeeseeeees 274 Welkin Systems Limited 10 RaceMate Reference HrRatingDiff JrRatingDiff SrRatingDiff sesseseseseseeeesseeseseeeeeeeeeeseeseeseeeeseeeeessaseeseaeeaesaeseeeeesseeenseeseees 274 HrReserved JrReserved SrReserved sssssceceseeeeseeeeseeeeeseeessneeesaeeseneessaesesaeeseaeeeseneeeeaeeseeeeesseeeeseeeees 274 HrSeconds JrSeconds SrSeconds sssscceseceees
197. Please note that the separator in the string is a space instead of a See Also ListVal ListItem RlistItem HrSumCount JSSumCount SrSumCount HrOdds JrOdds SrOdds Column Conversion Functions This group of functions transforms values based on the criteria that you set gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt Cnv Conv DateStr DToC Evi GCnv GConv Qstr NVL SCnv SConv SToT Str StrDiff TblAddVal TblWrite Transform TToS Val 16 13 1 Cnv The function searches a list of items cListToBeSearched for an item cToSearch and returns another a string item at the same ordinal position from another list cListOfRetumItems Syntax Cnv eToSearch cListToBeSearched cListOfReturnItems cNullSearchReturn cSeperator eToSearch Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference a9 String to be searched eToSearch can be of any data type cListToBeSearched List of items for searching matching If eToSearch is not of character type the function will convert each member item of cListToBeSearched into the same data type before comparing Please don t put any space after each comma Otherwise the space will be regarded as a character is the item cListOfReturnItems List of items for returning If the nth item in cListToBeSearched matches eToSearch the nth item of cListOfReturnItems will be returned If no match is
198. PowerComments The functions return the comments on horses on the Speed Power page of the Hong Kong Jockey Club website In Macau edition these functions return blank values HrPenetrometer JrPenetrometer SrPenetrometer The functions return the Penetrometer and Clegg Hammer Readings of the race course What is New in RaceMate 10 0 RaceMate is upgraded to version 10 in Sep 2009 Unicode Handling Enhancement Unicode support has been added into RaceMate since version 9 5 You have been able to copy Chinese characters from RaceMate to other Unicode applications like Excel and Word However once your Chinese characters are captured as Unicode in RaceMate you can only paste them into other Unicode applications If you paste them into RaceMate itself they will become garbage In this new version we have enhanced the copy and paste feature Now Chinese text copied in RaceMate can be pasted into any applications including RaceMate itself without any problem New Debugging and Testing Form for MCL Functions and Expressions Similar to an Excel spreadsheet a RaceMate view can do column calculations statistics and lookup However even though you can do almost everything with MCL functions once there is a bug in an expression you will see a Null value and will not get much information about the problem We have added an expression debugging tool into version 10 To learn more about this tool please see the page MCL Debugging
199. Premier Burg 4 Millennium Legend 6 3 1 58 0 59 S 0 69 0 53 No of Top Indexes 3 Pretty Double 40 0 0 43 0 80 0 95 0 91 to Highlight B 8 Tea For Champ 3 4 82 L L Ap 1 Money Express 3 5 0 44 0 93 0 70 0 38 Weights of Factors 9 Luck nd Fortune 53 0 0 38 0 8 78 i Horse 12 Bullshot 11 0 0 4 50 11 Time Of Red Wine 56 0 75 8 6 World Star 15 0 0 38 d 1 82 0 6 Stable 7 Pearl And Gold 13 0 2 Proft Day 28 0 4i 10 Super Best 4 7 0 46 0 80 0 82 0 45 Other Jockey Trackwork Calculate Reset to Default Odds Column Before the races starts the odds column of the table is blank You may enter trial figures into the column for analysis When you enter odds into this column appropriate betting indexes will be highlighted accordingly When you update your RaceMate database after a race the odds in this column will be replaced by the official final odds Sort by Index Order horse rows by descending order of the betting indexes No of Top Indexes to Highlight Number of highest betting indexes to be highlighted Calculate Recalculate the indexes after changing weights of the factors Welkin Systems Limited 10 RaceMate Reference Reset to Default Reset weights of factors to their default values 5 3 5 Dividends Page Race Data Form This page shows dividends information of the race at the left hand side and special dividends of the meeting at the right hand side SS Race D
200. RaceMate Reference 6 1 1 6 6 1 1 7 10 11 the following options e Default column width column will always be wider than the width you defined e Header text width column can be shrink not thinner than the width of the column caption e column width equals to the pixel number in the spinner No Caching RaceMate will save a copy of racing data and calculation results of a view into a cache so that when the view of the same race is opened next time calculations of MCL functions will no longer be needed When this box is checked RaceMate will always recalculate the MCL function of this column instead of retrieving the value from cache Always Hidden Check this box to hide a column used for interim calculations making the screen cleaner and tidier Hidden If No History The upper part of the Race Data Form shows some race specific data e g Distance Course etc There is no need to repeatedly show such data in each horse row of a view However when past records of the horse are displayed you may want to see such data since such data of the past records are different from that of the current race Selecting this option will make a column visible only when past record lines are shown Blank if Zero When the value is zero display nothing rather than 0 Alignment Specify how text or numbers is aligned in the column Filtering Past Records You may show only the records satisfying the criteria that you set
201. Sire HrDSire HrDDam HrSSSire HrDSSire HrDSSire SrDSSire HrSDSire HrDDSire HrSSDam HrDSDam HrSDDam HDDDam 16 4 32 HrSDDam JrSDDam SrSDDam The functions return the name of the horse s dam s dam Syntax HrSDDam _ JrSDDam nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrSDDam nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 22 See also Welkin Systems Limited 208 RaceMate Reference HrSire JrSire SrSire HrDam JrDam SrDam HrSSire JrSSire SrSSire HrDSire JrDSire SrDSire HrSDam JrSDam SrSDam HrDDam JrDDam SrDDam HrSSSire JrSSSire SrSSSire HrDSSire HrDSSire SrDSSire HrSDSire JrSDSire SrSDSire HrDDSire JrDDSire SrDDSire HrSSDam JrSSDam SrSSDam HrDSDam JrDSDam SrDSDam HrDDDam JrDDDam SrDDDam 16 4 33 HrSDSire JrSDSire SrSDSire The functions return the name of the horse s sire s dam s sire Syntax HrSDSire JrSDSire nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrSDSire nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 22 See Also HrSire HrDam HrSSire HrDSire HrSDam HrDDam HrSSSire HrDSSire HrDSSire SrDSSire HrDDSire HrSSDam HrDSDam HrSDDam HDDDam 16 4
202. SrBrandNo eesscseeeseeesseeseeeseeeeseenseesseeseesseeeseesseeeseasseesseaseeeseeeseesseesssessenesants 287 HrBreedNote JrBreedNote SrBreedNote sesceeeeeeeseeeeeeeseeesseeseesseeeseesseeeseasseesseasseeseeeeeesseneeeesseeesanes 287 HrCHorse JrCHorse SrCHorse a HrColor sJrColorG SPGOlOK EE HrCountry D JrCountryID _ SrCountrylD eceeeesceeecsseeeeeeseeeeseeseeesseeseesseeeseesseeeseasseesseaseeeseeeeneseeeseeesneneeaaes 288 HrDam IrDatn Sr Dain issacde e a ae arar r aE E Aa a rae p AAAS PA eSa rE AREA Eon cvieenersveieseraneectarsaves HrDDam JrDDan NEE Ru EE HrDDDam JrDDDam 1 SrDDDam HrDDSire 1 JrDDSire SrDDSire lee EEEERNEEE REENEN EEEEREEEENEEERREEEERNEEE REENEN nanenane HrDSDam JrDSDam 1 SrDSDam HrDSire _ JrDSire 1 SrDSire 2 2 HrDSSire HrDSSire SrDSSire _ HrEHorse JrEHorse SrEHorse HrFoalDate JrFoalDate SrFoalDate sescesscecesseeeseeeeeeeeeeeneeeeneeeseeeeeseeensaesesaeeeeeneeseaeeesaeeseeeeeseeeeesaeeeees 291 HrHorse JrHorse SrHOrSe esscceesceeeseeeeseeeeseeeeeneessneeesaeesesneeseesesaeeeeaneesaesesaeeseaneessaesesaeeseeneeseneeeseeeees 292 HrHorselD JrHorselD SrHOorSelD es ccsseceesseeeseeeeseeeseeeeeeeeesneeesaeeeesnessenesasaeeeeseeeseaesesaeeseneeseeaeeseeeees 292 HrHorseMarkNote JrHorseMarkNote SrHorseMarkNote ssscccssceeesseesseeeeseeeeeeeeeeseeeesaee
203. SrRatingDiff 16 3 43 The functions return the change of horse rating in underlying race comparing with last race A positive value is for an increase while a negative value is for an decrease Syntax HrRatingDiff nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrRatingDiff nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrRatingDiff nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Numeric HrReserved JrReserved SrReserved The functions return the reserve number if any of the horse Syntax HrReserverd nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrReserverd nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrReserverd nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Numeric Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 275 16 3 44 HrSeconds JrSeconds SrSeconds The functions return the time in seconds that the horse takes to finish a running Syntax HrSeconds nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrSeconds nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrSeconds nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Numeric See Also HrSpeed HrTime 16 3 45 HrSectionPos JrSectionPos SrSectionPos The functions return the running positions of the horse in a particular section Syntax HrSectionPos nSection nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrSectionPos nSection nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrSectionPos nSection nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Nume
204. The above example returns the number of 1400m starts in which HrRating returns a non null value in the past record of the horse If total number of races is greater than 6 the function will return 6 instead of the actual number Please note that starts will be counted even if HrRating returns 0 JrCount While JrSeason Str JrSeason 4 The above example returns the number of horses that the jockey has ride in this season HrCount For HrDistance 1400 and HrAveRating gt 100 The above example returns the number of races meeting the following conditions in the past records 1 1400m race 2 Average rating of the race is greater than 100 See also HrCountNZ JrCountNZ SrCountNZ HrCountBy JrCountBy SrCountBy The functions count the number of runs that meet a specific criterion in the past records of a horse jockey and stable respectively The counts will be broken down by an expression value and returned as a character string Syntax HrCountBy 1lCountIf eBreakdownExpr nRaces fCondition cDefaultValue cIncluding JrCountBy 1lCountIf eBreakdownExpr nRaces fCondition cDefaultValue cIncluding SrCountBy 1lCountIf eBreakdownExpr nRaces fCondition cDefaultValue cIncluding Enhanced Syntax Arguments ICountIf and eBreakdownExpr support enhanced syntax which will be explained in the lower half of this page By using the enhanced syntax you may e carry
205. Time Returns Character width 40 if nSection argument is ignored Numeric if nSection argument if used 16 3 52 HrSpecialBit JrSpecialBit SrSpecialBit The functions return special bit and gears for the horse Syntax HrSpecialBit nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal JrSpecialBit nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal SrSpecialBit nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal Returns Character Chars Digits 109 in English mode 74 in Chinese mode See Also HrBlinker HrBlinkerAbbr HrBlinkerAbbrNew HrSpecialBitAbbr _ 16 3 53 HrSpecialBitAbbr JrSpecialBitAbbr SrSpecialBitAbbr The functions return abbreviations for the special bit and gears for the horse Syntax HrSpecialBitAbbr nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal JrSpecialBitAbbr nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal SrSpecialBitAbbr nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal Returns Character Chars Digits 16 See Also HrBlinker HrBlinkerAbbr HrBlinkerAbbrNew HrSpecialBit Welkin Systems Limited om RaceMate Reference 16 3 54 HrSpeed JrSpeed SrSpeed The functions return the speed in meters per second of the horse Syntax HrSpeed nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrSpeed nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrSpeed nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Numeric See Also HrSeconds HrTime 16 3 55 HrStablePrefence JrStablePrefence SrStablePrefence Order of
206. Times Specifies the number of times the character expression is replicated Returns Character 16 11 9 Right A Visual FoxPro built in function which returns the specified number of rightmost characters froma character string Syntax Right cExpression nCharacters Argument cExpression Specifies the character expression whose rightmost characters are returned nCharacters Specifies the number of characters returned fromthe character expression Right returns the entire character expression if nCharacters is greater than the length of cExpression Right returns an empty string if nCharacters is negative or 0 Returns Character 16 11 1 StrExtract A Visual FoxPro function which retrieves a string between two delimiters Syntax StrExtract cSearchExpression cBeginDelim cEndDelim nOccurrence nFlag Argument cSearchExpression Specifies the string to search If cBeginDelim is an empty string the search is conducted from the beginning of cSearchExpression to the first occurrence of cEndDelim cBeginDelim Welkin Systems Limited a RaceMate Reference Specifies the character that delimits the beginning of cSearchExpression cEndDelim Specifies the character that delimits the end of cSearchExpression If cEndDelim is an empty string StrExtract returns a string from nOccurrence of cBeginDelim to the end of cSearchExpression nOccurrence Specifies at which occurrenc
207. Video Racing Focus 2 Chinese Video Racing Focus 3 Chinese Ge Ge Winner Time Position amp Speed iens DE E Eech Da pel ef f m r Barrier Trial Functions In the latest version of RaceMate we have added the following new functions to our MCL All the following functions will return a string show the date and group of barrier trials If you don t pass any argument the function will return the latest barrier trial before the race You may pass a number into the function to get earlier trials Please Welkin Systems Limited 42 RaceMate Reference note that both HrBTrial and HrBTrial 1 returns the same value Double clicking on the date and group number of the column will open the corresponding barrier trial form e HrBTrial JrBTrial SrBTrial Chaining to Barrier Trial Form In prior versions of RaceMate we can only chain to forms for Race Horse Jockey Stable Day and Query Now you will have one more choice Barrier Trial form Edit View Advanced Settings Sei ng Column ID VWC 10001 C49 Heading BT Date Grp Mapped to rm Dbl Click Action BE Target View Auto Resize Width No Less Than Default Column Width Header Text Width Update Value When View Line is Retrieved Update Value Only in th Deferred Calculation No Caching Always H
208. WWriteVal vReturnVal 1NotRecalcCond cLookupTable Name of conversion table KeyVal identifying record of conversion table to be written vWriteVal Value to be written to the conversion table vReturnVal Reutrn value If vReturnVal is omitted vWriteVal will be returned INotRecalcCond If INotRecalcCond is satisfied TblWrite will not be re executed when you push the Recalc button Returns Data type identical to that of vReturnVal Example TblWrite RaceRemark HrStartID Column Remark See Also Welkin Systems Limited o RaceMate Reference TblAddVal 16 13 1iTransform Transform is a Visual FoxPro function which converts a value of any data type to a character string Transform can be used in the short form Tran Syntax Transform eExpression Returns Character Examples Example of eExpression string returned Transform HrBodyweight 1018 kg Fesesssoemeeseent G 16 13 19 ToS Converts a time string into number of seconds Syntax TToS cExpression cExpression is the string to be converted Returns Numeric Example TLOL 1s 2423 The function converts 1 24 23 into 84 23 Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference ast 16 13 1Val The Val function is a Visual FoxPro function which returns a numeric value froma character expression composed of numbers Val returns the numbers in the character expression from left to right un
209. When the view is expanded to show the past records as show in the following figure the numbers in the past records of the Avg Age Cur Race column are got from the variable AvgAge without recalculation Therefore these figures are different from those in the Avg Age column Age Avg Age Cur Race Avg Age Age Diff from Cur Race Avg Age Diff from Avg I 8 55 SIS 2 5 2 5 05 047 8 E 5 4 2 5 2 6 04 611 0 5 5 4 7 5 5 4 7 Kid Galaxy 6 5 5 5 5 0 5 0 5 05 044 6 55 5 6 0 5 0 4 05 027 6 Ee 5 3 CH 0 7 Bayview Lad 6 55 55 0 5 0 5 05 035 6 5 5 5 0 D 1 0 05 020 6 EH 5 3 0 5 0 7 la Merveille S as asc DE DE See also StartVar Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 351 16 7 10 StartVar This function evaluates an MCL expression and stores the result into a variable namely Start Variable When the function StartVart cVariableName eMCLExpr is executed in a horse row of a race in a view the system will check if the variable is already defined for the horse in the race If the variable has already been defined for this start the function will return the value stored in the variable Otherwise it will evaluate the MCL expression eMCLExpr and store the result into the variable the variable will automatically be created and return the result Please note the following points about race variables 1 The value of a starter variable for a horse is independent of the same varia
210. WinTime 340 JrWinTimew 340 JWQPStat 285 JrXAverage 379 JrXMaximum 380 JrXMaxStartID 381 JrXMinimum 382 JrXMinStartID 383 JrXSum 385 Jump by Double Clicking a Column 117 D W Lang 444 Language of display 72 Left 397 License Agreement 474 Like 398 Linked Columns 155 Linking Up Views 155 Links Page Daily Track Work Form 117 Links Page Horse Form 108 Links Page Jockey Form 111 Links Page Race Data Form 101 Links Page Stable Form 114 List Functions 404 ListAscltem 404 ListAscVal 407 ListAverage 407 ListCol 408 ListColVal 408 ListCommon 408 ListCount 408 ListDescltem 409 ListDescVal 410 Welkin Systems Limited ListFilter 410 Listltem 411 ListSort 412 ListSortDesc 414 ListsortDescVal 414 ListSortVal 414 ListStdDew 415 ListSum 415 ListVal 416 LTrim 398 Main Data Forms 90 Main Features 18 Managing Conversion Tables 151 Managing Starter Views 122 Managing Your Own Multimedia Resources 189 Match 444 Maximum 394 MCL 252 MCL Condition 254 MCL Debugging 178 MCL Reference 252 MCL Tutorial 250 MCL Variable 160 MCL Variables in MCL Functions 160 MCL Variables to Set Data Range 164 Menus and Toolbars 72 Minimum 395 Miscellaneous Functions 437 Model Construction Language 252 Modifying Criteria and Setting Compound Filters 143 Modifying Existing Views 127 Month 445 Moving or Uninstalling RaceMat
211. Xx3 x1 x2 x3 must be of the same data type You may pass up to 27 arguments into the function Returns Value returned by the function will be of the same type and width of the referencing column Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 395 Examples Maximum Column This Rating Column Last Rating The maximum of the columns This Rating and Last Rating will be returned Maximum 123 NULL 234 234 will be returned by the above function NULL is ignored Maximum A B B will be returned by the above function A is smaller than B in alphabetical order 16 10 5 Minimum The Minimum function returns the minimum of a set of values Null values inside the set will be ignored You may pass up to 27 arguments into the function Syntax Minimum x1 x2 x3 x1 x2 x3 must be of the same data type Returns Value returned by the function will be of the same type and width of the referencing column Examples Minimum Column This Rating Column Last Rating The minimum of the columns This Rating and Last Rating will be returned Minimum 123 NULL 234 123 will be returned by the above function NULL is ignored Minimum A B A will be returned by the above function A is smaller than B in alphabetical order 16 10 6 Over The function returns the result of an divide operation of 2 values Null values will be returned if the denominator is z
212. a See Setting Values amp Choosing MCL Variables to learn how to do it Filtering Records in Starters Views gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt e Selecting Criteria e Modifying Criteria and Setting Compound Filters e Filter Editor Selecting Criteria Setting Filters Past records can be shown on a Starter View by choosing a record track and number of record lines at the left top of the Starter View page You may set one or more than one past record filter and ask RaceMate to show only the past records satisfying the filter s The steps are as follows Choosing a Predefined Filter You may choose a predefined filter from the filter dropdown Records shown below the starting horse row are the run s satisfying the filtering criterion that you selected Other runs not satisfying the filter are skipped Welkin Systems Limited Views Management 143 i Race Data 1 28 11 2007 6 List of Declared Starters 2e 11 2007 6 mam 21 45 Rtg Cls s0 60 3 H1200 m A FG Race TGroup G Best Time 19 09 2007 5 Top Top Light 1 09 4 G Mosse 12 Std Time 1 10 1 Sect Time 23 8 22 6 A5 Remark 1 Starter Views 2Trackwork 3 Allocation 4 Flemmi Ve ent ZLinks O Index History Horse W Si 3 B i WO Ce Horse pate es mg if IZ ven _ Congratulation et 12007 12001 fc 699 24 0
213. a back up you may push the Make One More Copy button Welkin Systems Limited 30 RaceMate Reference Transfer Completed You data download right license file has been saved into the destination folder Do not lose this file or you will not be able to activate the software to download data again You may make one more copy on another disk or close this form 5 When you click on Close RaceMate will continue to run with the data update feature will be disabled To enabled it again you have to carry out the import the data update right procedure On the Other Computer Importing Data Update Right from the Disk to a New Computer After you have completed the Export Data Update Right procedure above please follow the procedure below to transfer the right into a new computer 6 If there is already a RaceMate in this computer please choose Import Data Update Right from the Tools menu of RaceMate If there is no RaceMate you need to install the software Please download a latest setup program from one of the following links Hong Kong edition http www racematenet com setup hk setup hk exe Macau edition http www racematenet com setup macau setup macau exe 7 After choosing Import Data Update Right or after RaceMate is installed you will see the following Software Registration Form Welkin Systems Limited Introduction to RaceMate 31 P S Software Registration and Activation Clic
214. a group title on the group list and click on the Apply button to apply the variable values to the current view You may select more than one groups by checking the boxes on the group list When more than one group is selected RaceMate will follow the rules below in assigning values to MCL variables e If different values are assigned to the same variable in different groups the lower group will take the precedence e If the Use Blank checkbox is not selected the blank value will be ignored irregardless of the group position If the Use Blank checkbox is selected the blank value will be treated as a true value Positions of MCL Variable Groups on Group List e You may check Reorder Groups to show the reorder bars on the group list Drag Welkin Systems Limited e RaceMate Reference 7 3 the bars to reorder the groups e If you apply more than one group of variables to a view and a variable say 2 have different values in different groups RaceMate will use the value of the group at the lowest position of the group list ai MCL Variables eal a Group Tite All Activities Jogging Galloping On Race Detail Form Show Race amp Barrier Trials Use Variable Title Blank Optional o amp x I i Days ANYS HANDICAP Group Bee sc SI o Logo o Ee 5 Set Choose MCL Variables 6 6 0
215. able Average Maximum A s 10 0000 10 0000 1 0000 1 0000 ASCruz 3 0000 3 0000 1 0000 1 0000 BK Ng 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 C Fownes 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 C 5 Shum 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 D Hill 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 KLMan 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 KW Lui 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 sWoods 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 y gt 17 3 See performance enhanced by a stable change The following table shows the structure of a view for displaying 1 the date on which the stable of a horse changes 2 the WQP statistics of a horse before stable change 3 the WQP statistics of a horse after stable change View Stable Change User Defined MCL Function Type Chars Horse _ Built In Item Horse Name Old Stable Date HrDate 1 For Not Same HrStableID Before Stable HrWOQPStat For HrDate lt Qstr Column old Character 23 Change After Stable Change Hrwopstat While HrDate gt Qstr Column OlqCharacter 23 Apply the view to the 6th race on 1 May 2005 the following result will be shown The statistical figures show that in this race there are performance gains after the horses were moved into new stables Welkin Systems Limited as RaceMate Reference Horse Old Stable Date Before Stable Change After Stable Change Easy Game 20 06 2004 0 0 0 9i 9 zu Se Dr EH Uu Fortune Warrior NULL NULL NUL
216. aces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Logical See Also HrRetired JrRetired SrRetired HrJockey JrJockey SrJockey HrJockeyRetired JrJockeyRetired SrJockeyRetired 16 5 Track Work Information This group of functions returns information about track work gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt HrABTCount JrABTCount SrABTCount _ HrActivity JrActivity SrActivity HrTwResumeDate JFTwResumeDate SrTwResumeDate HrBestGallopSect JrBestGallopSect SrBestGallopSect HrBTrial JrBTrial SrBTrail HrGallop1200Best JrGallop1200Best SrGallop1200Best HrGallop1200Stat JrGallop1200Stat SrGallop1200Stat HrGallop400Best JrGallop400Best SrGallop400Best _ HrGallop400Stat JrGallop400Stat SrGallop400Stat HrGallop800Best JrGallop800Best SrGallop800Best _ HrGallop800Stat JrGallop800Stat SrGallop800Stat HrGBT Count JrGBTCount SrGBTCount HrRGBT Count JrRGBTCount SrRGBTCount HrTwCount JrTwCount SrtwCount 16 5 1 HrABTCount JPABTCount SrABTCount The functions return the number of all weather track barrier trials during a number of days specified by the first argument before the underlying race Syntax HrABTCount nDays nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrABTCount nDays nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrABTCount nDays nBackRace
217. al FoxPro built in function which removes all trailing spaces or parsing characters from the specified character expression Syntax Trim cExpression nFlags cParseChar cParseChar2 Argument cExpression Specifies an expression of character to remove all trailing spaces nFlags Specifies if trimming is case sensitive when one or more parse characters cParseChar cParseChar2 are included Trimming is case sensitive if nFlags is zero or is omitted Trimming is case insensitive if nFlags 1 cParseChar cParseChar2 Specifies one or more character strings that are trimmed from the end of cExpression If cParseChar isn t included then trailing spaces The maximum number of strings permitted in cParseChar is 23 Returns Character Examples Trim ABC Returns ABC Welkin Systems Limited s RaceMate Reference 16 12 Trimit ABC ze Ce TATT Returns ABC List Functions List string is an import tool for processing race histories RaceMate comes with a set of powerful list functions which helps you effectively process list strings gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt ListAscItem ListAscVal ListAverage ListCol ListColVal ListCommon ListCount ListDescItem ListDescVal ListFilter ListItem ListSort ListSortDesc ListsortDescVal ListSortVal ListStdDev ListSum ListVal RListItem RListVal 16 12 1 ListAscltem
218. al up or Internet When you want to download new data please follow the steps below 1 Click Tools Download New Data on the menu 2 You will see the follow dialog box Clock on Yes C lose All Forms 2 You must close all forms before downloading new data Do you want to close the forms now 3 The Data Download dialog box appears and RaceMate will automatically connect to the Data Server and retrieve the update files If the download method is set to Internet you will see a progress status screen similar to the following diagram File transfer Download 040207 AAABBB ESCAPE to abort Successfull Ready to download Data Getting update file name Download 040207 444668 000061528 4 When all the data have been downloaded the update process will begin When you see the Update finished message click OK to complete the whole download process See also Connecting to the Internet Dial Up Connection 3 4 Repeat Last Download Once you find a problem in data after you have downloaded and updated your database you may try selecting Tools Repeat Last Download to update your data once again Welkin Systems Limited RaceMate Reference 3 5 Firewall Blocking In order to carry out user registration and data update RaceMate needs to communicate with Welkin s data servers Your computer may have a firewall installed If you see a dialogue box similar to the following please ch
219. am m FG Rtg Cls 70 50 3 13 00 DUBAI HANDICAl Sie 2 Trackwork 3 Allocation 1 4 Flemming 5 Dvds 6 Remark Z Links D Index im Ki No Jockey Rtg Dw Wk D I Updn Stable Blinker Positions C A SH 123 9 Up Entries 14 Days Trkwk 28 Days Trkwk Exciting 1 Royal Army Past Records Horse Dashina Champic Lines oO 4 7 3 Freezing Columns You can freeze columns in a data grid to keep certain columns visible while you scroll back and forth across the grid Tabbing to the right does not cause locked columns to scroll out of the grid Freezing Columns To freeze columns right click the area between the column headers immediately following the rightmost column you want to lock If there are already some columns being frozen you need to right click twice The first click unfreezes the existing locked columns and the actual freezing is done by the second click Unfreezing Columns To unfreeze columns right click the area between the column headers Welkin Systems Limited Basic Ul Techniques s Right click on this gap to freeze or unfreeze columns on the left r Race Data 1 04 02 2004 4 Running Positions 04 02 2004 e Jia My Rtg Cls 75 55 3 21 05 DIAMOND HANDICAP 1 Starter Views 2 dork 3 Allocation 4 Flemming 5 Dvds 6Remark 7 Links 0 Index
220. an winwinbet com Send me upgrade amp product information Automatic user registration via the Internet recommanded CH Register via Fax or web page x Ces You will then see the following screen Please read carefully the message on the screen and click on Yes Important Note A Once you register and activate the software in this computer you will not be able to install the software in another computer by using the same Software Installation Key In case you want to move the software to another computer later you must transfer the license from this computer to the new computer by choosing Tools Transfer Software License from the main menu If you need to uninstall the software or reformat the hard disk you must also carry out the same steps to transfer the Software License into a disk First for Future re installation Activate the software Automatic User Registration via the Internet If you have chosen Automatic user registration via the Internet and successfully activated your software you will see the following message Welkin Systems Limited z RaceMate Reference User Registration Successful ye YD User registration was successfully completed Please write down your RaceMate User ID on your manual For Future communication use RaceMate User ID 373 324 The Software Installation Key can no longer be used for Future installation Please be reminded that whenever you want to uni
221. ar form you may uncheck the corresponding checkbox at the left bottom Editing View Column Criteria Items On the Definition of Statistical Views form when you carry out any of the following actions you will see the view criteria property editing form as shown in the figure below Click on the Item Details button below the view structure grid Form title will be shown as Edit View Item Move New View Column from the MCL Function Library table into the Statistical View Structure table Form title will be shown as Add New View Item Click on the New Item button at the top of the MCL Function Library grid Form title will be shown as Add New Library Item Click on the Edit Item button at the top of the MCL Function Library grid Please note that only user defined library items are editable Form title will be shown as Edit Library Item Welkin Systems Limited Statistics and Data Analysis 2 S gi Edit View Item a Column Horse Short Name Optional Column ID SVE30005 C1i1 Auto Resize Data Type Dbl Click Action Character Len 30 Dec Form to Open Horse Open Horse Horse ID Group Chi Mode Optional HrHorseIDQ E E e E e MCL Function Validate HrHorseQ Cursor at Race Start ID HrRaceIDQ I Description Horse name Arguments each 1 line in sequence Hidden In Which Forms Statistics Jockey Race V Horse Stable Le E Fiel
222. aracter Width 2 Example of Returned Value 43 See also HrTrack JrTrack SrTrack HrTrackID JrTrackID SrTrackID HrTrackShift JrTrackShift SrTrackShift Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 339 16 6 53 HrTrackShift JrTrackShift SrTrackShift The functions return the width adjustment of the track of the race For example fora A 3 track the functions return a numeric value 3 Syntax HrTrackShift nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrTrackShift nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrTrackShift nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Numeric Width 2 Example of Returned Value 3 See also HrTrack JrTrack SrTrack HrTrackID JrTrackID SrTrackID HrTrackPlus JrTrackPlus SrTrackPlus 16 6 54 HrWinner JrWinner SrWinner The functions return the name of the winning horse in the race of the horse Syntax HrWinner nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrWinner nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrWinner nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 8 in Chinese Mode Width 30 in English Mode 16 6 55 HrWinnerlD JrWinnerlD SrWinnerID The functions return the internal ID of the winning horse in the race of the horse Syntax HrWinnerID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrWinnerID
223. aration A Entries 6 Ricard 1 5 Dye 1 Size 3 4 1 40 0 1 39 14 Days Trkwk 3 Super Century 2 F Coetzee A SCruz 23 4 11 40 31 39 28 Days Trkwk 8 El Viento 5 W Woods 5 Woods 3 1 40 3 1 39 i Soe 7 Allez Allez Syr Cheng CH Yip 51 4 1 40 7 1 39 Soning onm z User Comment 10 Divine Feeling 4D Dunn D Hayes 63 4 1 40 9 1 39 Yeung s Index 12 Arriba arriba 9 HK Yim C 5 Shum 7 1 40 9 1 39 Evnerted Snep a 9 Lucky Encounter 2 3 Quinn T W Leung 93 4 11 41 41 39 Modify 5 Citi Centre 11 WC Marwin I W Allan 123 4 1 41 8 1 39 4 Better Dragon 10 P H Lo KL Man 10 911 13 1 4 11 41 91 39 Re order Re order stat _ Dandy Bunny 21M W Leung STWong 121212 231 2 11 43 51 39 Past Records By Horse w Lines LJ 17 2 Find horses which win in 60 days after a stable change In the How To topic See performance enhanced by a stable change we learnt how to compare the performance of a horse before and after a stable change The following example will show you how to find all the horses which win in 60 days since a stable change Once you understand how this example works you will be able to create more sophisticated views for example e List all the horses which have never win in its old stable but win in 60 days after a stable change e List all horses which win when they runs in a new distance which they have never tried before View Structure View Name Win in New Stable Type Hor
224. artir Sire s Dam Dame Sire Dame Dam Sire s Sire s Sire Sire s Sire s Dam e ssa omen a Column 10 Season Remark Season and the race sequence number KEEREEEFER You may set the following items on the form e Choose the a formon the Open Form drop down list e Setting a view name on the Target View drop down list e Arguments to be passed to MCL variables of the target view If you edit the the property of the Sire column of of the Position view and then click on the Advanced button You will see the following settings e Offsprings Performance e Trim HrSire You can pass 9 arguments to a history stat view to match 9 MCL variables from 1 to 9 Each argument must be put into a separate line in the argument editing box Welkin Systems Limited 164 RaceMate Reference 7 4 Column ID vwB10003 C26 Heading Sre Mappedto Y OO SNP Ga che Action View Form to Open Target Via Open Stat View Each 1 line in sequence Default Column Width Header Text Width l Sr e Update Value When View Line is Retrieved x _ Auto Resize Width No Less Than Update Value Only in th Deferred Calculation T No Caching F Always Hidden Hidden If No History Blank for Zero
225. ata 1 28 01 2004 1 Dvds 28 01 2004 e 03 357 lc nen MFG Rta Cls 40 15 5 19 30 WAN CHAI GAP HANC 1 Starter Views 2 Trackwork Dividends of this Race 76 5 30 5 21 5 79 0 Quinella 203 5 Tierce 13 750 0 Double Q Place 3 Allocation 4 Flemming 5Dvds Special Dividends of Meeting Triple Trio Consolation On Course D T Six Up Six Up Special Trio Treble 5 3 6 Remark Page Race Data Form The Remark page is composed of the following controls 1 Sectional Time text box Sectional time of the leading horse of each section 2 Jockey Club Remarks Official remarks from the Jockey Club 3 User Remarks Remark Z Links 0 Index 6 381 061 0 21 206 0 175 002 0 19 480 0 3 319 433 0 2 653 0 6 598 0 796 0 Your own comments for the race You must push Ctri E or click on the Edit button on the toolbar to put the form into the Edit Mode before inputting and push Ctri S to save after finishing Welkin Systems Limited Main Data Forms tor r Race Data 1 28 01 2004 1 Remark ce 28f01 2004 1 03 357 c neen m FG _ Rtg Cls 40 15 5 19 30 WAN CHAI GAP HANC 1 Starter Views 2 Trackwork 3 Allocation 4 Flemming 5 Dvds 6 Remark 7 Links 0 Index Sectional Time 28 2 23 0 25 7 24 9 Jockey Club Remarks After arriving at the Start BULLSHOT was noted to have blood in its mouth The horse
226. ata and doing statistics When you select a built in item from the built in item list the corresponding MCL function will be shown in the expression editing box below You may convert a Built In Item Column to a User Defined Item Column by click on the User Defined Item button You may then edit and fine tune the MCL function 17 User Defined Item You may enter an MCL expression into the expression editing box to retrieve data or carry out statistics See the sections of MCL Reference for detailed information about MCL expressions Welkin Systems Limited 126 RaceMate Reference 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 User Input Column For inputting notes or ratings A user input column can be of any of the five data types described above Remark Remark about the column for your own reference Betting Index You can mark one and only one column as Betting Index When we carry out an evaluation on the accuracy of the prediction model i e the view RaceMate will calculate the winning percentage and investment return of the horses with highest betting indexes A view with a betting index defined is called a Prediction Model Stat Column Stat Column is the short form of Statistical Column When a view is used for statistics you may mark one and only one column as Statistical Column When statistics is carried out RaceMate will calculate the following valu
227. ate All Formulae Race Filter checking only the 1st horse of each race HrDistanceQ 1400 a Show List Highest B I No Restriction Betting with the top betting index No of Races 142 Total Tickets 143 Betting with 3 best betting index 17 RECORDS Winning horses betting on top indices p FROM VIEW Expected Speed No of Races 142 CONDITION HrDistance 1400 Total Tickets 427 2006 031 Towering Feeling 24 09 2006 2006 032 Native Language 24 09 2006 2006 051 Jade Dragonfly 01 10 2006 2006 112 Stilton 29 10 2006 2006 148 Honest Treasure 12 11 2006 2006 275 Moonglow 01 01 2007 20N6 467 California lick 4R N2 9NNT 4 If you want to view all the winning races click on the 1 button to show the list 12 2 3 Example Draw Position Statistics You may be one of the people are interested in how draw positions affect the performance of horses We are going to create a simple statistical model for finding out their relations gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt Welkin Systems Limited 220 RaceMate Reference e Basic Steps e Statistical Groups e Printing or Exporting Statistics 12 2 3 1 Basic Steps 1 Open the Race Data form 2 On the Starters View page click on the New button to create a new view 3 Input Draw Statistics into the View Name box ree Edit View Chinese Mode Equivalent B wl Description Dra Hate e C No Cachi
228. ation form from the Tools menu At the right top of the form you will see an area for entering a template for each file type as follows Once you have followed the rules on the page Saving Web Video Photo into Disk and correctly enter corresponding templates into the boxes in the figure below Welkin Systems Limited a RaceMate Reference you can leave some of them blank RaceMate s default links or buttons will point to these local files rather than the one on websites V Local File Name Templates Race Replay CC ymv lt SeasonRace gt wmv Position Photo c ymv lt SeasonRace gt jpg Barrier Trial Racing Focus Racing Preview Racing Result Examples Template Click On File Opened c Replay lt SeasonRace gt ivr Race c Replay 060559 ivr Replay link or race 7 on 29 4 200 c Video HK lt DateStr gt lt RaceNo gt ivr 7 c Video HK 070429 07 ivr season 06 07 See the page Saving Web Video Photo into Disk to learn how to create a template How can I save a web video as a local file There are many tools which help you do the job For example the latest version of RealPlayer and FlashGet Both of them are free of charge Please read their manuals for detailed operations Changes in User Interface Stakes of a Horse On the Horse form you will find a new text box displaying the stake money of the horse Filter On Off on History Stat Page On the Comprehensive Statistics and Reco
229. atter you are using a Tradition Chinese Windows or a Simplified Chinese Windows RaceMate will correctly detect the codepage of your Windows and properly display Chinese characters However if you are using an external Chinese system such RichWin and China Star on top of an English Windows you have to tell RaceMate which codepage you are using otherwise Chinese characters may become garbage Follow the steps below to choose a correct codepage RaceMate Edition 1 Press Ctri L to change RaceMate to English Mode 2 Select Options and System Information from the Tools menu to show the Options and System Information form as shown below Choose a correct codepage from the Current Chinese Codepage dropdown Welkin Systems Limited 18 4 Questions amp Answers 467 i Options and System Information Phone No of RaceMate Data Server 28017724 Latest Download File o4024 O Current Chinese Codepage 950 ANSI OEM Traditional Chinese Bias KA 950 ANSI OEM Traditional Chinese Big5 936 ANSI OEM Simplified Chinese GBK Windows XP Theme Support Autolink to HK Jockey Club Website Connection Speed Broadband Connection un LOK Trackwork Barrier Trial Race Replay Racing Result Position Photos 3T Str ategie Race Data 3 e RaceMate Standard Edition Since there is no English Mode in RaceMate Standard Edition there may be problems opening and viewing the content of the Options and System Informati
230. aximum JrXMaximum SrXMaximum will always be ignored Syntax HrXMaximum eValueExpr nRaces fCondition eDefaultValue cIncluding JrXMaximum eValueExpr nRaces fCondition eDefaultValue cIncluding SrXMaximum eValueExpr nRaces fCondition eDefaultValue cIncluding Argument Description Senge e Datum the maximum of which is to be eValueExpr found HrDvdWin Data type of expression Any Number of latest races counting back from the underlying race to be averaged The races must be meeting the condition specified by fCondition If nRaces is omitted all races meeting fCondition will be included If total number of races meeting fCondition is smaller than nRaces the function will perform calculations on only the available races You may use nRaces Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 31 the HrCount function to check how many races have been counted e If argument fCondition is passed the races nRaces will only be selected from those meeting fCondition The fCondition argument is composed of a For clause and a While clause e A For clause causes the function to fCondition act on each record that meets the specified logical condition e A While clause causes the function to stop action once the logical expression evaluates to false e Both For and While clauses are optional Default value returned when no race satisfying the specifi
231. ay use the HrCount function to check how many races have been counted If argument fCondition is passed the races nRaces will only be selected from those meeting fCondition The fCondition argument is composed of a For clause and a While clause A For clause causes the function to i a fCondition act on each record that meets the Bate Say igen tine specified logical condition A While clause causes the function to stop action once the logical expression evaluates to false Both For and While clauses are optional Default value returned when no race satisfying the specified condition can be nDefaultValue found The data type of this value must be identical to that of normal return value When applying the function to past records by default races in the underlying meeting are not included You may use this argument to change the scope See the following page for details The cIncluding Argument cIncluding Returns Numeric Examples HrCount HrRating gt 80 6 For HrDistance 1400 The above example counts in last six 1400m starts in which the bodyweight of the horse is greater than 1000 Since the first argument of the function is a logical expression RaceMate will count the starts which satisfy the condition in the 3rd argument if the expression returns true HrCount HrRating 6 For HrDistance 1400 Welkin Systems Limited so RaceMate Reference 16 8 5
232. ays Trkwk 14 06 2003 1650 28 Days Trkwk 27 04 2003 1600 F QP Statistics 09 04 2003 2200 n_ Running Comme 23 03 2003 2200 f en le 03 eung s Index Everest tr Win Bravssimo Barfol 19 11 2003 1650 Expected Speec 03 177 12 11 2003 1650 J 03 092 King The Turf Bravissimo Telecom Bab 08 10 2003 1650 F E 03 039 17 09 2003 1200 03 012 06 09 2003 1000 02 647 01 06 2003 1000 k 02 489 29 03 2003 1200C Elite Win Black Knight Everest Bravissimo Barfold H 19 11 2003 1650 b Past Records 03 177 Everest 12 11 2003 1650 By Horse ei iv N 14 2alinienne eon A d gt Lines 6 0 Please note the following limitation of the functions 1 CurRunHorse function will return NULL in statistics and model evaluation since viewing race will be undefined when you evaluate a model clicking the Stat button in the Race Meeting form 2 Since viewing race changes whenever you jump to a new race cached old values returned by CurRunHorse in history lines will be out of date all the time You are recommended to set the column type to No Caching otherwise you will need to push the Recalc button to update the values whenever a new race is displayed Syntax CurRunHorses cExpr cSeperator Argument cExpr Optional Can be an MCL function or any other expression which is to replace the horse name and be shown on the races which the horse s meets t
233. bet a Position F 11 3 RO lt i Category Position 5 If you want to continue to add another filter you may click on the Select from Library button on the Filters Editor form once again to show the View Filters Library form 6 Select the filter that you want to add as the second filter In the following example Past 2 years is selected 7 Click on the Apply button to add the filter into the Filters Editor Welkin Systems Limited Views Management 145 Z Filters Editor Filter Name Filter Name Past 2 years OFilter This Bun Filter History Period Period Race Parti Start Deta Select From Lib Period A Weight difference less than 3 pounds Start Deta _ Create New A 2 Weight greater than current run Start Deta Weight smaller than current run Start Deta Won Position WOP Position NS L Category Period MCL Formula While GoMonth CurRun HrDate 24 lt HrDate Remark Records of last 2 years 24 stands for Y 24 months You may change this number to meet Built in filter ree RRRERRERERRE 8 After all filters have been selected Click on the OK button of the Filters Editor form Welkin Systems Limited 146 RaceMate Reference r Filters Editor TT wop a Filter Name Ell Pas
234. betting index 1 Click on the Stat button under the view list j Positions riy 4 Entries 14 Days Trkwk S 28 Days Trkwk H WQP Statistics Running Comment User Comment lt Yeung s Index p k Rect Nictanra ei m New 2 When the Evaluation of Betting Index form figure below shows you may do a number of things e You may set a evaluation period Welkin Systems Limited Statistics and Data Analysis 219 e Every time you open the a view the cell values of the view will be cached into the Cache folder If you are confident of these cached results you may choose Use Cached Results On the other hand if you want to recalculate all cell values choose Recalculate All Formulae e You may optionally define a filter to carry out the evaluation only on the races satisfying your filter e You may exclude some races by setting the Highest B I restriction 3 Click on the Calculate button to start the evaluation Results will be shown on the lower part of the form On the form below you can see that if you have betted on Wins only according to the betting index of the Expected Speed view you should have won 32 1 dollar betting returns 1 32 dollars f Evaluation of Betting Index 1 elle Evaluation Period From Season 2006 2007 Race 1 Calculate To Season 2006 2007 Race 9999 E S Cancel 9 Use Cached Results Recalcul
235. ble for another horse of the current or another race The expression eMCLExpr will be evaluated for each horse of each race 2 When you expend a view to show the past records although the lines are not showing the data of the current race the starter variable will not be recalculated 3 Whenever the formula for a view column contains a StartVar function the system will automatically set the column type as No Caching figure below so that values in the view data cache particularly those put into the past records of an expanded a view will be refreshed automatically in other races Welkin Systems Limited 352 RaceMate Reference r Edit View Advanced Settings Column ID vwcoo004 cs Cur Avg Odds Heading DbI Click Action Form to Open a Edit View StartVar Description Start ar View Name Fi Auto Resize Starters view Entries view Columns No Caching 3 C Always Hidden Hidden If No History Horse Final Odds Blank for Zero Alignment Automatic b Avg Odds Diff Avg Odds Coan alee ee 77 Cur Avg Odds Width pixel 71 Type Numeric sc Advanced Diff Cur Avg Odds Chars Digits 5 Decimal 2 C Auto Resize O Built In Item User Defined Item Start ar
236. button to edit Trackwork Statistics 28 Days User defined rt eer ele Course Performance designed by users the highlighted report Show Built in Reports Click the Mew button T amp Print if you are going to report for the view In the list you can see two types of reports Built In Reports names begin with a and User Defined Reports Built In Reports come with RaceMate and cannot be modified User Defined Reports must be designed by users before they can be used 3 Click on the Modify button to show the report designer so that you can prepare the report for use Please note that if you click on the Preview button instead of the Modify button the report designer will be show as well because a user defined Welkin Systems Limited Printing and Creating Reports 183 report must be edited at least once before it can be printed or previewed In the RaceMate report designer shown in the following figure a Column Preview Table is at the upper part The table gives you handy information about e Column width e Gap width between columns e Total column width e Column heading At the left of the designer under the Column Preview Table a Column Information list box is found Click on Horse in the list to highlight the column Attributes of the column are show in the Column Attributes Edit Area 4 Change the width of the Horse column to 6 cm by clicking on the Width Spinner At the same
237. cal item with one of the following modifiers Counts records in which the value of the expression after CNT is either true or not Null CNTF Similar to modifier CNT except that if the statistics result of item is 0 the result of the related breakdown group will be removed CNT Percentage of records counted the expression after CNT returns either true or not Null in the breakdown group CNTF Similar to CNT except that if the statistics result of item is 0 the result of the related breakdown group will be removed SUM Calculate the sum the values of the expression following the modifier over each breakdown group Null value will be skipped AVE Calculate the average the values of the expression following the modifier over each breakdown group Null value will be skipped Welkin Systems Limited 364 RaceMate Reference MAX Find the maximum value of the expression following the modifier over each breakdown group Null value will be skipped MIN Find the minimum value of the expression following the modifier over each breakdown group Null value will be skipped Return an expression value of an arbitrary record in each breakdown group Example HrCountBy Wins lt lt Cnt HrFp 1 gt gt Best lt lt Min HrFp gt gt HrDraw Or HrCountBy Wins lt lt HrFp 1 gt gt Best lt lt Min HrFp gt gt HrDraw The formulae above return the following 2 statictics of each draw positio
238. cceeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeessaeeeeeesaeeeeeesaneeenes 33 Part Il Release Notes 36 1 Whatis New in Race Mate 11 5 eege eEdENNENNEERSEuNEdEENENSEENSNE EE NEAER ENNEN 36 2 What is New in RaceMate 10 5 0 ccccceeee eee eee ee eee eee eee ee eee esse see see sea eseeeseeeea eee eeneee 37 3 What is New in RaceMate 100 REENEN REENEN 38 4 What is New in RaceMate 9 8 ccccceeceeee eee ee eee RENE eee ee RER ENN 40 5 What is New in RaceMate op uk REENEN RENE 43 6 Whatis New in RaceMate On See ENE EENERNEENR SEENEN ENEE EE enian ENEE densa 47 7 What is New in RaceMate gn REENEN REENEN 50 8 What is New in RaceMate 7 0 c cccceeeeee seen ee ee ee enna ee ee REENEN 59 Part Ill Data Update 66 1 Connecting to the Internet cccc cicccci ecccctacivceet ieee kets naa Ee AnaS EEA EN EEEa rAr ARE ian anakaa 66 2 Dial Up Con ecti on ees aerer ceeagsecctessccnsacuadveceiesdenntsecadeecctes tansy eeeadveceuscosst ces sdeeceeieaserere 67 WR ELTERE E 69 4 Repeat Last Download sascceiccieceivisccciecce venice stetiies aeeeetecsveeescasteusieasetevedaseeeedebeneessceeteersans 69 5 Firewall Blocking iaae aenar aiani es uasan aaia adaa aa aag a EA 70 Part IV Basic Ul Techniques 72 1 Using Menus and Toolbare enk SeugNeEkeeueg ees gOSEAER innnan EEN elee aain aaan nia 72 Menus dnd W Ke ele 72 MOVING Re ei 72 2 Changing Language of Display AEN 72 3 HypersHinking Records es n a a aE a NEES ENEE 73 r lu SLT TE 74 5x
239. ces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrSickHistory cDayRangeKeywords cFlags nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Arguments cKeywordList Returns veterinary records which contain keywords case insensitive in cKeywordList argument cFlags Veterinary Content Default Incident date BL D Show _ k Passed date o P P ie _ O Incident description nDays Numeric argument Returns veterinary records within pass nDays A negative number for future days O for the start day cDayRange Character argument Returns veterinary records with the day range specified 1 90 for 90 days before start 2 90 for the period between 2 days after start and 90 days before start 30 2 for the period between 30 days after start and 2 days after start cDayRangeKeywords Character argument Shows veterinary records within a period of time with a list of keywords found inside Period will be specified in the format of cDayRange Keywords will be put to the right of this day range text with a sign between the day range text and keyword list Returns Multiline Text Remarks In starter views if you are going to pass a negative argument into these functions Welkin Systems Limited so RaceMate Reference you are recommended to mark this function as No Caching It is because the cache will not be updated automatically unless you click on the Recalc button Examples Returns all veterinar
240. ces fCondition nDefaultVal JrPlaceTickets nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrPlaceTickets nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Numeric See Also HrWinTickets 16 3 36 HrPositions JrPositions SrPositions The functions return a string showing the running positions of the horse in the format 10 12 11 Syntax HrPositions nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrPositions nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrPositions nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 25 See Also ListVal ListItem RListVal RListItem 16 3 37 HrPrivilege JrPrivilege SrPrivilege Special start priority in entries declared by the stable The functions will return one of the following values e Trump Card e Priority Sg 6 Priorityt Trump SaN blank string Syntax HrPrivilege nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrPrivilege nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrPrivilege nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 273 Character Width 14 in English Mode 9 in Chinese Mode See also HrPrivilegeID JrPrivilegeID SrPrivilegeID 16 3 38 HrPrivilegelD JrPrivilegelD SrPrivilegelD RaceMate internal ID of the special start priority of a horse in entries declared by the ee O Horse with priority to run
241. cevssnseccacevecsrsseccusaccsenssevenceveccecsctsesessetsttesendesesscatcsvececseesencsusttdsencaesss HrCountBy JrCountBy SrCountBy HrCountNZ JrCountNZ SrCountNZ HrMaximum JrMaximum SrMax Mumm scessceessceeesceeeseeeseeeeeeeessneeesaeeeesneeenesesaeeseeneessaeseeaeeseeeesseaeeseeeees 367 HrMaxStartID JrMaxStartID SrMaxStartlD csscssseeesseeeeseeeeseeeesseeeeeneeseneeesaeeeeseeessaeeesaeeeeeeeeseeeeesaeeees 369 HrMinimum JrMinimum SrMiNiMUM eeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeesseeeeeneeeeeeesaeeeeseeesaaesesaeeeeeneessaeeesaeeseeneesseeeesaeeeees 370 HrMinStartID JrMinStartID SrMinStartID ceseceesseesseeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeesaesesaeeeeeneesaeeesaeeseeeeeseeeeeseeeeas 371 HrStatList JrStatList SrStatList eescessseeesseeeseeeeseeeseeeeeseeesseesesaeeeeeneesaesesaeeeeeneessaeeesaeeseeeeeeeeaeeseeeeas 373 HrSum JrSum SrSurm 1 HrSumBy JrSumBy SrSumBy HrSumCount JPSumCount SrSUMCOUNE seeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeseeeeeeeeeeseeeesaeeeeanensaeeesaeeseeneeseaeeesaeeeeeneeseeeeeeeeeees 377 HrXAverage JrXAverage SrXAVErage ssssssseceseeeesseeesseeeeseeeesneeesneeeesneesnesesaeeeeeneesaeeesaeeseeeesseeeesaeeeees 379 HrXMaximum JrXMaximum SrX MAXIMUM eeeeeceeceeeseeeesseeeeeeeeeseeeesaeeeesneeesaeeesaeeeeeneessaesesaeeeeeeeeseeeeeseeeees 380 HrXMaxStartID JrXMaxStartID SrXMaxStartID essceeesceceseeeeseeee
242. ch 77 Wy New Folder Name Date modified Size E Document This folder is empty 2g Recently Changed More Folders v A Project a 1 Public sg Scan A SoftwareSource A Sounds A System Volume Inform _ a File name User Comment zs v Save as type Excel Files xls H amp Hide Folders guest Click on Save to export the view 13 5 Data Export via Starter Views Under normal circumstances the technique described in Exporting Contents of Grids in Forms will be sufficient for all complex data export Use the technique of this page only when necessary Combining the flexibility of views and the grouping feature of view statistics you will have the absolute power to retrieve the data of interest into your data export files It is powerful because e What we can do in other export functions including Exporting Race Data and Exporting Horse Data discussed in previous sections can all be done here e By using Data Export via Starter Views you can export not only the normal race and horse data but also your notes ratings statistical results jockey information stable information and much more e Full power of MCL is available in Data Export via Starter Views Example We will demonstrate the basic steps of running Data Export via Starter Views by a practical example In the example we will use the User Comments view to export the Welkin Systems Limited 234 RaceMate Refe
243. ch comma Otherwise the space will be regarded as a character of the item cNullSearchReturn If a Null value is passed into eToSearch the function will return the value of cNullSearchRetum However if cNullSearchReturn is empty NULL will be returned cSeparator The default list item separator is comma you may change the separator by passing a string into cSeparator Welkin Systems Limited o RaceMate Reference Returns Character Examples SCnv b a b c dd ee String dd will be returned SCnv j gq k c dd ee ff String ff will be returned SCnv a x t s dd ee ff Nu will be returned SCnv a x t s dd ee ff gg String gg will be returned SCnv Null c b a dd ee ff hh String hh will be returned SCnv RT RF LT Left Many 2 Right Many 2 String Right Many 2 will be returned SCnv y 35 15 3 dd ee ff If y 10 String ff will be returned SCnv HrDate 2000 1 21 2000 1 18 2000 1 14 13 39 12 If HrDate is 30th Jan 2000 String 13 will be returned See also Cnv GCnv ListItem RListItem Conv SConv GConv IIF 16 13 1 SConv The SConv function is identical to the Conv function except that if the lookup value is not found in the KeyVal column the system will search a closest KeyVal which is smaller than the lookup value and return the corresponding val
244. change from C K Tong to C Y Ho occurs 5 times among which the WQPL counts are 0 2 1 3 respectively The winning rate is 0 while the top 3 rate is 50 Last Jky Chg to Any Jky WOQOPL T Shows the WQPL counts after a jockey change from last jockey to a jockey of any type within period set by MCL variable 1 In the screen capture above the ist line of the Last Jky Chg to Any Jky WQPL T column shows that in latest 120 days jockey changes from T Angland to other jockeys any type occur 35 times among which the WQPL counts are 0 4 5 30 respectively The winning rate is 0 while the top 3 rate is 23 Last Jky Chg to Foreign Jky WQPL T Shows the WQPL counts after a jockey change from last jockey to a foreign jockey within period set by MCL variable 1 In the screen capture above the ist line of the Last Jky Chg to Foreign Jky WQPL T column shows that in latest 120 days jockey changes from T Angland to other foreign jockeys occur 20 times among which the WQPL counts are 0 2 4 14 respectively The winning rate is 0 while the top 3 rate is 30 Last Jky Chg to Local Jky WQPL T Shows the WQPL counts after a jockey change from last jockey to a local jockey within period set by MCL variable 1 In the screen capture above the ist line of the Last Jky Chg to Local Jky WQPL T column shows that in latest 120 days jockey changes from T Angland to other local jockeys occur 5 times among which the WQPL counts are 0 0 0 5 respe
245. ckey etc If we choose the one with a sign the nearest racing date means date of the coming run If we choose the one without a sign the ending date will be the date of last run Below is an example for setting range in the Horse form for the horse Top Stitch Let us suppose 1 Today is 10 Sep 2007 2 The horse Top Stitch will start on 12 Sep 2007 3 Latest start of Top Stitch was on 27 Jun 2007 Welkin Systems Limited 212 RaceMate Reference If on the Horse form we set the data period to 1 Year All races during the period 28 Jun 2006 to 27 Jun 2007 will be included If on the Horse form we set the data period to 1 Year All races during the period 13 Sep 2006 to 12 Sep 2007 will be included Under normal circumstances if you are doing statistics you should select the type without the sign because results are not yet available for coming races hence statistics can only be done for past races If you are retrieving data for viewing only you should select the type with a sign because you want to see information for the current coming meeting Defining a Period by Race Numbers Instead of selecting a predefined range you may click on the Period option button 4 to enable the race number range selection controls 5 8 You can then use the left season spinner 5 and the left race number textbox 6 to set a starting race and the right season spinner 7 and the right race number textbox
246. converted to number for before selection is made Among the four sub items 5 4 13 12 13 and 12 are greater than 10 therefore C 13 K 12 is returned ListFilter A 5 J 4 C 13 K 12 ListColVal 2 gt 10 ListCol 1 Returns C K Similar to the example above ListColVal 2 is used for specifying the criterion for the 2nd sub item The third argument ListCol 1 specifies that only the first sub item is to be included in the returning string Therefore C K is returned ListFilter A 5 5 3 4 6 C 7 8 ListColVal 2 ListColVal 3 gt 9 And ListCol 1 lt D ListColVal 2 ListColVal 3 Returns 10 15 This example shows that you may use compound expression for both the filter expression and return value expression Among the items A 5 5 and C 7 8 meet the criteria ListColVal 2 ListColVal 3 gt 9 5 5 gt 9 gt 7 8 gt 9 and ListCol 1 lt D A lt D gt C lt D The returning item string is formed by ListColVal 2 ListColVal 3 i e 5 5 and 7 8 hence 10 15 16 12 1 Listltem The ListItem function retrieves a text item froma string of items separated by Syntax ListItem cValueExpr nItemNumber cSeparator nItemsReturn Returns Welkin Systems Limited n RaceMate Reference Character Examples ListItem 12 41 8 2 The above function returns characters 41 ListItem Column Position 1 The above function returns the first number item in the string in
247. ction will return the racing date If you double click on the date the corresponding Racing To Win video will be played HrPreRace The following function will give the racing date It will display Racing on screen If you double click on the text the corresponding Racing To Win video will be played HrPreRace Racing The following function will return the link for getting access to the web resource something similar to mms wm hkjc pbase net extra1 prerace 20080227 eng_prerace_20080227_04_500 asf HrPreRace Null See Also HrBTrial HrBTVideo HrPostRace HrPosPhoto HrRaceReplay HrRacingFocus 16 14 4 HrPosPhoto JrPosPhoto SrPosPhoto The functions provide you with a link for double clicking to 1 open the Race Running Position Photos videos 2 open the Race Data form if Alt key is held down simultaneously Syntax HrPosPhoto vRetVal nBackRaces fCondition vDefaultVal JrPosPhoto vRetVal nBackRaces fCondition vDefaultVal SrPosPhoto vRetVal nBackRaces fCondition vDefaultVal Argument vRetVal 1 If you omit this argument a character string of 10 characters showing the race date 2 If you pass a value into vRetVal it will be the return value can be any type of the functions 3 If you pass Null into vRetVal the link 76 characters for opening the video will be returned Links to local files will be skipped Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference
248. ctively The winning rate is 0 while the top 3 rate is also 0 Last Jky Chg to Apprentice WQPL T Shows the WQPL counts after a jockey change from last jockey to an apprentice within period set by MCL variable 1 In the screen capture above the ist line of the Last Jky Chg to Apprentice WQPL T column shows that in latest 120 days jockey changes from T Angland to an apprentice occur 10 times among which the WQPL counts are 0 1 1 8 respectively The winning rate is 0 while the top 3 rate is 20 How to Change Statistical Period You can change the statistical period by clicking on Set Choose MCL Variables on Welkin Systems Limited Built in Views 173 the right of the form The MCL Variables form will be shown Check the left most boxes on the form to select an item or combine items Learn more by opening the page Setting Values amp Choosing MCL Variables ff dei MCL Variables Group Title 120 days F 150 days F 180 days On Race Detail Form Show V Group C Variable 1210 days 240 days Use Variable Title Variable Shared F Current Season Blank Optional Value Value Last Season 1 Days 120 m 2 From Season Race E 3 To Season Race rl 4 F Fl 5 CT 6 H D Go Im CT 8 F O e How Chaining is Set The statistics columns for Jockey Changes have specific settings When double clicked they will chain to
249. d confusion the Windows version of RaceMate will be upgraded from version 5 0 to 7 0 skipping the version number 6 0 Database Engine Upgrade The database engine of RaceMate 7 0 has been upgraded to Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9 0 which is the latest and most stable version of Microsoft Visual FoxPro since its first release in 1995 Microsoft has fixed quite a number of bugs in this latest release You will experience far less system abnormalities in RaceMate 7 0 Microsoft Visual FoxPro is the fastest desktop database engine available as at this writing No other databases engine can match its lightning data query speed User Interface Enhancement Visual cue for hyperlinking fields Whenever you double click on a horse name column in a view the Horse Data form will be opened We call the such a column a hyperlinking column In RaceMate 7 0 when your mouse hangs over a hyperlinking column the mouse pointer will turn to an overlapping hands icon which prompts for double clicking Welkin Systems Limited WER RaceMate Reference r Race Data 1 29 06 2005 4 List of Declared Starters 29 06 2005 4 04 706 20 45 Rta Cls 60 40 4 neen up er A Best Time 02 06 2004 5 Sunrise Rainbow 1 39 3 D Whyte Std Time 1 41 2 Sect Time 27 3 Remark For horses which have run at least 3 times in Hong Kong and have not won a race in the c L Starter Views 2Trackwork 3 Allocation 4Flemming
250. d stables in different distances together with the date of their latest wins Users can get an idea of which distance is best for a contestant This view utilizes of the powerful new v8 0 functions HrCountBy JrCountBy and SrCountBy Please see the help pages for these functions for details 5 New built in columns Horse Winning with Dates by Distance Jokcey Winning with Dates by Distance Stable Winning with Dates by Distance Distance Track 2006 11 06 The following functions now support Enhanced Syntax Welkin Systems Limited ER RaceMate Reference e HrCountBy JrCountBy SrCountBy e HrSumBy JrSumBy SrSumBy e HrAverageBy JrAverageBy SrAverageBy The Enhanced Syntax addition makes the above functions the most powerful MCL functions of RaceMate Now you can 1 carry out multiple statistics in a single pass of past record scanning 2 customize the format of return strings 3 change the order of breakdown groups 4 define a summary session in the return string Please read the help pages for the above functions for details 2006 10 31 New MCL functions added HrDistTrack JrDistTrack SrDistTrack 2006 10 16 New MCL functions added HrClassGroup JrClassGroup SrClassGroup _ 2006 10 13 Application status bar is updated back to version 8 0 style 2006 10 03 e Inthe Results page of the Race Query and Comprehensive Statistics form a new column displayin
251. d to Dbl Click Action Open Form gt Le Target View efault Column Wid Update Value When View Line is Retrieved Update Value Only in th Deferred Calculation No Caching Always Hidden Hidden If No History Blank for Zero Alignment Automatic EI Type 2 History and Statistics View You can follow the steps below to define the target forms for double click jumping 1 Click on Edit View Structure at the right hand side of the view 2 Select the column you want to set and click on the Item Details button 3 When the following form shows choose a target form from the Form to Open drop down list 4 Edit the details about target record and row at the 2 boxes below Welkin Systems Limited Main Data Forms 119 S Edit View Item Input Column F Column ID SVE00004 C19 5 11 2 Forms and Record IDs Forms and Target Record ID _RecordID MCL Example Stable StabeID HrStableID DO Row ID win mem MCL AF HrHorselD HrRaceID 28346 HrRacelD 28346 Stable HrRaceID 28346 HrHorseID 5 12 Comprehensive Statistics and Record Query Form See Comprehensive_Statistics_and_Record_Query under Statistics and Data Analysis for details Welkin Systems Limited 122 RaceMate Reference 6 6 1 Views Management The following 2 types of views can be found in
252. data processed by a query can be set in the controls above the view data grid as shown in the figure below When you set data periods in the controls the data in the grid below will be shaded by grey lines showing that the data in the grid have not yet been refreshed to reflect the change in the controls After a period is confirmed click on the Load Data button to refresh the data and the grey lines will then disappear 2 2 Seasons Period 1 Q gt 6 AND Z A 9 s Statistics Pi Betting NW l Runs Return Horse Stable Distance FP R Cls H Cls Bol Load Data py Sunday 4Lee 1000HG 74 4 60 Tenger Alee enee oe e 31 Recalculate om Perfect KWLui 12005G 144 4 52 A Edit yi Predefined Ranges When you click on the left option button 1 the following predefined ranges will be available in the range type dropdown list 3 You can set range by changing the value in the spinner 2 at the left of the dropdown When you change the number you will see the race numbers in the right boxes change accordingly to reflect the new setting Seasons Starting form the 1st race of a season and ending at the last races of the season If you choose 1 season only the races of the current season will be included There are 2 twin items for each range type one with a sign and the other without the sign The ending date of all ranges will be the nearest racing date of the target horse jo
253. dditive Returns Logical 16 15 1Month Month is a Visual FoxPro function It returns the number of the month for a given date Welkin Systems Limited s RaceMate Reference Syntax Month dExpression1 Returns Numeric Example Month 2003 8 1 Returns 8 for August See Also Datei Year HrDate JrDate SrDate 16 15 1 Same The function will return a condition expression The left hand side of the condition expression is an MCL expression The right hand side of the condition expression is the value of the MCL expression in current start The operator of the condition expression is default to The MCL expression must be a simple expression without any And or Or can contain X Syntax Same cExpression cOperator Example Same HrDistance If the above function is applied to a 1650m start the function will return HrDistance 1650 HrAverage HrSpeed 6 For tSame HrDistance If the above function is applied to a 1650m start the function will return HrAverage HrSpeed 6 For HrDistance 1650 HrAverage HrSpeed 6 For tSamd HrDistance and tSame HrCourse If the above function is applied to a 1650m start the function will return HrAverage HrSpeed 6 For HrDistance 1650 and HrCourse HV 16 15 1 Season Returns the season number of a particular date If no date is speci
254. de Equivalent w Save Exit Description Cancel Exit Starters view O Entries View Show Formula Row Height 0 Columns Locked 0 Columns Horse Column ID yweoo002 c3 Append Body we _ Betting Index _ Stat Column _ Stat Groups Export EJ Max Body WE Heading Max Body Wt D Delete Import Width pixel 80 Type Numeric e Save Format Chars Digits d 2 Dacimal JAuto Resize O Built In Item HrMaximum HrBodyweight O User Input Remark Another User Defined Item 8 Click on Append again to add a new column Chose User Defined Item and name the Heading Body Wt Diff 9 Input the following MCL function into the User Defined Item edit box Column Max Body Wt Column Body WC Create a User Input Column 10 Click on Append to add a new column Choose User Defined Item and Character type 11 Set number of Chars Digits to 180 and choose Auto Resize column width will be changed when you resize the form Welkin Systems Limited Views Management 133 r Edit View View Name Bodyweight 7 Chinese Mode Equivalent ave Exit Cancel Exit Description Starters view O Entries view Show Formula Row Height 0 Columns Locked 0 Columns FEEN Column ID yw100002 C5 Append Body WE Betting Index _ Stat Column _ Stat Groups Export Max Body Wt Ge r Body Wt Diff Heading Remark
255. defines a MCL variable 3 with a default value MyValue MCL Variables of a View is Independent of MCL Variables of other Views MCL variables of a view is independent of MCL variables of other views You change the value of 2 in view X will not affect the value of 2 of view Y Rules for Default Values of MCL Variable It is a good practice to always set a default value for an MCL variable The default value should be set in the first occurrence of the MCL variable MCL Variables in Starter Views and History Statistics Views You can use MCL variables in both starter views and history statistics views However they are 2 independent sets of variable and have no relations with each other Even if you have defined a value for 1 in a starter view the value of it will not automatically passed to the history statistics view However you can pass its value to a history statistics view via the rules discussed on the topic Using MCL Variables As View Arguments Examples HrActivity 3 In the above function MCL variable 3 is defined Since there is no default value you must later supply it with a value HrActivity 2 28 In the above function MCL variable 2 is defined with a default value 28 If no value is supplied to the variable the function is equivalent to HrActivity 28 Welkin Systems Limited MCL Variables in MCL Functions 1 JrFp For HrHorse 1 If you later set 1 Brilliant Chapter the above
256. ding Argument cIncluding Returns Numeric Examples HrSum HrWinTickets 3 The above example returns the sum of win investment of the last 3 races of the horse HrSum HrWinTickets 4 For HrDistance 1400 The above example returns the sum of win investment of the last 4 1400m races of the horse HrSum HrWinTickets For HrDistance 1400 and HrAveRating gt 100 95003 The above example returns the sum of win investment of all races meeting the following conditions 1 1400m race 2 Average rating of the race is greater than 100 16 8 13 HrSumBy JrSumBy SrSumBy The functions sum a value over past records which satisfy a specific condition of the horse jockey and stable respectively The results will be broken down by the value of an expression and returned as a character string Syntax HrSumBy nValueExpr eBreakdownExpr nRaces fCondition cDefaultValue cIncluding JrSumBy nValueExpr eBreakdownExpr nRaces fCondition cDefaultValue cIncluding SrSumBy nValueExpr eBreakdownExpr nRaces fCondition cDefaultValue cIncluding Enhanced Syntax By using the enhanced syntax you may 1 carry out multiple statistics in a single pass of past record scanning 2 customize the format of return string 3 define the order of breakdown groups Welkin Systems Limited 376 RaceMate Reference 4 define a summary session in the return string The enhanced syntax o
257. down 16 3 63 HrWeight JrWeight SrWeight The functions return the net loading apprentice allowance already deducted of the horse Syntax HrWeight nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrWeight nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrWeight nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Numeric Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 285 16 3 64 HrWinTickets JrWinTickets SrWinTickets The functions return the win investment for the horse in unit of thousand Syntax HrWinTickets nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrWinTickets nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrWinTickets nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Numeric See Also HrPlaceTickets 16 3 65 HrWQPStat JrWOPStat SrWQPStat The functions return in a string the numbers of Win Quinella Place and unplaced in the horse s racing record Syntax HrWOPStat nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrWOPStat nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrWOPStat nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 26 Example 0 3 0 19 22 16 4 Static information of Horse Jockey and Stable This group of functions returns particulars about horses jockeys and stables which will not change in different races gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt HrArrivalYear JrArrivalYear SrArrivalYear HrBrandNo JrBrandNo
258. ds on the forms are explained as follows Column Name of column Short Name This field is only applicable to library items When a library item is moved into the view structure grid the system will use this name rather than the full name as column heading Input Column Check this box if the column is used for inputting user ratings or comments You can input an MCL function for an input column However this MCL function will be run only once the first time results are shown You may use this MCL function to populate the field with a default value External If this box is checked RaceMate will fill this column with the data of another external view You must enter the column ID of this external column into the Column ID box below which you may copy and paste by opening the external view and edit the target column Please note that RaceMate will not validate the Column ID that you input You are responsible for ensuring its correctness e For an External column what you enter into the MCL Function box will be irrelevant since it always replicates the values of the external column Please leave the MCL function box blank e If the External column is for inputting your ratings or comments you can make it Welkin Systems Limited 2 RaceMate Reference editable by checking Input Column at the left hand side Then ratings or comments can be input in either the current view or the external view Auto Resiz
259. dy Weight Race Horse Particulars al 15 Sire s Dam E Brand Code Horse Particulars 116 Dam s Sire F Category of Origin Horse Particulars H 17 Dam s Dam Color Horse Particulars ol 18 Sire s Sire s Sire E C Race amp Meeting HE 19 See Sire s Dam m i Cun Name Rare amp Meeting Z4 m r 4 r New View Column Tei t View Details Wen Details Create 0R Bi create AND Br Remark Add a new item into the view definition Column 10 Season HrSeasonRace D Remark Season and the race sequence number See Also Introduction to MCL Variables Setting Values amp Choosing MCL Variables 6 2 3 Setting Data Range in an Argument Please see MCL Variables to Set Data Range 6 3 Cache for View Data Data Caching It takes time for an MCL function to search and retrieve data from the database of RaceMate Some statistics functions may need intensive calculations to return results In order to speed up data display RaceMate will put the data retrieved by functions into a cache folder Next time when we open the same page RaceMate will get the data directly from the cache without repeating the search and calculation processes Although this dramatically speeds up data viewing under some special circumstances you may encounter data synchronization problems for examples 1 You have already retrieved data into a view cached However the data are updated afterwards You will not be able to
260. e SrAllowance Return the weight allowance for a jockey including apprentice allowance and freelance allowance Syntax HrAllowance nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrAllowance nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrAllowance nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Numeric HrBleedDate JrBleedDate SrBleedDate The functions return the bleeding date if any of the horse Syntax HrBleedDate nBackRaces fCondition dDefaultVal JrBleedDate nBackRaces fCondition dDefaultVal SrBleedDate nBackRaces fCondition dDefaultVal Returns Date HrBleedDateStr JrBleedDateStr SrBleedDateStr The functions is similar to the HrBleedDate JrBleedDate and SrBleedDate functions except that this function return bleeding dates character strings Syntax HrBleedDateStr nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrBleedDateStr nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrBleedDateStr nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 10 HrBlinker JrBlinker SrBlinker The functions return the blinker information of the horse Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 261 Syntax HrBlinker nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrBlinker nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrBlinker nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Widt
261. e SrDistance HrCourseDist JrCourseDist SrCourseDist HrTrack JrTrack SrTrack HrCourse JrCourse SrCourse _ 16 6 18 HrDvd JrDvd SrDvd The function the amount of a dividend If the dividend you specified does not exist or the instance does not exist the function will return NULL Syntax HrDvd cDividendID nInstance nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrDvd cDividendID nInstance nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrDvd cDividendID nInstance nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Argument cDividendID A symbol case insensitive which represents a dividend according to the following table Welkin Systems Limited 32 RaceMate Reference DividendID Dividend Title EE Op Oumnelbtsce S O TER Temge O KE Trio a a rr T T Triple Trio TBL Treble Treble Six Up nInstance Instance number of a dividend Default to 1 Return Numeric Decimal 1 Examples Under normal circumstance there will be 3 place dividends They can be retrieved by the following functions First place dividend HrDvd PLA 1 or HrDvd PLA Second place dividend HrDvd PLA 2 Third place dividend Hrbdvd PLA 3 16 6 19 HrDvdPlace JrDvdPlace SrDvdPlace The function returns place dividend This function is for backward compatible only Please use HrDvd instead Syntax HrDvdPlace nPlaceNo nBackRaces fCondi
262. e 14 Type Numeric Save Format Chars Digits Horse Mark Note Horse Mark Notes Indicator Horse Name v Show view Rmk Show Colm Rmk 6 Click on the Save Exit button to save and exit the Edit View form You will see a view page similar to the following screen 7 Click on the Stat button c Race Data 1 09 05 2007 1 Draw Statistics 09 05 2007 _1 06 584 lais Rta Cls 40 15 5 neen up re Bee it Group Best Time 17 09 2003 1 Powerful 1 39 7 D Whyte 116Ib Std Time 1 41 3 Sect Time 27 3 24 2 2 5 Remark L Starter Views 2Trackwork 3 Allocation 4 Flemming SDvds 6Comment ZLinks 0 Index History Horse Lines 0 gt Filter o Vv Update WQP Statistics c Running Comment User Comment Yeung s Index i Expected Speed Past Performance Best Distance Draw Statistics sj EEN Re order ll za 8 You will see the following Statistical View Calculation form 9 Set the period to fromthe 1st race of season 2005 2006 to the last race 9999 of the season 2005 2006 10 Enter the following expression into the Criteria Filter box HrDistance lt 1600 11 Make sure Exclude Zeros is checked Welkin Systems Limited 222 RaceMate Reference A Statistical View Calculation Vi
263. e OR Brackets Click on this button to put the currently highlighted view item into an OR criteria group An OR criteria group is a group of criteria which are indented in the view structure editing area If any criteria in this group is valid the whole OR criteria group is regarded as valid See Creating and Removing OR or AND Criteria Group for details Create AND Brackets Click on this button to put the currently highlighted view item into an AND criteria group An AND criteria group is a group of criteria which are indented in the view structure editing area Only if all criteria in this group are valid the whole AND criteria group is regarded as valid See Creating and Removing OR or AND Criteria Group for details Column Information Box A text area at the right bottom of the form shows the details about the column MCL Criteria Library Item Editing Buttons 17 Edit Item Push this button to edit a user defined library item New Item Welkin Systems Limited Statistics and Data Analysis 201 Push this button to create a new user defined item and put it into the MCL Criteria Library Delete Item Push this button to delete a user defined library item MCL Criteria Library Items 18 The left table shows all the items in the MCL criteria library You may highlight any of the item and push buttons 4 to 8 to move it into the view structure table MCL Criteria Library Item Information 19 A
264. e When result form is resized column width changes accordingly Column ID Column ID will automatically be generated by the system except that this is an external column Data Type In the three boxes please input correct data type length number of characters or digits including the decimal dot and figures after the dot and decimal width for the column MCL Function MCL function returning a value for the column Description Optional descriptive text for the column Dbl Click Action Choose a form to be opened when the column is double clicked In the box below you must enter a function returning a key ID which determines which record is to be shown in the target form In another box below you can further input another optional function which returns another key ID for locating a particular line in the target form Hidden In Which Forms If the data of this column is irrelevant for certain forms you may check those forms in the area hidden the column in the forms 12 1 5 Query Operators for Requirements You may set criteria using the following operators Please note the following rules for the requirement text 1 All operators except must be put at the beginning of the requirement text 2 Quotes of character strings and date values can be omitted However if omitting quotes will result in confusion please keep them 3 By default text comparing and matching is case insensitive If you want RaceMat
265. e to do a case sensitive compare please put a case sensitive modifier at very beginning of the requirement text I means NOT which is a modifier to be put at the beginning of a requirement You may not input any formula or equation into the requirement field D Welkin Systems Limited Im E E ee Stat Hide D Statistics and Data Analysis 207 Seet ta Reload Edit View Structure Set Default Column Widths Reorder View List Items A See ee ee ee ee Oh um um Oh on on wlw Wl WiWiN NM Nie Criteria Operators Draw Statistics Export Data Import Data Test MCL a Pedigree E User Comment Ka Exact Match Cell value is exactly equal to Trailing space is insignificant Greater Cell value is greater than Dictionary order Trailing space is insignificant Smaller Cell value is smaller than Dictionary order Trailing space is insignificant Smaller or equal Cell value is smaller than or equal to Dictionary order Trailing space is insignificant Range Cell value is greater than or equal to the value at the left hand side of and smaller than or equal to the value at the right ha
266. e Jockey Silks button on the Barrier Trial form Training Analysis Tools Starter Views Window Help F Record Iree F2 g Be CHEN d or amp G2 i amp B gp a Race Calendar Race Search a Jockey Silks 1 Race No 2 On 14 07 2010 09 761 Race Data Race No 2 On 14 07 2010 09 761 Click to show horse records Click to show BEE e D 2 Di E s gt Di ze EN cothes ofnextrace Ss CES A A A 6 Hi pmo d Jockey Record High Medic Koenigsberg Bledisloe x jons Kimber Carissima Classa es Y T Cheng Fornune B Prebble W C Star Fortune HWLa Supreme C Click to show Stable i 2 K C Leung Marwi Beadman Z Puron ML Yeung G Cheyne TH So dothes of prior race Current Odds 5 Click to open Click to open Jockeys Course Standard Times jockey records Click to open Jockeys KH Clothes form Sectional Times Statistics Zz Clothes form 06 07 2010 Group 1 H 2 geen IW 19 45 Rtg Cls 60 40 4 enn m B FG Race HAF Group 4 150M si TABT 1006 4 Barracuda 1 39 2 G Mosse 1 Std Time 1 41 3 Sect Time 27 6 24 1 24 FEIT EE a pee Die e Ant On the form you may 1 Click on Jockey Silk picture to open the Horse form 2 Click on jockey names or horse names to open the Jockey form 3 Click on the Next Race and Prior Race button to navigate around races 4 Click on the Show Race Form button to open the Race Data form Please note that Jockey Silks for newly arrived horses or horses retired befor
267. e 28 Moving Toolbars 72 Multimedia amp Internet Functions 431 Multimedia Resources 188 Multiple instances 73 Multiple Instances ofa Form 78 N Notes Page Jockey Form 111 Notes Page Stable Form 114 Null Values 257 Null Values in Statistics 257 Number Search 74 NVL 425 Welkin Systems Limited O Occurs 399 Operators 448 Optional Arguments 253 Options and System Information 246 Over 395 Overseas Page Horse Form 107 P Padr 400 Particulars Page Horse Form 105 Past Record and Comprehensive Statistics Stable Form 113 Past Record of Horse 106 Past Record of Jockey 109 Pedigree 21 Pedigree Page Horse Form 106 Prediction Models 218 Print Race Data Race Data Form 102 Printing and Creating Reports 182 Printing or Exporting Statistics 224 Propagation of Null Values 257 Q QStr 424 Query Operators for Requirements 206 Questions amp Answers 464 Questions You May Asked After Upgrading to 9 0 464 Quoted MCL Expression Arguments 255 R Race and Meeting Information 314 Race Calendar Form 94 Race Data Form 95 Race Search Form 103 RaceMate Freezed When Starter View Being Opened 467 RaceMate Notice 245 RaceVar 348 Rearranging Position of Views in View List 136 Record ID 119 Record Tree Form 90 Registering and Activating RaceMate 23 Release Notes 36 Remark Page Race Data Form 100 484 RaceMate Reference Remarks about Inputting Chinese 33 Repea
268. e Class Any Starters Any E to Any E Track Any e Draw s Any to Any E Favourite Cre D Race No Any iy Age s E Weight s to Sp Odds S tj Body Weight s to m User Notes for Horses Horse Name L Jockey Name 2 Stable Name Ki The following form show the results Welkin Systems Limited 226 RaceMate Reference 8 49 Analysis Result ALL ell Is Criteria 04 07 2007 03 07 2008 Shatin First 09 09 2007 09 09 2007 Rain Check 2 0 09 09 2007 Champion Pioneer 4 8 09 09 2007 RocketPower 6 2 09 09 2007 Island Super 3 3 09 09 2007 FriendlyGains 1 9 Win 154 32 Avg Odd 2 75 2nd 66 14 3rd 52 11 The above form shows that if we have betted 10 in each race during the season 07 08 the total investment would then be 4 800 We would have won 154 races Since the average figure of the odds was 2 75 the return would then be 4 235 and a lost 565 13 would have been got Total 480 x 10 Investment 4 800 00 Return 154 x 2 75 x 10 4 235 00 565 0 13 Welkin Systems Limited ER RaceMate Reference 13 13 1 Exporting and Importing Data This chapter discusses how to export data into external files Microsoft Excel is the most common file format gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt Exporting Simple Race Data Exporting Horse Data Exporting or Copying Grids Cel
269. e all races will be processed In the 1st example all races no matter winning or losing will be counted In the 2nd example only records with HrFp 1 will be counted All distances will be returned in the resulting string In the third example only the races satisfying the filtering condition For HrFp 1 will be processed Therefore all losing races HrFp 1 is not true will neither be processed nor found in the returned string Horse Runs HrCountBy HrDistance Wins HrCountBy HrFp j 1 HrDistance Wins HrCountBy HrDistance For HrFPOQ 1 Wise Lover 1000 1 1200 3 1400 6 1600 1 1000 0 1200 1 14001 1600 0 1200 1 1400 1 Whiplash 1000 2 1200 2 1400 4 1000 0 120060 1400 2 1400 2 Lifeline Rapid 1000 3 1200 3 1400 17 160062 1000 0 1200 0 1400 2 1600 0 1400 2 Progressing 1000 7 1200 8 1400 6 1650 12 1000 0 1200 0 1400 0 1650 0 Master Majol 14001 1400 0 Lucky Danski 1000 2 1200 6 1400 10 1650 1 1000 0 1200 1 1400 2 1650 0 1200 1 1400 2 Siameric Te 1200 6 1400 1 1650 2 1200 3 1400 0 1650 0 1200 3 Lucky Dragot 1000 1 1200 1 1400 16 1600 1 1650 2 1000 0 1200 0 1400 2 1600 0 1650 0 1400 2 Honour Supr 1000 4 1200 24 1400 6 16001 1650 3 1000 0 1200 5 14000 1600 0 1650 0 1200 5 Super Snippe 14001 1400 0 Spokesman 1000 1 1200 12 1400 11 1600 2 1650 6 1000 0 1200 0 14001 1600 0 16502 14001 1650 2 Classabove 14003 1400 0 M
270. e notes about the figures in the picture e Very Fit won in the underlying race The date of the race has only been 42 days since 20 Feb 2005 Therefore the criterion win in 60 days since stable changed is satisfied The column Win in 60 Days is thus True and the column Stat Cnt is 1 Mighty Hugo has no stable change and therefore the Old Stable Date is Null Calculations involving a Null value will results in Null Therefore the column Win in 60 Days is null The Null value in a logical column is shown by a grey square in the checkbox The value of the Stat Cnt column will be 0 Pleas note that the IIF function regards a Null condition as False e Royal Army lost in the race Therefore the column Win in 60 Days is false and the column Stat Cnt is 0 Horse Old Stable Date Win in 60 Days Stat Cnt Very Fit 20 02 2005 Mighty Hugo NULL Leilati NULL 30 01 2005 First Among Equa NULL Stable Mail NULL Oscar Star 26 11 2003 Flying Bishop NULL Delightful Win 22 02 2004 Rice Field NULL Dashing Thunder 18 01 2004 Dashing Winner NULL Fruity Fruity NULL Sparkling Star 20 06 2004 o o Oo OO OO OO OO 70 0 OS SOS el leie Y T Welkin Systems Limited as RaceMate Reference Stat Column and Stat Groups In order to do a View Statistics a Stat Column must be found in the view A Stat Column must be of a Numeric data type RaceMate will sum up the value of the Stat Column as the stat
271. e of a set of values Null values inside the set will be ignored You may pass up to 27 arguments into the function Syntax Average xl1 x2 x3 x1 x2 x3 must be of numeric type Returns Numeric Examples Average Column This Rating Column Last Rating The average of the columns This Rating and Last Rating will be returned Average 12 NULL 24 18 will be returned by the above function NULL is ignored Average 12 0 24 12 will be returned by the above function 16 10 2 AverageNZ The AverageNZ function returns the average of a set of values Zero values will not be counted You may pronouns NZ as No Zero You may pass up to 27 arguments into the function Welkin Systems Limited am RaceMate Reference Syntax AverageNZ x1 x2 x3 x1 x2 x3 must be numbers Returns Numeric Examples AverageNZ Column This Rating Column Last Rating The average of the columns This Rating and Last Rating will be returned AverageNZ 2 0 Null 4 3 will be returned by the above function average of 2 and 4 Both 0O and NULL are ignored 16 10 3 Int A Visual FoxPro built in function which returns the integer part of a number Syntax Int nExpr Returns Numeric Example Int 3 75 Returns integer 3 16 10 4 Maximum The Maximum function returns the maximum of a set of values Null values inside the set will be ignored Syntax Maximum x1 x2
272. e of cBeginDelim in cSearchExpression to start the extraction nFlag Specify the type of controls placed on the search End delimiter not required Specifies that a search which finds no occurrence of cEndDelim returns the contents of cSearchExpression from the cBeginDelim location Include the delimiters in the returned expression The default is a case sensitive search in which delimiters must be found no nFlag value Returns Character Example StrExtract ABCDaATC B A Returns CDa StrExtract ABCDaATC b a 1 1 Returns CD StrExtract ABCDaATC a c 2 1 Returns AT StrExtract ABCDaATC b k 1 3 Returns CDaATC 16 11 1 SubStr A Visual FoxPro built in function which returns a character string from the given character expression Syntax SubStr cExpression nStartPosition nCharactersReturned Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference Argument cExpression Specifies the character expression from which the character string is returned StartPosition Specifies the position in the character expression cExpression from where the character string is returned The first character of cExpression is position 1 nCharactersReturned Specifies the number of characters to return from cExpression If you omit nCharactersReturned characters are returned until the end of the character expression is reached Returns Character 16 11 1Trim A Visu
273. e result except that HrTwCount 7 R returns characters which may not be used in calculations See also HrABTCount HrfwCount HrGBTCount 16 5 14 HrTwCount JrTwCount SrTwCount The functions return the statistics on activities of a horse during a number of days specified by the first argument before the underlying race You may specify which types of activities you want by passing a list of control symbols into the second argument of the function The following figure shows how data are displayed in a column Horse Gp Jg 5w Ib 4b Gb Art Trader RARE a Winning Kevin 112 131 California Bishop 19 76 1 1 Industrial Success 3 9 Northerner 11 71 f 4 14 Fortune Smiles 212 GES Fighting Mascot 4 12 Dashing Champiot 3 10 14 Millennium Spirit 1 8 4 Gallant Knight 2 6 EL a 4 Stable Mail La ET King Of Fish 6 68 90 2 Syntax 1 HrTwCount nDays cTemplate cZeroMark nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrTwCount nDays cTemplate cZeroMark nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrTwCount nDays cTemplate cZeroMark nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 313 Syntax 2 HrTwCount DayX DayY cTemplate cZeroMark nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrTwCount DayX DayY cTemplate cZeroMark nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrTwCount DayX DayY cTemplate cZeroMark nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal
274. e season 2009 2010 may be missing Horse Form The Horse form is usually opened by e double clicking on a horse s name in any form e clicking Data Horse on the menu bar gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt Particulars Page Horse Form Pedigree Page Horse Form Past Record and Comprehensive Statistics for Horse Form Overseas Page Horse Form Wins Page Horse Form Trackwork Horse Form Links Page Horse Form Horse List Page Horse Form Welkin Systems Limited Main Data Forms 105 5 6 1 Particulars Page Horse Form This page show general information about a horse including trainer rating origin and so on Grey Sex Gelding Age 4 PPG NZ Last Start 01 07 2008 Cho Man Chi Lam Hui Mak Ho Shing amp Lam Fou Wo Mark Note A Inputting Your Notes You may input your own comments and notes about the horse into the edit box at the left bottom of the page Before editing you may need to press Ctrl E or push the Edit button of the toolbar to put the form into the Edit Mode After finishing editing press Ctrl S to save your change Editing Mark Notes Input your Mark Note into the edit box at the right bottom of the page Both Mark Note and Note are your comments about the horse However when you have entered Mark Note for a horse there will be a star shown in the column of the Declaration View to remind y
275. e your mouse over the header of a column you will see a balloon tip showing the remark for the column You may turn this tip on or off in the Edit View form Newly added built in view shown in red In order to draw users attention to newly added built in views whenever a new built in view is added into RaceMate its name will be shown in red in the view list Once you have opened the view its color will return to black 2 Saving an existing view as a new view Now you can save an existing view as a new view This is the fastest way of creating a new view from an existing view You may then edit the newly created view without changing the structure of an existing view 3 Read only built in views In the past all built in views are editable You can add or remove columns froma built in view without any restriction However this was a problem for developers to update built in views even if they found mistakes or improvement needs in the views It is because any update to a built in view may overwrite changes made by users or break the formulae added by users A new type of built in view namely ready only built in view is therefore introduced A read only built in view is not editable However users may save the view as a new editable view for their own customization needs 4 New Best Distance view The newly added Best Distance view is the first read only view of RaceMate It shows the winning percentage of horses jockeys an
276. eValueExpr nRaces fCondition eDefaultValue cIncluding JrMaximum eValueExpr nRaces fCondition eDefaultValue cIncluding SrMaximum eValueExpr nRaces fCondition eDefaultValue cIncluding Argument Description Senge e Datum the maximum of which is to be eValueExpr found HrDvdWin Data type of expression Any Number of latest races counting back from the underlying race to be averaged The races must be meeting nRaces the condition specified by fCondition If nRaces is omitted all races meeting fCondition will be included If total number of races meeting Welkin Systems Limited ze RaceMate Reference fCondition is smaller than nRaces the function will perform calculations on only the available races You may use the HrCount function to check how many races have been counted If argument fCondition is passed the races nRaces will only be selected from those meeting fCondition The fCondition argument is composed of a For clause and a While clause A For clause causes the function to i z fCondition act on each record that meets the Ee specified logical condition A While clause causes the function to stop action once the logical expression evaluates to false Both For and While clauses are optional Default value returned when no race satisfying the specified condition can be eDefaultValue found The data type of this value must be iden
277. eaesesaaeeseeeeesaeenseeeeeeeee 116 Links Page Daily Track Work FOr ssccesscessseeeseeeeeeneeesneeesneeseneessaeseaeeeaneesaaesesaeeseaneesaeeesaeesseneeseeeeeseeeees 117 Jump by Double Clicking a Column ee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenees 117 Defining Double Click ACtiONS cccssceesseeeseeeseeeeeeeeeeeneessaeeesaeeseseeeesaesesaeesaeeeeaaesesaeeseeneessaeeesaeeseeneeeeeeeeseeeees 117 F rms and Record DS sisanne aaaea aa aea aaa Kaa aaia Eda aeaaea aaeeea 119 Comprehensive Statistics and Record Query FOrM ssssssssssssrnsnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 119 Welkin Systems Limited Part VI Views Management 1 Type 1 Starter Views sasana nunaa AAKA dee neces Sethe ES Defining Starter VEW tere ege NEEN ee r atig statter VIEWS e e degen dee e e eted EE deene ed eieiei RW EECE View Header dcrccg it EELER EE ao Example Creating a Starter View Advanced Settings of View Columns Filtering Past RECO dS Sita sited me iia heave alice Sitti PA a es Rearranging Position of Views in View Let Exporting and Importing View Gtruchres ennen Copying a Starter View Show History in Starters View S ccccsscecsseeesseesseeeeseeeeeeeesaeeesaneesaeeesaaeeeaeeseaneesaaeeesaeessaaseseaeeeeaeeeseeeseeeeesaeees Flis tory TRACKS EE SOrting and Groupings EE Sorting in Individual History Groups Setting Values amp Choosing MCL Variables Filtering Records in Starters VIEWS s lt asiisiescissessesc
278. earest day after cFlag A or before cFlag B this date will be returned cFlag A or omitted The Start ID of an start on dDate will be returned If no eligible start is found on dDate the ID of an eligible start on the nearest day after this date will be returned If there is more than one eligible start on the day the Start ID of the day s last start will be returned B The Start ID of an eligible start before dDate will be returned If there is more than one eligible start on the day the Start ID of the day s last start will be returned Returns Character Width 8 See Also HrStartID JrStartID SrStartID HrRaceID JrRaceID SrRaceID 16 3 58 HrStakes JrStakes SrStakes The functions return the accumulated stakes of the horse Please note that the functions always return the total stakes up to the season the underlying start takes place rather than the stakes up to a particular race Therefore you may see the same figure returned by these functions on different races of the same season Warning Stakes data are stored season by season These functions will give accurate figures only for new races or the last starts of horses of a season Syntax HrStakes cFlag Welkin Systems Limited 22 RaceMate Reference JrStakes cFlag SrStakes cFlag Omitted or blank Accumulated stakes up to the season of the underlying start Average accumulated stakes per race Local stakes
279. eason 2001 2002 See also HrSeason JrSeason SrSeason HrSeasonRace JrSeasonRace SrSeasonRace 16 6 43 HrSeasonRace JrSeasonRace SrSeasonRace The functions return a string showing the racing season and the race number in the season 2000 214 stands for the 214th race in season 2000 2001 Syntax HrSeasonRace nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrSeasonRace nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrSeasonRace nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Character Width 9 Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 335 16 6 44 HrSectionalTime JrSectionalTime SrSectionalTime The above functions return the sectional time of a race Syntax HrSectionalTime nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrSectionalTime nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrSectionalTime nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 34 Example of Returned Value 24 1 23 7 23 4 See also HrAccSectionalTime JrAccSectionalTime SrAccSectionalTime HrSectionTime JrSectionTime SrSectionTime 16 6 45 HrSectionalTimew JrSectionalTimew SrSectionalTimew These functions are identical to their original versions except that they return 2 digits after the decimal point Click on the link below to see the syntax of the functions HrSectionalTime JrSectionalTime SrSectionalTime Returns Character W
280. eaves out any incompatible features dick Yes p e To preserve the features dick No Then save a copy in the latest Excel format To see what might be lost dick Help yes No Heb Importing View Data From Excel Files Importing View Data From Excel Files or Tab Delimited Files Click on the Import Data button to import data from from an Excel file into a view If this file is a true Excel file your computer must have Microsoft Excel installed If this is a RaceMate exported file Microsoft Excel is not required Welkin Systems Limited Exporting and Importing Data 2 hret NNE Export Data Import Data __Modify New Delete Ven Recalc Jet Pedigree Export Data Import Data User Comment Test MCL Draw Statistics E Sort in Horse Dark Horses amp Long S Which Column will be Imported RaceMate will import only the following columns that meet the following criteria 1 The name of the Excel column exactly match the name of the view column 2 The column is a user input column Importing Files with a Primary Key Although primary key is not necessary for importing it has the following advantage e The sheet to be imported can contain data of many races e You can import data into races no matter they are currently displaying or not The heading of the primary key must be Season Race HorseNo The content of it should be as
281. ed Sum in group Sum Sumingroup Min Minimum in group An arbitrary value in group After The formula in this column will be evaluated after all statistics are done and before the results are shown Usually this type of columns is for converting non intuitive statistical results into readable or presentable values Below is a screen capture of the structure of the Average Time Statistics built in view Average Time Statistics Le Average speed of horses under differe save cac Insert View Save Save As New View Delete View ID View Column Criterion Requirement Order Stat Hide 10 Season 11 Distance 12 Course 13 Track 14 Race Cls 15 Time 16 Time Seconds 17 Std Time SS gggg8 All races with the same season distance course track and race class will be put into the same group The average time value of each group is calculated and put into the Std Time column of the result table as shown below Welkin Systems Limited Statistics and Data Analysis 215 Season Distance Course Track Race Cls Std Time 1000 HY A 4 0 58 1 2005 1000 HY B 3 0 57 8 H 2005 1000 HY B 4 0 58 5 2005 1000 HY B 5 0 58 4 F 2005 1000 HY C 2 0 57 9 a 2005 1000 HY C 3 0 58 5 p 2005 1000 HY E 4 0 58 5 4 2005 1000 HY C 5 0 58 6 2005 1000 HM C 3 5 0 58 6 2005 1000 SH 4 3 0 58 1 2005 1000 SH 4 4 53 5 lf STT ET er ee aL a Please note the difference amo
282. ed column before the Wt column Don t forget to set the column type to Character and Chars Digits to 12 see the figure below 3 Define Stat Groups Set the following columns as Stat Group A letter g will be shown at the left of the column name in the column list Horse Name Season No FP Rtg R1 Comment 4 Define Stat Column Set the column FP as Stat Column A letter s will be show at the left of the column in the column list Welkin Systems Limited 236 RaceMate Reference ree Edit View view Name User Comment Chinese Mode Equivalent RB Description Horse Comment ancel Exit Starters view Entries view Columns g Comment Horse Note Mark Note C Show Formula Row Height 17 Columns Locked 2 vWC10015 C18 _ Betting Index Top3 Rtg Column ID Ap Stat Column Stat Group Export Ge mat Character v Advanced C Auto Resize Heading Width pixel Type Save Format Decimal Built In Item User Defined Item RunnersList HrRating For HrFp lt 3 O User Input Remark l Note Advance Data Export is actually using a statistical view to retrieve data from RaceMate s database Even if we are not interested in any statistical item we still need to set one If we choose FP finishing position as the statistical column the average maximum and
283. ed condition can be cDefaultValue found The data type of this value must be identical to that of normal return value When applying the function to past records by default races in the underlying meeting are not included You may use this argument to change the scope See the following page for details The cIncluding Argument For HrFP 1 While HrDate gt Date 1999 9 1 cIncluding Returns Character Examples HrSumCount HrWinTicket 3 The above example returns the sum and count of win investment of the last 3 races of the horse If the above function is put into a column WinTK the following functions will returns the sum count and average from the result respectively Sum ListVal Column WinTk 1 Count ListVal Column WinTk 2 Average Column Sum Column Count HrSum HrWinTicket 4 For HrDistance 1400 The above example returns the sum and count of win investment of the last 4 1400m races of the horse HrSum HrWinTicket For HrDistance 1400 and HrAveRating gt 100 95003 The above example returns the sum of win investment of all races meeting the following conditions 1 1400m race 2 Average rating of the race is greater than 100 If there is no past race satisfying the condition the default value 95003 will be returned Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 379 16 8 15 HrXAverage JrXAverage SrXAverage The above functions are s
284. ed condition can be eDefaultValue found The data type of this value must be identical to that of normal return value When applying the function to past records by default races in the underlying meeting are not included You may use this argument to change the scope See the following page for details The cIncluding Argument For HrFP 1 While HrDate gt Date 1999 9 1 cIncluding Returns Data type of eValueExpr 16 8 17 HrXMaxStartID JrXMaxStartID SrXMaxStartID The above functions are similar to functions HrMaxStartID JrMaxStartID and SrMaxStartID except 1 If the number of races meeting fCondition is smaller than nRaces the function will return NULL 2 Although the functions accept 5 arguments the 4th argument of HrXMaxStartID JrXMaxStartID SrXMaxStartID will always be ignored Syntax HrXMaxStartID eValueExpr nRaces fCondition cDefaultValue cIncluding JrXMaxStartID eValueExpr nRaces fCondition cDefaultValue cIncluding SrXMaxStartID eValueExpr nRaces fCondition cDefaultValue cIncluding Argument Description Senge e Datum the maximum of which is to be eValueExpr found HrDvdWin e Data type of expression Any e Number of latest races counting back nRaces from the underlying race to be Welkin Systems Limited 382 RaceMate Reference averaged The races must be meeting the condition specified by fConditi
285. ed or equals to 0 margin behind the leading horse of all sections will be returned in a character string composed of a list of decimal numbers When nSection is a positive number it is a section number counting from the starting point i e 1 for the first section and 2 for the second etc The margin behind the leading horse for the section will be returned as a numeric value When nSection is a negative number it is a section number counting from the finishing point i e 1 for the last section and 2 for the 2nd last etc The margin behind the leading horse for the section will be returned as a numeric value See Arguments of MCL functions for details about other arguments Returns Numeric decimal 2 See Also HrSectPositions JrSectPositions SrSectPositions HrSectTime JrSectTime SrSectTime HrTime JrTime SrTime HrSeconds JrSeconds SrSeconds HrMargin JrMargin SrMargin HrMarginLen JrMarginLen SrMarginLen HrMarginLenX JrMarginLenX SrMarginLenX HrSectMargins JrSectMargins SrSectMargins 16 3 49 HrSectPositions JrSectPositions SrSectPositions If the 1st argument is omitted the functions return the positions of all sections of the underlying horse If a number if passed into the 1st argument the position of a particular section will be returned Syntax HrSectPositions nSection nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cI
286. ed view are the settings in the first save of the colurm definitions Sometimes you may want the keep your recent changes and don t want them being reset accidentally Clicking on the Save Format button will mark the current settings as the default Future clicks on the left top small reset button of a view will put the view into these saved settings 33 View Remark Remarks about the view for your future reference 34 Show View Rmk Once this box is checked when your mouse is positioned above the view name on the view list of the Race Data form a popup window showing the view remark will be shown 35 Show Colm Rmk Once this box is checked when your mouse is positioned above the heading of a view column in the Race Data form a popup showing the remark about the column will be shown 36 Header Expression On the Race Data form you can show MCL function results and text in the text box above the view table The Header Expression box is for editing how to show such data See the View Header page for details Modifying Existing Views Click on the Modify button below the view list to modify a view Adding a New Column Click on Append to add a new column at the end or Insert to add a new column just above the currently selected column Built in Column A built in column is a ready made colurm selectable from the Built In Item dropdown list A built in column comes with predefined format and data type You may edit its
287. eeeeeenees 457 Part XVIII Questions amp Answers 464 1 Questions You May Asked After Upgrading to 9 0 cccccsseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenees 464 2 How Can I Display Chinese in English Windows cc cccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeaneeees 465 Welkin Systems Limited Contents 15 3 Chinese Characters Becomes Garbage ccesececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesenees 466 4 RaceMate Frozen When Starter View Being Opened cccecccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 467 Part XIX Technical Reference 470 1 Data Range for Hong Kong EGition ccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenees 470 Part XX License Agreement 474 477 Index Welkin Systems Limited 18 RaceMate Reference 1 1 Introduction to RaceMate Thank you for using RaceMate the most popular and powerful software on racing analyses This documentation is designed to be an easy to use aid for RaceMate It is organized to take you through basic usage to advanced troubleshooting Besides using this Help file you can get more help by downloading RaceMate manuals from our web site http www RaceMateNet Com You may also see a lot of techniques and examples about RaceMate usage at http RaceMate wordpress com You are welcome to send your questions and feedback to Contact RaceMateNet Com gt gt gt See the following topics in this section to learn more about RaceMate lt lt lt
288. eeeeeesseeeeeeeeees 292 HrHorseNote JrHorseNote SrHorseNote cceseceessceseeeeeeeeeeseeeesseeseneesaesesneeeesneeseaesnsaeeseeeeseneenseeeees 293 HrJockey JrJockey SrJockey 1 eessen 293 HrJockeyClass JrJockeyClass SrdockeyClass ssssessseeeseeeeseeeesneeeeeeeesseeeesaeeeeneeseaeeesaeeeeeeeeseneeeeeeeeas 293 HrJockeyEngAbbr JrJockeyEngAbbr SrJockeyEngAbbr s scsssceceseeeeseeeeseeeeeeeeseneeesneeeeseeesseeeeseeeees 294 HrJockeyID JrJockey D SrJockeyID sssccessceeeseeeeseeeesneeeeseeeeseeeesaeeeesnesseesesaeeeeaeeessaesesaeeseeneeeeeaeeseeeees 294 HrJockeyRetired JrJockeyRetired SrdockeyRetired cessccessceeeseeeeseeesseeeesaeeeeeeeessnesesaeeeeeeeesseeeeseeeees 294 HrNoteMark JrNoteMark SrNoteMark cssscecesseeeseeeeseeeeeeneeesneeesaeeeeaneesenesesaeeseeneessaesesaeeseeeeesseaenseeeeas 295 HrOrigin JrOrigin E TU E 295 HrOriginCategory JrOriginCategory SrOriginCategory 295 HrOw nert JrOw ner SrOW nert Iessen 296 HrRetired JrRetired SrRetired 1 Seen 296 HrSameBlood JrSameBlood SrSameBlood seceeseceeeseeeeeeeeeseeeeseeeeeeeeseneeesaeeeeeneeesnesesaeeeeeeeeseeeeeseeeees 296 aigelR LR TT Cu E ER lu etx saueasenssny cetscvsteveteacieisnceacesies 297 HrSDDam JrSDDam SrSDDarm ssecsecsecseeeeseeeeeseeseeseeseeseeseeseeseeeeeseesaeesesseeseseseeseaseaseaesaeeaeseeseeseeeees
289. eeeeseeeees 307 ErBTrial EE E Le KE 307 HrGallop1200Best JrGallop1200Best SrGallop1200BeSt csscceseeeeseeeeseeeeeseeeeseeeesaeeeeeeeesseeeeseeeees 309 HrGallop1200Stat JrGallop1200Stat SrGallop1 200Stat esescesseeeesseeeseeeesneeeeeeeesseeeesaeeeeseeeseeeensneeeees 309 HrGallop400Best JrGallop400Best SrGallop40OBeSt sseccesseeeeseesseeeseeeeeneeseaeeesneeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeees HrGallop400Stat JrGallop400Stat SrGallop400Stat HrGallop800Best JrGallop800Best SrGallop800Best HrGallop800Stat JrGallop800Stat SrGallop800Stat Se HrGBTCount JPGBTCount SrGBTCount sssccesseeseeeesseeeeseeesseeeesneeeesneesnesesaeeseeneesenesesaeeeeeneeseeeeeeaeeeees HrRGBTCount JFRGBTCount SrTRGBTCOUNt ssesseeseseeeeseeseeeeeeeeesesseeeeeseeeeeeseeseaeeeseaeeaeeaeseeeeeseeeeneeenees HrTw Count JrTw Count SrTW Count scessccessceeesseeeseeeeseeeeeneeesneeesaeeeeseeesanesesaeeseeeeeseaesesaeeseeneeseeeeesaeeeeas 6 Race and Meeting Information cccceeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeneeeeesenees Coming Date E 316 CurRunHorses 316 Re E AD Ene a E E E EE EEES 318 HrAccSectionalTime JrAccSectionalTime SrAccSectionalTime lee REENEN 318 HrAccSectionalTimew JrAccSectionalTimew SrAccSectionalTimew lee NEEN 319 HrAveRating JrAveRating SrAveRating cessceessecesseeeesee
290. eeeeseeeeseeeeeeeeeesneeesneeseaneesaesesaeeseeneeseaeeesaeeseeneeseeeeeseeeees 275 HrSectionPos JrSectionPos SrSectionPos esscceseceesseeeeeeeeeseeeeeaeeeeeneesaesesaeeeeeneessaesesaeeseeneeseeeeeseeeees 275 HrSectMargins JrSectMargins SrSectMargins scsssecessesseeeeseeeeeseeessneeesaeeeeeneeseaeeesaeeeeeeeeseeeensaeeees 275 HrSectMargLens JrSectMargLens SrSectMargLens sssccsssccessceeesseeeseeeseeeeeneesseeeesaeeeeeneeeseeeeseeeees 276 HrSectMargLensX JrSectMargLensX SrSectMargLensX 277 HrSectPositions JrSectPositions SrSectPOSitionS ccessceeseceeeseeeeeeeeeseeeesaeeeeeeeeesaeeesaeeseeeeseeeeeseeeees 277 HrSectTime JrSectTime SrSectTime essceessceeeseeeeseeeseeeeeeneeesneeesneeseseeensaeeesaeeseeneeseaeeesaeeeeeneeseaeeesaeeeees 278 HrSectTimew JrSectTimew SrSeCtTimew cessceesseeesseeeeseeeeseeeesseeeeseeeseaesesaeeseaneessaesesaeeseeneeeeeeeeseeeees 279 HrSpecialBit JrSpecialBit SrSpecialBit scccesseesseceesseeeeseeeeseeeeseeeeeeneeeseeeesaeeeeeneessaeeesaeeseeeeesseeeeeeeeees 279 HrSpecialBitAbbr JrSpecialBitAbbr SrSpecialBitADDr secceescecesseeeseeeeseeeeeeeesseeeesaeeeeeneeeeeeeeseeeees 279 HrSpeed IrSpeed SrSpeed sseeesceeesseesseeeeseeeeeeneeesaeeesaeeeeneesseeeesaeeeeaneesaeeesaeeeesneeseaesesaeeeeeeeeseaeeeseeeees 280 HrStablePrefence JrStablePrefence SrStablePrefence
291. eeseeeeseeeeeneessaeeesaeeeesneessaeeesaeeseeneeeseeeeseeeees 319 HrClassGroup JrClassGroup SrClaSSGroup ssscsssceesseeeeseeeseeeeseeeesneeseeeeesneeseeneeseaeeesaeeseeneesseeeeeaeeeees 319 HrCourse JrCourse SrCOUrSE essceeseeeseeeeseeeeeeneessaeeesaeeseneesaeeesaeeseaneesaaeeesaeeseenessaeeesaeeseeeeeeseeeeseeeees 319 HrCourseDist JrCourseDist SrCourseDist 320 HrCourselD JrCourselD SrCoursSelD s scesscceseeeeseeeeseeeeeeneeeseeeesneeeeseeeeaeeesaeeseeneeseaeeesaeeseneeeeeeeesaeeeeas 320 HrCupName JrCupName SrCupName cssccceseeeeseeeesseeeeeeeesseeeesaeeeeaneesaesesaeeseeneeseaesesneeseeeeeeeeeeeseeeees 321 FirDate drDate SrBate E HrDayNight JrDayNight SrDayNight csssceeesseesseeeesseeeeeeeeeseeeeeaeeeeseeesaeesesaeeseeeeessaesesaeeseaeeeeseeeeseeeas HrDayNote JrDayNote SrDayNote scssscessceeeseeeeseeeesseeeeeeeesseeeesaeeeesneesaaeeesaeeseeneesaeeesaeeseneeeeeeeeseeeees HrDaysAgo JrDaysAgo SrDaysAgo HrDistance JrDistance SrDistanCe esseesceceseeeeseeeeseeeeeeeeeeseeeesneeeeneesaeeesaeeseeneessaeeesaeeeeeeeeseaeesaeeeees HrDistTrack JrDistTrack SrDistTrack HrDvd JrDvd SrDvd Iessen HrDvdPlace JrDvdPlace SrDvdPlace HrDvdTrio JrDvdTrio SrDOvd Trio eseceeseeeeseeeeeeeeeseeeeseeeeeneeesneeesneeeesneesaesesaeeeeeneesaesesaeeseeneeseeeensaeeeees HrDvdWin JrDvdWi
292. eeseees 297 w ll Ee E BEER e E 298 Welkin Systems Limited Contents 1 ae Be E e E EE 298 HrSickHistory JrSickHistory SrSiCKHIStOry cs cssseeesseeeeeeeeeseeeeeseeeeneesseesesaeeeeaneessneeesaeeseeneeseeeeeseeeees 298 HrSire Jare rte Leute geesde REESEN Eed 300 HrSSDar JrSSDam NEGRI AE 301 HrSSire ItSSire SrSSire arrea ae raean ar aaae a Aaaa ae aa Aaa aeaa raa aS aar doha e daaa iaaa aaaea 301 HrSSSire 3 JrSSSire SrSSSire scsicececcesceccecccescentsccnsweccsenceceateatesceeesentectecacesecssudacetecsesevecesseatendcetnadtencecnts 301 HrStable JrStable SrStable 1 REENEN 302 HrStableAbbr JrStableAbbr SrStableAbbr e cessceeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeaeeeeneesseeeesaeeseeneessaeeesaeeseneeeeeeeesaeenees 302 HrStablelD JrStablelD SrStablelD AE 302 HrStableRetired JrStableRetired SrStableRetired cesscesseccesseeeseeeeseeseseeeeeeeeeseeeeesaeeeeeneesseeeeeneeeees 303 5 Track Work Intormaton ENEE 303 HrABTCount JPABTCount STABTCOUNL essesseseeeeeseeseeseeseeeeeeeeeeeeeesaesseeseeseeseeeeseaeeaseaeeaeeaesaeeneseeeenseenenes 303 HrActivity JrActivity SrACtivity 1 ee 304 HrTw ResumeDate JrTw ResumeDate SrTw ResumeDate ccssceeeseeeeseeeesneeeeeneesseeeesaeeeseeeeseneenseeeees 306 HrBestGallopSect JrBestGallopSect SrBestGallopSect essscssceeseeeeseeseseeeeeeneeeseeeesaeeeeeneess
293. eference 16 3 24 HrLoadDiff JrLoadDiff SrLoadDiff The functions return the difference in weight before deducting apprentice allowance of the horse between the underlying race and previous race Syntax HrLoadDiff nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrLoadDiff nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrLoadDiff nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Numeric See Also HrWeight HrLoadDiffStr HrNetLoadDiff 16 3 25 HrLoadDiffStr JrLoadDiffStr SrLoadDiffStr The functions are similar to the HrLoadDiff JrLoadDiff and SrLoadDiff functions except that the loading difference is returned in a character string with a sign in positive value and sign in negative value Syntax HrLoadDiffStr nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrLoadDiffStr nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrLoadDiffStr nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 3 See Also HrWeight HrLoadDiff HrNetLoadDiff 16 3 26 HrMargin JrMargin SrMargin The functions return the margin between the winning horse and the underlying horse Syntax HrMargin nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrMargin nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrMargin nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 10 Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 2 See also HrMarg
294. egitimate records Number of latest races counting back from the underlying race to be averaged The races must be meeting the condition specified by fCondition If nRaces is omitted all races meeting aRAces fCondition will be included If total number of races meeting fCondition is smaller than nRaces the function will perform calculations on only the available races You may use the HrCount function to check how many races have been counted If argument fCondition is passed the races nRaces will only be selected from those meeting fCondition The fCondition argument is composed of a For clause and a While clause A For clause causes the function to fCondition act on each record that meets the specified logical condition A While clause causes the function to stop action once the logical expression evaluates to false Both For and While clauses are optional Default value returned when no race satisfying the specified condition can be cDefaultValue found The data type of this value must be identical to that of normal return value When applying the function to past records by default races in the underlying meeting are not included You may use this argument to change the scope See the following page for details The cIncluding Argument eBreakdownExpr HrDistance 1 For HrFP 1 While HrDate gt Date 1999 9 1 cIncluding Returns Welkin Systems Limi
295. elocating Columns In new statistical views you will not be able to relocate a column by directly dragging it into a new location In order to move it you need to open the structure of the view in the Definition of Statistical Views form and use the arrow buttons at the right bottom of the form to relocate a column line Welkin Systems Limited so RaceMate Reference 2 7 What is New in RaceMate 8 0 Database Engine Upgrade The database engine of RaceMate 8 0 has been upgraded to Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9 0 Service Pack 1 Microsoft has fixed many significant bugs in this Service Pack 1 making this release of Visual FoxPro the most stable version Record Tree The Record Tree is an innovative design which combines features of the Calendar Race Horse Jockey and Stable forms into an expandable and collapsible data tree Both backward past and forward future records can be shown in the tree You can follow detailed history of each horse jockey and stable by expanding the nodes unlimited levels of the tree Opening two Record Trees side by side is an excellent way to compare two different records scenarios You can even configure the numbers of past and future records shown in the tree to meet you own requirements The Record Tree is actually a data navigator for opening different data forms For example clicking on a race record will open the Race Data form clicking on a horse record will open the Horse Data form and so
296. ems Limited 25 RaceMate Reference Investments of the horse in last 3 runnings In the following example the MCL expression contains two MCL functions HrSum HrWinTickets HrPlaceTickets 3 16 1 7 The DefaultVal Argument Many MCL functions accept a DefaultVal argument If the target race cannot be found the value passed to the DefaultVal argument will be returned For example the syntax of the HrBodyWeight function is as follows HrBodyWeight nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal The following function call returns the body weight of the horse in its last start If last start does not exist at all 1050 pounds will be returned HrBodyWeight 1 1050 16 1 8 The cincluding Argument A jockey may take part in more than one race in a meeting A stable may start more than one horse in a race When we are doing analysis on a race especially a coming race usually we do not want data of other races of the same day to be included For example we are doing statistics for a jockey in the 6 th race of the meeting on 20 3 2008 usually we do not want data of other races of the same meeting say the 4 th race of in the same day to be counted The cIncluding parameter can control whether races in the same meeting are taken into account Including If you do not pass any value to the cIncluding parameter races in the same meeting will not be taken into account by default Starts of the same meeting will be taken into acc
297. ered past records Welkin Systems Limited no RaceMate Reference 5 7 2 2 Define comprehensive criteria to carry statistics and queries on past records 3 Carry out comprehensive statistics Further more you may do the following on the form e Create your own view with the data columns that you need e Add or remove columns from existing views e Setting a period to limit the records retrieved e Create a filter to retrieve only the records which meet the criteria you want Detailed operation instructions and functions of each elements of the page are shown on the page Comprehensive Statistics and Record Query under the chapter Statistics and Data Analysis Jockey C Y Ho Category Apprentice 3 Particulars Notes o Basic Col Coh 2 RaceMate Jockey ID DE 1History Stat 2Wins 4 Links 0 Jockey List Seasons Period 10 11 D 27 11 2011 27 11 2011 9 Captain Sweet 2011 200 27 11 2011 8 Ever Beauty 2011 197 27 11 2011 5 Bet On Me 2011 196 27 11 2011 4 Matsukaze 2011 195 27 11 2011 3 Mustang 2011 193 27 11 2011 1 Really the Best 2011 187 23 11 2011 3 How Wonderful 2011 185 23 11 2011 1 Gracytom 2011 184 20 11 2011 10 Best City Wins Page Jockey Form This page shows breakdowns of number of wins under different conditions The following picture show a
298. ero Syntax Over x1 x2 Returns Returns the result of an divide operation of 2 values Null values will be returned if the denominator is zero Welkin Systems Limited 396 RaceMate Reference Examples Over 3 4 Returns 0 75 Over 3 0 Returns NULL 16 10 7 Sum The Sum function returns the sum of a set of values Null values inside the set will be ignored You may pass up to 27 arguments into the function Syntax Sum x1 x2 x3 x1 x2 x3 must be numbers Returns Numeric Examples Sum Column This Rating Column Last Rating The sum of the columns This Rating and Last Rating will be returned Sum 12 NULL 24 36 will be returned by the above function NULL is ignored Sum 12 0 24 36 will be returned by the above function 16 11 String Functions This group of functions is used for manipulating character data gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt At Atc Left Like LTrim Occurs Padr Replicate Right StrExtract Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 397 e SubStr e Tim 16 11 1 An A Visual FoxPro built in function which returns a number of telling the position of a characters expression in another character expression Syntax At cSearchExpression cExpressionSearched nOccurrence Argument cSearchExpression Specifies the character expression to search for in cExpressionSearched cEx
299. ersonal notes can be search and are fully integrated with the statistics and data searching system of RaceMate Welkin Systems Limited z RaceMate Reference 1 2 Custom Screen layouts and User Defined Reports e You may the layouts of starters views by adding new data columns or deleting existing columns e Statistical figures can be inserted into user defined columns e You may insert unlimited columns of personal notes and rating into a starters view e Using RaceMate s User Report Designer you may design your our reports for printing data of races Remarks Track work data of RaceMate Hong Kong Editions starts from 1992 Track work data for other editions may be simpler and start later System Requirements RaceMate runs on an IBM PC compatible computer The minimum system requirements of RaceMate are as follows Hardware Requirements IBM PC compatible CPU 32 MB RAM 128MB RAM recommended Internet Connect or Modem for updating your RaceMate data At least 250Mb free hard disk space for future data growth and working space for user define views 350Mb are recommended Operating System RaceMate runs on any of the following operating systems e Windows 98 e Windows Me e Windows 2000 e Windows XP e Windows Vista e Windows 7 or above Note RaceMate does not run on Windows 3 x and Windows NT Windows Security Rights e RaceMate may update its program files while normal data update Therefore it must
300. es e While keeping the user interface simple a number of new criteria items have been added into the criteria list of the Race Query and Comprehensive Statistics form You can now do almost any statistics under any grouping by simple mouse clicks Statistical Views and Criteria Library In prior versions only a predefined set of criteria are available for choosing In version 9 0 you can define new criteria by inputting MCL functions You can even add your criteria into the new MCL Criteria Library for future use In old versions the system will not keep any record of criteria selections that you make on the query form That means you have to reselect all the criteria next time you want to carry out the same statistics In version 9 0 you can save what you selected as views The views will be available in the view list of the query page for future access Views in Horse Jockey and Stable Forms Views are now available in the horse jockey and stable forms You will see a couple of built in views in these forms You may also design your own views to retrieve the data that you need and calculate the statistics that you want A new Stat Views page will replace the History page You can now create user input columns in the new Stat Views for entering comments and ratings You can edit input columns of other views In other words an input column can be shared by more than one view Sharing and Hiding Views As described above a view
301. es 4 T Millard K T Yeu Kaiser s Prize C Fownes G Mosse Ip Doucai T W Leung O Doleuze R 55 1 Jade Dancer D J Hall R Fradd R 59 Noble Wind T K Ng G Schofield R 58 Sir Octavius P F Yiu W M Lai R 53 D Happy Master K L Man D Whyte R Sure Joy C H Yip B Prebble R 55 D 1 B Prebble CH Yip 28 06 06 691 10008 60 404 GY 04 06 06 644 10008 60 4064 GY 29 03 06 492 1200AWT 60 404 12 03 06 447 1000C 60 4064 G F ke wa e A es Ane gt _ on Oh OO bk Wh V on gt a 4 A Record Tree is by default a dockable form You may hold down your mouse on the title bar of a Record Tree and drag it out of the main RaceMate window or even put it into another monitor if your computer has more than one monitor installed Putting the Record Tree into another monitor can maximize your working space Configuring the Record Tree Click on the Option button at the top of the Record Tree to open the Record Tree Options form On the form you may specify numbers of past records and future records to be displayed on the tree If you want to hide the current start record grey dot between green and yellow horseshoes you may uncheck the Show Current Start between Past and Future Records checkbox r Record Tree Options Past Records Future Records Jockey JOE Bitz Stable 10 ms Show Current Start between Past and Future Records
302. es 4Links 0 Jockey List Jockey D Whyte RaceMate ID 7L 01 01 2004 26 12 2003 26 12 16 01 2002 16 01 2002 11 01 2003 0mm ma 11 01 2003 1510112002 11 01 2003 1510172002 11 01 2003 3 01 2002 11 01 2003 Stop an Incremental Search You may press an arrow key or click on an area outside the highlighted cell to stop an incremental search 4 5 Editing Data Edit Mode Some fields on RaceMate s forms are editable e g the Note field of the Horse Form However by default all the editable fields are locked to avoid accidental change in contents You must first click on the Edit button of the toolbar or press CAE before editing the fields After the Edit button is clicked the editable fields on a form will change to light green in color showing that the form is in Edit Mode After editing is complete you must click on the Save button to save the change Enabling Direct Edit You may enable RaceMate s Direct Edit feature by selecting the Direct Edit option on the Options and System Information Form in Tools menu When Direct Edit mode is enabled you can change data in editable fields directly without first clicking on the Edit button of the toolbar When you press a key of the keyboard in an editable textbox the form will automatically go into the Edit Mode Textboxes will become light green in color You need to click on the Save button to save
303. es for the column Count Sum Maximum Minimum Average Variance and Standard Deviation We call a view with a statistical column defined a Statistics Model Stat Groups Stat Group is the short form of Statistical Group You may define unlimited levels of Statistical Groups in a view RaceMate will find the statistical figures of the statistical column within each group Append Append a new column at the end Insert Insert a new column at the current position Delete Delete a column Advanced See Advanced Settings of View Columns for details Save Exit Save changes and exit to the Race Data Form Cancel Exit Abort changes and exit to the Race Data Form Reset Reset the structure of a built in view to its factory settings Resetting a view will remove the columns that you added and recall the columns that you deleted Export Export the structure of a view into a disk The structure can then be read into another RaceMate of another computer By using this function you may transfer the structure of an English view into disk and import the structure into Chinese mode Import Import structure of a view from disk Save Format Welkin Systems Limited 6 1 1 2 Views Management 127 In our daily RaceMate operation we may reorder columns or change column widths of a view using the mouse Clicking the small button at the left top of the view will reset the view to its default settings The default settings of a user defin
304. ese Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website 3 2004 01 18 5 Racing Results Chinese Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website 4 2004 01 18 1 Trackwork and Racing Preview Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website 4 2004 01 18 2 Trackwork and Racing Preview Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website 4 2004 01 18 3 Trackwork and Racing Preview Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website 4 2004 01 18 4 Trackwork and Racing Preview Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website 4 2004 01 18 5 Trackwork and Racing Preview Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website 6 2004 01 18 02 Race Running Position Photos Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website 7 2004 01 18 01 3T Strategies Chinese Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website 7 2004 01 18 02 3T Strategies Chinese _ Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website 7 2004 01 18 03 3T Strategies Chinese Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website ij 11 2 Managing Your Own Multimedia Resources You may insert links pointing to your own resources Actually the files are not limited to audiovisual types Any file types which are properly registered in Windows are valid candidates For example you may add Microsoft Word and Excel files or website addresses The following figure shows the Links page of the Race Data form Welkin Systems Limited 190 RaceMate Reference 7 Race Data 1 04 02 2004 1 Links o4fozj2004 e 1 03 374 bla H1200 Mer Broch 40 0 5 19 30 SAPPHIRE HANDICAP 1 Starter Vi
305. even the same variable name is given to both a Race Variable and a Start Variable Syntax RaceVar cVariableName eMCLExpr Returns Data type returned by the expression eMCLExpr Welkin Systems Limited 350 RaceMate Reference Example RaceVar AvgAge RunnersAVG HrAge The function puts the average age of the current starters into the race variable AvgAge Functions in all view lines can then get access to this value The structure of example view in the following figure is as follows Com Foma Type Built in column Built in column Ess RaceVar AvgAge RunnersAVG HrAge _ 171 The first time the race variable is called the MCL function will be evaluated Kid Galaxy Bayview Lad 6 La Merveille 5 Fun Cruiser 5 7 6 The MCL function will be recalculated in every row Just victory Fortune Lad Stormy 7 jagnificent Horse Purple Gold Ambitious Leader Zabeel victory The system retrieves the value from the variable without evaluating the AD eNe In the view of the above figure the numbers in the columns Avg Age Cur Race and Avg Age are the same However the MCL function in the Avg Age column will be recalculated in every row while the MCL function inside the RaceVar function of the Avg Age Cur Race column will only be calculated only in the first row Therefore the speed of showing the latter column is much faster
306. ew Draw Statistics Exclude Zeros Statistics on FP Races 447 5770 0000 Sum 40520 0000 Average Maximum Minimum Variance 7 0225 14 0000 1 0000 14 6536 Dtd Dev A 3 8280 445 0000 2785 0000 6 2584 14 0000 1 0000 13 6746 3 6979 444 0000 2896 0000 6 5225 14 0000 1 0000 15 3891 3 9229 444 0000 2871 0000 6 4662 14 0000 1 0000 13 9696 3 7376 443 0000 443 0000 ne ia A ndd kai Baai handi Lisa Da 447 0000 446 0000 445 0000 440 0000 2938 0000 2937 0000 2982 0000 3061 0000 3206 0000 3411 0000 6 5727 6 6298 6 6861 6 8787 7 2370 F 7523 14 0000 14 0000 14 0000 14 0000 14 0000 14 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 14 4262 13 6914 13 6459 13 7066 14 5510 13 0318 3 7984 3 7002 3 6940 3 7022 3 8146 3 6100 434 0000 n 3298 0000 7 5991 14 0000 1 0000 15 0374 3 8778 La _ 424 0000 3190 0000 7 5236 14 0000 1 0000 13 7872 3 7131 N 409 0000 3148 0000 7 6968 14 0000 1 0000 14 7883 3 8456 Kn GA 263 0000 2051 0000 7 7905 14 0000 1 0000 16 6856 4 0848 _ 243 0000 1746 0000 7 1852 14 0000 1 0000 17 1139 4 1369 gt
307. ews This chapter will discuss how to link up two different views so that in one view you can display and edit data of another view gt gt gt Subtopic of this section lt lt lt e Linked Columns 6 5 1 Linked Columns You can display and edit data of another view in any view The following example demonstrates how to duplicate the Ri column of the User Comments view in the Declaration view 1 Open the User Comments view Click on the Modify button at the right hand side to show the Edit View Form Welkin Systems Limited RaceMate Reference 1Starter Views 2Tradkwork 3Alocation 4Flemming Ovds gemet ZLinks Gre Y Race Data 1 19 10 2011 4 Horse Commeni lo amp ss i 19 10 2011 a 11 105 Tel 20 45 pat 60 40 4 seg GA Race SAM TUNG UK HANDIC Group Best Time 11 02 2006 2 Legionnaire 1 38 5 F Coetzee Std Time 1 39 5 Sect Time 27 7 23 1 24 4 24 1 Es Remark Race Prize 675 000 Penetrometer lines o 24 Filter E x Uedate Geier RiR2R3ZR4RSREUR_ Comment Horse Note Mark Note No history filter a wt sc n ation Positi Index pen Cut
308. ews 2 Trackwork 3 Allocation 4 Flemming 5 Dvds 6 Remark 0 Index E Link ID Al 2004 02 04 01 Race Replay Autolink to HK Icoke di J ai 3 2004 02 04 1 Racing Results Chinese ssss futolink to HK Jeokey Club Website W Remove Link Modify Link __ 3 2004 02 04 3 2004 02 04 2 Add es E Slzoosjozjoa l Coni 3 2004 02 04 4 2004 02 04 Link or File ae 8 4 2004 02 Ia Pbokobunpipobosftones 20040 087 jpg 4 2004 02 04 4 2004 02 04 Remark Running Posistion Photo by John C Available in all records of the form Cancel Buttons for Managing Links Add Link Add a new link into the links list Remove Link Remove a link from the links list Modify Link Modify the content of a link Open Link Open the file pointed by the link The Add Link and Edit Link Forms When you click on the Add Link button or the Modify Link button RaceMate will show the Add Link or Modify Link form These two forms are exactly the same except that the captions in the title bar are different The main elements of the form are listed below Link or File Spec edit box Enter the path of the file including the file name to be linked here You may click on the small button on the right of the edit box to browse files in the disk When you select a file RaceMate will put the path of the file into the edit box You may enter a full path or a path relative
309. expression in the past records of a horse The values will be separated by commas Syntax HrHistoryList cValueExpr nRaces fCondition cIncluding cSeparator lRecentFirst JrHistoryList cValueExpr nRaces fCondition cIncluding cSeparator 1RecentFirst SrHistoryList cValueExpr nRaces fCondition cIncluding cSeparator 1RecentFirst Description Example e Expression returning the target datum e ICountIf can be of any data type If 1 ICountIf is of logical type all true T i 1 SERGE values will be counted For any other ENEE types record will be counted only if ICountIf returns a non null value Number of latest races counting back from the underlying race to be averaged The races must be meeting the condition specified by fCondition If nRaces is omitted all races meeting fCondition will be included SES If total number of races meeting fCondition is smaller than nRaces the function will perform calculations on only the available races You may use the HrCount function to check how many races have been counted If argument fCondition is passed the races nRaces will only be selected from those meeting fCondition The fCondition argument is composed of a For clause and a While clause A For clause causes the function to act on each record that meets the specified logical condition A While clause causes the function to stop action once the logical expression evaluates to
310. f the same view Betting indexes are constructed to predict the winning chance of starters The validity or predictability of betting indexes can be evaluated by clicking on the Stat button 5 3 2 Trackwork Page Race Data Form The Trackwork page of the Race Data Form shows track work of the starter during the latest 7 weeks The nearest week will be put into the leftmost column and the nearest day in a week will be put in at the top You may change such default order in the Horizontal and Vertical dropdowns You may also display track work of earlier days by changing the Curoff date value After you have made any change you must click on the Refresh button to reload the data Welkin Systems Limited 98 RaceMate Reference 5 3 3 r Race Data 1 18 01 2004 3 Trackwork 18f01 2004 a mam la siso0_ M FG Rta Cls 60 40 4 1 Starter Views 2 Trackwork 3 Allocation 4 Flemming 5 Dyds 6 Remark Z Links 0 Index 14 00 RIGHT WAY HANDICE 10 1 Al 3 1 28 12 27 12 21 12 20 12 14 1 A Cutoff date 29 1 23 7 Swi 30 8 29 2 25 Outer Eq Jog Outer Eq Jd 17 01 2004 Swim Groe Jog Swim roe Jog Swim 4roe Jog Aroe Jog 27 3 24 2 Aro Swim Outer Eq Swim Outer Eq Swim Outer Eq Swim Outer Descending We 4roe Jog Swim Aroe Jog Swim Aroe Jog i Swim Horizontal Tu Outer Eq Jog Swim Outer Eq Outer Eq Jog Outer Eq Jog Outer Eq Jc ver
311. f these functions is similar to that for HrCountBy JrCountBy SrCountBy Please see its help page for details Argument Description Gong e Datum the sum of which is to be nValueExpr found HrDvdWin e Data type of expression Numeric An expression by which results will be broken down Omitting this argument tells the function do the statistics over all legitimate records Number of latest races counting back from the underlying race to be averaged The races must be meeting the condition specified by fCondition If nRaces is omitted all races meeting Hbacad fCondition will be included If total number of races meeting fCondition is smaller than nRaces the function will perform calculations on only the available races You may use the HrCount function to check how many races have been counted If argument fCondition is passed the races nRaces will only be selected from those meeting fCondition The fCondition argument is composed of a For clause and a While clause A For clause causes the function to fCondition act on each record that meets the specified logical condition A While clause causes the function to stop action once the logical expression evaluates to false Both For and While clauses are optional Default value returned when no race satisfying the specified condition can be cDefaultValue found The data type of this value must be identical to that of n
312. fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrRetired nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Logical See Also HrJockeyRetired JrJockeyRetired SrJockeyRetired HrHorse JrHorse SrHorse HrStableRetired JrStableRetired SrStableRetired 16 4 30 HrSameBlood JrSameBlood SrSameBlood A list of horse which are of the same blood You may use the first argument cGeneration of the function to specify a generation If the first argument is omitted names of the horses with the same sire will be returned Same Dam of Dam Same Sire of Sire of Sire Same Dam of Sire of Sire i i Same Dam of Sire Same Sire of Dam ire of Si Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 297 Same Sire of Dam of Sire Same Dam of Dam of Sire Same Sire of Sire of Dam oD Same Dam of Sire of Dam Same Sire of Dam of Dam Same Dam of Dam of Dam Syntax HrSameBlood cGeneration nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrSameBlood cGeneration nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrSameBlood cGeneration nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Charater 16 4 31 HrSDam JrSDam SrSDam The functions return the name of the horse s sire s dam Syntax HrSDam _ JrSDam nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrSDam nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 22 See Also HrSire HrDam HrS
313. false Both For and While clauses are optional When applying the function to past records by default races in the underlying meeting are not included You may use this argument to change the scope See the following page for details The cIncluding Argument Separator which is default to fCondition For Same HrDistance cIncluding Welkin Systems Limited ss RaceMate Reference 16 7 7 i If T lastest items will be put first Recent IR tFirst r T TT items are put to the right by default BO Returns Character Example HrHistoryList HrFP 4 Finishing positions of last 4 starts Example returned string 2 3 9 1 HrHistoryList HrFP 4 For Same HrDistance Finishing positions of last 4 starts of distance same as the current start Example returned string 2 3 9 1 HrHistoryList HrFP 4 For Same HrDistance T Finishing positions of last 4 starts of distance same as the current start Latest finishing positions will be put first Example returned string 2 3 9 1 IfAtTop For the horse at the top row of a starters view in natural order the function will return the value of the expression embedded in the string of the first argument For horses at other rows the function will return the value of the expression embedded in string of the second argument NULL will be returned if the second argument is missing We can use this
314. faultVal cIncluding SrNoteMark nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 1 See Also HrHorseNote HrHorseMarkNote _ 16 4 26 HrOrigin JrOrigin SrOrigin Country where the horse came from Syntax HrOrigin JrOrigin nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrOrigin nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 10 See Also HrCountryID JrCountryID SrCountryID HrOriginCategory JrOriginCategory SrOriginCategory 16 4 27 HrOriginCategory JrOriginCategory SrOriginCategory Catergory of the origin of the horse Syntax HrOriginCategory JrOriginCategory nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrOriginCategory nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 8 Welkin Systems Limited 2 RaceMate Reference See also HrOrigin JrOrigin SrOrigin HrCountryID JrCountryID SrCountryID 16 4 28 HrOwner JrOwner SrOwner Owner of the horse Syntax HrOwner JrOwner nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrOwner nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 24 16 4 29 HrRetired JrRetired SrRetired Return whether the horse is currently not at its starts retired Syntax HrRetired nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrRetired nBackRaces
315. ference 423 Examples GCnv b a b c dd ee f String ee will be returned GCnv j c k q dd ee ff String ee will be returned GCnv y s t x dd ee ff Null will be returned GCnv y s t x dd ee ff gg String gg will be returned GCnv Null a b c dd ee ff hh String hh will be returned GCnv RA LT RF Left Many 2 Right Many 2 String Right Many 2 will be returned GCnv y 3 15 35 dd ee ff If y 10 String ee will be returned GCnv HrDate 2000 1 2 2000 1 8 2000 1 14 13 39 12 If HrDate returns 1st Jan 2000 String 13 will be returned See also Cnv SCnv ListItem RListItem Conv SConv GConv IIF 16 13 7 GConv The GConv function is identical to the Conv function except that if the lookup value is not found in the KeyVal column the system will search a closest KeyVal which is greater than the lookup value and return the corresponding value in the RetVal column If no greater value can be found the value passed to the DefaultVal argument will be returned If no value is passed through the DefaultVal argument NULL will be returned According to the conversion table above similar to Conv 1 will be converted to 10 Welkin Systems Limited s RaceMate Reference and 2 will be converted to 5 In the KeyVal column 2 5 is not found However 3 is the closest value that
316. fied the season number of today will be returned If you use this function with no argument the return value will be cached and will not be changed even if the race season changes You should let all columns affected by the return value automatically be recalculated every time you display the view Please do the following e In a starter view Click Modify to open the Edit View form Select the related column and click Advanced to show the Edit View Advanced Settings form Then Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 447 check No Caching e Ina history stat view On the Definition of Statistical Views Click on View Details Then check Recalc On Open Syntax Season dDate Example Season Returns today s season number If today is 13 May 2011 it will return 2010 for season 2010 2011 Season 2011 10 01 Returns the season number as at date 1 Oct 2011 The return value will be 2011 See Also HrSeason JrSeason SrSeason HrSeason2 JrSeason2 SrSeason2 Cache for View Data 16 15 1iYear Year is a Visual FoxPro function It returns year number for a given date Syntax Year dExpression1 Returns Numeric Example Year 2003 8 1 Returns 2003 See Also Datei Month HrDate JrDate SrDate 16 16 VFP Functions amp Operators RaceMate is written in Microsoft Visual FoxPro VFP All rules and conventions of VFP will be applicable to RaceMate
317. follows lt 2 digit season gt lt hyphen gt lt season race index gt lt horse no gt Here is an example Importing Files without a Primary Key e You can only import the data in the file into the view displaying on the active form e The import result will be affected by the row order of the current view Data Merging Welkin Systems Limited ze RaceMate Reference RaceMate will import data in the Excel file and will not erase other data That means you can tailor the lines in your Excel file to achieve data merging That means you can update only a copy of continuous or non continuous line of your view and leave other lines unchanged Welkin Systems Limited za RaceMate Reference 14 14 1 System Maintenance and Configuration This chapter discusses how to change the default behaviours of RaceMate and how to maintain your user input in the database of RaceMate gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt Backing Up and Restoring User Data RaceMate Notice System Configurations and Information Clearing Cache Folder Upgrading RaceMate or Installing Add Ins Backing Up and Restoring User Data All user data including user notes ratings conversion tables and view definitions of RaceMate are stored in the USER subfolder of RaceMate You may back up your data by choosing Back Up User Data Input and Changes Made by User from the Tools menu of RaceMate Put a floppy into drive A you
318. for other function details Syntax Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference as ListSortVal cValueExpr nItemsReturned cSeparator nSortSubItem cSubItemSeparator Or ListSortVal cValueExpr nItemsReturned cSeparator nSortSubItem cSubItemSeparator Returns Character Example ListSortVal 8 4 12 1 Returns 4 8 12 Compare ListSort 8 4 12 1 which will return 12 4 8 It is because in text comparison 12 is smaller than Ai since 1 lt 4 16 12 1 ListStdDev This function returns the standard deviation of values of all items in an item string During the calculation the system will utilize the Val function to convert items from text to numbers Syntax ListStdDev cValueExpr cSeparator cValueExpr Item string or expression returning an item string Item separator can be more than 1 character Default to Returns Numeric Example ListSum 8 4 3 Returns 2 16 See also ListAscItem ListAscVal ListDescItem ListDescVal ListItem ListVal ListAverage ListCount ListFilter ListSum 16 12 1iListSum This function returns the sum of values of all items in an item string During the calculation the system will utilize the Val function to convert items from text to numbers Syntax ListSum cValueExpr cSeparator Welkin Systems Limited se RaceMate Reference cValueExpr Item string or expression retu
319. form Buttons for Creating Deleting and Running Views 3 Below the view title list you can see a row of buttons for creating deleting and running views Save Calc Click on this button to open the view on the Comprehensive Statistics and Record Query form Insert View Click on this button to choose a view froma list and insert it above or below the currently highlighted row in the criteria table You can save a number of frequently needed columns into particular views and insert them into your new views on the fly In the View Details editing form you can hide these particular views from the view list of data forms Save Save current change and continue editing Save As Welkin Systems Limited Statistics and Data Analysis 199 Save the structure currently editing into a new view New View Create a blank new view Delete View Delete the view currently editing View Columns Criteria Maintenance Buttons 4 12 Append to End 4 Add item from MCL function library into bottom of view structure table Insert below Current 5 Insert item from MCL function library into view structure criteria table just below the current item Overwrite Current 6 Copy item from MCL function library into view structure table overwriting the current one Insert above Current 7 Insert item from MCL function library into view structure table just above the current one Insert New View Col
320. forms The only difference is the views on the History Stat page will retrieve only records relevant to the form while the Comprehensive one will retrieve all past records of the period that you define Detailed Operations Since the elements and operations of the above 2 types of views are identical please see the content of the page Comprehensive_Statistics_and_Record_Query Welkin Systems Limited Views Management 1 6 2 2 Argument of History Stat View Let s take Offsprings Performance as an example The default value of MCL variable 1 is DANEHILL We can change its value by passing another value to it Open Using MCL Variables As View Arguments to see how to pass arguments to a history statistics view dai Definition of Statistical Views 1 Colak Edit Item Delete Item Offspring s Performance Performance of a sire s offsprings Library Item a Save Cak Insert View Save Save As New View Delete Viev New View Column gt 2nd Pos Position amp Speed gt ID View Column Criterion Requirement Order Stat D 3rd Pos Position amp Speed _ 10 Season LI Age Horse Particulars p 14 Horse a Arrival Year Horse Particulars AND ANY true in followin a Average Rating Av Rtg Rating amp Class D 12 Sire Barrier Trial Date amp Grou Track work 13 Dam E Body Weight Draw B V Horse Particulars TT Aal s Sire F Bo
321. found in cListToBeSearched the function will return a value as follows e IF the number of items in cListOfReturnItems is greater than the number of items in cListToBeSearched the first excess item of cListToBeSearched will be returned e Otherwise Null will be returned Please don t put any space after each comma Otherwise the space will be regarded as a character is the item cNullSearchRetum If a Null value is passed into eToSearch the function will return the value of cNullSearchReturm However if cNullSearchReturn is empty NULL will be returned cSeparator The default list item separator is comma you may change the separator by passing a string into cSeparator Returns Character Examples Cnv b a b c dd ee ff String ee will be returned Cnv x a b c dd ee ff Null will be returned Cnv x a b c dd ee ff gg String gg will be returned Cnv Null a b c dd ee ff hh String hh will be returned Cnv RT LF RT Left Many 2 right Many 2 String Right Many 2 will be returned Cnv y 10 15 35 dd ee ff If y 10 String dd will be returned Welkin Systems Limited o RaceMate Reference Cnv y T F 12 23 35 IF y is true the function returns 12 If y is false the function returns 23 If y is null 35 will be returned Cnv HrDate 2000 1 1 2000 1 7 2000 1 14 13 39 12 If HrDate is 14th Jan 2000
322. from the Record menu or 2 clicking on the Freeze button of the RaceMate toolbar Such form freezing feature applies to all other data forms of RaceMate 4 6 3 Changing and Restoring Form Size Resizing a Form Put the mouse pointer at a border or the cross section of 2 borders of a form until it becomes a double arrow Hold you the left mouse button and drag to resize the form Ax Horse 1 A Better Dragon 4P8 Horse A Better Dragon Brand No C329 1 Particulars STrackwork 6Links 0 All Horses __Date 294 WW Smith 51600 11111012 KLIK 265 W Smith H1650 9 8 9 7IKLV 241 5 Drowne H1650 111011 9KLIP 205 T Cheng 51600 141413 10KLM 123 GMosse H1650 111212 8KLIM 064 PHLo 51600 9 10 13 12 KL M 022 P H Lo H1650 10 911 11jK L M v Restoring Original Form Size 1 Double click on a blank area of the form or 2 Right click on a blank area of the form and choose Restore Form Size from the shortcut menu 4 7 Handling Grids Many RaceMate data are display in grids of data forms Necessary techniques of handling grids are discussed in this section Welkin Systems Limited so RaceMate Reference 4 7 1 gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt e Changing Column Width e Changing Row Height e Freezing Columns e Changing a Column s Position e Sorting Grid Columns e Resetting Grid Layout Changing Column Width Autofitting Width of a Column Double click the area betwee
323. function returns false F otherwise e g an international race the function returns true T Syntax IrregularRace Returns Logical 16 7 Data Collection Assistant Functions The functions in this chapter do not return a particular race datum by itself Most of them return the data collected by other MCL functions Some functions help other MCL functions confirm the statuses or positions in views We called this group of functions data collection assistant functions gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt AtStart Column CurRun GetColumn HrData JrData SrData HrHistoryList JrHistoryList SrHistoryList IfAtTop IfCurRun RaceVar StartVar 16 7 1 AtStart This function returns the result of an MCL expression at a particular start of the horse The 2nd argument of the function requires a Start ID Syntax AtStart eMCLExpr cStartID Returns The data type of the return value is identical to that returned by eMCLExpr Example Create a column FastestStartID as follows HrMinStartID HrTime For HrDistance Str HrDistance The column returns the ID of the start among all starts of distance same as the current race at which the MCL expression HrTime is a minimum The returned value Welkin Systems Limited 32 RaceMate Reference 16 7 2 may be something like 1W820015 Then you may get the weight rating and
324. function will be equivalent to JrFp For HrHorse Brilliant Chapter See Also Setting Values amp Choosing MCL Variables Using MCL Variables As View Arguments 7 2 Setting Values amp Choosing MCL Variables You can embed variables in MCL functions of a view When the values of the MCL variables change MCL functions will retrieve different data See the help page Introduction to MCL Variables to learn more about MCL variables Creating MCL Variables Set Introduction to MCL Variables for the steps Editing MCL Variable Values If a MCL variable carries a default value setting its value is optional Click on the Set Choose MCL Variables button to show the MCL Variables editing form A set of MCL variables is called an MCL variable group You can edit the values and titles of existing variable groups If you want to create a new group please click on Add New Click on Delete to remove a group Order of groups can be rearranged by dragging the button on the left of the the group list Show Title in Value Box Showing the group title on the Race Data form helps us to understand the data on the view Checking the Show Title in Value Box will show the group title on the view data form while unchecking it will hide the title Shared Value A MCL variable with the Shared Value box checked means the change in any group will also change the values of that variable in other groups Selecting MCL Variable Groups Select
325. g date It will display Racing on screen If you double click on the text the corresponding Post Race video in Chinese will be played HrPostRace Racing The following function will return the link for getting access to the web resource something similar to mms wm hkjc pbase net extral postrace 20080227 chi_postrace_20080227_04_500 asf HrPostRace Null See Also HrBTrial HrBTVideo HrPreRace HrPosPhoto HrRaceReplay HrRacingFocus 16 14 3 HrPreRace JrPreRace SrPreRace The functions provide you with a link for double clicking to 1 open the Racing to Win videos 2 open the Race Data form if Alt key is held down simultaneously Syntax HrPreRace vRetVal nBackRaces fCondition vDefaultVal JrPreRace vRetVal nBackRaces fCondition vDefaultVal SrPreRace vRetVal nBackRaces fCondition vDefaultVal Argument vRetVal Welkin Systems Limited aa RaceMate Reference 1 If you omit this argument a character string of 10 characters showing the race date 2 If you pass a value into vRetVal it will be the return value can be any type of the functions 3 If you pass Null into vRetVal the link 79 characters for opening the video will be returned Links to local files will be skipped Returns Default to string e g 15 02 2009 for 15 02 2009 If you pass a value to vRetVal please see the description for vRetVal above Example The following fun
326. g time of the last section is added e New function ListStdDev for calculating Standard Deviation value is added 2006 09 23 In the Allocation page of the Race Data form horses not confirmed to start will be in brackets 2006 09 20 New MCL functions HrDvd JrDvd SrDvd added for retrieving all dividends data in RaceMate database 2006 09 14 New MCL functions added e Join e ListSort e ListSortVal e ListSortDesc e ListsortDescVal New built in columns added e 3 Fastest Times Dist Course Going e 3 Fastest Times Average Welkin Systems Limited Release Notes WER Horse Wins by Draw Horse Wins by Distance Horse Wins by Jockey Jockey Wins by Draw 12months Jockey Wins by Distance 12months Stable Wins by Draw 12months Stable Wins by Distance 12months Stable Wins by Jockey 12months 2006 09 13 Application status bar is reverted to version 7 0 style 2006 09 05 e New columns added into the Race Search form e New columns added into the Index page of the Race Data form 2006 08 24 New built in columns added e Time Taken before Final Section New comprehensive statistics item added e Time Taken before Final Section 2 8 Whatis New in RaceMate 7 0 Why 7 0 Instead of 6 0 RaceMate for DOS 6 5 released in about 1999 was the last DOS version RaceMate A number of RaceMate users are still keeping this memorable DOS RaceMate in their hard drive In order to avoi
327. ge will be set by argument 1 See Using MCL Variables As View Arguments and MCL Variables to Set Data Range for details Lets take Jockey DistTrack W Q P L Tot W WQP as an example Highlight the column on the columns list at the left hand side of the Edit View form The click the Advanced button at the right You will see the following form Open Form Jockey Open the Jockey form on double clicking Target View Distance WQP Stats Jump to the Distance WQP Welkin Systems Limited 170 RaceMate Reference Stats view Arguments Gel HrDate 2 HrDate In this example 2 is 120 And HrDate is 19 10 2011 Therefore e HrDate 2 19 10 2011 120 21 06 2011 e HrDate 1 19 10 2011 1 18 10 2011 The Gel function combines the items including the inserted in the middle into 21 06 2011 18 10 2011 which confirms the data range argument standard of RaceMate Since the argument if passed through argument 1 you must prepare 1 to receive it Column ID vwec10025 C6 io Heading Jockey DistTrack W Q P L Tot W WQ Mapped to Read Only Dbl Click Action Open Form Jockey Target View Distance WQP Stats Open Jockey Jockey ID Cursor at Race Ster 7 HrJockey1D0 a HrRaceIDQ Put data range info in line 1 to pass it to 1 Gel HrDate 2 HrDate 1 will be evaluated as something like 21 06 2011 18 10 2011 before passing Arguments Gel
328. h 44 in English language mode Width 26 in Chinese language mode 16 3 7 HrBlinkerAbbr JrBlinkerAbbr SrBlinkerAbbr The functions return the blinker information of the horse using the coding system of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Syntax HrBlinkerAbbr nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrBlinkerAbbr nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrBlinkerAbbr nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 3 16 3 8 HrBlinkerAbbrNew JrBlinkerAbbrNew SrBlinkerAbbrNew If this is the first time the horse wears this equipment the functions return the Jockey Club abbreviation of the equipment Otherwise an empty string will be returned Syntax HrBlinkerNew nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrBlinkerNew nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrBlinkerNew nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 3 16 3 9 HrBlinkerNew JrBlinkerNew SrBlinkerNew If this is the first time the horse wears this equipment the functions returns the name of the equipment Otherwise an empty string will be returned Syntax HrBlinkerNew nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrBlinkerNew nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrBlinkerNew nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 44 in English language mode Width 26 in Chinese language mode Welkin S
329. h language mode English horse name will be returned Syntax HrStable nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrStable nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrStable nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 8 in Chinese Mode Width 30 in English Mode HrStableAbbr JrStableAbbr SrStableAbbr Name abbreviation of stable Please note 1 Return values of the function is unique only for active stables and not for all stables 2 Return values of the function for some overseas stable may be blanks Syntax HrStableAbbr nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrStableAbbr nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrStableAbbr Returns Character in English mode width 3 in Chinese mode width 2 16 4 42 HrStable D JrStableID SrStablelD The functions return a unique character string identifying the stable Syntax HrStableID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrStableID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrStableID Returns Character Width 2 Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 303 16 4 43 HrStableRetired JrStableRetired SrStableRetired Return whether the trainer is currently not at his races retired Syntax HrStableRetired nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrStableRetired nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrStableRetired nBackR
330. he Apply button to add the selected filter into the Filters Editor form We may add more than one filter into the Filter Editor form see step below Sac Race Data 1 28 11 2007 6 List of Declared Starters 28 11 2007 6 07 202 _ 21 45 Rta Cls s0 60 3 H1200 m a 19 09 2007 5 Top Top Light 1 09 4 G Mosse 12 Std Time 1 10 1 Sect Time Lemma 7 1 Starter Views 2Trackwork 3 Allocation i g nt 27 Unks O Index History Horse w Lines 4 A Horse Jocke Fropeiior M Mune Wine Win 1S Mosse Classe For Ever NW Wi Lai Beautifull Dreame B Frebtie pio 3 4 in this run Fastest 2 same dist 2 years 2e Fastest 2 same dist all runs Tut z Purton Fastest 2 same dist course 2 a Rui ray Hurt ay 1G Bass Bragon And Gold MW Leung itl 6 IC H CS Brit zart Clock TK Tana I He Ro 7 je Eeaape Filter Name Filter Name Odds lower than 5 Odds amp Diy v WQP S Past 2 years Period Je OF iter This Bun Filter History Past 6 months Period Past 90 days Period Same distance Race Parti v MCL Formula Same draw Start Delta v For HrFP lt 3 Same season Period ly IS Weight difference less than 3 pounds Start Deta Ea Weight greater than current run Start Deta Y Weight smaller than current run Start Deta E Remark won Position EP Races of finishing position
331. he 2nd item is Grape ListAscItem 12 45 6 00 9 40 3 2 I Returns 1 The 2nd sub items of the item string are 45 00 and 40 respectively After sorting on the 2nd sub items the item string becomes 6 00 9 40 12 45 the 3rd itemis 12 45 the ordinal number of this item before sorting is 1 cReturnType l ListAscItem 5 4 23 15 3 26 1 2 Returns 15 The 2nd sub items of the item string are 4 15 and 26 respectively Please note that when comparing strings 4 is greater than 15 since 4 gt 1 When comparing numbers 4 is smaller 15 Therefore after sorting the item string becomes 23 15 5 4 3 26 and the function returns the sub item 15 of the first item sub item is returned if argument cReturmnType is omitted ListAscItem 5 4 23 15 3 26 1 2 R Returns 23 15 This example is similar to the example above The only difference is the whole item is returned cReturnType R instead of the index index In the example view in the figure below the column WeightFp returns an item string of both the weight and the finishing position of 8 past starts of each horse by scanning the history only once Columns Lightest and Best utilize the ListAscItem function to sort the list by weight and finishing position respectively and returns the Welkin Systems Limited s RaceMate Reference minimum values of the data Instead of doing it this way you may apply the functions HrMinimum
332. he current column by mapping the two columns via the Column ID See Mapped to below 10 Heading Column caption to be shown at the topic of a column 11 Width Column width in pixels 12 Type Data type of the column The following data types are available Data Type Numeric Integer or decimal numbers Maximum 20 digits including decimal part and decimal point Character Text Maximum 254 characters 127 Chinese characters Block of text No limited in number of characters When you increase the row height a vertical scrollbar will be show at the right edge of the grid cell Accessing Multiline Text data is slower than accessing Character data Very often we will use Character type instead of Multiline Text type except the text to be handle is large True or false RaceMate will show a u for true and a blank cell for false If the the logical column is editable you may click on a cell to change its value from true to false or vice versa 13 Chars Digits Maximum number of characters or digits allowed A Chinese character will be treated as 2 English letters For numeric columns the number includes the decimal part and the dot 14 Decimal Number of digits in the decimal part Applicable to numeric data only 15 Display Option Dropdown You can use it to choose among the options Always Shown Always Hidden or Hide if No History 16 Built In Item RaceMate predefines a set of built in columns for retrieving d
333. he following tasks on the form Edit View Title and Remarks In the boxes at the top of the form you may rename the view and change the remarks for the view If you have check the Edit Chinese View Name checkbox you will see four boxes for Chinese and English view names and remarks respectively Otherwise you will see only the two for English modes Handling Columns w COLUMN Function Recalc On Save If you have make changes to an input column which is referred by a Column function in another calculated column you may want to update the calculated column to reflect the latest changes you have made when you save your changes Check the Recalc On Save checkbox will perform a recalculation every time you save your view after inputting However if you are sure that there is no calculated column referring to an input column you should uncheck this box to speed up saving Recalc On Open Sometimes input columns will be updated in other views linked column rather than in this view If there is any calculated column which is referring to this input column by using a Column and you want to update the column to reflect the changes made in other views every time you open the view check the Recalc On Open checkbox However if you are sure that there is no calculated column referring to an input column you should uncheck this box to speed up the view opening speed Showing Statistics Results Don t Prefix Stat Columns of Type
334. he underlying horse cSeperator Optional Default to Returns Character Number of character returned will vary You are recommended to set column data type to Multiline Text Welkin Systems Limited ss RaceMate Reference 16 6 3 16 6 4 DateOfRace Returns the date of a race Syntax DateOfRace cSeasonRace Argument cSeasonRace Optional argument with format SSSS N where SSSS stands for season and N stands for race index If the argument is omitted the underlying race is assumed Returns Date Example DateOfRace Returns the date of the underlying race DateOfRace 2010 118 Returns the date on which race 118 in season 2010 2011 takes place HrAccSectionalTime JrAccSectionalTime SrAccSectionalTime Accumulated sectional times This function group is similar to the HrSectionalTime function group Both groups will return the sectional times of a race in a string The difference is that every sectional time return from this group has already been added the total time of all preceding sections Syntax HrAccSectionalTime nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrAccSectionalTime nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrAccSectionalTime nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 38 Sample Return Value 0 24 1 0 47 8 1 11 2 See also HrSectionalTime JrSectionalTime SrSectionalTime HrSectio
335. he user manuals or you find any mistakes in our data or programs please contact RaceMate s Technical Support Team at E mail Contact RaceMateNet Com Phone 852 2801 7754 Fax 852 2521 4642 gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt e Questions You May Asked After Upgrading to 9 0 e How Can I Display Chinese in English Windows e Chinese Characters Becomes Garbage e RaceMate Frozen When Starter View Being Opened Questions You May Asked After Upgrading to 9 0 1 Where is the History page on the Horse Jockey and Stable data forms The History page on the forms has been replaced by a new Stat Views page If you double click on the Basic Columns view on the view list of the page you will see a view similar to the History page of RaceMate 8 0 2 Can I modify the Basic Columns view such as moving columns to satisfy my need You can modify the Basic Columns view However RaceMate will reset all system built in views including Basic Columns when it restarts and you change will be lost In order to keep your change you may save the Basic Columns view as a new view On this new view you may then add or remove columns Your changes will be kept forever 3 After I save the Basic Columns view as a new view the original Basic Columns view will no longer be needed Is it possible to delete it A built in view can t be deleted However you may hide it by pushing the View Details bu
336. help index to match the whole expression in the edit box and jump to the most closely matched topic If there is no text in the edit box at all the Modify and Adding Views help page will be displayed Converting a Built In Column into a User Defined Column If you are not satisfied with the data returned by a built in column you may convert a built in column into a user defined column by clicking on the User Defined Column option button A formula corresponding to the built in column will automatically be put into the user defined item edit box You may then edit the expression according to your need User Input Column Insert a User Input column if you want to input your personal notes and rating into the view Tips about Disk Space Please keep in your mind about the following facts 1 The larger number of digits chars assigned to the column the greater disk space will be consumed No matter you input how many number of characters into a cell the same disk space will be used 2 The Width pixel you set has no connection with the disk space consumed 3 You can enter unlimited amount of text into a Multiline Text column However the space consumed by a multiline column is usually more that other types of columns significantly more than the actual number of characters entered and the data retrieval speed is lower than normal columns Deleting a Column Click on the Delete button to delete a column If a column is deleted
337. hone No of RaceMate Data Server Latest Download File Date Format Current Chinese Codepage Windows XP Theme Support _Autolink to HK Jockey Club Website _ 999999 Download Settings cea 950 ANSI OEM Traditional Chinese Bigs v Direct Edit Report Engine New Vv deo Resolution _ High Broadband fe ee ee ae ae Welkin Systems Limited Release Notes e Exporting Horse Information You may now export data of horses into Microsoft Excel Choose Export Horse Data from the Tools menu to get access to the new function Window Help Download New Data and Programs Repeat Last Download Download Settings Update Data From Files Back Up User Data Restore User Data Export Race Data Export Horse Data Import RaceMate 6 5 for DOS User Data Update RaceMate Programs or Install Components Transfer Software License Pay Data Subscription Fee Over the Internet Change to Chinese Display CTRL L Options and System Information Overseas Records A new Overseas page is added into the Horse data form The page shows the overseas racing record of the horse before it comes to Hong Kong fa 4 Horse 1 Able Standard 563 o 2 k Horse Able Standard Brand No G043 Former Able Standard 1Particulars 2Pedigree 3History Stat 6 Trackwork ZLinks 0 Horse List Date Course Turn Distance Goi
338. hose meeting fCondition The fCondition argument is composed of a For clause and a While clause A For clause causes the function to For HrFP 1 While fCondition act on each record that meets the HrDate gt Date 1999 9 1 specified logical condition A While clause causes the function to stop action once the logical expression evaluates to false Both For and While clauses are optional Default value returned when no race satisfying the specified condition can be cDefaultValue found The data type of this value must be identical to that of normal return value When applying the function to past records by default races in the underlying meeting are not included You may use this argument to change the scope See the following page for details The cIncluding Argument cIncluding Returns Character Width 8 Examples HrMinStartID HrWeight 3 The above example returns the ID of the start among the last 3 at which the loading is a minimum HrMinStartID HrWeight 4 For HrDistance 1400 The above example returns the ID of the start among the last 4 1400m races at which the loading of the horse is a minimum HrMinStartID HrWeight For HrDistance 1400 and HrAveRating gt 100 101 The above example returns ID of the start among the races satisfying the following conditions at which the loading of the horse is a minimum Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 373 1
339. hown in the view list 2 Description A descriptive long name for the view up to 80 letters or 40 Chinese characters 3 Chinese Mode Equivalent You may switch between Chinese and English modes in RaceMate Professional Edition The views of these two modes are independent of one another The Chinese Mode Equivalent setting determines the Chinese view the twin view of the current English view that will get focus when you switch the language mode from English to Chinese 4 Starters View Entries View Choose between showing starters and entries 5 Show Formula When Show Formula is selected whenever you position your mouse over a view column header RaceMate will show the formula of the column at the right top of the screen It will be helpful to your view designing and testing work After the view design is completed you may want to tum it off to make the screen cleaner 6 Columns Locked Set the number of columns which will not be moved with other columns when you scroll the view left and right 7 Column List A list showing all columns of the view When you select a column in the list the details of the column will be shown in the controls on the right Welkin Systems Limited Views Management 125 8 Column Reposition Buttons You may drag a column reposition button to change the relative position of a column 9 Column ID Each column carries a unique Column ID You may show the data of a column of another view in t
340. i _Recelculate Reload _ 03 07 2008 6 Here We Go KL Chui Edit View Structure 03 07 2008 7 Country Magic K L Chui 01 07 2008 2 Cosmo SuccessK L Chui Set Default Column Widths 1 2007 714 01 07 2008 3 Full Blessings K L Chui Reorder View List Items 2007 715 01 07 2008 A Helene Elite KL Chui 111 T in7fonnr 7 Fullish Win Jet Chuil 3 e J 2007 712 101 EX e Pedigree EZE Menene D ke 5 8 4 Notes Page Stable Form You can input your personal note for the stable on this page You need to push Ctrl E or the Edit button on the toolbar to change to the Edit mode before you can input your notes After edit finished push Ctrl S to save your change Abbrev ASC No ofhorses 58 SLinks 0 Stable List 5 8 5 Links Page Stable Form You may open videos of the Jockey Club by double clicking on the links in the table The availability of the videos depends on their existence on the server of the Jockey Club For management about the links please see the Multimedia Resource section for details Welkin Systems Limited Main Data Forms 115 Name AS Cruz Abbrev ASC No ofhorses 58 i Horses 2 Wins 3History Stat 4Note Remark 6 2008 07 03 07 Race Running Position Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website 1 2008 07 03 07 Race Replay Autokk to HK Jcokey Club Website _ 6 2008 07 03 06 Race Running Posit
341. idden Hidden If No History Blank for Zero Alignment Automatic Welkin Systems Limited Release Notes 40 Edit View Item Column BT Date Grp T Input Column Column ID SVE00004 C19 Character Je Len 14 Dec Group Chi Mode Optional MCL Function HrBTrial 1 Description Use Alt to Open Related Forms When you double click on the multimedia function columns in a view the corresponding video will be played If you want to open the related forms side by side you may hold down the Alt key and double click on the column once again Video Photo Double Click Form Opened by Alt to Open Double Click HrRaceReplay Race Replay Video Race Data Form HrBTVideo Barrier Trial Video Barrier Trial Form HrPreRace Race to Win Video Race Data Form HrPostRace Post Race Video Chinese Race Data Form Racing Strategy Video Chinese HrPosPhoto Race Running Photos Race Data Form HrRacingFocus Race Calendar Form 2 5 Whatis New in RaceMate 9 5 Transferring Multimedia Files from Websites into Local Drive Many users like downloading video files and position pictures from websites into local hard disk to get fast playing and viewing You can then keep your files even if they are removed from the web If you are doing similar things you no longer need to manually create links to the files that you saved You can open the Options and System Inform
342. idth 40 16 6 46 HrSectionTime JrSectionTime SrSectionTime The functions return the time of an individual section specified by the first argument nSection of the function of a race Syntax HrSectionTime nSection nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrSectionTime nSection nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrSectionTime nSection nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Numeric Width 4 Decimal 1 Examples HrSectionTime Or Welkin Systems Limited 33 RaceMate Reference HrSectionTime 1 The above 2 functions return the same value i e time in seconds for the first section Please note that the 1 in the brackets is for 1st section rather than last start HrSectionTime 1 Or HrSectionTime 1 1 The above 2 functions return the same value i e time in seconds for the first section of the race of the last start Please note that the last 1 in the brackets refers to last start HrSectionTime 2 Returns time for the 2nd section of the race See also HrSectionalTime JrSectionalTime SrSectionalTime HrAccSectionalTime JrAccSectionalTime SrAccSectionalTime 16 6 47 HrSectionTimew JrSectionTimew SrSectionTimew These functions are identical to their original versions except that they return 2 digits after the decimal point Click on the link below to see the syntax of the functions HrSecti
343. ieso m FG Rta cls 1 Starter Views 2 Trackwork 3 Allocation 4 Flemming 5 Dvds 6 Remark Z Links 40 15 5 19 30 WAN CHAI GAP HANC Season Cls Distance Going Cup Name 103 357 5 1650 FG WAN CHAT GAP HANDICAP 2 03 358 4 1800 TIN LOK HANDICAP Track Time Horses Ave Rating 03 359 4 1650 FG STUBBS HANDICAP 03 360 1200 QUEEN S ROAD EAST HANDICAP 03 362 1650 KENNEDY HANDICAP 03 361 3 1200 THE VOLUNTEERS CHALLENGE CUP 03 363 1650 MORRISON HILL HANDICAP Print Race Data Race Data Form Click on the Print button of the toolbar to displays the following dialog box The box shows a list of pre defined reports You can select a report and click one of the buttons to perform the corresponding action You may design your own report for a Starter View See Creating a Report for a View for details E Report Allocation A Flemming s Prediction Model Racing Index Racing Results OOOO O O Starter s Track Work Table Starters Declaration Trackwork Statistics 14 Days Trackwork Statistics 28 Days v Show Built in Reports Modify Setup amp Print New Opens the Report Designer and allows you to create a new report Welkin Systems Limited Main Data Forms 103 Modify Opens the Report Designer and allows you to edit the selected report Delete
344. ile from the active RaceMate Move Update Right Between Computers You can install RaceMate into as many computers as you like and move the update right among all copies whenever necessary About Upgrading Windows Upgrading to Windows XP or Earlier Versions New Windows on Another Computer If you are upgrading your Windows from Windows 98 to Windows XP please follow the steps in the section Moving or Uninstalling RaceMate In Place Upgrade If you are going to upgrade an old version Windows to Windows XP or earlier in your existing computer no special steps about RaceMate are needed You may simply carry out the normal procedure for upgrading Windows Upgrading to Windows Vista Windows 7 or Above No matter you are doing an in place upgrade or moving RaceMate into a new Vista or Windows 7 or above computer you need to follow the steps for moving RaceMate in the section Moving or Uninstalling RaceMate If you are doing an in place upgrade the setup program will use your existing RaceMate folder as destination If your existing RaceMate is in C Program Files RaceMate don t forget to change the destination to C RaceMate Welkin Systems Limited Introduction to RaceMate 33 Select Destination Location Where should RaceMate be installed A Setup will install RaceMate into the following folder To continue click Next If you would like to select a different folder click Browse C Programs Files RaceMate 8 Bro
345. imilar to functions HrAverage JrAverage and SrAverage except 1 If the number of races meeting fCondition is smaller than nRaces the function will return NULL 2 Although the functions accept 5 arguments the 4th argument of HrXAverage JrXAverage SrXAverage will always be ignored Syntax HrXAverage nValueExpr nRaces fCondition nDefaultValue cIncluding JrXAverage nValueExpr nRaces fCondition nDefaultValue cIncluding SrXAverage nValueExpr nRaces fCondition nDefaultValue cIncluding Argument Description Senge e Datum the average of which is to be nValueExpr found HrDvdWin Data type of expression Numeric Number of latest races counting back from the underlying race to be averaged The races must be meeting the condition specified by fCondition If nRaces is omitted all races meeting fCondition will be included If total number of races meeting fCondition is smaller than nRaces the function will perform calculations on only the available races You may use the HrCount function to check how many races have been counted If argument fCondition is passed the races nRaces will only be selected from those meeting fCondition The fCondition argument is composed of a For clause and a While clause A For clause causes the function to i i fCondition act on each record that meets the E Li icosy specified logical condition A While cla
346. in October 2011 Below are the changes since version 10 5 MCL Variables You can define up to 9 MCL variables in an MCL function of a single view MCL variables of one view are independent of those of other views MCL variables are quoted by brace brackets A default value can be putting the value at the right and a between the variable number and the value For example 1 define MCL variable number 1 1 28 define MCL variable 1 and set its default value to 28 e You can use the new Set Choose MCL Variables button to quickly change the set statistics range by choosing new values for MCL variables e When you double click on names of horses jockeys and stables on a starter view corresponding forms will open to show the information of the horse jockey and stable that you click on You can pass as arguments the values of the MCL variables defined in the starter view to the chained form Please learn how to use MCL variabels from the following pages Introduction to MCL Variables Setting Values amp Choosing MCL Variables Using MCL Variables As View Arguments MCL Variables to Set Data Range Exporting Data of Barrier Trials into Excel Files Choose Tools Export Barrier Trial Data to export barrier trial data to an Excel file New Starter Views New starter views added 1 All Distance WQP Stat please see All Distances WQP Stats View 2 Jockey Change Stat please see Jockey Change Statistics Welkin Systems Lim
347. in Systems Limited aa RaceMate Reference 16 12 1ListSortDesc The function is similar to the ListSort function except that items in the item string will be sorted in descending order instead of ascending order See ListSort for details Syntax ListSortDesc cValueExpr nItemsReturned cSeparator nSortSubItem cSubItemSeparator Or ListSortDesc cValueExpr nItemsReturned cSeparator cSortExpr cSubItemSeparator Returns Character Example ListSortDesc Orange Apple Grape Pear Returns Dear Orange Grape Apple 16 12 14ListsortDescVal This function is almost identical to ListSortDesc except that in this function items or sub item which is to be sorted will be converted to numbers for sorting Please see ListSort for function details Syntax ListSortDescVal cValueExpr nItemsReturned cSeparator nSortSubItem cSubItemSeparator Or ListSortDescVal cValueExpr nItemsReturned cSeparator nSortSubItem cSubItemSeparator Returns Character Example ListSortDescVal 8 4 12 1 Returns 12 8 4 Compare ListSortDesc 8 4 12 1 which will return 8 4 12 It is because to in text comparison 12 is smaller than 8 since 1 lt 8 16 12 1 ListSortVal This function is almost identical to ListSort except that in this function items or sub item which is to be sorted will be converted to numbers before sorting Please see ListSort
348. inLenX JrMarginLenX SrMarginLenX 16 3 27 HrMarginLen JrMarginLen SrMarginLen The functions return the numeric margin value between the winning horse and the underlying horse according to the following conversion rules Short Head Syntax HrMarginlen nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrMarginLen nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrMarginLen nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Numeric Width 5 Dec 2 See also HrMarginLenX JrMarginLenX _ SrMarginLenX HrMargin JrMargin SrMargin 16 3 28 HrMarginLenX JrMarginLenX SrMarginLenX These functions are similar to the functions HrMarginLen JrMarginLen and SrMarginLen except that when the function is applied to the winner the distance which will be made negative between the winner and the runner up is returned Syntax HrMarginLenxX nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrMarginLenxX nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrMarginLenxX nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Numeric Max 99 00 Width 5 Dec 2 See also HrMarginLen JrMarginLen SrMarginLen HrMargin JrMargin SrMargin Welkin Systems Limited 270 RaceMate Reference 16 3 29 HrNetLoadDiff JrNetLoadDiff SrNetLoadDiff The functions return the difference in weight after deducting ap
349. ing Always Hidden Hidden IF No History C Blank for Zero Alignment Automatic E Form Docking In RaceMate 8 0 main data forms can be made dockable When a formis made dockable You may stick dock the form to a border of the RaceMate application window A docked form will won t be blocked by another maximized form Welkin Systems Limited Release Notes 53 elp ke oF Ze GOTH OY D O ege Horse 1 Maverick 547 y Horse Maverick Edit d r Print 1 Partit 2 Pedig 3 Histc J EE E Close e First Record Previous Record Next Record Last Record Filter Freeze Make Dockable Change Language Reset Form Size eg Help Change to Chinese Global 026 Data 060920W Expiry 30 11 2006 QW versit Moving a Form Out of RaceMate s Application Window When a form is made dockable you can not only dock the form at a RaceMate border but also move it out our RaceMate s application window Nowadays many computer users are equipped with dual or even triple monitors In RaceMate 8 0 you can place data forms in different monitors The work space for RaceMate will dramatically be enlarged Export Data of All Grids to Microsoft Excel Microsoft Excel is renowned for its powerful data analysis power and is the favourite tool for many computer users In previous versions of RaceMate only a couple of forms are equipped with the export to Microsoft Excel feature In RaceMate 8 0 all da
350. ing If there is no horse number for the horse a blank string composed of a character of ASCII 254 and a space will be returned When you sort on the column in ascending order the first character blank string ASCII 254 will make the line sink to the bottom of the table Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 267 Syntax HrHorseNoStr nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrHorseNoStr nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrHorseNoStr nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Charcter Width 2 16 3 22 HrisRunner JrisRunner SrisRunner If the horse does not run in the race these functions return a True value If the horse is in the entries list but dose not start False is returned Syntax HrIsRunner JrIsRunner SrIsRunner Returns Logical See also HrRaceRunning JrRaceRunning SrRaceRunning 16 3 23 HrLastSectPos JrLastSectPos SrLastSectPos The functions return the running positions of the horse in a particular section Syntax HrLastSectPos nSection nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrLastSectPos nSection nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrLastSectPos nSection nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding If you omit or pass 1 into the first parameter the function will return the position of the last section Returns Numeric See Also HrSectionPos HrPositions Welkin Systems Limited 268 RaceMate R
351. inks Page Daily Track Work Form 5 10 1 Barrier Trials Daily Track Work Form This page show a group of barrier trial horses with related data 2008 Tue Shatin 1050 M ei ABT Laser Trials 28T Groups 3TrackWork 4Links Draw _ Jockey _ e Positions Blinkers Class Rating User Remark 5 E Saint Martin 1 D Beadman 5 10 2 Barrier Trial Groups Daily Track Work Form This page displays the barrier trial groups of the day You may double click on any of them to show the details of the barrier trial group SS ai ox 03 06 2008 Tue 1050 M eh 3 Track Work Links Comment 5 10 3 Track Work Daily Track Work Form This page show all track work of the day Welkin Systems Limited 5 10 4 5 11 5 11 1 Main Data Forms 117 LJ 17 06 2008 mue Shatin 1 Barrier Trials 2BT Groups Type Activities Race Time Time Remark Partner 1 a Ke sw Chinese Cou 1235 Assistant Ea Aroe Jog inl A018 Assistant JG Inner Eq Jog 2 Je ne Eq Jog hae Tanar Ca Tan You can input your comments about any track work line into the Remark column After input is finished push Ctrl S to save the change Links Page Daily Track Work Form You may open videos of the Jockey Club by double clicking on the links in the table The availability of the videos de
352. ion Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website 1 2008 07 03 06 Race Replay auton to HK Jcokey Club Website 6 2008 07 03 03 Race Running Position Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website 1 2008 07 03 03 Race Replay Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website 5 8 6 Stables List Page Stable Form This page shows all horses including inactive with other useful information Please see the Incremental Search about how to locate a stable on the page Abbrev ASC No ofhorses 58 1Horses 2Wins 3History Stat 4Note SLinks 0 Stable List di Active Only Active 5 9 Current Odds from Jockey Club To get access to the online current odds you may 1 Click on the Online Odds button on the Race Data form or Race Calendar form 2 Select Current Odds from the Data menu RaceMate will open the Jockey Club s online odds web page Your computer must be connecting to the Internet 5 10 Daily Track Work and Barrier Trial You may do one of the following to open the Daily Track Work and Barrier Trial form e Select Daily Track Work and Barrier Trial from the Training menu of RaceMate e Click on a barrier trial group on the Race Calendar gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt Welkin Systems Limited ne RaceMate Reference e Barrier Trials Daily Track Work Form e Barrier Trial Groups Daily Track Work Form e Track Work Daily Track Work Form e L
353. ions return the number of grass barrier trials excluding riverside grass barrier trials during a number of days specified by the first argument before the underlying race Syntax HrGBTCount nDays nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrGBTCount nDays nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrGBTCount nDays nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Note nDays is default to 14 Returns Numeric Examples HrGBTCount 7 Returns the number of turf barrier trials during the last 7 days before the race HrTwCount 7 G will return the same result except that Hr wCount 7 G returns characters which may not be used in calculations See also HrABTCount JrABTCount SrABTCount Hr wCount JrTwCount SrTwCount Welkin Systems Limited 312 RaceMate Reference 16 5 13 HrRGBTCount JFRGBTCount SrFRGBTCount The above functions return the number of river side grass barrier trials excluding riverside grass barrier trials during a number of days specified by the first argument before the underlying race Syntax HrRGBTCount nDays nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrRGBTCount nDays nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrRGBTCount nDays nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Note nDays is default to 14 Returns Numeric Examples HrRGBTCount 7 Returns the number of river side turf barrier trials during the last 7 days before the race Hr wCount 7 R will return the sam
354. is now shared by different forms Therefore you will have a centralized location for editing a view and any new changes to the view will take place in all forms The new view sharing design brings statistics and filter features which are only available in the Comprehensive Statistics form in order versions to the Horse Jockey and Stable data forms This will provide you with new angles for studying statistical results In case a view is not suitable for a particular form you may hide the view from that form Whenever needed you can show the view again on the form In case you save a built in view as a new view for editing you may then hide the original built in view from the view list of the Stat View page Differences between New and Old Views In RaceMate 8 0 or earlier views starter views can only be found in the Race Data form In the new version views statistical views are available in Comprehensive Statistics Horse Jockey and Stable forms Please note that the views in the Race Data form of RaceMate 9 0 are still old type views Actually there are many important differences between these two types of views The major differences are listed as follows Views in Different Languages Mode Each starter view in the Race Data form is only created for a particular language Welkin Systems Limited Release Notes mode You will not see a starter view created in English when you are in Chinese language mode and vice versa
355. is passed into the function it will convert this value into a string and add a or at the returned string representing positive or negative of the result Returns Character 16 13 1TblAddVall Add a value to the second column of a conversion table This function is similar to TblWrite cLookupTable vKeyVal Conv cLookupTable vKeyVal vValueToAdd vReturnVal 1NotRecalcCond Please note that conversion table name is case sensitive Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 429 Syntax TblAddVal cLookupTable vKeyVal vValueToAdd vReturnVal 1NotRecalcCond cLookupTable Name of conversion table vKeyVal KeyVal identifying record of conversion table to be written vValueToAdd Value to be added to the conversion table Return value If vReturnVal is omitted value of the argument vValueToAdd will be returned If T is passed to vReturnVal the final value of the RetVal Second column of the conversion table will be returned INotRecalcCond If INotrecalcCond is satisfied TblAddVal will not be re excuted when you push the Recalc button Returns vReturnVal Data type identical to that of vReturnVal Example TblAddVal PlaceCount HrStartID iif HrFP lt 3 1 0 T See Also TblWrite 16 13 1TbIWrite Write a value into the value column the second column of a conversion table Please note that conversion table is case sensitive Syntax TbhlWrite cLookupTable vKeyVal
356. istical result We may carry out statistics in groups In this sample view the column Horse is set as a Stat Group column and a horse will be a group r Edit View lt ie 38 Save Exit View Name win in New Stable Chinese Mode Equivalent Description win in New Stable Cancel Exit Starters View O Entries view _ Show Formula RowHeight 17 ColumnsLocked 0 Column ID wWBO0008 C1 i che Export _ Betting Index CG stat column 1 Stat Groups xp Heading Horse Import Width pixel 85 gt Type Character Save Format Chars Digits 30 Decimal lt _JAuto Resize Notes Do the Statistics To do the statistics click on the Stat button at the right hand side Running Comme A User Comment Yeung s Index Expected Speec Bodyweight HrDate Test Stable Change Win in New Statins v Modify mew Delete Bocal Se The following form will appear Select Exclude Zero since we are interested in only the horses with a 1 in the Stat Cnt column The following figure shows the statistical result for the period races 1 638 of the season 2004 2005 It shows that Very Fit has won twice since a stable change Welkin Systems Limited Aon Statistical View Calculation SE Evaluation Period From Season 2004 R f Calculate To Season 2004 Use Cached Results O Recalculate All Formulae ces
357. istics 09 05 2007 1 06 584 19 15 Rta Cls 40 15 5 neen m B re Rare it Group Best Time 17 09 2003 1 Powerful 1 39 7 D Whyte 118Ib Std Time 1 41 3 Sect Time 27 3 24 2 2 5 Remark 1 Starter Views 2Trackwork 3 Allocation 4 Flemming 5 Dvds 6 Comment ZLinks 0 Index History Horse Lines 0 F Filter w Update WQP Statistics Running Comment User Comment Yeung s Index Expected Speed Past Performance Best Distance Draw Statistics v A ojula an s w n 5 Click on the Stat button to show the following Statistical View Calculation form Welkin Systems Limited 2 4 RaceMate Reference a Statistical View Calculation view Draw Statistics valuation Period From Season 2005 2006 Race T Calculate ES once Maal To Season 2005 2006 Race 9999 E Use Cached Results O Recalculate All Formulae Race Filter checking only the 1st horse of each race Exclude Zeros HrDistance lt 1600 m Show List Statistics on FP Races 447 Sum Average Maximum Minimum Variance 5770 0000 40520 0000 7 0225 14 0000 1 0000 14 6536 Inner 3114 0000 20470 0000 esras 14 0000 1 0000 14 1039 Outer 2656 0000 20050 0000 7 5489 Ge 1 0000 14 7845
358. istics View Types of History and Statistics Views U Upgrading RaceMate or Installing Add Ins UserID 23 Using Conversion Tables in Views 97 148 148 248 153 Using Menus and Toolbars 72 V Val 431 Variable 160 VFP Functions 447 VFP Functions amp Operators 447 VFP Operators 448 View Header 128 View Management 122 Viewing Past Records and Move Columns in Stat View Page 216 Welkin Systems Limited W What is New in RaceMate 10 0 What is New in RaceMate 10 5 What is New in RaceMate 11 5 What is New in RaceMate 7 0 What is New in RaceMate 8 0 What is New in RaceMate 9 0 What is New in RaceMate 9 5 What is New in RaceMate 9 8 When to use the While keyword Wins Page Horse Form 107 W Year 447 Welkin Systems Limited 38 37 36 59 50 47 43 40 255 Index 487
359. ited Release Notes 3 Common Statistical Figures New History Statistics Views 1 Jockey Change Performance View opened by double clicking on statistical columns of the starter view Jockey Change Stat See All Distances WQP Stats View for details 2 Distance WQP Stats View opened by double clicking on statistical columns of the starter view All Distance WQP Stat See All Distances WQP Stats View for details 3 Stable Quinella Place 4 ist Section Leading New MCL Functions HrStartIDOn JrStartIDOn SrStartIDOn HrPastIncident JrPastIncident HrPastIncident DateOfRace ComingDate 2 2 What is New in RaceMate 10 5 RaceMate has been updated to version 10 5 in September 2010 Here are the changes since version 10 0 Boxes for Storing Calculated Values Seven storage boxes are added You can store any value into one of the boxes All views share the same storage boxes That means once you store a value into a storage box the value in it can be accessed in any views Values storage in a starter view can be accessed in a history stat view as well Storage box values will be kept until you quit RaceMate Open the help page for Box to learn more Standard Deviation and Variance in History Stat Views Two new Statistical items Standard Deviation and Variance are added into the History Stat Views Data on the Speed Power page of the Hong Kong Jockey Club website Two sets of functions a
360. itions S 03 126 22 10 2003 1800 T Entries 03 022 Dandy Bunny 10 09 2003 1650 C 14 Days Trkwk 02 688 14 06 2003 1650 h 28 Days Trkwk 02 557 l27 04 2003 1600 F WQP Statistics 02 521 09 04 2003 2200 n Running Comme t t User Comment 02 476 23 03 2003 2200 fh Yeung s Index Everest i Gite winybravissimo Garfol 19 11 2003 1650 Expected Speec 03 177 12 11 2003 1650 J 03 092 King OF The Turf Bravissimo Telecom Bab 08 10 2003 1650 F v 03 039 17 09 2003 1200 03 012 06 09 2003 1000 lt LMedify es 01 06 2008 1000 k 02 489 29 03 2003 1200 C Elite Win Black Knight Everest Bravissimo Barfold F 19 11 2003 1650 Past Records 03 177 Everest 12 11 2003 1650 py N 14 an NNN e Lines O 9 If you want to get more information about the race on 10 09 2003 that Black Knight met Dandy Bunny you may double click on the date to open the race Welkin Systems Limited 452 RaceMate Reference 10 After the race is open change to Position view to see detailed running positions and time r Race Data 2 10 09 2003 4 Running Positions 10 09 2003 e 4 03 022 Jeln neen m FG Rta Cls 60 40 4 20 45 NEW YORK HANDICAI EEN 1 Starter Views 2Trackwork 3 Allocation 4Flemming SDvds Remark Z Links O Index Dw Jockey Stable Positions Margin Time Win A Ded
361. k here to change display language Input Installation Key z S S C Retrieve License Update Right from Disk for existing users Last Name First Name Phone Number The phone no nduding spaces and symbols will be the password for online payment amp personal data update Though not necessary you may add 1or 2 non numeric characters to make it securer Mailing Address Email Address Send me upgrade amp product information Automatic user registration via the Internet recommanded Register via fax or web page 8 Choose Retrieve License from Disk You will see the following form e Import Installation Key Import Installation Key from License Information File A Register usa 9 If you have saved your license file in another folder other than A change A to the folder name Otherwise insert disk A Then push OK 10 If the disk is successfully read RaceMate will continue to run 11 If you have backed up your personal data in step 1 pull down the Tools menu and choose Restore User Data Input and Changes from Previous Backup to restore them Important e After a license file has successfully been imported into an inactive RaceMate it becomes useless and can t be imported into other RaceMates anymore e If you want to change a new hard disk or update the data of an inactive RaceMate you must Welkin Systems Limited 32 RaceMate Reference 1 6 export a new license f
362. l eValueToStore The value to be stored into the box specified by argument 1 eArgli eArg9 If eValueToStore is a character string you may put template symbols 1 2 to 9 into eValueToStore They will be replaced by eArgi eArg2 eArg9 in a one one match basis in the return value However the 1 2 9 template symbols will be kept in the storage box If eValueToStore is omitted the replacement will take place when returning the string in the storage box Returns Data type of the value in the box specified by argument 1 Example Box 1 HrAge Put age of horse into storage box number 1 Box 4 Return value in storage box number 4 Box 3 HrDaysAgo 1 30 Stores HrDaysAgo 1 into storage box number 3 but returns a string HrDaysAgo 30 Box 3 30 If string HWrDaysAgo 1 is stored in the storage box HrDaysAgo 30 will be returned However value in the storage box will not be changed by the replacement Box 3 will still return HrDaysAgo 1 ListItem He is Box 1 John Paul 1 In the example above Box 1 John will be regarded as a string The function will return He is Box 1 John Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 439 ListItem He is amp Box 1 John Paul 1 In the example above amp Box 1 John will carry out the feature of the Box function The function will return He is John 16 15 2 Compare The function com
363. l T or not F In Visual FoxPro string comparison using the native operators will be carried out up to the last character of the right hand side This behaviour can be a trap for most people You may keep away from this trap by using Match If there is any of the wildcard characters and in the second argument The second argument will be treated as a template matches any number of any characters while 2 matches any single character Using compare retum Remark Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 44s ABC AB ahs In Visual FoxPro string comparison will be carried out up to the last character of the right hand side Therefore C at the left hand side will be ignored AB ABC E In Visual FoxPro string comparison will be carried out up to the last character of the right hand side Therefore C at the right hand side will be taken into account moo Using Match E Match ABC AB Match AB ABC Match Ab ab Match Ab ab 1 Match Abc a 1 Match Abc A Match Abc ABC 2 Match Abc Abc_ 3 Oo e Syntax Match cValuel cValue2 nFlag Match cValuel cTemplate nFlag Arguments cValuei cValue2 Strings to be compared nFlag 0 or Omit Trim character strings and upper and lower case character will be treated as the same 1 Require a exact case match 2 Do not trim character strings The above values are a
364. l up 1 Click Start Settings Control Panel 2 When Control Panel is opened double click Internet Options 3 Click the Connections tab Internet Properties General Security Privacy Conter Connections Programs Advanced _ To set up an Internet connection click Zei Setup E D al steNetwork settings SIE Choose Settings if you need to configure a proxy server For a connection Current HKNet Dialup Local 4rea Network LAN settings LAN Settings do not apply to dial up connections LAN Settings Choose Settings above For dial up settings 4 Select the dial up network that you would like to use In this example HKNet Dialup is selected The name of your connection may be different 5 Select Dial whenever a network connection is not present 6 Click OK See also Dial Up Connection Downloading Data 3 2 Dial Up Connection 1 Dialing up to RaceMate s data server is an alternative method of data update with lower speed Since almost all users have an Internet account this option will only be used as an back up measure The telephone lines that we reserve for this option is very limited We don t guarantee a successful connection from this option 2 To dial up to the RaceMate data server your computer must have a modem installed Follow the steps below to set up the modem Welkin Systems Limited e RaceMate Reference 3 Click Tools Download Setti
365. ld know when using RaceMate gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt Using Menus and Toolbars Changing Language of Display Hyper Linking Records Incremental Search Editing Data Handling Forms Handling Grids Using Menus and Toolbars This section will discuss the functions and operation techniques of RaceMate menus and toolbars gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt e Menus and Toolbars e Moving Toolbars Menus and Toolbars Almost all functions of RaceMate can be get accessed to via menus and toolbars Some of them are mapped to hot keys The table below shows some important hot keys Menu Options Hot Keys Print Ctrl P Edit Ctrl E Save Ctrl S Quit Alt F4 Moving Toolbars RaceMate toolbars can be moved by dragging their handles at the leftmost You may drag to undock them or dock them to the left right or bottom of the program windows Changing Language of Display You can change the user interface of RaceMate between English and Chinese Using Mouse If you are viewing in English and would like to switch to Chinese click on Tools menu and select Change to Chinese Display Using Keyboard You can also do it by pressing CTRL L Welkin Systems Limited r RaceMate Hong Kong Professional Edition File Edit Record Data Training Analysis BESE Basic Ul Techniques Download New Data Repeat Last Download Download Settings Update Data From Files Back Up User Data
366. lease or lend RaceMate Copying and Backing up You may copy or back up programs or data of RaceMate However you are not allowed to copy RaceMate programs or data even part of it to any other party UPGRADES If this copy of RaceMate is an upgrade from an earlier version of RaceMate it is provided to you on a license exchange basis You agree by your installation and use of this copy of the RaceMate to voluntarily terminate your earlier license agreement COPYRIGHT All data programs and designs of RaceMate including but not limited to any data electronic documents images photographs text and utilities incorporated into the RaceMate are owned by Welkin and corresponding suppliers if any and are protected by applicable copyright and intellectual property laws and treaties PROGRAM UPDATE While you download and update RaceMate s data from Welkin s data server Welkin may change designs enhance or drop functions and change data and data structure of RaceMate without prior notice DISCLAIMER Welkin Systems Limited License Agreement 475 Welkin disclaims any responsibility and accepts no liability for any direct or indirect loss or damage arising from any inaccuracies omissions or typographical errors of RaceMate and its data and documentations Welkin also does not warrant the accuracy completeness timeliness or fitness for purpose of RaceMate data Welkin shall not be liable for any failure to supply data due to te
367. left top comer of the grid to export all the data in the view Besides built in columns you may create complicated columns using MCL functions for the export Both Comprehensive Statistics and Record Query as well as the History Stat page of Horse Jockey Stable forms or Starter views for such export action Generally speaking the former one may be simpler for most cases Exporting View Data You can use the Export Data button on a view page to export view data into Excel files These Excel files is actually tab delimited text files with and xls extension rather than true Excel files See Format of Exported Excel Files to learn more about this file type Welkin Systems Limited Exporting and Importing Data 231 On the Export Race Data form you can export only some basic data If you want to export extensive data including statistics you should create a view with all items you want using proper MCL functions Then export the view Exporting Data of Starter Views Click on the Export Data button on the Starter Views page __Modify New Delete Ven Beck Export Data Import Data J Re order Stat J You will then see the following Export View Data form The following options are shown on the form 1 Range of data to be exported 2 Whether the exported file will be imported If yes a primary key will be added at the left Please see Importing View Data From E
368. lephone line or Internet failure power failure or interruption Acts of God controls or restrictions of the Jockey Club or government cessation or failure of data supply by the Jockey Club or any other causes beyond Welkin s control Welkin Systems Limited Index A About RaceMate 247 About Upgrading Windows 32 Absence of Values 257 Accuracy of Prediction Model 218 Advanced Settings of View Columns 135 All Distances WQP Stats View 168 Allocation Page Race Data Form 98 Argument of History Stat View 149 162 Arguments of MCL functions 253 Arithmetic Functions 393 At 397 Atc 397 AtStart 341 Autofit 80 Autolinks 188 Average 393 AverageNZ 393 B Backing Up and Restoring User Data 244 Barrier Trial Groups Daily Track Work Form 116 Barrier Trials Daily Track Work Form 116 Basic Steps 220 Basic Ul Techniques 72 Betting Index 218 Box 437 Built in Starter Views 168 Built in Views 168 Cc Cache for View Data 149 Changing a Column s Position 83 Changing and Restoring Form Size 79 Changing Column Width 80 Changing Language of Display 72 Changing Row Height 81 Characteristics of Null Values 257 Chinese Characters Becomes Garbage 466 Chinese display 72 Clearing Cache Folder 248 Clothers 104 Cnv 418 Column position 83 Welkin Systems Limited Index 477 Column width 80 Column 342 ComingDate 316 Compare 439 Comprehensive Statistics amp Record Query 196 C
369. les Brand No 2 Pedigree 3 History l 4 Statistics l 5 Trackwork l 6 Links 0 All Horses Rating ei Gu Bay Sex Coald Ho Age el PPG GB Last Start Foal Date 01 01 1999 Year 1999 Dorminic Savio Wan Tat Kay Active Mark Note Incremental Search Incremental Search in a Text Column You may perform an incremental search in almost all columns of the grids of forms Click into the column that you want to search Key in the text being searched Every time you key a stroke RaceMate will jump to the record line in which the column text best matches see remark no 2 below the keystrokes The keystrokes that you entered will be highlighted The following figure shows the process of searching the horse Blue Stitch Welkin Systems Limited r Horse 1 Baby King 4JU Horse Baby Kng 1 Particulars 2Pedigree 3 History 4 Statistics Stable ALL Brand No C184 5 Trackwork Class ALL ze Trackwork Date M Active Only Basic Ul Techniques 6 Links Q All Horses Asset Play E CH NAN CR w Loaner 49 Big Shot Big Winner Billet Express Bingson Athletic Gold Black Carbine Black Knight Blazing Missile Blooming Start Black Knight Blazing Missile Blooming Star Blue pan Bobo
370. lhip fpt Cancel Welkin Systems Limited Introduction to RaceMate 23 Installation Completes After the file transferring process completes you will see the dialogue box as shown in the following figure Please push the Finish button to start RaceMate After RaceMate is started please follow the steps in next section to register you software and create the database of RaceMate If there existed some system files that were out of date and updated by the setup program you will be prompted to restart your computer and the above screen will not be shown After your computer is restarted please click on the RaceMate icon on you desktop which was created by the setup program to start RaceMate fe Setup RaceMate Completing the RaceMate Setup Wizard Setup has finished installing RaceMate on your computer The application may be launched by selecting the installed icons Click Finish to exit Setup 1 4 Registering and Activating RaceMate Note Content of this page is only applicable to RaceMate packages purchased after March 2004 Packages purchased before March 2004 uses an external protection key lock The following registration and activation procedure is not applicable After RaceMate installation is completed you must follow the steps below to register and activate your software Start RaceMate Click on the Start button of Windows and select the RaceMate program group and then click on RaceMate to ru
371. link to Jockey Club Website 1 2011 11 27 09 Race Replay Autolink to Jockey Club Website 2 2011 11 27 09 Passthrough Autolink to Jockey Club Website Jockeys List Page Jockey Form This page shows all horses including inactive with other useful information Please see the Incremental Search about how to locate a jockey on the page Stable Form The Stable form is usually opened by e double clicking on a stable s name in any form e clicking Data Stable on the menu bar gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt Horses in Stable Stable Form Wins Page Stable Form Past Record and Comprehensive Statistics Stable Form Notes Page Stable Form Links Page Stable Form Stables List Page Stable Form Welkin Systems Limited Main Data Forms 113 5 8 1 Horses in Stable Stable Form This page show all horses of the stable They are grouped according to their ratings Abbrev ASC No of horses 58 All Time High Belong To Casa Danesis Best Noodle Bullish Win Easy Brotherhood Country Magic Eve Witness Chief Witness Floral Joy II Great Guy Zero Gravity ForestStar oz Nirvana O Reilly Rally General Power Fluke Pot Of Gold Polde Mes 1 le len Le T i S p 5 8 2 Wins Page Stable Form This page shows breakdowns of number of wins under different conditions
372. lkin Systems Limited 25 RaceMate Reference 16 2 5 16 3 and the value of the item Column Ave FP is NULL the result yielded from the formula will be NULL Le 14 NULL NULL Errors in MCL Formulas Whenever errors are found in an MCL formula the formula will yield a null value You may double click on the cell of the null value to see a description of the error Information about a Start This group of functions returns basic information about a start gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt HrAge JrAge SrAge HrAgeMonths JrAgeMonths SrAgeMonths HrAllowance JrAllowance SrAllowance HrBleedDate JrBleedDate SrBleedDate HrBleedDateStr JrBleedDateStr SrBleedDateStr HrBlinker JrBlinker SrBlinker HrBlinkerAbbr JrBlinkerAbbr SrBlinkerAbbr HrBlinkerAbbrNew JrBlinkerAbbrNew SrBlinkerAbbrNew HrBlinkerNew JrBlinkerNew SrBlinkerNew HrBodyWeight JrBodyWeight SrBodyWeight HrClass JrClass SrClass HrClassID JrClassID SrClassID HrCurRating JrCurRating SrCurRating HrDraw JrDraw SrDraw HrEntriesWeight JrEntriesWeight SrEntriesWeight HrFavorite JrFavorite SrFavorite HrFinalOdds JrFinalOdds SrFinalOdds HrFP JrFP SrFP HrFPX JrFPX SrFPX HrHorseNo JrHorseNo SrHorseNo HrHorseNoStr JrHorseNoStr
373. lly tab delimited plain text files with a file extension xls You may open the files in Excel by directly double clicking on the files If you are using Microsoft Excel 2007 you will see a message similar to the following Such message will not appear in earlier versions of Excel Microsoft Office Excel The file you are trying to open User Comment de is in a different format than specified by the file extension A Verify that the file is not corrupted and is from a trusted source before opening the file Do you want to open the file now ves IL re Once you click on Yes the file will be opened If you open the file via the Excel menu you will see a form similar to the following Welkin Systems Limited Exporting and Importing Data 239 The Text Wizard has determined that your data is Delimited If this is correct choose Next or choose the data type that best describes your data Original data type Choose the file type that best describes your data Delimited Characters such as commas or tabs separate each field Leesch D Fixed width Fields are aligned in columns with spaces between each field Start import atrow 1 File origin 950 Chinese Traditional Big5 D Preview of file F TMP User Comment xls 14 08 723 8 8 Winning Ahead 30 123 3 40000000 4 II L ent Ge Cat You may simply click on Finish to open the file Generally speaking Excel will
374. ls Exporting View Data Data Export via Starter Views Format of Exported Excel Files Importing View Data From Excel Files Exporting Simple Race Data If you want to use other computer software e g Microsoft Excel to analyse race data you could export data from RaceMate and then import the data from the exported file in to the target software The Export Race Data form discussed here includes only basic fields If you want to export more complicated fields you may choose Tools Comprehensive Statistics and Records Query and then click on the Edit View Structure button to create a view with all the information you want and follow the steps in the Exporting View Data page to export the view to an Excel or text file In the view you may include RaceMate both built in columns and tailor made MCL columns Here are the steps for exporting basic race data Choose Export Race Data from the Tool menu You will see the following form S Export Race Data 1 ez Click here if yo it find the field you want to export or Ee export data From Season 2008 2009 Race No 1 Sect Style a To Season 2008 2009 RaceNo 12 For Empty 0 oe Mee Meeting No Race NoinYear Race Race Date Rac Race No in Mtg Course Track Race Class Going Cup Name Horse Name Draw Brand No Rating Loading Up Reserve Final Postion Winning Time win ts Place ts Odd EE Body weight Horse No Horse Sect
375. lues are Equal to the absence of any value Different than zero the empty string or blank Sorted ahead of other data Propagated in calculations and most functions A null value is displayed as NULL When you double clicking on a cell of null value in a RaceMate view RaceMate will display a box showing information if available about how the value is got 16 2 2 Absence of Values The function HrRating 1 will normally return the rating of a horse of its previous start However for a new horse without any previous start a null value will be returned 16 2 3 Null Values in Statistics In statistical MCL functions null values will not be counted For example when we apply the Ave FP model see MCL Tutorial to the the horse Cyber Gulch in the 633 rd race of season 1999 2000 we will get the NULL result It is because at the time of the race the horse Cyber Gulch has only started once In that start its finishing position was 13 Thus the function HrFP 1 returns 13 column FP 1 and function HrFP 2 returns NULL When a statistical MCL function finds no data to process the function will return a null value as well 16 2 4 Propagation of Null Values Whenever a formula contains an item of null value the formula always gives a result of NULL except that the null value is the argument of the function IsNull or the first argument of NVL For example if you write a formula 14 Colurm Ave FP We
376. lumn to be imported can be either a calculated or an input column The system will import the column values from RaceMate s view data cache Please note the following points about using the function 1 The target race view from which the data to be imported must be opened at least once to load the data into the view cache before the current view running the GetColumn function is opened Otherwise the GetColumn function will return NULL Doing statistics and model evaluations will also populate data into the view cache 2 If you choose Clean Up Calculation Results in Cache from the main menu all calculated column data in the view cache will be lost All the GetColumn functions that import values from calculated columns will return NULL You have to Welkin Systems Limited sa RaceMate Reference 16 7 5 repopulate the view cache in order to supply necessary data for the function However data of input columns will not be clear by the Clean Up Calculation Results in Cache menu option therefore getting values from input columns will not be affected Syntax GetColumn cColumnID Argument cColumnID is the Column ID of the column of the target view You can see the Column ID of a column on the Edit View form see figure below Returns Value returned by the function will be of the same type and width of the target column Examples GetColumn VWC10017 C6 Retrieve the values of the Yeung s Index
377. mation about the RaceMate software including the software license agreement Please scroll up and down to read the message carefully in the message box If the License Agreement is okay for you please choose I accept the agreement and click on Next 2 Choosing Software Folder The following folder selection screen will appear Normally we will accept the folder suggested by the Setup Program If you want to install RaceMate into another folder click on Browse to choose a folder RaceMate may update its program files while normal data update Therefore it must be installed into a folder with modify right The folder Program Files of Windows Vista or above have been made read only Therefore please don t install RaceMate into this folder Welkin Systems Limited 22 RaceMate Reference fe Setup RaceMate Select Destination Location Where should RaceMate be installed pe o Setup will install RaceMate into the following folder To continue click Next If you would like to select a different folder click Browse e RaceMate At least 41 9 MB of free disk space is required After your have clicked on the Next button the Setup Program will confirm with you the destination location If the path is correct click on the Install button You will see the following screen fe Setup RaceMate Installing Please wait while Setup installs RaceMate on your computer Extracting files c RaceMate Help htm
378. may enter the path of a folder ora USB drive and click on Backup to start back up RaceMate will compress all files in the USER folder into a single file The default file name is A RACEMATE ZIP If the floppy diskette is full RaceMate will ask you to insert another one G 42 Back Up Back up user data files in subfolder USER to A RACEMATE ZIP On the form above you may change the file name to any valid file name e g E ABC RACEMATE RMB To restore data from your backup disk choose Restore User Data Input and Changes from Previous Backup from the Tools menu of RaceMate Insert your backup disk or select the path you have backed up your data to Edit the file name to match the file name of your back up file e g E ABC RACEMATE RMB Click on Restore to start restoring data Welkin Systems Limited System Maintenance and Configuration 245 S gi Restore Restore user data from A RACEMATE ZIP 14 2 RaceMate Notice Occasionally you may see notices figure below which pops up on the screen when you start RaceMate After you have read the notice check the Read box at the right top of the Notice form to close the form If you close the form without checking the Read box next time when you start RaceMate the notice will pop up once again on the screen z Notice 1 SE 07 14 2006 02 07 2006 A 12 11 2005 Add Trackwork Details and Statistics into Your Views 07 11 20
379. minimum values of FP of each data group each horse in this example will be shown in the data retrieved If you are not interested in these figures you may simply delete such columns in the resulting Excel sheet 5 Rearrange Grouping Order Move the Horse Name column to the top making it the first column The purpose of doing this step is to make the final result be sorted firstly by Horse Name 6 Save the View Click on the Save Exit button to save the changes You will see a screen similar to the following figure Welkin Systems Limited Exporting and Importing Data 237 r Race Data 1 18 06 2005 4 Horse Comment 18 06 2005 e 4 04 678 14 15 Rta Cls 60 40 4 s1400 Mc 1 Bee Sa Best Time 25 09 2004 1 Universal Pioneer 1 21 6 C W woll Std Time 1 23 2 Sect Time 13 8 22 1 23 Remark 1 Starter Views 2 Trackwork 3 Allocation 4 Flemming SDvds 6 Comment Z Links D Index Horse Name Season No FP Rtg Top3 Rtg Wt R1 R2 R3 R4 RS R6 UR Comment A Declaration Hung on wel Positions Settled in re Entries Chased lead 14 Days Trkwk Never far of 28 Days Trkwk CH D 2004 678 48 48 45 43 120 9 0 0 0 Daneprint 2004 678 45 48 45 43 107 9 Compassiona 2004 678 43 46 45 43 108 Universal Piot2004 678 7 4 53 48 45 43 125 Stoic 2004 678 55 48 45 43 120 Don Felipe 2004 678 55 48 45 43 127 Lord Cairns 2004 67
380. mitted and all conditions evaluate to False F ICASE returns null NULL See Also IIF 16 15 8 lif This is a Visual FoxPro function It allows you to put equivalent of an IF ELSE ENDIF of common programming languages in an MCL formula Syntax Tif lCondition eThenResult eElseResult ware e IConditio Returns the value of eThenResult FE or NULL Returns the value of eElseResult eThenRe Any valid expression If ICondition is true returns the value of this sult expression Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 43 eElseRes Any valid expression If ICondition is false returns the value of this ult expression 16 15 9 InList This is a Visual FoxPro function It determines whether an expression matches another expression in a set of expressions Here match mean a Visual FoxPro comparison That means left hand side string can be longer than the right hand side string See Compare for the rule for matching Syntax InList eExpressionl eExpression2 eExpression3 Example InList x 3 7 9 The above function will return T is x equals 9 InList x Apples Oranges The above function will return T if x equals Apples and Bananas or Apples It will return F if x equals Apple or APPLES See Also Compare Match 16 15 1 IsNull IsNull is a Visual FoxPro function You need IsNull because NULL is never equal to any value e
381. mming 5 Dvds 6 Remark Links 0 Index 7 7 Le d E EP Yj A AA ES ke Ze E TA 631 amp 2314 SH 78 a 60 We Ye 783 Yo b KA CG Are f Y Ale SE Ly Se SC e Place Tickets Odd WY x up Ps y VA VAM CH d 6 CH La y Le See tt Fc i b DE Wi fy GH dy Wt h 1 28 Days Trkwk A WOP Statistics 77 eat Us EE D PAA Past Records Gg By E 1 Declaration Entries 14 Days Trkwk 4 Running Comme s Horse 999 Lines Incremental Date Search An incremental search in a date column is similar to an incremental search in a numeric column The keystrokes that you entered are displayed in the column heading Ina date search the cell that you start will be used as a template for the incremental search Each keystroke that you key in will replace a character in the template RaceMate will then use the latest template value to jump to the best matching record The figure below shows an incremental search for the date 12 01 2002 in the Date column already in descending order before searching The value in cell used as template in which the search starts is 26 12 2003 Zem 0 12 02 2003 12 02 2003 ni 12 01 2003 11 01 2003 nl 12 01 2003 11 01 2003 Welkin Systems Limited Basic Ul Techniques CS Jockey 1 D Whyte 7L Category Foreign aaa 1 History 2 Statistics 3 Not
382. mprehensive Statistics and Record Query Simplified Statistics Jockey Jockey Statistics Jockey Stable Statistics Conversion Table Management Clean Up Calculation Results in Cache i A ZE nn tenn de fl Win ew ee f See the Type 2 Histroy and Statistics View section for more information gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt Defining Structure of Statistics Views and Queries Statistical View and Record Filtering Results Editing View Particulars Editing View Column Criteria Items Query Operators for Requirements Creating and Removing OR or AND Criteria Group Data Period and Display Mode Statistical Items the Stat Column Viewing Past Records and Move Columns in Stat View Page 12 1 1 Defining Structure of Statistics Views and Queries If you want to see a list of requirement operators please see the following page Query Operators for Requirements When you choose Defining Statistical Views Comprehensive Statistics from the Analysis menu you will see the following form You can change the structure of a view or create new views on this form However please note that any changes made to a system built in view will be lost when you restart RaceMate Welkin Systems Limited 198 RaceMate Reference 4 Definition of Statistical Views 1 Lole Jl GE Dem Delete Item o Basic Columns el Columns most users need 2 Library Item Grou
383. n SrDvdWin secsecsecseseeeeeeeseeseeseeseeeeeeeeeeeseeseeeaeseesseseessessesseseaseaesaeeaeeaesaeseeseesenseeteees HArGaing JrGoing SEGOJ f sssciseccesscvsessecsiccusserssscncustevsectessensecucedsssverscecustecsendesseseessacctsnecesscscusterseaderses HrGoingAbbr JrGoingAbbr SrGroingADDbr esscesseccesseeeeseeeeseeeeeaeeeeeeeeenesesaeeseeneeseaeeesaeeseeeeeeeeeeeaeeees 326 HrGoingID JrGoingID SrGOingID eesceeseceeseeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeesaeeesaeeeeeneeesaesesaeeseenessaeeesaeeseeeeeseeeeneaeeeees 327 HrisTurf JrisTurf SrisTurf ln 327 HrLastSectionTime JrLastSectionTime SrLastSectionTiMe 1 NEEN Ae 328 HrLastSectionTimew JrLastSectionTimew Gr astGechon Timewf EEN NEEN 329 HrMeetingNo JrMeetingNo SrMeetingNo ccesecessscesseeeeseeesseeeeseeeeeseeeeseesesaeeeesneeseaeeesaeeeeeeeeeeeeesaeeeees 329 HrPenetrometer JrPenetrometer SrPenetrometer sscccesseeeseeeeseeeeeseeesseeeesaeeeeseesesaeeesaeeeeeneeeseeeeseeeeees 329 HrRaceClass JrRaceClass SrRAC CIASS ssceseeeeseeeesseeeeeeeeeseeeeseeeeesneesseesesaeeeeeneeseaeeesaeeeeeneeeseeeeseeeees 330 HrRacelD JrRacelD SrRacelD s cceseceeseeceeseeeeeneeesaeeesaeeeeeneeesneeesneeeeaneeeaaesesaeeeeeneesaesesaeeseeneeeeeeeeeeeeees 330 HrRaceNolnMeeting JrRaceNoInMeeting SrRaceNolnMeeting sssccesscesseeeseeesseeeeseeeeeseeesseeeeseeeeees 330 Welkin Systems
384. n A While clause causes the function to stop action once the logical expression evaluates to false Both For and While clauses are optional Default value returned when no race satisfying the specified condition can be cDefaultValue found The data type of this value must be identical to that of normal return value When applying the function to past records by default races in the underlying meeting are not included You may use this argument to change the scope See the following page for details The cIncluding Argument nRaces cIncluding Returns Character The length of the returned character string depends on the breakdown expression It is recommended to set the column data type to Multiline Text so that the number of characters returned can be of any length Examples HrCountBy HrDistance The above function counts the number of races of each horse broken down by distance HrCountBy HrFp 1 HrDistance ii The above function counts the number of winning races of each horse broken down by distance Welkin Systems Limited ae RaceMate Reference HrCountBy HrDistance For HrFp 1 The above function counts the number of races in which the horse wins The result is then broken down by distance The following picture shows the difference among the examples above e In the first 2 examples no filtering condition 4th argument is passed into the MCL function Therefor
385. n group 1 Number of wins lt lt Cnt HrFp 1 gt gt Since Cnt is the default behaviour of HrCountBy the modifier Cnt is optional Therefore results of the above two functions are identical 2 Best finishing position lt lt Min HrFp gt gt Below is an example of the return string of the above functions 1 Wins 0 Best 3 2 Wins 1 Best 1 6 Wins 0 Best 12 10 Wins 2 Best 1 HrCountBy Wins lt lt Cntf HrFp 1 gt gt Best lt lt Min HrFp gt gt HrDraw The statistics done in this example is basically identical to what is done in the functions of the previous example The difference is if the count of the first statistical item lt lt Cntf HrFp 1 gt gt is 0 the breakdown group will be removed If we apply the above function to exactly the same horse and race as prior example the string returned will be as follows please compare with prior example 2 Wins 1 Best 1 10 Wins 2 Best 1 Enhanced Syntax 4 Customize Format of Group Caption in Argument eBreakdownExpr By default statistical result of each breakdown group is enclosed by a pair of brackets which is preceded by the value of the breakdown expression i e Xxxx where xxxx is the value returned by eBreakdownExpr and is the result returned by the ICountIf argument Following the rules to replace this default format 1 Enclose the breakdown expression with the quotes lt lt and gt gt which will act as
386. n is not applicable as shown in the following examples HrWOPStat For HrDate gt 2005 1 1 Null amp amp WOP stat after 1 1 2005 HrWOPStat For Not HrDate lt 2005 1 1 Null amp amp WQP stat before 1 1 2005 Comparing Performance Difference Before and After a Stable Change Putting the above basic knowledge all together it will not be difficult for us to create a view to show the performance difference before and after a stable change The structure of the view is listed as follows User Defined MCL Function Type Chars Built In er GE Qld Stable Date Stable HrWQPStat For HrDate lt Qstr Column Old Change After Stable HrW PStat For HrDate gt Qstr Column old s Character 23 Change Using While to Make a View Faster Welkin Systems Limited In order to make the view show up faster we can replace the keyword For with While in the condition expression of the After Stable Change column but not the Before Stable Change column The difference between the keywords is e Using For RaceMate will scan all past starts to find the ones which satisfy the condition e Using While RaceMate will start from the latest start and scan the past starts one by one Once a start which does not satisfy the condition is found the scanning action will stop immediately and the older starts won t be touched anymore When we are doing the After Stable Change statistics the races belong
387. n of less than 3 letters will be returned Special Abbreviations Abbreviation or Withdrawal Syntax HrJockeyEngAbbr nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrJockeyEngAbbr nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrJockeyEngAbbr nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 3 16 4 23 HrJockeylD JrJockeyID SrJockeyID The functions return a unique character string identifying the jockey Syntax HrHorseID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrHorselID SrHorseID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 2 16 4 24 HrJockeyRetired JrJockeyRetired SrJockeyRetired Return whether the jockey is currently not at his races retired Syntax HrJockeyRetired nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrJockeyRetired nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrJockeyRetired nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Logical See Also Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 25 HrRetired JrRetired SrRetired HrJockey JrJockey SrJockey HrStableRetired JrStableRetired SrStableRetired 16 4 25 HrNoteMark JrNoteMark SrNoteMark The functions return a if Mark Notes was entered in the Horse Form Syntax HrNoteMark nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrNoteMark nBackRaces fCondition cDe
388. n specified by fCondition If nRaces is omitted all races meeting fCondition will be included If total number of races meeting fCondition is smaller than nRaces the function will perform calculations on only the available races You may use the HrCount function to check how many races have been counted nRaces If argument fCondition is passed the races nRaces will only be selected For HrFP 1 While from those meeting fCondition The HrDate gt Date 1999 9 1 fCondition argument is composed of a fCondition Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference For clause and a While clause A For clause causes the function to act on each record that meets the specified logical condition A While clause causes the function to stop action once the logical expression evaluates to false Both For and While clauses are optional Default value returned when no race satisfying the specified condition can be nDefaultValue found The data type of this value must be identical to that of normal return value When applying the function to past records by default races in the underlying meeting are not included You may use this argument to change the scope See the following page for details The cIncluding Argument cIncluding Returns Numeric Examples HrAverage HrWeight 3 The above example returns the average loading of the past 3 races of the horse SrAverage HrSpeed
389. n the Lines label on the left of the spinner to toggle between showing past records and hiding past records Say you have set the number of past record lines to 5 and want to temporarily hide the past record lines You can simply double click on the Lines label to hide all past records Later when you want to show the 5 history lines again just double click again on the label the 5 history lines will be shown again Sorting You can order rows of a view based on the data of a column by clicking on the column header Click once to do an ascending sort Click once again to change it to descending order Normally sorting is done over all history rows If you want to sort records of individual horses you may check the Sort in Horse checkbox Recalculating View Click on the Recalc button to recalculate and update the data of a view However filters will not be reevaluated If you want to filter the records again you may hold down the Shift key before clicking on the Recalc button Statistical Views and Betting Index There are two special types of views which will make use of the Stat button e Statistical Views Views created purely for doing statistics are called statistical views or statistical model Statistical results of a statistical view are shown by clicking on the Stat button Betting Index Views A betting index view consists of a betting index column which is a calculated column based on values of other columns o
390. n the column headers to the immediate right of the column you want to resize Autofitting Widths of All Columns Double click the square immediately preceding the first column header in the upper and leftmost corner of the grid Manually Resizing a Column To change a column s width 1 Put the mouse pointer on the right border of the column header until the pointer changes to zb 2 Hold down the mouse button and drag to left or right to adjust the column width Welkin Systems Limited Basic Ul Techniques at Double click to auto fit Drag to manually change width of the Horse column all visible columns Double click to auto fit the column on the left n Race Data 1 18 12 2002 3 Entries List Rta Cls 50 30 4 20 15 TONG FUK HANDICAF 5 Dvds 6Remark 7 Links Index Cls Bo Not Started Declaration Positions 2 11 Classic Choice 8 10 Divine Feeling 9 Applied Supreme 8 Barracuda P Chapple Hyam 5 Arriba arriba KL Man 6 Luck Always Comes D Cruz 7 Super Sixty six J Moore 3 Fortune Builder 45 Cruz 4 Song For Szesze 1 W Allan Delete JLgecalc 1 Bravissimo D Oughton gege stat 2 Mam Happy Returns L Ho Re order _stat_ Millennium Legend CH Yip Past Records Chuk way T W Leung By Horse i i Lines 0 MO 14 Days Trkwk 28 Days Trkwk WOP Statistics Running Comme User Comment Yeung s Index Fynected Speer eso new
391. n the headings of the columns Horse and Dw r Race Data 1 01 02 2004 9 Running Positions Klomsoon e a 03 372 lc Laem wire Broch 115 90 1 17 05 HIGH ISLAND HANDIC 1 Starter Views 2 Trackwork 3 Allocation 4 Flemming 5 Dvds 6 amp Remark Z Links D Index Horse d Jockey Stable Positions 1 2 Bullish Luck 10 F Coetzee 45 Cruz 665 _2 10 Palette Natural 11 SDye e 10 97 3 11 Native Dream 4D Dunn D Hayes Margin Time Win Declaration FEC postions ale 3 4 11 36 0 1 35 Entries 2 1 36 0 1 35 14 Days Trkwk 89 2 Move Column Move the mouse point to the column heading of the Position column Welkin Systems Limited e RaceMate Reference r Race Data 1 01 02 2004 9 Running Positions 4 7 5 o1foz 2004 a 03 372 lc Laem Mrs Rta Cls 115 90 1 17 05 HIGH ISLAND HANDIC 1 Starter views 2 Trackwork 3 Allocation 4 Flemming d 5 Dvds Is 6 Remark d Links 0 Index d Declaration a J Size mm 36 0 1 Entries 4 D Dunn DAHayes 7 8 9 36 0 1 14 Days Trkwk 01 02 2004 9 03 372 c aen m FG RtafCls 115 90 1 17 05 HIGH ISLAND HANDIC 2 Trackwork 3 Allocation 4 Flemming 5 Dvds 6 Remark Z Links D Index Jocke Podions Da Margin Time Win 1A stable Declaration E
392. n the program Welkin Systems Limited ER RaceMate Reference EI Internet Explorer CN Salary Procedure Microsoft Office Of Scramble Keystrokes Set Program Access and Defaults W Windows Catalog Windows Update CD winzip Genf Accessories gt m Administrative Tools gt ICH Communication gt Graphics amp Web gt F Microsoft Office gt Programming Es na Sech Ra E Repair RaceMate Data Files CH Open RaceMate Home Folder cS i T Unistall RaceMate Pl op IO shut KE ceMate an Startup AllPrograms Utilities User Registration The first time you start RaceMate the following registration form will be shown Please enter the Software Installation Key into the boxes at the top of the form and other information into the edit boxes below If your computer is able to be connected to the Internet please establish the connection and select Automatic user registration via the Internet Otherwise please select Register via fax or web page Welkin Systems Limited Introduction to RaceMate 25 rs Software Registration and Activation Input Installation Key A100 B200 c300 D400 O Retrieve Installation Key From disk only For existing users Last Name First Name Tai Man Phone Number 91234567 Mailing Address 184 28 F Wining Plaza 88 Winners Street North Point Hong Kong Email Address taimanch
393. n this example the view being edited is a newly created view We will answer Yes to confirm importing 6 1 1 9 Copying a Starter View Steps to copy a view definition Export the view to be copied Create a blank new view Import the previously exported view oN E Give a new name to the imported view Please note that the data that you input in the original view will not be copied to the new view 6 1 2 Show History in Starters Views gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt e History Tracks e Sorting and Grouping e Sorting in Individual History Groups e Setting Values amp Choosing MCL Variables 6 1 2 1 History Tracks On the Race Data form you can show history of each horse by choosing Horse on the History track drop down list and set number of history lines The following screen capture shows 3 past records of each horse There are 3 history tracks in total e Horse e Jockey e Stable Welkin Systems Limited wm RaceMate Reference When the form shows it will keep the history track that you last chosen 1 Horse history track 3 latest horse start records 2 king On earth 09 01 2011 o yTCheng 53 An 11 122 3 Day 2 Enjoy the Fun 09 01 2011 12008 BDoyle S2ULL 4 Reds 2 123 Day _4 Dees Force 09 01 2011 100 _ODoleue 52 04 rm 2 Day 2 Stable history track 3 latest stable records Welkin Systems Limited Views Management m 3
394. nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrWinnerID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 3 Example of Returned Value Welkin Systems Limited 340 RaceMate Reference OAX 16 6 56 HrWinSeconds JrWinSeconds SrWinSeconds The functions return number of seconds the winner took to finish the run Syntax HrWinSeconds nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrWinSeconds nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrWinSeconds nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Numeric Example of Returned Value 107 4 16 6 57 HrWinTime JrWinTime SrWinTime The functions return the finishing time of the winner of the race of the horse Syntax HrWinTime nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrWinTime nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrWinTime nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 6 Example of Returned Value 1 23 3 16 6 58 HrWinTimew JrWinTimew SrWinTimew These functions are identical to their original versions except that they return 2 digits after the decimal point Click on the link below to see the syntax of the functions HrWinTime JrWinTime SrWinTime Returns Character Width 7 Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference sa 16 6 59 IrregularRace If the current race is not an ordinary Hong Kong race the
395. nDefaultVal SrGallop1200Best nDays nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Numeric 16 5 7 HrGallop1200Stat JrGallop1200Stat SrGallop1200Stat The functions return a character string showing e Number of 1200m gallops e Best time in all 1200m gallops during a number of days before the race in which the horse runs Information will be returned in the following format 1 21 6 4 where 1 21 6 is the Best time and 4 is the number of gallops Syntax HrGallop1200Stat nDays nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrGallop1200Stat nDays nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrGallop1200Stat nDays nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Character Width 12 Welkin Systems Limited so RaceMate Reference 16 5 8 HrGallop400Best JrGallop400Best SrGallop400Best 16 5 9 The functions return the best time in all 400m galloping during a number of days before the race in which the horse runs Syntax HrGallop400Best nDays nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrGallop400Best nDays nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrGallop400Best nDays nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Numeric HrGallop400Stat JrGallop400Stat SrGallop400Stat The functions returns a character string showing e Number of 400m gallops e Best time in all 400m gallops during a number of days before the race in which the horse runs Information will be returned in the following format
396. nTime JrSectionTime SrSectionTime Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 319 16 6 5 HrAccSectionalTimew JrAccSectionalTimew SrAccSectionalTimew These functions are identical to their original versions except that they return 2 digits after the decimal point Click on the link below to see the syntax of the functions HrAccSectionalTime JrAccSectionalTime SrAccSectionalTime Returns Character Width 44 16 6 6 HrAveRating JrAveRating SrAveRating The functions return the average rating of all the horses in the race in which the horse runs Syntax HrAveRating nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrAveRating nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrAveRating nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Numeric 16 6 7 HrClassGroup JrClassGroup SrClassGroup The functions return the class group of the underlying race Syntax HrClassGroup nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrClassGroup nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrClassGroup nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 5 See also HrRaceClass JrRaceClass SrRaceClass HrClass JrClass SrClass HrClassID JrClassID SrClassID 16 6 8 HrCourse JrCourse SrCourse The functions return the course of the race Course Returned value in English Returned value in Chinese Welkin Systems Limi
397. ncluding JrSectPositions nSection nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrSectPositions nSection nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Arguments e If nSection is omitted or equals to 0 positions of all sections will be returned in a character string e When nSection is a positive number it is a section number counting from the Welkin Systems Limited 278 RaceMate Reference starting point i e 1 for the first section and 2 for the second etc The position for the section will be returned as a number e When nSection is a negative number it is a section number counting from the finishing point i e 1 for the last section and 2 for the 2nd last etc The position for the section will be returned as a number See Arguments of MCL functions for details about other arguments Returns Character if nSection argument is ignored Numeric if nSection argument if used See Also HrSectTime JrSectTime SrSectTime HrSectMargins JrSectMargins SrSectMargins HrSectMargLens JrSectMargLens SrSectMargLens HrTime JrTime SrTime HrSeconds JrSeconds SrSeconds 16 3 50 HrSectTime JrSectTime SrSectTime If the 1st argument is omitted the functions return the time of all sections of the underlying horse If a number if passed into the 1st argument the time of a particular section will be returned Syntax HrSectTime nSection nBackRaces f
398. ncluding SrDam nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 22 See Also HrSire HrSSire HrDSire HrSDam HrDDam HrSSSire HrDSSire HrDSSire SrDSSire HrSDSire HrDDSire HrSSDam HrDSDam HrSDDam HDDDam Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 2 16 4 8 HrDDam JcDDam SrDDam The functions return the name of the horse s dam s dam Syntax HrDDam _ JrDDam nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrDDam nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 22 See Also HrSire HrDam HrSSire HrDSire HrSDam HrSSSire HrDSSire HrDSSire SrDSSire HrSDSire HrDDSire HrSSDam HrDSDam HrSDDam HDDDam 16 49 HrDDDam JrDDDam SrDDDam The functions return the name of the horse s dam s dam s dam Syntax HrDDDam _ JrDDDam nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrDDDam nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 22 See Also HrSire HrDam HrSSire HrDSire HrSDam HrDDam HrSSSire HrDSSire HrDSSire SrDSSire HrSDSire HrDDSire HrSSDam HrDSDam HSDDam 16 4 10 HrDDSire JrDDSire SrDDSire The functions return the name of the horse s dam s sire s sire Syntax HrDDSire JrDDSire nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal
399. nction to check how many races have been counted If argument fCondition is passed the races nRaces will only be selected from those meeting fCondition The fCondition argument is composed of a For clause and a While clause A For clause causes the function to i _ e fCondition act on each record that meets the eet oat i goose specified logical condition A While clause causes the function to stop action once the logical expression evaluates to false Both For and While clauses are optional nRaces Welkin Systems Limited 374 RaceMate Reference cDefaultValue cIncluding Returns Character Default value returned when no race satisfying the specified condition can be found The data type of this value must be identical to that of normal return value When applying the function to past records by default races in the underlying meeting are not included You may use this argument to change the scope See the following page for details The cIncluding Argument 16 8 12 HrSum JrSum SrSum The functions return the sum of a racing datum over a set of the past records of a horse a jockey ora stable Syntax HrSum nValueExpr nRaces fCondition nDefaultValue cIncluding JrSum nValueExpr nRaces fCondition nDefaultValue cIncluding SrSum nValueExpr nRaces fCondition nDefaultValue cIncluding Argument Description Senge nValueExpr nRaces fConditi
400. nctions return the odds of the horse 5 minutes before the race For races on or after 7 3 2009 the functions return the odds of the horse 60 minutes before the race Syntax HrOdds5Min nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrOdds5Min nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrOdds5Min nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Numeric Width 4 Decimal 1 16 3 33 HrOverweight JrPOverweight SrOverweight The functions return the overweight figure of a horse in a start Syntax HrOverweight nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrOverweight nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrOverweight nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Numeric width 2 See Also HrWeight JrWeight SrWeight HrAllowance JrAllowance SrAllowance 16 3 34 HrPastincident JrPastincident HrPastincident The functions return the Jockey Club past incident extract Syntax HrPastIncident nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrPastIncident nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrPastIncident nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width equals number of characters of the incident extract Welkin Systems Limited 272 RaceMate Reference 16 3 35 HrPlaceTickets JrPlaceTickets SrPlaceTickets The functions return the place investment for the horse in unit of thousand Syntax HrPlaceTickets nBackRa
401. nd Record Query form It can be used either for retrieving past records or performing statistics History and Statistics Views are different from Starter Views in many ways This section will discuss the basic operations on the page See the Type 1 Comprehensive Statistics amp Record Query section for more information of the statistics views gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt e Types of History and Statistics Views e Argument of History Stat View e Setting Data Range in an Argument Types of History and Statistics Views History and Statistics View Page of the Horse Jockey and Stable Forms The following operations can be done on the History Stat page of the Horse Jockey and Stable Forms 1 Modify your own view You may e add columns that you are interested in into a view e delete columns that you do not want e add any number of user notes columns Set criteria to filter and query the records that you want Carry out statistics e Apply statistics to selected columns e Do unlimited level of breakdown and grouping e Toggle between Statistics mode and Runs mode whenever necessary 4 Export your results into Microsoft Excel e You can export your statistics results into a Microsoft Excel Views on the Comprehensive Statistics and Record Query Form The views on the Comprehensive Statistics and Record Query Form is basically identical to those on the History Stat page of the Horse Jockey and Stable
402. nd side of the Dictionary order Trailing space is insignificant Welkin Systems Limited gt Greater or equal Cell value is greater than or equal to Dictionary order Trailing space is insignificant 2007 3 1 2007 10 3 1 208 RaceMate Reference Unequal Cell value is not equal to ABC is not equal to Ab Trailing space is insignificant lt gt ABC Function value found in requirement Cell values is found inside the requirement string Only applicable to character or text data Unquoted Wildcard expression Cell value matches a wildcard requirement or pattern with wildcard Only for character or text data Not applicable to strings quoted with or no any of Automatic If no operator is put before the value above RaceMate will create filter expressions according to the operators following rules For columns of non character data types e For Logical type a requirement begins with any of the following characters will be regarded as False F F 0 N e For columns of any data type other than Character or Logical the operator will be applied For columns of character type e If the requirement is a quoted string the operator will be applied e For an unquoted requirement without any wildcard character a wildcard character will automatically be appended to the end of the requirement The requirement will then be treated as a wildcard expression
403. ndition cDefaultVal Argument nBackBarrierT rials Pass a number to the first argument to get the date and group of the nBackBarrierTrials 0 or 1 for first 2 for second etc barrier trials before the underlying race Template Template of the return string You can include the following special symbols in the template Corresponding item in the following table will be return in the position of the system Special Symbol Meaning Corresponding Item Return all barrier trials between last and current races Welkin Systems Limited 308 RaceMate Reference Numbers 0 to 9 1 No in template Number n in template stands for the the barrier trial n times before current race 2 A found in template Number n in template stands for the all barrier trials between the n times and n 1 times starts back from the current start If there is no barrier trial between these 2 starts an empty string will be return ______P___ Running positions including finishing position Date OOO O N Group Gears Distance o IT __ Time to completetherun gt gt Z o Jockey O Sectional times OOOO Moo Margin behind the winner See Arguments of MCL functions for details about other arguments Returns Character Multiline Text Examples The following functions return the date and group of the first barrier trial before the race HrBTrial HrBTrial 1 Sample of return 17 02 2009 5 for the 5th group in 17 02
404. nese Mode Equivalent Save Exit Description Cancel Exit Starters view Entries view _ Show Formula Row Height 9 Columns Locked l WEI Columns El Horse Column ID ywBOO002 c2 append s EJ Body wt C Betting Index Latest Column Stat Groups insert Export Heading Body WE Import Width pixel 40 Type Numeric Save Format Chars Digits f Decimal C Auto Resize Built In Item ERE ERs v O User Input Remark Note e If the Heading textbox is blank and an item is choose from the Built In Item dropdown list the Heading textbox will automatically be filled by RaceMate e The MCL function corresponding to the Built In Item will be shown in the User Defined Item editbox If you change the column to a User Defined Item and use the MCL function for the column the same result will be shown in the view Create a User Defined Item 5 Click on the Append button again to append a new column Set the column a User Define Item with the column name Max Body Wt 6 Set Data Type to Numeric and Chars Digits to 4 The setting will very often be written as Numeric 4 or Numeric 4 0 where 0 means 0 decimal place 7 Input the following MCL function into the User Defined Item editbox HrMaximum HrBodyWeight _ Welkin Systems Limited 132 RaceMate Reference r Edit View View Name Bodyweight RW Chinese Mo
405. ng Starters view O Entries View Show Formula Row Height O ColumnsLocked 0 Cancel Exit Columns Je RE L Cochem lA Cn oo T IL D ss 4 Delete the default column Horse Add a new built in column Draw into the view and set it as Stat Group ree Edit View view Name Draw Statistics Chinese Mode Equivalent k Save Exit Description Draw Statistics CINo Caching Save s Starters View O Entries view Show Formula Row Height O ColumnsLocked 0 Cancel Exit Columns Ge 7 a Ow a Column ID yWwBO3002 C1 Append mest C Betting Index C Stat Colum Stat Group Export Heading Dw Import Width pixel 17 Type Numeric Save Format Chars Digits 2 Decimal View Remark Entries Weight Final Odds O User Input Finishing Position Going en Remark a Show View Rmk Show Colm Rmk 5 Add another new built in column Finishing Position and set it as Stat Column Welkin Systems Limited Statistics and Data Analysis 221 r Edit View view Name Draw Statistics Chinese Mode Equivalent b Save Exit Description Draw Statistics C No Caching Save s Starters View Entries View Show Formula Row Height 0 E Columns Locked 0 Cancel Exit Columns P Dw a Column ID yweo309 d Res C Betting Index C Stat Group Export Heading FP Import Width pix
406. ng Jockey Race Name Group FP Hor 06 11 2004 Te Rapa L O Bosson _ mdn 21 11 2004 Te Rapa L 1600 G A Peard Intermediate E 4 15 12 12 2004 Ellerslie R 2000 G A Peard AVONDALE GUINEAS 3yo 2 5 13 26 12 2004 Ellerslie R 2400 Y A Peard NEW ZEALAND DERBY 3yo 1 8 18 12 02 2005 Randwick R 1400 G G Boss HOBARTVILLE S 3yo 2 8 8 al m r Multiline to Character Column Type Conversion Support in Views In previous versions of RaceMate when you modify a view and change the field type of a column from Multiline text type to Character type the content of the column will be lost In the new version change the column type from Multiline to Character or vise versa will keep all the content New Setup Welkin Systems Limited e RaceMate Reference The setup program for RaceMate 7 0 has completely rewritten A setup program for RaceMate 5 0 Hong Kong Edition is about 170M in size while that for RaceMate 7 0 is only about 35M Whenever a use buys a new computer or finds it RaceMate data corrupted he may download a new setup program form RaceMate s website The effective compression of the new version dramatically reduces the download time Welkin Systems Limited RaceMate Reference 3 3 1 Data Update You can download race and track work data from RaceMate s Data Server through the Internet or dialing up to our dataserver That means you can download data from anywhere in the world We s
407. ng formula into the formula box Welkin Systems Limited r Edit View View Name Declaration Chinese Mode Equivalent Em Save Exit Description List of Declared Starters Cancel Exit Starters view O Entries View Show Formula Columns Locked Column ID WC10001 C27 Betting Index _ Stat Column _ Stat Groups nsert Horses Mek Heading Horses Met elete Date Width pixel 200 zl Type Multiline Text v Distance i Jockey Chars Digits Decimal _ No Caching Rtg O Built In Item Dw H H H We User Defined Item _ Always Hidden _ Hidden If No History Diff CurRunHorses Updn Stable Blinker e Bleeding O User Input Column Mapped to B Wet Rew o z uw z LS a UR O 3 or D ov Remark Push the Save button to save the structure and exit to the Declaration view Expand the history line of the view to six You will see a view similar to the following In the following example you can see that Black Knight met Dandy Bunny in race 03 022 and Everest met Elite Win in race 03 177 r Race Data 1 19 11 2003 4 List of Declared Starters 19 11 2003 a 03 195 la neen Me Rtg Cls 60 40 4 20 45 PENG CHAU HANDICE L Starter Views 2 Trackwork Allocation 3 Flemming SDvds 6 Remark Links 0 Index Horses Met Date __ Distance Ji All 1650 E Pos
408. ng of columns 15 16 and 17 e Column 15 returns time values in a string format similar to 0 57 4 Unlike numbers character strings can t be used for calculating averages Therefore this column is only for displaying time values in the Runs mode and will not participate in any statistics Even if this column is removed the statistical results will not be affected e Column 16 returns time values in numbers of seconds which will be used for the average calculation However most users are not used to the seconds format of time This column is marked Hide and will neither be shown in Runs mode nor Statistics mode e Column 17 will be evaluated after all statistics are done and before results are shown This column converts time values from the seconds format to a readable string format by using the SToT function and will be used for displaying the statistical result Heading of a Statistical Column 1 By default the heading of a statistical column not including Grp and After in Statistics mode will be identical to the heading of the column in Runs mode except that a type label prefix will be added For example if we clear the Hide checkbox of column 16 to make it show in the statistical result table its column heading will be avg Time as shown below 1400 SH Ge 2006 1400 SH B 3 63 19 1 23 2 Te ee ee vt 2 As stated in the above point the label any will normally appear in the heading of columns of Any t
409. ngs Welkin Systems Limited System Maintenance and Configuration 247 Open the DownloadSettings form Date Format You may choose a date format here Available options are listed in the following table DD MM YYYY Day Month Y ear 26 03 2004 MM DD YYYY Month Day Year 03 26 2004 YYYY MM DD Year Month Day 2004 03 26 Default Follow the format settings Windows Control Panel Current Chinese Codepage RaceMate will automatically detect the codepage of your Windows and properly display Chinese characters in either Traditional or Simplified characters However if you are using an external Chinese characters display system such as RichWin and China Star you may need to manually set your current codepage here Windows XP Theme Support If you are using Windows XP you may turn off or turn on Windows XP Theme Support here Direct Edit If you select this option you can input data into the editing controls without first clicking on the Edit button of the toolbar See Editing Data for details Autolinks to HK Jockey Club Website RaceMate will put hyperlinks to the multimedia resources of the HK Jockey Club Website into records of Race Horse Jockey Stable and Track Work If you are not interested in some of the links and would like to remove them from the record forms you may deselect them here Connection Speed If you are using a broadband Internet connection you should choose Broadband Connection here to connect to
410. ngs on the menu 4 When the Download Settings dialog box appears choose Dial up to Server as the download method r Download Settings Download Method Cancel Modem Settings Port AUTO BaudRate 57600 Phone number 28017724 Initialization String 5 Close the form and try to download data by selecting Tools Download New Data from the menu If there is a connection problem you may specifically change the Port setting on the Download Settings form to match the COM port number of your modem In the example in the figure below COM2 is selected However the port of your modem may be different ra Download Settings Download Method Internet recommended Dial up to Server Cancel Modem Settings Port SE v BaudRate 57600 v Phone number 28017724 Initialization String You may follow the steps below to check the COM port of your modem e Open the Control Panel from the Start menu of your computer If you are using Windows XP please choose Switch to Classic View at the left top of the Control Panel window e Double click on the Modem icon to open the modem setting form e You will see the COM port number of your modem on the Analysis page 6 Click OK See also Connecting to the Internet Downloading Data Welkin Systems Limited Data Update e 3 3 Downloading Data Before you download data make sure you have completed the download settings Di
411. nstall the software or reformat the hard disk you must First transfer the software license into a disk For Future software reinstallation Choose Tools Transfer Software License From the main menu Sometimes computer firewalls if any may block the communication of RaceMate with its data server See the topic FirewallBlocking for more information In case the RaceMate registration server is too busy and can t be connected or RaceMate is blocked by the firewall of your computer you will see the following message You may click on OK and retry the steps later Alternatively you may change your registration method to Register via fax or web page Failed to Contact Server CA Problem in contacting RaceMate Server Please try again later Alternatively you may choose Register via Fax or web page for registration Register via fax or web page If you have chosen Register via fax or web page the Important Notes dialog see a screen capture in the section above will be shown After you have read carefully the message on it and clicked on the OK button you will see the form below Click on the Print Registration Form button to print the registration form and fax it to 852 2521 4642 or visit the webpage http www RaceMateNet com english User_register asp on a computer which is connecting to the Internet If no printer is available you may preview and jot down the information on a paper Welkin Systems Limited
412. ntent of this page is only applicable to RaceMate packages purchased after March 2004 Packages purchased before March 2004 uses a hardware protection key lock The following license transfer procedure is not applicable Installing Your First Copy of RaceMate Follow the steps on the page Installing RaceMate to install your first copy of RaceMate Preparing License File for 2nd Copy Exporting Data Update Right into Movable Disk Follow the steps below to transfer the Update Right License of your RaceMate from your computer into a disk file Remark If you are a Dropbox or other similar tools user you may save the exported file into a Dropbox folder Then you can read the license file from other computers without any disk Dropbox is free You can learn more about the tool and download it on the page http www dropbox com 1 Choose Export Data Update Right or Transfer Software License previously from the Tools menu You will see the following form asking you to back up your work Normally you should click on Yes to back up all your work into a disk Welkin Systems Limited Introduction to RaceMate Before transferring RaceMate s update right into a disk normally you will back up your work notes views etc if any for restoring them in anew RaceMate Do you want to back up your work now After clicking on Yes follow the steps in the page Backing Up and Restoring User Data to back up your wo
413. ntries 14 Days Trkwk Release the mouse button t Race Data 1 01 02 2004 9 Running Positions o1foz 2004 a 03 372 lc s1600 _ m FG Rta Cls 115 90 1 17 05 HIGH ISLAND HANDIC 1 Starter views 2 Trackwork 3 Allocation 4 Flemming 5 Dvds 6 Remark Z Links D Index Positions Dw Jocke Stable Margin Tme Win Declaration BA Bullish Luck 8 6 5 10F Coetzee 45 Cruz wag a 2 10 Palette Natural 10 9 7 11 5 Dye J Size 13 4 1 36 0 1 35 Entries 3 11 Native Dream 789 4 D Dunn DAHayes 2 1 36 0 1 35 14 Days Trkwk 3 Restore Column Freezing Right click at the gap between the headings of the columns Horse and Dw to restore the frozen status of the 3 leftmost columns r Race Data 1 01 02 2004 9 Running Positions 01 02 2004 _9 03 372 lc st600 m FG _ Rta Cls 115 90 1 17 05 HIGH ISLAND HANDIC 1 Starter Views 2 Trackwork 3 Allocation 4 Flemming S Dote 6 Remark Links 0 Index L Horse ht Positions Dw Jockey Stable d B f4 Bullish Luck 865 10 F Coetzee ASCruz E 2 10 Palette Natural 10 9 7 11 5 Dye J Size 13 4 li EE Entries 3 11 Native Dream 7 Ls DDunn D A Hayes 2 1 36 0 1 35 14 Days Trkwk 4 12 Floral Dynamite 4 3 DBoeuf KW Lui 21 2 11 36 11 35 26 Days Trkwk gt Margin Time Win 14 Declaration all 89 5 6
414. number of races meeting fCondition is smaller than nRaces the function will perform calculations on only the available races You may use the HrCount function to check how many races have been counted nRaces If argument fCondition is passed the races nRaces will only be selected from those meeting fCondition The fCondition argument is composed of a For HrFP 1 While For clause and a While clause HrDate gt Date 1999 9 1 A For clause causes the function to act on each record that meets the specified logical condition fCondition Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 371 e A While clause causes the function to stop action once the logical expression evaluates to false e Both For and While clauses are optional Default value returned when no race satisfying the specified condition can be eDefaultValue found The data type of this value must be identical to that of normal return value When applying the function to past records by default races in the underlying meeting are not included You may use this argument to change the scope See the following page for details The cIncluding Argument cIncluding Returns Data type identical to the expression passed into the first argument Examples HrMinimum HrWeight 3 The above example returns the minimum loading of the horse in last 3 starts HrMinimum HrWeight 4 For HrDistance 1400 The above example retu
415. o as a local file There are many tools which help you do the job For example the latest version of RealPlayer and FlashGet Both of them are free of charge Please read their manuals for detailed operations Welkin Systems Limited 1 RaceMate Reference 12 12 1 Statistics and Data Analysis Statistics features of RaceMate are integrated with many forms For example e Statistics pages are found into the Horse Stable and Jockey forms e Statistical columns are put into starter views You can also insert your own statistical columns into views Beside such integrated statistics features RaceMate provide with users the following professional tools for carrying out professional statistics 1 The Quick Statistics Form The Quick Statistics Form is a dropdown menu based interface for carrying out general statistics Everybody including the laypeople will find it easy to use Further more it takes advantage of the famous Rushmore technology of Microsoft Visual FoxPro and provides us with an extremely fast calculation speed However its criteria setting capability is limited by the simple user interface If you find that your criteria are difficult to be put into the form you may turn to the much more powerful tool Race Query and Comprehensive Statistics Form 2 Race Query and Comprehensive Statistics Form The Race Query and Comprehensive Statistics Form can do all the statistics the Quick Statistics Form does and
416. olve this problem we may use the magic function Same and rewrite the above line as HrDate 1 For Not Same HrStable Same HrStable is actually an abbreviation of HrStable Qstr HrStable When the trainer of a horse in the viewing race is A S Cruz Same HrStable will be expanded to HrStable A S Cruz before processing Similarly if the trainer of the horse is T W Leung Same HrStable will be expanded to HrStable T W Leung WPQ Statistics The MCL function HrWQPStat gives us the WQP statistics We may specify a filter condition in the 2nd argument For example to find the WQP statistics for turf tracks we write HrwOPStat For HrIsTurf To find the WQP statistics in other tracks we write HrwOPStat For Not HrisTurf In order to compare the performance of the horses before and after a particular date say 1 1 2005 we may use the following functions HrWOPStat For HrDate gt 2005 1 1 amp amp WQP stat after 1 1 2005 HrWQPStat For Not HrDate lt 2005 1 1 amp amp WQP stat before 1 1 2005 There may be some horses that arrived after 1 1 2005 The statistical figures returned by the functions will all be zero In order to clearly show the difference between no winning zero and condition not applicable we can give a default value NULL to the 3rd argument of the functions making the function return NULL for the horses for which the conditio
417. omprehensive Statistics and Record Query Form 119 Connecting to the Internet 66 Cony 420 Conversion Functions 418 Conversion Tables 150 Copying a Starter View 139 Create AND Bracket 209 Create OR Bracket 209 Create AND Criteria Group 209 Create OR Criteria Group 209 Creating a Report for a View 182 Creating a Starter View 130 Creating MCL Variables 160 Creating Starter Views 123 Criteria Group 209 Cross reference 73 Current Odds from Jockey Club 115 CurRun 343 CurRunHorses 316 D Daily Track Work and Barrier Trial 115 Data Collection Assistant Functions 341 Data Export via Starter Views 233 Data Period and Display Mode 211 Data Range 470 Data Types of Arguments 253 Data Update 66 Date Search 74 Datei 440 DateOfRace 318 DateStr 420 Defining Double Click Actions 117 Defining Starter Views 122 Defining Structure of Statistics Views and Queries 197 Dial Up 67 Dividends Page Race Data Form 100 Downloading Data 69 Draw Position Statistics 219 DToC 421 478 RaceMate Reference E Editing Data 77 Editing View Column Criteria Items 204 Editing View Particulars 202 Edition 440 Empty 441 English display 72 Errors in MCL Formulas 258 Ew 421 Excel Spreadsheet Features 178 Export and Import View Data 158 Exporting and Importing Views 137 Exporting Contents of Grids in Forms 230 Exporting Data 228 Exporting Horse Data 229 Exporting Race Data 228 Exporting View Data
418. on Welkin Systems Limited Release Notes 51 RaceMate Hong Kong Professional Edition File Edit Record Data Training Analysis Inautnlese laMs Record Tree 1 Shatin Day 671 680 LG 1 671 1200C 60 4064 G 2 672 1400C 40 15 5 G E Zi 1 Ambition K W Lui S Dye R 35 D 4 W 129 B 1076 F 19 Ri 5 Dye 13 25 06 06 682 Ambitious Marju 18004 40 10 5 FG R 3 3 25 06 06 681 Accelerator 12004 New FG D 10 W 11 4 17 06 06 680 Elegant King Prawn 1600C 80 60 3 G R 6 17 06 06 679 Winning Success 1400C 100 80 2 G R 3 17 06 06 678 Excellent Boy 1200C 80 60 3 G R 74 D 3 17 06 06 674 A Plus Fit 1600C 60 40 4 G R 50 D 2 4 2 17 06 06 673 Money Man 1200C 1 G D 5 W 118 B 1 17 06 06 672 Ambition 1400C 40 15 5 G R 35 D 4 W 5 10 06 06 670 Best Power 1800C 105 80 1 SY R 83 D 7 10 06 06 669 Savute 1400C 80 60 3 S R 79 D 8 W 1 10 06 06 667 Lucky Baby 1000C 80 60 3 SY R 68 D 1 Lucky Baby C 5 Shum 5 Dye R 68 D 5 W 121 B EIS Dye mat CS Shum 1 10 06 06 667 1000C 80 60 3 SY R 68 D 5 W E 1 13 05 06 600 1000C 60 40 4 FG R 60 D 4 W SO 1 15 04 06 527 10004 60 404 FG R 52 D 13 EAR 2 s Expand Node EE HUH Tt D D Gststst te 7 Ai q Open Data Form of this Record R4 d Le e Open Meeting of 15 04 2006 o Die 4 Open Meeting of 15 04 2006 in Another Record Tree 8 Ad The Fun kK W Lui
419. on If nRaces is omitted all races meeting fCondition will be included If total number of races meeting fCondition is smaller than nRaces the function will perform calculations on only the available races You may use the HrCount function to check how many races have been counted If argument fCondition is passed the races nRaces will only be selected from those meeting fCondition The fCondition argument is composed of a For clause and a While clause A For clause causes the function to fCondition act on each record that meets the specified logical condition A While clause causes the function to stop action once the logical expression evaluates to false Both For and While clauses are optional Default value returned when no race satisfying the specified condition can be cDefaultValue found The data type of this value must be identical to that of normal return value When applying the function to past records by default races in the underlying meeting are not included You may use this argument to change the scope See the following page for details The cIncluding Argument For HrFP 1 While HrDate gt Date 1999 9 1 cIncluding Returns Character 16 8 18 HrXMinimum JrXMinimum SrXMinimum The above functions are similar to functions HrMinimum JrMinimum and SrMinimum except 1 If the number of races meeting fCondition is smaller than nRaces
420. on e Datum the sum of which is to be found Data type of expression Numeric Number of latest races counting back from the underlying race to be averaged The races must be meeting the condition specified by fCondition If nRaces is omitted all races meeting fCondition will be included If total number of races meeting fCondition is smaller than nRaces the function will perform calculations on only the available races You may use the HrCount function to check how many races have been counted If argument fCondition is passed the races nRaces will only be selected from those meeting fCondition The fCondition argument is composed of a For clause and a While clause A For clause causes the function to act on each record that meets the specified logical condition A While clause causes the function to stop action once the logical expression HrDvdWin For HrFP 1 While HrDate gt Date 1999 9 1 Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 375 evaluates to false e Both For and While clauses are optional Default value returned when no race satisfying the specified condition can be nDefaultValue found The data type of this value must be identical to that of normal return value When applying the function to past records by default races in the underlying meeting are not included You may use this argument to change the scope See the following page for details The cInclu
421. on Form if all Chinese characters become garbage Alternatively you may open the text file RMATE INF which resides in the home folder of RaceMate If you can t find the file you may create one yourself Add the following section in the file International ChineseCodePage 936 ANSI OEM Simplified Chinese GBK The sample above assumes you are using a Simplified Chinese Windows If you are using a Traditional Chinese Windows the lines should be International ChineseCodePage 950 ANSI OEM Traditional Chinese Big5 RaceMate Frozen When Starter View Being Opened While you are editing a starter view if you have input a function or any strange things which have a conflict with the system you may no longer be able to open this starter view When you try to open the view RaceMate freezes up Since you are not able to open the view you will not be able to modify and correct what you input Although such problem is extremely rare in case you encounter such a problem you may follow the steps below to fix it Suppress Calculation When a View is Opened e If you can open the Race Data form but RaceMate freezes up when you try to switch to a view you can simply hold down both the Ctrl and Shift key before you select the target view Keep the keys down until the target view is successfully opened e If you can t open the Race Data form at all you may hold down both the Ctrl and Shift key before you try to open the Race Data f
422. on folder change will not affect existing RaceMate users running RaceMate under Windows XP or earlier In Case You Upgrade Your Windows In case you are going to upgrade your Window to Vista from an earlier version no matter you are doing an in place upgrade or moving RaceMate into a new Windows Vista computer please follow the steps in the pages About UpgradingWindows and Moving or Uninstalling RaceMate New Features about Statistics and Record Filtering Unless you regard horse racing as pure gambling you should know that statistics and record filtering are the most important actions for winning good betting returns The new statistics and record filtering power make RaceMate a professional unique tool of data analysis for getting best betting results Unlimited Number and Complexity of Criteria e The Race Query and Comprehensive Statistics form has been completely rewritten In old versions only one level of AND criteria can be formed In version 9 0 you can create any number of AND or OR brackets in your criteria in unlimited levels a criteria tree with any number of AND and OR nodes Welkin Systems Limited s RaceMate Reference e In old versions there is a set of predefined data columns for showing the results of all queries and statistics You can neither get rid of any of them nor add a new one In version 9 0 you can customize your queries and statistics results You can create different views for different queri
423. on in the retum string The enhanced syntax of these functions is similar to that for HrCountBy JrCountBy SrCountBy Please see its help page for details ament Description Senge e Datum the average of which is to be nValueExpr found HrDvdWin e Data type of expression Numeric An expression by which results will be broken down Omitting this argument tells the function do the statistics over all legitimate records Number of latest races counting back from the underlying race to be averaged The races must be meeting the condition specified by fCondition If nRaces is omitted all races meeting fCondition will be included RAGES If total number of races meeting fCondition is smaller than nRaces the function will perform calculations on only the available races You may use the HrCount function to check how many races have been counted If argument fCondition is passed the races nRaces will only be selected from those meeting fCondition The fCondition argument is composed of a For clause and a While clause A For clause causes the function to z fCondition act on each record that meets the Een specified logical condition A While clause causes the function to stop action once the logical expression evaluates to false Both For and While clauses are optional eBreakdownExpr HrDistance 1 Default value returned when no race satisfying the specified
424. onTime JrSectionTime SrSectionTime Returns Numeric Width 5 Decimal 2 16 6 48 HrPowerFigure JrPowerFigure SrPowerFigure The functions return the speed figure on the Speed Power page of the Hong Kong Jockey Club website In Macau edition these functions return blank values Syntax HrSpeedFigure nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrSpeedFigure nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrSpeedFigure nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Numeric Width 3 Example of Return Value 101 Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 337 See also HrPowerComments JrPowerComments SrPowerComments 16 6 49 HrPowerComments JrPowerComments SrPowerComments The functions return the comments on horses on the Speed Power page of the Hong Kong Jockey Club website In Macau edition these functions return blank values Syntax Hr Jr Dr PowerComments nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding PowerComments nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding PowerComments nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Multiline Text See also Hr PowerFigure JrPowerFigure SrPowerFigure _ 16 6 50 HrTrack JrTrack SrTrack The functions return the race track together with the width adjustment of the track of the race For example for an A 3 track the functions return a numeric value A 3 Syntax
425. ondition A While clause causes the function to stop action once the logical expression evaluates to false Both For and While clauses are optional Default value returned when no race satisfying the specified condition can be nDefaultValue found The data type of this value must be identical to that of normal return value nRaces For HrFP 1 While HrDate gt Date 1999 9 1 When applying the function to past cIncluding records by default races in the underlying meeting are not included You Welkin Systems Limited 386 RaceMate Reference may use this argument to change the scope See the following page for details The cIncluding Argument Returns Numeric Examples HrXSum HrWinTicket 3 The above example returns the sum of win investment of the last 3 races of the horse HrXSum HrWinTicket 4 For HrDistance 1400 The above example returns the sum of win investment of the last 4 1400m races of the horse HrXSum HrWinTicket For HrDistance 1400 and HrAveRating gt 100 95 The above example returns the sum of win investment of all races meeting the following conditions 1 1400m race 2 Average rating of the race is greater than 100 16 8 21 StdTime This function returns the averages of running time standard time of all races particular combinations of distance course track and class Syntax StdTime nBackSeason nDist cClass cCourse cGoingID
426. one RaceMate to another is using the backup and restore functions of RaceMate However this is an all or none approach You will overwrite any changes including view structure and data in the target RaceMate The new export and import features of RaceMate enable data merging You can now transfer only the parts that have been changed to another RaceMate Copy All Grid Cells into Windows Clipboard Now you can copy all grid cells into the Windows clipboard See Exporting Contents of Grids in Forms for more information New Input Columns for Overseas Races New input columns are added into the overseas record page of the Horse form Now you Can input your comments into these column for future reference Welkin Systems Limited 4 RaceMate Reference 2 4 What is New in RaceMate 9 8 RaceMate is upgraded to version 9 8 on 9 Mar 2009 Most of the new features are for the Hong Kong edition If you are running the Macau edition at the moment you may not be able to open some links at the moment because all links provided are linked to the Hong Kong Jockey club materials Some of the features will be added into the Macau edition later Multimedia MCL Functions A series of multimedia features have been added into RaceMate many years ago However such features can t be accessed by MCL and can t be added into a view The following list shows a handful of new Multimedia functions Normally these new functions will only display a date
427. one column into new positions before saving your change Welkin Systems Limited zs RaceMate Reference 12 2 12 2 1 12 2 2 Type 2 Statistics via Starter Views Race Data Form Statistical View is a sophisticated tool for statistics in RaceMate A statistical view is composed of MCL columns which retrieve information from the database of RaceMate Grouping and actual statistics are defined by assigning functions to view columns What a statistical view can do is only limited by your imagination We will use a simple example to explain how to carry out statistics with a statistical view For more examples please see Find horses which win in 60 days after a stable change See the Type 1 Starter Views section for more information about starter views gt gt gt Subtopic of this section lt lt lt e Betting Index e Evaluating Accuracy of Prediction Models e Example Draw Position Statistics Betting Index Many of the starter views are actually prediction models which help you betting If you want to evaluate the accuracy of your prediction models you must create a column and mark it as betting index When populating figures into the betting index column you must give the horse with higher chance to win should have a higher value Evaluating Accuracy of Prediction Models Normally a view which acts as a prediction model should have a betting index column Follow the steps below to evaluate the accuracy of the
428. one data type The nBackRaces Argument of an MCL function Most MCL functions retrieving horse or running information accept an nBackRaces argument This argument tells RaceMate datum of which race in the past record is to be retrieved For example the HrBodyweight function retrieves the bodyweight of a horse as follows Function amp Argument Datum Retrieved Body weight of the horse in the underlying race will be retrieved Underlying race means the race that the function applying to HrBodyweight or HrBodyweight 0 Body weight of the horse in last running of the horse will be HrBodyweight 1 pea g Body weight of the horse in runnin rior to last running will HrBodyweight 2 be AREN gP g The fCondition Argument MCL Condition Most MCL functions accept an MCL condition argument Here are 2 examples HrSum HrWinTickets For HrFP 1 In the example above the MCL condition For HrFP 1 tells RaceMate to sum the Win Investments of the horse in only in the winning starts i e HrFP 1 HrRating 1 For HrFP 1 In the example above the MCL condition For HrFP 1 tells RaceMate to show the rating of the last the first argument 1 winning the MCL condition For HrFP 1 start An MCL condition must be quoted You may use single quotes double quotes mn or square brackets provided that the quotes do not already exist in the condition expression An MCL Condition is compo
429. only For and no While in an MCL condition RaceMate will scan all history records to filter out those satisfying the For criterion You will find that rewriting the above function as follows will yield a much faster calculation speed HrAverage HrRating While HrDaysAgo lt 180 RaceMate will scan the past records backwards one by one Once RaceMate finds the record does not meet the criterion specified by the While condition scanning will stop and result will be returned immediately Important If both For and While clauses exist in the condition argument please place the For clause before the While clause 16 1 6 Quoted MCL Expression Arguments An MCL expression is an expression composed of one or more MCL functions Most statistical MCL functions accept Quoted MCL Expression arguments Usually single quotes are used However the single quotes may be replaced with double quotes or square brackets provided that the quotes do not already exists inside the MCL expression The first argument of the following HrSum function is an example HrSum HrWinTickets 3 The above function retrieves the sum of Win Investments on the horse in the past 3 runnings The MCL expression HrWinTicks is quoted and passed into the function The function can be rewritten as HrSum HrWinTickets 3 or HrSum HrWinTickets 3 Below is another example that summing up both Win Investments and Place Welkin Syst
430. oose Unblock to allow RaceMate communicating with its data server Please note the following points 1 The exact message or dialogue you see is dependent on the brand and type of your firewall software It may be completely different from the following figure If you don t find the Unblock button on the dialogue please look for other command buttons option buttons or checkbox with a caption of similar meaning 2 Depend on the setting of your firewall sometimes RaceMate may be block without any message or warning shown on the screen If you find any problem in user registration or data update please open the list of blocked software of your firewall and remove RaceMate from the list Consult your firewall document about how to unblock software 3 If you don t have a firewall installed or enabled you will not see similar message Windows Security Alert j To help protect your computer Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this program Do you want to keep blocking this program Name RaceMate Publisher Welkin Systems Limited Keep Blocking Ask Me Later Windows Firewall has blocked this program from accepting connections from the Internet or a network If you recognize the program or trust the publisher you can unblock it When should unblock a program Welkin Systems Limited RaceMate Reference 4 4 1 4 2 Basic Ul Techniques This section describes the basic techniques that you shou
431. orm Keep the keys down until the Race Data form is successfully opened Welkin Systems Limited 468 RaceMate Reference RaceMate will not do any data retrieval or calculation for a view opened in the above ways You will see a blank view without any horse data After the view is successfully opened you may then modify the formulae of the view to fix the problem Welkin Systems Limited 470 19 19 1 RaceMate Reference Technical Reference We will discuss a couple of technical reference data in this chapter e Data Range for Hong Kong Edition Data Range for Hong Kong Edition The Hong Kong Jockey Club adds and removes data items from time to time When you are going to carry out statistics you must know the following data range in tables Jockey Club Added or EE Added Remarks RE ai functions Changed 27 08 1991 HrActivity HreTwCount HrBlinerAbbrNew HrBlinkerNew Overseas Record 24 03 2002 Horse Section Margins 12 05 2008 HrSectMargins HrSectMarginsx HrSectMargLens HrSectMargLensx 09 2008 HrRacePrize Horse Stakes 09 2008 HrStakes Track Work Time with 2 09 09 2008 Decimal Places Penetrometer and Clegg 15 9 2008 HrPenetrometer Hammer Readings Veterinary Record 08 11 2008 RaceMate reads veterinary records of all horses which are active on or after 08 11 2008 before which the records are maintained manually HrSickHistory HrBleedDate HrBleedDateStr
432. ormal return value When applying the function to past records by default races in the underlying meeting are not included You may use this argument to change the scope See the following page for details The cIncluding Argument eBreakdownExpr HrDistance 1 For HrFP 1 While HrDate gt Date 1999 9 1 cIncluding Returns Character The length of the returned character string depends on the breakdown Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 377 expression It is recommended to set the column data type to Multiline Text so that the number of characters returned can be of any length Examples HrSumBy HrWinTickets HrDistance ii The above function sums the win tickets of a horse in all races The result will then be broken down by distance HrSumBy HrWinTickets HrDistance HrFp 1 The above function sums the win tickets of a horse in all winning races The result will then be broken down by distance See also HrCountBy JrCountBy SrCountBy HrAverageBy JrAverageBy SrAverageBy HrSum JrSum SrSum 16 8 14 HrSumCount JrSumCount SrSumCount The functions return both sum and count of a racing datum in the past records The 2 figures are returned in a single string separated with a For example a returned value 1324 11 means that 1324 is got by summing up 11 races Using these functions you can get sum count and average sum c
433. ort In the example in the figure below RaceMate will firstly sort the result in Horse order In record group for the same horse records will be sorted by Final Odds in descending order Welkin Systems Limited 22 RaceMate Reference D a Ss gett compare rene e Blees Dl Peroa 0910 EN sz EN sl FILTER HrFinalOdds Q gt 20 AND HrDistance gt 1800 OR HrDistanceQ lt 1400 a Statistics V BetRet ES ASEH Runs Filter P Season Horse Final Odds Distance Distance Distance Grof CEAR 1200 Short 1400 Short 1 Sort in Horse order 2 In record group for the same horse sort by Final Odds Negative means descending SEESE Je CS mee GEES seo Datk Horses Compare retur D I 2 x Period 03 10 2 Uess zl sl FILTER HrFinalOddsQ gt 20 AND HrDistance gt 1800 OR HrDistanceQ lt 1400 es WV Bet Ret RESUL Runs SS ee 2 EE Distance Grp Bue Wins Wf Logis Wins Return E me Losts N ged spend emm 773 aa oe s o OOL ao D e 12 1 3 Editing View Particulars When you click on the View Details button or the New View button on the Definition of Statistical Views form you will see the following form You can edi
434. oscvsuessassnensciecaucecvoccssencdssnedsvacscuscesdevercdnaeescesevseerassaeenstiestusedese Selecting Criterian EE Modifying Criteria and Setting Compound Filters Filters e EE 2 Type 2 History and Statistics Views EEEREREEE ERR EE ERR EE ENER EE EERRRR EE ENRRRR REENEN Types of History and Statistics Views EEN REENEN REEE REENEN REEE NEEN REEE REENEN NEEN 148 Argument of History Stat View ssscsssesseceesseeeeseeeees Setting Data Range in an Argument Cache for View Datta iocii cic 5 ENNER EE clave deve conden Uo seesaw Seed E Conversion Table sicciecicivcces aa aca senets ste EE AAR ee E SE EEN AE ete Managing Conversion Ee E Using Conversion Tables in View s 5 Linking Up VieWSie cccseisecsevsccesceccteaectecceasinectipieeemeeadeneeete araara riuedi naivisti sin iadtnnni Bil e Kee ia E 155 6 Exporting and Importing View Data cccccceeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeees 158 Part VII MCL Variables in MCL Functions 160 1 Introduction to MCL Variables cccccccccscesseeeeeeeeeeseceeeseeeseeeseeeseeesaeesaeeaaeeaeesaeesaeesaee 160 2 Setting Values amp Choosing MCL Variables ccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeesaneeeeesaeeeees 161 3 Using MCL Variables As View Argume nts ccccceeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeanees 162 4 MCL Variables to Set Data Range cccecccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessaeeeeeseaeeeeeesaneeeeesaeneees 164 Part VIII Built in Views 168 1 B
435. oth For and While clauses are optional Default value returned when no race satisfying the specified condition can be eDefaultValue found The data type of this value must be identical to that of normal return value When applying the function to past records by default races in the underlying meeting are not included You may use this argument to change the scope See the following page for details The cIncluding Argument cIncluding Returns Data type of eValueExpr 16 8 19 HrXMinStartID JrXMinStartID SrXMinStartID The above functions are similar to functions HrMinStartID JrMinStartID and SrMinStartID except 1 If the number of races meeting fCondition is smaller than nRaces the function will return NULL 2 Although the functions accept 5 arguments the 4th argument of HrXMinStartID JrXMinStartID SrXMinStartID will always be ignored Welkin Systems Limited 34 RaceMate Reference Syntax HrXMinStartID eValueExpr nRaces fCondition cDefaultValue cIncluding JrXMinStartID eValueExpr nRaces fCondition cDefaultValue cIncluding SrXMinStartID eValueExpr nRaces fCondition cDefaultValue cIncluding Argument Serge 1 wampe e Datum the minimum of which is to be eValueExpr found HrDvdWin e Data type of expression Any An expression by which results will be broken down Omitting this argument tells the function do the statistics over all l
436. ou of the existence of the Mark Note ESCH 07 715 Wl 14 00 01 07 2008 ail Rtg Cls 60 40 4 aen m B 2 er Race SCHNITZER HAN Group Best Time 15 09 2007 3 Champion Pioneer 1 34 2 S Dye 1 Std Time 1 35 6 Sect Time 24 8 23 4 24 9 23 5 DWAES Remark Update PrivilegePrefE Gemeng 1 14 Days Trkwk 5 1 36 6 4 DEFerraris 1 28 Days Trkwk 11 129 1 1 39 7 6 CSShum 1 WQP Statistics 6 131 1 36 6 4 CFownes Trump 1 Running Comment 10 126 2 1 37 2 6 L Ho Trump 1 Uoer Comment 4 121 1 1 38 4 4D Cruz Si beson 9 125 7 11 3 PF Yiu 1 Gan ins 5 egal Bcchodoeger Welkin Systems Limited 1 RaceMate Reference 5 6 2 5 6 3 Pedigree Page Horse Form Pedigree tree of 4 generations is show on the Pedigree page You can click on the small button at the right of the horse name to show a list of horses which are the offspring of the horse Brand No J308 Former Able Dragon 40verseas Swins 6 Trackwork ZLinks O Horse List DANEHILL DANCER pee Gusa 86 B G R IRA ADONDE LJUSA 86 B neme JOS w o Breaking Point GAUS 83 CH Elite Fortune Lan 78 B Mesohappy GUSA 78 B SIR DAPPER L Jas 80 B GAUS 77 BR
437. ou want to keep your change to a built in statistical view you can save the changed view structure to a new view name You can then make further changes to the view without worrying about losing your work The reason we don t want to keep the changes to a built in view made by a user is that we will enhance and update built in views on a regular basis and we don t want to overwrite users change during the updates The reason we allow temporary changes is that user can change statistics grouping of a built in view to compare the results of grouping changes drill down and roll up We will prepare video demos about this technique later Pause before Data Retrieval On the data forms with a new view selection list changing views by single clicking on a view name will not immediately retrieve data You will only see the data grid is shaded You must then click on the Load Data button to start data retrieval The reason for this design is that in a starter view of a Race Data form there are limited number of records because there are only less than 14 horses in a race while in other data forms number of records can be over thousands Loading thousands of records with statistics can be time consuming Therefore we place a pause before data retrieval so that you can adjust view criteria and data range before data loading If you really want immediate data retrieval without pause please double click on a view name rather than single click on it R
438. ount However starts in the same race will still be excluded D is not applicable to horse records because a horse will not start twice in one meeting Starts in the same meeting including those in the same race will be taken into account R is only applicable to stable records because only stable can have 2 starts in the same race Including the underlying start i e all horses in the same IC only for statistics day same race and underlying start Only valid for statistical functions For example the average rating figure returned by the following functions will be different SrAverage SrRating 20 Starts in the same meeting are not counted S e Starts in the same meeting excluding the SrAverage SrRating 20 D same race will be See Starts in the same meeting including the same race will be counted SrAverage SrRating 20 R Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 257 16 2 Null Values Null means anticipated data are unavailable Null is extensively used in RaceMate views The chapter will discuss how Null is used in RaceMate gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt e Characteristics of Null Values e Absence of Values e Null Values in Statistics e Propagation of Null Values e Errors in MCL Formulas 16 2 1 Characteristics of Null Values RaceMate MCL provides support for null values This support simplifies the task of representing unknown data Null va
439. ount by only scanning the database once It is much faster than applying HrSum HrCount and HrAverage in separate columns Use the ListVal function to retrieve a specific item in the list Syntax HrSumCount nValueExpr nRaces fCondition cDefaultValue cIncluding Argument Description Senge e Datum the sum and count of which is nValueExpr to be found HrDvdWin Data type of expression Numeric Number of latest races counting back from the underlying race to be averaged The races must be meeting the condition specified by fCondition If nRaces is omitted all races meeting fCondition will be included If total number of races meeting fCondition is smaller than nRaces the function will perform calculations on only the available races You may use the HrCount function to check how many races have been counted nRaces Welkin Systems Limited 378 RaceMate Reference If argument fCondition is passed the races nRaces will only be selected from those meeting fCondition The fCondition argument is composed of a For clause and a While clause A For clause causes the function to fCondition act on each record that meets the specified logical condition A While clause causes the function to stop action once the logical expression evaluates to false Both For and While clauses are optional Default value returned when no race satisfying the specifi
440. ountNZz SrCountNZ This set of functions is similar to the HrCount function set However these functions will skip items with values Null and empty values 0 empty string or empty date etc NZ stands for No Zero Syntax HrCountNZ 1lCountIf nRaces fCondition nDefaultValue cIncluding JrCountNZ lCountIf nRaces fCondition nDefaultValue cIncluding SrCountNZ 1lCountIf nRaces fCondition nDefaultValue cIncluding Argument Description Senge e Datum the count of which is to be found ICountIf can be of any data type If ICountIf ICountIf is of logical type all true T HrFP 1 values will be counted For any other types record will be counted only if ICountIf returns a non null value Number of latest races counting back from the underlying race to be averaged The races must be meeting the condition specified by fCondition If nRaces is omitted all races meeting fCondition will be included If total number of races meeting fCondition is smaller than nRaces the function will perform calculations on only the available races You may use the HrCount function to check how many races have been counted If argument fCondition is passed the races nRaces will only be selected from those meeting fCondition The fCondition argument is composed of a For clause and a While clause A For clause causes the function to fCondition act on each record that meets the
441. out multiple statistics in a single pass of past record scanning e customize the format of return string e change the order of breakdown groups e define a summary session in the return string e define a string to separate statistical results Argument Description Senge e Datum the count of which is to be found e ICountIf can be of any data type If ICountIf ICountIf is of logical type all true T HrFP 1 values will be counted For any other types record will be counted only if ICountIf returns a non null value An expression by which results will be MA i BEER broken down Omitting this argument DREES d Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 361 Number of latest races counting back from the underlying race to be averaged The races must be meeting the condition specified by fCondition If nRaces is omitted all races meeting fCondition will be included If total number of races meeting fCondition is smaller than nRaces the function will perform calculations on only the available races You may use the HrCount function to check how many races have been counted If argument fCondition is passed the races nRaces will only be selected from those meeting fCondition The fCondition argument is composed of a For clause and a While clause A For clause causes the function to i fCondition act on each record that meets the Peet cise specified logical conditio
442. p Save Calc Insert View Save Save As New View Delete View New View Column New View Column 2nd Pos Position amp Speed View Column Criterion Requirement Order Stat Hide E 3rd Pos 48 Position amp Speed 10 Season IC Age f Horse Particulars 11 Date Arrival Year Horse Particulars 12 RN a Average Rating Av Rtg Rating amp Class 13 Horse a Barrier Trial Date amp Grou Track work 14 Jockey CT Body Weight Draw B vtiorse Particulars 15 Stable E Body Weight Race Horse Particulars 16 Distance 1 E Brand Code Horse Particulars 17 FP 2 F Category of Origin Horse Particulars 18 R Cs Color Horse Particulars 19H Cls Course Race amp Meeting S 20 Rtg 3 ale Cum Name Ss Rare R Meeting D m D 14 D New View Column Qe t 3 View Details Item Details Create GOR Brackets Create GAND Brackets Remark Add a new item into the view definition Column 10 Season HrSeasonRace a opera Season and the race sequence number The above form is composed of the following parts View Title 1 2 On the top of the form you can find a dropdown list 1 showing the title of the currently editing view You can change current view by pulling down the list and selecting another view At the right hand side of the list there is a textbox 2 showing a description about the view You may click on the button on its right to zoom the description on a
443. pares 2 values and return 1 0 or 1 corresponding to greater than equal to and smaller than respectively If any of the arguments is Null Null will be returned In Visual FoxPro string comparison using the native operators lt gt and will be carried out up to the last character of the right hand side This behaviour can be a trap for most people You may keep away from this trap by using Compare Using operations gt lt and Returned Value AB lt AB gt AB AB In Visual FoxPro string comparison will be carried out up to the last character of the right hand side Therefore C at the left hand side will be ignored In Visual FoxPro string comparison will be carried out up to the last character of the right hand side Therefore C at the right hand side will be taken into account 3 3 Ms 4 lt 3 LF 0 Using the Compare function Compare AB ABC Compare AB ABY Compare 3 o O Compare 4 3 Compare Null 3 Syntax Compare eValuel eValue2 Returns Numeric Welkin Systems Limited 440 RaceMate Reference 16 15 3 Date The Datei function is a Visual FoxPro function returns the current system date which is controlled by the operating system or creates a year 2000 compliant Date value Syntax 1 DATE _ When Datei is used without arguments the current date is return Syntax 2 DATE nYear nMonth nDay nYear
444. pends on their existence on the server of the Jockey Club For management about the links please see the Multimedia Resource section for details A 03 06 2008 Tue Shatin 1050 M ei A BT 1 Barrier Trials 2BT Groups 3 Track Work 4 Links 2008 06 03 08 Barrier Trial Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website 2008 06 03 07 Barrier Trial Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website 2008 06 03 06 Barrier Trial Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website 2008 06 03 05 Barrier Trial Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website 2008 06 03 04 Barrier Trial Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website 2008 me IN2 N2 Rarrier Trial Bu verk Zen HK Ienkew Chih Wehcite T m Jump by Double Clicking a Column e Defining Double Click Actions e Forms and Record IDs Defining Double Click Actions Type 1 Starter Views You may follow the steps below to define the response when you double click on a view column 1 Click on the Modify button on the right hand side of a Starter View 2 Select the column you want and click on Advanced 3 When the following figure shows choose a form from the Open Form drop down Welkin Systems Limited ns RaceMate Reference list 4 Define an ID for the target form and the ID for jumping to a row Under normal circumstances See Forms and Record IDs for details about what these IDs are Edit View Advanced Settings Column ID VC 10001 C49 Heading BT Date Grp Mappe
445. plate Specifies a template string that LIKE compares with cExpression cTemplate can contain the wildcards such as and The question mark matches any single character in cExpression and the asterisk matches any number of characters You can mix any number of wildcards in any combination in cTemplate cExpression Specifies the character expression LIKE compares with cTemplate cExpression must match cTemplate letter for letter in order for LIKE to return true T Returns Logical 16 11 5 LTrim A Visual FoxPro built in function which removes all leading spaces or parsing characters from the specified character expression Syntax LTrim cExpression nFlags cParseChar cParseChar2 Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 3 Argument cExpression Specifies an expression of character to remove all trailing spaces nFlags Specifies if trimming is case sensitive when one or more parse characters cParseChar cParseChar2 are included Trimming is case sensitive if nFlags is zero or is omitted Trimming is case insensitive if nFlags 1 cParseChar cParseChar2 Specifies one or more character strings that are trimmed from the end of cExpression If cParseChar isn t included then trailing spaces The maximum number of strings permitted in cParseChar is 23 Returns Character Examples LTrim ABC Returns ABC LTrim ABC Returns ABC 16 11 6 Occurs
446. prentice allowance of the horse between the underlying race and previous race Syntax HrLoadDiff nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrLoadDiff nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrLoadDiff nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Numeric See Also HrWeight HrLoadDiffStr HrLoadDiff 16 3 30 HrOdds JrOdds SrOdds 16 3 31 The HrOdds function returns the a string showing the odds in the following format 5 6 6 1 6 7 In the string 5 6 is the overnight odds 6 1 is the odds 5 minutes before the race 6 7 is the final odds Syntax HrOdds nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrOdds nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrOdds nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 13 See Also ListVal ListItem RListVal RListItem HrOdds1Day JrOdds1Day SrOdds1Day Return the overnight odds of the horse Before 6 3 2009 the collection time 00 00 am on the racing day Since 7 3 2009 it has be changed to 8 00 pm one day prior to the racing day Syntax HrOdds1Day nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrOdds1Day nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrOdds1lDay nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 271 Numeric Width 4 Decimal 1 16 3 32 HrOdds5Min JrOdds5Min SrOdds5Min For races before 7 3 2009 the fu
447. pressionSearched Specifies the character expression to search for Returns Numeric 16 11 2 Atc A Visual FoxPro built in function which returns a number of telling the position of a characters expression in another character expression This function is exactly the same as the At except that the searching will be case insensitive Syntax Atc cSearchExpression cExpressionSearched nOccurrence Argument cSearchExpression Specifies the character expression to search for in cExpressionSearched cExpressionSearched Specifies the character expression to search for Returns Numeric 16 11 3 Left A Visual FoxPro built in function which returns a specified number of characters from a character expression starting with the leftmost character Welkin Systems Limited 398 RaceMate Reference Syntax Left cExpression nCharacters Argument cExpression Specifies the character expression from which Left returns characters nCharacters Specifies the number of characters returned from the character expression If nCharacters is greater than the length of cExpression all of the character expression is returned The empty string is returned if nCharacters is negative or 0 Returns Character 16 11 4 Like A Visual FoxPro built in function which determines if a character expression matches another character expression Syntax Like cTemplate cExpression Argument cTem
448. rRaceNolnSeason The functions return a start s race number in a season Syntax HrRaceNoInSeason nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrRaceNoInSeason nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrRaceNoInSeason nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Numeric Width 3 16 6 34 HrRaceNote JrRaceNote SrRaceNote The functions return the your personal notes for the race The notes are input on the Comment page 6th page of the Race Data form Syntax HrRaceNote nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrRaceNote nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrRaceNote nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character width equals number of characters of the note See Also HrRaceRemark JrRaceRemark SrRaceRemark HrDayNote JrDayNote SrDayNote _ 16 6 35 HrRacePrize JrRacePrize SrRacePrize The functions return the prize of a race Please note that prize information is only available after September of 2008 Syntax HrRacePrize nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrRacePrize nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrRacePrize nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Numeric See Also HrStakes Welkin Systems Limited 332 RaceMate Reference 16 6 36 HrRaceRating JrRaceRating SrRaceRating The functions return the rating range of a race
449. rTrackShift 339 SrTwCount 312 SrTwResumeDate SrUpdown 283 SrUpdownID 284 SrWeight 284 SrWinner 339 SrWinnerID 339 SrWinSeconds SrWinTickets SrWinTime SrWinTimew SrWQPStat SrXAverage SrXMaximum SrXMaxStartID SrXMinimum SrXMinStartID SrXSum 385 Stable Form 112 Stables List Page Stable Form 115 Starter View Page Race Data Form StartVar 351 Stat Column 214 Static information of Horse Jockey and Stable Statistical Groups 222 Statistical Items 214 Statistical View and Record Filtering Results Statistics and Data Analysis 196 Statistics in a Race 387 Statistics on Past Records 353 Statistics via Starter Views Race Data Form StdTime 386 StdTimew 387 SToT 427 280 303 306 340 285 340 340 285 379 380 381 382 383 96 285 201 218 Str 427 StrDiff 428 StrExtract 401 String Functions SubStr 402 Sum 396 System Configurations and Information System Maintenance and Configuration 396 246 244 System Requirements 20 SCH TblAddVal 428 TblWrite 429 Technical Reference 470 Text Search 74 The clncluding Argument 256 The DefaultVal Argument 256 The nBackRaces Argument of an MCL function 254 Track Work Daily Track Work Form 116 Track Work Information 303 Trackwork of Horse 108 Trackwork Page Race Data Form Transform 430 Trim 403 TToS 430 Type 1 Starter Views 122 Type 2 Histroy and Stat
450. rd Query form and the History Stat page of the Horse Jockey and Stable forms a new Filter check box has been added You may use it to turn on or off filters J 96 97 1 07 08 730 q a Statistics Zi Bei Ret K ees Tee soe Sa Welkin Systems Limited Release Notes ER Copy and Paste Chinese From RaceMate into Unicode Software eg Word amp Excel If you have ever copied and paste Chinese characters from RaceMate into the latest versions of Word or Excel you would have found that the Chinese characters pasted became interesting symbols It is because RaceMate stores and displays Chinese as double byte characters DBCS while many other applications store Chinese as Unicode Since RaceMate 9 5 you can use the following new menu options to copy and paste Chinese Record Data Training Analysis Toc en erir HI R Cut CTRL X Copy CTRL C Copy As Unicode CTRL U Convert Captured Text to Unicode Paste CTRL V Clear Select All CTRL A o Option Deserpgen Copy As Unicode Copy selected characters into the clipboard as Unicode so that you can paste the text into other Unicode applications Convert Captured If you have copied text as DBCS rather than Unicode characters Text to Unicode via the Ctrl C keys you may change the DBCS text in clipboard into Unicode via this menu option so that the text can then be pasted into other Unicode applications New MCL Functions The following new MC
451. rd Tree Race Calendar LE P A Race Search Race Data Horse Jockey Stable Current Odds Course Standard Times Sectional Times Statistics tne Baan e ka H 1 gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt Record Tree Form Race Calendar Form Race Data Form Race Search Form Jockey Silks Horse Form Jockey Form Stable Form Current Odds from Jockey Club Daily Track Work and Barrier Trial Jump by Double Clicking a Column Comprehensive Statistics and Record Query Form Record Tree Form The Record Tree form combines features of the Calendar Race Horse Jockey and Stable forms into an expandable and collapsible data tree Both backward past and forward future records can be shown in the tree You can follow detailed history of each horse jockey and stable by expanding the nodes unlimited levels of the tree The Record Tree is actually a data form navigator You can opening a corresponding data form by clicking on a record on the tree For example clicking on a race record will open the Race Data form while clicking on a horse record will open the Horse Data form and so on Welkin Systems Limited Main Data Forms RaceMate Hong Kong Professional Edition File Edit Record Data Training Analysis Tools Add In Window Help Dev e rom le sell Sle es Record Tree 1 Shatin Day 671 680 OI 671 1200C 60 40 4 G 2 672 1400C 40 15 5
452. re added to return data on the Speed Power page of the Hong Kong Jockey Club website See HrPowerFigure and HrPowerComments on the New or Changed MCL Functions section below Penetrometer and Clegg Hammer Readings A Penetrometer button is added onto the top right the Race Data form Click on it to show the Penetrometer and Clegg Hammer Readings of the course You may also use the new MCL functions HrPenetrometer JrPenetrometer and SrPenetrometer to retrieve the values into a column of your views Welkin Systems Limited ER RaceMate Reference 2 3 The Jockey Silks Form The Jockey Silks form was added into the Hong Kong edition in January 2010 Now Jockey Silks form is also functional in Macau edition You may open the jockey silks form from the race data form and barrier trial form in both the Hong Kong and Macau edition Open the Jockey Silks help page for detailed operations of the form New or Changed MCL Functions Box _ Function to store values into and retrieve values from storage boxes HrBT rial JrBTrial SrBTrail Besides returning date and group of trials now the function is able to return other data of a barrier trial e g draw and finishing position HrPowerFigure JrPowerFigure SrPowerFigure The functions return the speed figures on the Speed Power page of the Hong Kong Jockey Club website In Macau edition these functions return zeros HrPowerComments JrPowerComments Sr
453. rence data columns in the following list Although User Comments which we use in this example is a built in view in most cases we will create a new view for Data Export via Starter Views MCL Existence Column to Export Type Funct ion Existing built in column No Existing built in colum Rtg Existing built in column Built in R1 Existing built in column User rating Numeric 3 0 Comment Existing built in column User comment Character 200 Season Men built in column FP New built in column Finishing position Top3 Rtg New user defined column Rating of 3 fastest horses Character 12 Steps 1 Open or create the view containing the data to be exported In this example we will open the built in view User Comments If you have not made any change to the view you will see a layout similar to the following figure It will not be a problem if you have already made change to the view You can proceed to the following step as long as the following columns still exist No Horse Name Rtg Ri Comment If any of the columns no longer exists you may recreate it before proceeding into the following steps Welkin Systems Limited Exporting and Importing Data 235 73 Race Data 1 18 06 2005 4 Horse Comment TER 18 06 2005 e 4 04 678 14 15 Rtg Cls 60 40 4 aam Mc 1 Best Time 25 09 2004 1 Universal Pioneer 1 21 6 C W Wo Std Time 1 23 2 Sect Time H b Remark
454. ric See Also HrLastSectPos HrPositions 16 3 46 HrSectMargins JrSectMargins SrSectMargins If the ist argument is omitted the functions return the margins behind the fastest horse of all sections in a character string If a number if passed into the 1st argument the margins behind the fastest horse of the section will be returned Syntax HrSectMargins nSection nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrSectMargins nSection nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrSectMargins nSection nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Arguments e If nSection is omitted or equals to 0 margin behind the leading horse of all sections will be returned in a character string e When nSection is a positive number it is a section number counting from the starting point i e 1 for the first section and 2 for the second etc The margin behind the leading horse for the section will be returned as a character sting Welkin Systems Limited 276 RaceMate Reference e When nSection is a negative number it is a section number counting from the finishing point i e 1 for the last section and 2 for the 2nd last etc The margin behind the leading horse for the section will be returned as a character sting See Arguments of MCL functions for details about other arguments Returns Character width 10 See Also HrSectPositions JrSectPositions SrSectPositions HrSectTime JrSec
455. rk If No is chosen you will see the form in the following step 2 The form Export Data Update Right will be shown as follows Please insert a blank floppy into drive A which the data update right a file with a new Software Installation Key and information of the current installation will be transferred into If your computer has no floppy drive installed you may transfer the file into a hard disk folder or a memory stick Transfer Software License To A 3 Insert a blank floppy disk into drive A and click on OK If you are using a USB drive or a Dropbox folder you must change A to the proper folder name The system will show the following warning message After transferring the license of your RaceMate into a disk you will still be able to start RaceMate in your computer However you will not be able to update its data Le A Transferring the update right and importing it into another computer will change the encryption scheme of the update files You will be prohibited from downloading and updating the database of this computer You must import the update right back to this computer before you can update the data of this RaceMate again Update files downloaded in another computer will not be lost Are you sure you want to transfer the update right 4 If the data update right is successfully transferred into the disk you will see the following message If you want to make anther copy as
456. rning an item string cSeparator Item separator can be more than 1 character Default to Returns Numeric Example ListSum 8 4 3 Returns 15 See also ListAscItem ListAscVal ListDescItem ListDescVal ListItem ListVal ListAverage ListCount ListFilter ListStdDev 16 12 1 ListVal The ListVal function retrieves a numeric value from string of numbers separated by re Syntax ListVal cMCLExpr nItemNumber cSeparator nItemsReturn Returns Numeric Examples Listval 12 4 8 2 The above function returns 4 ListVal Column WinTk 1 The above function returns the first number item in the string in column WinTk ListVal HrOdds 2 The above function returns odds 5 minute before race of the horse by retrieving the 2nd item from an odds string e g 5 8 6 4 7 1 Please note that the separator in an odds string is a space instead of a See Also HrSumCount _ JrSumCount SrSumCount HrOdds JrOdds SrOdds Column _ Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 417 16 12 1SRListitem The RListItem function retrieves a text item froma string of items separated by The function is almost identical to ListItem except that RListItem counts item numbers from right to left while ListItem counts item number from left to right Syntax RListItem cValueExpr nItemNumber cSeparator nItemsReturn
457. rns the minimum loading of the horse in last 4 1400m races HrMinimum HrWeight For HrDistance 1400 and HrAveRating gt 100 101 The above example returns the minimum loading of the horse in all races meeting the following conditions 1 1400m race 2 Average rating of the race is greater than 100 If no races satisfying the above conditions can be found 101 will be returned 16 8 10 HrMinStartID JrMinStartID SrMinStartID The functions return ID of the start at which the minimum of a racing datum is found Syntax HrMinStartID eValueExpr nRaces fCondition cDefaultValue cIncluding JrMinStartID eValueExpr nRaces fCondition cDefaultValue cIncluding SrMinStartID eValueExpr nRaces fCondition cDefaultValue cIncluding Argument Description Senge e Datum the minimum of which is to be eValueExpr found HrDvdWin e Data type of expression Any Welkin Systems Limited 372 RaceMate Reference from the underlying race to be averaged The races must be meeting the condition specified by fCondition If nRaces is omitted all races meeting fCondition will be included If total number of races meeting fCondition is smaller than nRaces the function will perform calculations on only the available races You may use the HrCount function to check how many races have been counted If argument fCondition is passed the races nRaces will only be selected from t
458. rsSum The RunnersSum function returns the sum of a datum of all the runners in a particular race Syntax RunnersSum nValueExpr cRaceID fCondition Argument Description Example e Datum the sum of which is to be found i ZER EE e Data type of expression Numeric Brody welghtt y Race ID default to underlying race Normally this is a string returned by the functions HrRaceID JrRaceID and Grbacel GN Logical expression to filter out a particular set Ey Returns The function returns a numeric value Examples RunnersSum Bodyweight Returns the sum of Body Weight of all the runners of the underlying race RunnersSum Bodyweight 17222 Returns the sum of Body Weight of all the runners of the race of ID 17222 i e the 222nd race of season 97 98 RunnersSum Bodyweight HrFP lt 3 Returns the sum of Body Weight of the 3 fastest horses in the underlying race RunnersSum Bodyweight 17222 HrFP lt 3 Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 393 Returns the sum of Body Weight of the 3 fastest horses of the race of ID 17222 i e the 222nd race of season 97 98 16 10 Arithmetic Functions This group of functions performs arithmetic operations gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt e Average AverageNZ Int Maximum Minimum Over Sum 16 10 1 Average The Average function returns the averag
459. rse track and class You may carry out multiple columns sorts or filter a particular distance in the form r Sectional Times Statistics 1 1400 Shatin 1400 _ Shatin 1400 Shatin Jaa i35 221 23 29 13 5 21 7 23 5 23 4 13 7 22 1 23 4 23 2 1400 Shatin 1400 Shatin 1400 Shatin 1400 Shatin 1400 Shatin 1400 Shatin 1400 Shan G 1400 Shatin 13 7 22 1 23 6 23 5 13 8 22 1 23 6 23 7 13 8 22 1 22 9 22 8 14 1 23 3 24 6 22 4 13 3 22 0 23 4 23 1 13 5 21 7 23 4 23 6 13 6 22 2 23 6 23 4 13 6 22 0 23 3 24 1 1400 Shatin 13 6 22 2 23 6 24 3 1400 Shatin 13 6 22 0 23 3 22 9 1400 Shatin 13 5 21 6 23 4 24 0 1400 CL ebie AIbMlrslGaiwOIOoiOlrsirsIbM an on pm oam oa Course Standard Time Form A new Course Standard Times form is added into RaceMate 8 0 The form shows the average standard running time of all races in all combinations of distance course track and class You may carry out multiple columns sorts Welkin Systems Limited Release Notes 55 KE Course Standard Time 1 Season 2005 2006 _ Distance Course Track Class PA Happy Valley Happy valley Happy valley Happy valley Shatin Shatin Shatin Shatin Shatin Shatin Shatin Shatin Shatin AON KY On SG bA OI SG New MCL Functions HrCountB JrCountB SrCountB HrSumB JrSumB SrSumB HrAverageB JrAverageB SrAverageB This series of new func
460. s fCondition nDefaultVal Note nDays is default to 14 Welkin Systems Limited so RaceMate Reference 16 5 2 Returns Numeric Examples HrABTCount 7 Returns the number of all weather track barrier trials during the last 7 days before the race HrTwCount 7 A will return the same result except that HrTwCount 7 A returns characters which may not be used in calculations See also HrTwCount JrTwCount SrTwCount HrABTCount JrABTCount SrABTCount HrGBTCount JrGBTCount SrGBTCount Occurs HrActivity JrActivity SrActivity Activities including training and starts of a horse in past N days User comments for the activities will be displayed as well Horse TW F 29 10 28 10 33 0 Cado Aroe Jo 27 10 Groe Jog a 26 10 Inner Eq Jogja 25 10 Inner Eq Jog 2 a Put your mouse pointer at the left border between the ist and 2nd rows of the grid Blinkers 1 partner horse When it turns into 24 10 28 1 24 1 2 a Aroe Jogja a double arrow 23 10 g pointer drag up 22 10 Inner Eq Jog a Swim vis and down to 29 10 Inner Eq Jog a Jockey change the row 28 10 34 7 8iphl Aroe det CH height 27 10 Inner Eq Jog pi SS ic carer 26 10 Inner Eq Jog 2 a 25 10 Inner Eq Jogf2 a 24 10 Inner Eq Jog 2ia b 23 10 F 22 10 Inner Eq Jog 2 a 29 10 Inner Eq Jog ytc Swim 28 10 Inner Eq Joo Vtc Swim d 27 10
461. s MCL Please visit Microsoft s web pages for Visual FoxPro to get more insight about RaceMate 16 16 1 VFP Functions See http msdn microsoft com en US library f2x2b62b v VS 80 aspx Welkin Systems Limited 448 RaceMate Reference 16 16 2 VFP Operators See http msdn microsoft com en US library wkz38bt3 v VS 80 aspx Welkin Systems Limited aso RaceMate Reference 17 17 1 How To This group of unorganized topics demonstrates a set of useful features of RaceMate with examples and detailed steps gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt e Find horses of this race met in past starts e Find horses which win in 60 days after a stable change e See performance enhanced by a stable change Find horses of this race met in past starts 1 Open the Declaration View 2 Push the Modify button to modify the view structure Declaration as Positions KE Entries 14 Days Trkwk 28 Days Trkwk WOP Statistics Running Comme User Comment Yeung s Index Fynected Speer Mi 3 Highlight the column just below the Horse column and push the Insert button to add a new column Columns Column ID ywB10001 C4 C Betting Index C Stat Column Stat Groups Heading Date Width pixel 63 gt Type Date L Distance Talem z 4 Name the new column Horses Met 5 Set it as Multiline Text type Select User Defined Item and enter the followi
462. s at the right bottom of the grid The FP column will be move up to the location just below the Horse column _ dai Definition of Statistical Views 1 k Edit Item Delete Item o Basic Columns Columns most users need Library Item Group New View Column New View Column Age Horse Particulars Arrival Year Horse Particulars Body Weight Draw B Horse Particulars Body Weight Race Horse Particulars Brand Code Horse Particulars Category of Origin Horse Particulars Color Horse Particulars Dam Horse Particulars Dam s Dam Horse Particulars Dam s Dam s Dam Horse Particulars bal Sp d Dam s Dam s Sire Horse Particulars Dam s Sire Horse Particulars Nam s Gire s Nam Harece Partin dere 4 m 4 p New View Column 6 Vi View Details Item Details Create OR Brad Create AND Brad Remark Add a new item into the view K definition Column 17 FP HrFPQ a Remark Final Position Save As New View Delete View Hide P fan EEEE me E 7 Click on the Save button Close the Definition of Statistical Views form Go back to the Horse form to see the change Please make sure the o Basic Columns view is selected Moving Other Columns In order to move other columns click again on Edit View Structure button of the Horse form to open the Definition of Statistical Views form You may move more than
463. s below for details cReturnExpr An expression for forming the return items You may use ListCol and ListColVal to compose the expression ListCol is referred to an item string or sub item string while ListColVal is referred to the numeric value of an item string or sub item string See examples below for details If the argument is omitted the whole item will be included in the return string C epenmtor rem separator can be more than 1 character Default to cSubItemSeparator Sub item separator can be more than 1 character Default Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference a Jor Returns Character Example ListFilter 8 4 3 12 ListCol gt 3 Returns 8 4 Among the items in the item string only 8 and A are greater than 3 Please note that in string comparison 12 is smaller than 3 ListFilter 8 4 3 12 ListColVal gt 3 Returns 8 4 12 If items are converted to numbers only the third item 3 is not greater then 3 ListFilter A 5 J 4 C 13 K 12 ListCol 1 gt D Returns J 4 K 12 ListCol 1 is used for specifying the value criterion for the first sub item among the all the first sub items A J C and Ki only J and K are greater than D Therefore J 4 K 12 is returned ListFilter A 5 J 4 C 13 K 12 ListColVal 2 gt 10 Returns C 13 K 12 ListColVal 2 is used for specifying the criterion for selecting the 2nd sub item The items will be
464. se Built In Item Horse Name In Item Horse Name Old Stable HrDate 1 For Not Same GE Date HrStableID Win in 60 HHrDate Column Old Stable Date Logical Days lt 60 And HrFp 1 Stat Cnt lif Column Win in 60 Days 1 0 Yes 1 Column Old Stable Date Welkin Systems Limited We have already explained in detail the formula of the column Old Stable Date If you have any problem with the column please study the topic See performance enhanced by a stable change Column Win in 60 Days In order to set up the criteria win in 60 days since stable changed we combine to logical statements with an And operator 1 To find if a horse wins in the underlying start we use HrFp 1 2 To check if the start is in 60 days since a stable change we use HHrDate Column Old Stable Date lt 60 Please note that the data type of the column Win in 60 Days is Logical If both conditions are satisfied the value of the column will be True otherwise it will be False Column Stat Cnt Since View Statistics can only be done on a Numeric column therefore we add a column Stat Cnt which will be 1 if the column Win in 60 Days is true and 0 if the column Win in 60 Days is false The function IIF immediate if is used to do the job What will be Shown in for a Race If we apply the view to race number 10 on 3rd Apr 2005 we will see the data as shown in the following picture Here are som
465. se language mode Chinese horse name will be returned In English language mode English horse name will be returned Syntax HrHorse nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrHorse nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrHorse nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 8 in Chinese Mode Width 30 in English Mode See Also HrCHorse HrEHorse 16 4 17 HrHorselD JrHorselD SrHorselD The functions return a unique character string identifying the horse Syntax HrHorselID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrHorselID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrHorseID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 3 16 4 18 HrHorseMarkNote JrHorseMarkNote SrHorseMarkNote The functions return the user mark note of a horse inputted in the Horse Form Syntax HrHorseMarkNote nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrHorseMarkNote nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrHorseMarkNote nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width equals number of characters of the user comment See Also HrNoteMark HrHorseNote Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 16 4 19 HrHorseNote JrHorseNote SrHorseNote The functions return the user comments of a horse inputted in the Horse Form Syntax HrHorseNote nBackRaces
466. sed of a For clause and a While clause While RaceMate is scanning backwards to retrieve data or do statistics on past records e a For clause asks RaceMate to act on only the records that satisfies the logical condition that follows the For keyword e a While clause causes the MCL function to stop action once the logical expression that follows the While keyword evaluates to false Both For and While clauses are optional See the topic When to use the While keyword for the difference between For and While The conditions specified by the For and While keyword can be compound conditions i Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 255 e criteria connected by And and Or for example HrSum HrWinTickets For HrFP 1 And HrDistance 1400 Important If both For and While clauses exist in the condition argument please place the For clause before the While clause 16 1 5 When to use the While keyword The following HrAverage HrRating returns the average Jockey Club Rating of a horse HrAverage HrRating When there is no MCL conditions the function will do the average on the whole set of past records If you want to get the average rating of the horse in only the races within the last 180 days HrDaysAgo lt 180 you may rewrite the function as follows HrAverage HrRating For HrDaysAgo lt 180 However in the MCL condition expression of the example above only For is used When there is
467. seeeeeeeeeeseeeesaeeeeeeeseaesesaeeseeneeeeeeeeseeeees 381 HrXMinimum JrXMinimum SrXMiNiMUM eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeesaeeeeaneesaaeeesaeeeeeneessaeeesaeeeeeeeeseeeeeseeeeas 382 HrXMinStartID JrXMinStartID SrXMinStartID ceeeceeesceeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeesseesesaeeeeeneessaesesaeeseeeeeeeeeeesaeeeees 383 Welkin Systems Limited RunnersAvgq RunnersCnit RunnersFind RunnersList RunnersMax RunnersMin FRUPINGLS SUI E E cect evceunsvectcndeGusscesdencesdiveventssccuenacetvetcecsuncsisaresensvavtevlenscetvedcecdeesesdivevasseedvevenecsedeccesses 392 10 Arithmetic FUNCHIONS iii siccicies civics ceeeeciaceteeieceteeccenscevies cetevenscaeetveceventveneenntieceveteseaseenis 393 AVEVAQE RE 393 Average Zo j RE 393 UI WE 394 MAX UTM E tases ceuvencous cuscceussevseceunsensenedivascervesessusceutuceeduenugeuseduvesssucasaet sseo eesoneeneusshsuererseseuccessuseetees 394 0 Til Du O ME 395 IR E 395 Sum 396 44 String Euretongz genge e Ee ENEE EE e EES 396 PUG NEE 1 ME Eet E E E E A TE S EEN T WEE td A RE OGCUIS E E Padr cesses Replicate Raols O NEE StrEXxtract WE 401 SUBSE E 402 id ONE 403 12 List Te d E 404 Be E E E 404 LASTASGV Al E 407 LI STAV GAGE EN 407 LISTON E 408 LAS TCO ANC EE TETE T E TA ATT 408 LIStCOMMMOMG EE 408 ListCount 408 ListDesclter 409 ListDescVal 410 Ru GIE EE 410 Ru E 411
468. so HrData JrData SrData 16 6 40 HrRunners JrRunners SrRunners The functions return the number of horses in the race in which the horse runs Syntax HrRunners nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrRunners nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrRunners nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Numeric Example of Returned Value Returned Value 13 runners in the race 16 6 41 HrSeason JrSeason SrSeason The above function returns race season of the undenying race A returned value 2000 shows that the race is in season 2000 2001 and so on Syntax HrSeason nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrSeason nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrSeason nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Numeric Example of Returned Value Welkin Systems Limited 33 RaceMate Reference 2000 Season 2000 2001 2001 Season 2001 2002 See also HrSeason2 JrSeason2 SrSeason2 HrSeasonRace JrSeasonRace SrSeasonRace 16 6 42 HrSeason2 JrSeason2 SrSeason2 The above function returns the race season of the underlying race by joining the starting and ending years with a hyphen Years are 2 digit numbers Syntax HrSeason2 nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrSeason2 nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrSeason2 nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Character Width 5 Example of Returned Value 00 01 Season 2000 2001 01 02 S
469. some with group or section numbers in character format showing the time the event happens Because this is a date in character format they can t be used for date calculations When you double click on the date characters the Jockey Club video will be played If you want to display a string other than the date you can pass a value to corresponding argument Please click on the links below to see a detailed description about the syntax of the functions e HrRaceReplay JrRaceReplay SrRaceReplay HrBTVideo JrBTVideo SrBTVideo HrPreRace JrPreRace SrPreRace HrPostRace JrPostRace SrPostRace HrRacingFocus JrRacingFocus SrRacingFocus The following functions will be able to open the Race Running Positions Pictures e HrPosPhoto JrPosPhoto SrPosPhoto New Built In Columns In the new version all the new multimedia functions are added into the built in columns list If you want to add any of them into your own view you may simply choose the one appropriate Welkin Systems Limited Release Notes ER Chinese Mode Equivalent BR LH gt E Show Formula Row Height KLS columns Locked aH N Column D vwB10001 C49 E Betting Index ett Column Lett Group if ee Speer Width pixel 80 Video Position Photos Video Post Race Chinese Video Race Replay Video Racing Focus 1 Chinese
470. sources Autolinks You will see a list of links in the link page Links with a negative ID are autolinks inserted by RaceMate automatically You can double click on a link or click on the Open Link button to open or play the linked multimedia file Autolinks are generated by RaceMate based on a set of rules The existence of a link in the list does not guarantee the link can be open Whether the link is functional is subject to the whether the file is uploaded onto the server by the Jockey Club If you failed in opening a link you may try again later In case you find some of the autolinks not useful you may remove them from the list by opening the Options and System Information and unchecking corresponding checkboxes Welkin Systems Limited Multimedia Resources 18 CS Race Data 1 18 01 2004 2 Links 18 01 2004 e 2 03 338 la aam M FG Rtg Cls 40 15 5 13 30 SMASHING PUMPKIN 1 Starter Views 2 Trackwork 3 Allocation 4 Flemming 5 Dvds 6Remark ZLinks O Index Remark Link A Add Link 1 2004 01 18 02 Race Replay Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website 3 2004 01 18 1 Racing Results Chinese Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website Modify Link 3 2004 01 18 2 Racing Results Chinese Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website Open Link 3 2004 01 18 3 Racing Results Chinese Autolink to HK Jcokey Club Website 3 2004 01 18 4 Racing Results Chin
471. specified logical condition A While clause causes the function to stop action once the logical expression evaluates to false Both For and While clauses are optional nDefaultValue Default value returned when no race satisfying the specified condition can be Welkin Systems Limited For HrFP 1 While HrDate gt Date 1999 9 1 MCL Reference 367 found The data type of this value must be identical to that of normal return value When applying the function to past records by default races in the underlying meeting are not included You may use this argument to change the scope See the following page for details The cIncluding Argument cIncluding Returns Numeric Examples HrCountNz HrRating gt 80 6 For HrDistance 1400 HrCount HrRating gt 80 6 For HrDistance 1400 The above 2 examples will return exactly the same result HrCountNz HrRating 6 For HrDistance 1400 The above example returns the number of 1400m starts in which HrRating returns a non null and non zero value in the past record of the horse If total number of races is greater than 6 the function will return 6 instead of the actual number Please note that starts will NOT be counted if HrRating returns 0 See also HrCount JrCount SrCount 16 8 7 HrMaximum JrMaximum SrMaxmum The functions return the maximum of a racing datum in the past records Syntax HrMaximum
472. ssion at a start that satisfies a particular condition Searching will start from the winning horse Syntax RunnerFind nValueExpr cRaceID fCondition nNth Description Example d e Datum the location of which is to be found K SES ER e Data type of expression Any HrBodyweight Race ID default to underlying race Normally cRaceID this is a string returned by the functions 17222 HrRaceID JrRaceID and Grbacel i ge e Logical expression to filter out a particular set e Returns Data type identical to that of the first argument Example RunnersFind HrHorse 17222 For HrBleedDate lt gt Welkin Systems Limited 390 RaceMate Reference 16 9 4 16 9 5 Returns the name of the horse if any which bleed in the race of ID 17222 season 97 98 the 222nd race Runners sn The function returns a string composed of a list of items got by concatenating the values of an MCL expression evaluated against the horses in a race Syntax RunnerList nValueExpr cRaceID fCondition cSeparator Argument Description Example i e Datum the value list of which is to be found i evalUGExpr e Data type of expression Any DRECK Race ID default to underlying race Normally this is a string returned by the functions HrRaceID JrRaceID and Grbacel Condition Logical expression to filter out a particular set HrEP lt 3 of runners in the race
473. stable The IDs are as follows Priority T rump Blank No special priority Syntax HrPrivilegeID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrPrivilegeID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrPrivilegeID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 1 16 3 39 HrRunning JrRunning SrRunning The functions return the Jockey Club horse running comments Syntax HrRaceRunning nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrRaceRunning nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrRaceRunning nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width equals number of characters of the comment 16 3 40 HrRacingWeight JrRacingWeight SrRacingWeight The functions return the body weight of the horse before races start Syntax HrRacingWeight nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrRacingWeight nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrRacingWeight nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Welkin Systems Limited 274 16 3 41 RaceMate Reference Returns Numeric HrRating JrRating SrRating The functions return the Jockey Club rating of the horse Syntax HrRating nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrRating nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrRating nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Numeric See Also HrCurRating HrRaceRating 16 3 42 HrRatingDiff JrRatingDiff
474. stance 1650 JrFP 1 HrDistance 1650 SrFP 1 HrDistance 1650 If we are going to retrieve data of the underlying race i e the race displaying on the screen currently basically there is no difference among the three versions That is the following functions are exchangeable HrFP JrFP SrFP or HrFP 0 JrFP 0 SrFP O Similarly the following 2 functions will return identical data The functions retrieve the finishing position of a horse in its last 1650m start HrFP 1 HrDistance 1650 HrFP 1 JrDistance 1650 gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt Arguments and Variables of MCL functions Null Values Information about a Start Static information of Horse Jockey and Stable Track Work Information Race and Meeting Information Data Collection Assistant Functions Statistics on Past Records Statistics in a Race Arithmetic Functions String Functions List Functions Conversion Functions Multimedia amp Internet Functions Miscellaneous Functions VFP Functions amp Operators Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 253 16 1 Arguments and Variables of MCL functions An argument is a value that determines the returned value of a function This chapter will show you how arguments are used in MCL functions gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt Optional Arguments Data Types of Arguments The nBackRaces Argument of an MCL function The fCondition Arg
475. stance Jockey RtgRtg Cls Updn Dw FP Wt Diffs a Gemeg Fast Intentions 09 01 2011 21000 J Lloyd 57 2 4 s 130 2 14 Days Trkwk Fast Intentions 18 09 2010 12005 WCMarwing 59 34 Down 7 2 133418 _ 28 Days Trkwk Fast Intentions 06 11 2010 1200S WCMarwing 59 04 5 6 132 WOP Statistics i Fast Intentions 01 10 2010 1400S W CMarwing 59 04 1314 132 1 _ Running Comment F Fast Intentions 01 07 2010 1200S JLloyd 62 2 3 3 4 115 3 User Comment Healthy Farm 09 01 2011 10005 N Callan 57 24 Down 7 130416 Yeung s Index Healthy Farm 20 10 2010 1000H O Doleuze 65 0 3 alia az2 4a xpected Speed Best Distance Healthy Farm 24 10 2010 1200S Withdrawn ES 03 lL 121 1 My 14Days Dad Healthy Farm 21 11 2010 1200S CKTong 63 23 814 114 5 Achen Change s E Healthy Farm 15 12 2010 1200H J Lloyd 60 24 210 114 3 Vintage Hussler 09 01 2011 1000S MGuyon 57 24 2 130 3 _Modify new _ Vintage Hussler 28 11 2010 1000S C Y Ho 60 14 Down 8 5 123419 _ DeleteView _Recale _ intage Hussler 19 12 2010 1000S C Y Ho 59 114 14 5 126 Re order Stat Vintage Hussler 06 11 2010 12005 W M Lai eu 03 1010 112 1 Export Data Import Data Vintage Hussler 20 10 2010 1200H WM Lai 61 03 1 8 113 K Ti Setting Values amp Choosing MCL Variables You can embed variables in MCL functions of a view When the values of the MCL variables change MCL functions will retrieve different dat
476. t draw 2 years Speed Fastest 2 same dist draw all runs Speed Last season Period SISSIES Sech Filter Name Aged 3 4 Filter History _ Category Horse Particular MCL Formula For Between HrAge 3 4 Remark Runs when the horse was aged 3 4 Save Built in filter ready only Apply Select from Library _ __ Add into Library create New Fiter _ Delete Fiter Apply Fiter s ok Jee Creating a Custom Filter Click on the Create New Filter button on the Filter Editor You may then create your own filter by entering an MCL formula Cc gi Filters Editor lt a e Filter Name Filter This Run Ca Filter History MCL Formula Adding Your Custom Filter into Library Once you created a custom filter you can click on the Add into Library button to add it into the Filter Library Removing a Filter from the Filter Group opiy Ferta ncm ican Click on the Delete Filter button to remove the highlighted filter Choosing between Filter This Run and Filter History Welkin Systems Limited 1 RaceMate Reference 6 2 6 2 1 Choose Filter This Run if you are going to filter starters of the current race Type 2 History and Statistics Views The History Stat page of the Horse Jockey and Stable forms are sharing the statistics engine of the Comprehensive Statistics a
477. t properties of a view on the form However please note that any changes except the data ranges made to a system built in view will be lost when you restart RaceMate Welkin Systems Limited Statistics and Data Analysis 203 4 Definition of Statistical Views 1 else Edit Item New Item Delete Item Distance WQP Stats EN This view shows the WQP statistics of runs t Library Item ES View Details i S e S te Viev View Name Remarks F Distance WQP Stats This view shows the WQP statisticsof REF runs broken down by distance and A OK a V Edit Chinese View Name EE D Chinese Name Chinese Remarks 7 eet Aisa TERESA Cancel BJRM gt ERB BAD MARI BERISH BAAR EMO Sate E Sree Handling Columns An COLUMNQ Function Don t Prefix Stat Columns of Type ANY Recalc On Save Recalc On Open Display Mode Statistics Forms Applicable Data Range Comprehensive 600 Races v Period 10 11 ls 316 11 12 148 a V Horse Record a 12 Seasons v Period 87 88 1 10 11 238 New View Column H iod 09 10 AJ 139 11 12 AJ 148 cashes Feil penk V Jockey Record EI 2 Years x Period 09 10 139 11 12 definition Stable Record 1 I Years Period 10 11 Hla 720 11 12 Hla 101 a Range MCL Vars Please choose an MCL variable by inputting a variable number which will re z You may carry out t
478. t 2 years Past 2 years O Filter This Run D Filter History MCL Formula While GoMonth CurRun HrDate 24 lt HrDatet v Remark Records of last 2 years 24 stands for A 24 months You may change this v Select from GE Add into Aen a number to mest your own Create New __Create New Fiter__ Delete Filter Filter UR Apply Sac Race Data 1 28 11 2007 6 List of Declared Starters 28 11 2007 6 ganz _ 21 45 Rta cls s0 60 3 nam Ma mu Bee Throup G Best Time 19 09 2007 5 Top Top Light 1 09 4 G Mosse 12 Std Time 1 10 1 Sect Time j Remark L Starter Views 2Trackwork 3 Allocation mming SDvds 6 amp Comment 7Links O Index History Horse W Lines 3 Filter WQP Past 2 years v a Positions Entries 14 Days Trkwk 28 Days Trkwk WOP Statistics Running Comment v Horse Distance Jockey Rtg Cls Updn Dw Positions Propellor 28 11 2007 1200H MNunes 783 _ 07 035 19 09 2007 1200H WMLai 71 3 06 647 30 05 2007 Om WM Lai 06 608 16 05 2007 1200H W M Lai wine Win 28 11 2007 1200H G Mosse 12 09 2007 1000H G Mosse 09 05 2007 1200H HW Lai NeaINGIONNF 190M Macca DN BO we oO ao Oo e ko a ea ta be Reader aa 7 al Sort in Horse i Modi J EE 9 After filters are defined the pas
479. t Last Download 69 Replicate 400 Report 102 Report Designer 183 Resetting Grid Layout 86 Resizing Columns 80 Restore Form Size 79 Right 401 RListltem RListVal 417 Row ID 119 RunnersAvg Runners Cni RunnersFind Runners List RunnersMax RunnersMin RunnersSum EG Same 446 Saving Web Video Photo into Disk SCnv 425 SConv 426 Season 446 See performance enhanced by a stable change Selecting Criteria 142 Setting Data Range in an Argument 149 Setting Values amp Choosing MCL Variables Show Starters View History 139 Simple Statistics of Jockey 110 Simple Statistics of Stable 113 Simplified Statistics Form 225 Sorting and Grouping 141 Sorting Grid Columns 84 Sorting in Individual History Groups 417 387 388 389 390 390 391 392 191 457 142 161 141 Sorting in statistics views 201 SrABTCount 303 SrAccSectionalTime 318 SrAccSectionalTimew 319 SrActivity SrAge 304 259 SrAgeMonths 259 SrAllowance 260 SrArrivalYear 286 SrAverage 354 SrAverageBy 355 SrAverageNZ 357 SrAveRating 319 SrBestGallopSect 307 SrBleedDate 260 SrBleedDateStr 260 SrBlinker 260 SrBlinkerAbbr 261 SrBlinkerAbbrNew SrBlinkerNew 261 SrBodyWeight 262 SrBrandNo 287 SrBreedNote 287 SrBTrail 307 SrBTVideo 431 SrCHorse 287 SrClass 262 SrClassGroup SrClassID 262 SrColor 288 SrCount 358 SrCountBy 3
480. t a Formula You should choose a simple part of a complicated formula to test and confirm there is no bug in it After this simple part is okay you can then add more elements and test again Repeat this add and test process until the complete formula is built Welkin Systems Limited 182 RaceMate Reference 10 10 1 Printing and Creating Reports RaceMate comes with a simple to use yet powerful report writer After you have designed a view you may create a report for printing out the view by only a couple of mouse clicks You may design as many reports as you like for a single view Especially if your view is very large and contains many columns you may create several reports each printing out a different set of columns gt gt gt Subtopic of this section lt lt lt e Creating a Report for a View e Report Designer Creating a Report for a View Follow the example steps below to create a new report 1 In the Starters Views page of the Race Data form switch to the Course Performance view 2 Click on Print button on the RaceMate Toolbar HA EH s e T saa ei vaya ee The Report List will appear and the report for the current view is highlighted r Select a Report Allocation Flemming s Prediction Model Racing Index Built in reports that Racing Results can t be modified Starter s Track Work Table Starters Declaration Trackwork Statistics 14 Days Click on this
481. t favorite Second favorite 3 Third favorite C ites ail and so on up to half of total number of horses Horses of lower investments higher odds Code Favorite Status Least favorite BO Second least favorite C Third least favorite a and so on up to half of total number of horses In the example shown in the following view the HrFavorite function is applied to race 157 of season 02 03 Horses in the view are sorted by final odds Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 265 Horse Win Ticket Final Odds HrFavorite Super Bitz TI men aah Don sebastian zs 6 9 4 Round the world i910 safe Epic Expression zoo 14 0 e Kohinoor 10 16 00 Mascot Treasure 380 sole Northem Fiver 220 zoja Syntax HrFavorite nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrFavorite nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrFavorite nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 1 See also HrWinTickets JrWinTickets SrWinTickets HrPlaceTickets JrPlaceTickets SrPlaceTickets HrOdds JrOdds SrOdds HrFinalOdds JrFinalOdds SrFinalOdds 16 3 17 HrFinalOdds JrFinalOdds SrFinalOdds The functions return the final odds of the horse Syntax HrFinalOdds nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrFinalOdds nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrFinalOdds nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal
482. t records show on the Starters View will be limited to the runs which satisfy the filters You can change the number of past record lines However some horse may not have the number of starts that meets all the filter criteria you set In this example Lighting The World has only one race that passes the filters 6 1 3 3 Filter Editor Showing the Filters Follow the steps shown in previous section open the Filters Editor to modify the filter definitions add or remove filters You may open the Filter Editor via one of the following ways 1 Click on the Filter button of the RaceMate toolbar or 2 Choose Filter from the Record menu or 3 Select Create compound custom filters or manage filter library from the filter list Selecting Predefined Filters On the Filter Editor click on the Select from Library button to show the View Filters Welkin Systems Limited Views Management 147 Library Select a filter from the list and click on Apply as one of your filter items View Filters Library Fastest 2 same dist 2 years Filter This Run Fastest 2 same dist all runs Speed Fastest 2 same dist course 2 years Speed Fastest 2 same dist course all runs Speed Fastest 2 same dist course draw 2Speed Fastest 2 same dist course draw a Speed Fastest 2 same dist course track 2Speed Fastest 2 same dist course track aSpeed Fastest 2 same dis
483. tTime SrSectTime HrSectMargLens JrSectMargLens SrSectMargLens HrTime JrTime SrTime HrSeconds JrSeconds SrSeconds HrMargin JrMargin SrMargin HrMarginLen JrMarginLen SrMarginLen HrMarginLenX JrMarginLenX SrMarginLenX 16 3 47 HrSectMargLens JrSectMargLens SrSectMargLens If the 1st argument is omitted the functions return the margins behind the fastest horse of all sections in a character string composed of a list of decimal numbers If a number if passed into the ist argument the margins behind the fastest horse of the section will be returned in numeric values Syntax HrSectMargLens nSection nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrSectMargLens nSection nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrSectMargLens nSection nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Arguments If nSection is omitted or equals to 0 margin behind the leading horse of all sections will be returned in a character string composed of a list of decimal numbers When nSection is a positive number it is a section number counting from the starting point i e 1 for the first section and 2 for the second etc The margin behind the leading horse for the section will be returned as a numeric value When nSection is a negative number it is a section number counting from the finishing point i e 1 for the last section and 2 for the 2nd
484. ta EET A T 230 Data Export via Starter Views 233 Format of Exported Excel File nis ccicicccensiecccseesctactniienceeees EESNEEEKENEEKEKSENENEEEREEERK EEN 238 Importing View Data From Excel Fles REENEN ENEE EN 240 System Maintenance and Configuration 244 Backing Up and Restoring User Data ccccccceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeseneeeeeeesens 244 Race Mate Notice ii icisciiscscsvetscsccsissssescscisievsciaevieescassevedsccnesvesscversionactvesdsarevetersvenes canner 245 System Configurations and Information ccccseeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeaeeeenens 246 Options and System Information About RACE Malte aeaaeae nakaasa ananas anaana aare apaa a Eade aariaa anaa a eaa aaraa Kaaa Da edaran anada eaaa Kaanaa dana andansa nasua anaia Glearing Cache Folde i den gees cars doeciae senna a aren ana Parea saaa SEENEN aeaaeae Ee Upgrading RaceMate or Installing AGC INS cceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeens 248 MCL Tutorial 250 MCL Reference 252 Welkin Systems Limited Contents 9 1 Arguments and Variables of MCL fUNCtIONS cccceceeeee eect eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenees 253 Beeler Eu 253 Data Types Of ArgUME M S sisccciseissceucnscecvescecisncesciveventessessenscervetcecsenctececstensvevscvenscssdevcscigectsciusuanssedssvenedeedendestes 253 The nBackRaces Argument of an MCL function 254 The fCondition Argument MCL Condition 254
485. ta grids are exportable to Excel If you have never tried to create charts and pivot tables in Excel for data analysis you are seriously recommended to investing your time to learn these wonderful data tools Version Details of Program Files Double clicking on the version label of the status bar will show a List of Program Files with detailed version information By sorting on the Version column you can know which program files are recently get updated The Export to MS Excel button lets you export this information into an Excel spreadsheet In case your RaceMate show irregular behaviours this file will be helpful to RaceMate developers in Welkin to locate the problems in your RaceMate installation Welkin Systems Limited ER RaceMate Reference Ss List of Program Files File Folder apps Version 50824 0830 afunc app appver app backrest app btrial app calendar app apps apps apps apps apps 60731 2039 60806 2105 60426 0915 51111 1052 60730 2356 chcony app apps 50824 0830 chkkpii app chkrbk app ckdonfp2 app codetran ann apps apps apps offe 50824 0831 gt 50824 0831 50824 0831 DEET DNK A Copy to Clipboard Export to MS Excel v Sectional Times Statistics Form A new Sectional Times Statistics form is added into RaceMate 8 0 The form shows average sectional times of all races in all combinations of distance cou
486. te 3 Click on the Race Calendar button on the top bar of the record tree to activate the Race Calendar While you choose a date on the Race Calendar the meeting date of Record Tree will automatically be synchronized 4 Right click on a tree node and choose Open Meeting of on the quick menu to set the meeting date to the race date of the selected node or choose Open Meeting of in Another Record Tree to open the meeting in another Record Tree Icons on Record Tree Welkin Systems Limited 2 RaceMate Reference eon George Yellow horseshoe Race on or before the underlying race meeting date past record Green horseshoe Race after the underlying race meeting date future record Grey dot at tree root Meeting information Grey dot between green and yellow The race in which the horse or jockey or er icons ae e is currently running Horse an Horse record i ss i lt lt OS Se Ge record Simultaneously Open Two or More Record Trees You may open two or more Record Tree forms simultaneous to compare two different sets of records You may open another copy of Record Tree in one of the following ways 1 Choose Record Tree on the Data menu of the RaceMate application menu 2 Right click on a tree node and choose Open Meeting of in Another Record Tree on the quick menu to set the meeting date to the race date of the selected node If you follow the 2nd way above to open a meeting
487. ted 320 RaceMate Reference 16 6 9 Happy Valley Syntax HrCourse nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrCourse nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrCourse nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 2 in English mode Width 2 in Chinese mode HrCourseDist JrCourseDist SrCourseDist The functions return a string showing the course and distance of the race Syntax HrCourseDist nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrCourseDist nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrCourseDist nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 6 Examples of Returned Value English Mode Chinese Mode H1650 1650 Happy valley 1650m S1400 H 1400 Shatin 1400m 16 6 10 HrCourselD JrCourselD SrCourselD The functions return the ID of the racecourse Happy Valley Syntax HrCourselID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrCourseID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrCourseID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 321 Character Width 1 16 6 11 HrCupName JrCupName SrCupName The functions return the cup name of a race Syntax HrCupName nBackRaces fCondition dDefaultVal JrCupName nBackRaces fCondition dDefaultVal Sr
488. ted 370 16 8 9 RaceMate Reference Examples HrMaxStartID HrWeight 3 The above example returns the ID of the start among the last 3 at which the loading is a maximum HrMaxStartID HrWeight 4 For HrDistance 1400 The above example returns the ID of the start among the last 4 1400m races at which the loading of the horse is a maximum HrMaxStartID HrWeight For HrDistance 1400 and HrAveRating gt 100 101 The above example returns ID of the start among the races satisfying the following conditions at which the loading of the horse is a maximum 1 1400m race 2 Average rating of the race is greater than 100 If no races satisfying the above conditions can be found 101 will be returned HrMinimum JrMinimum SrMinimum The functions return the minimum of a racing datum in the past records Syntax HrMinimum eValueExpr nRaces fCondition eDefaultValue cIncluding JrMinimum eValueExpr nRaces fCondition eDefaultValue cIncluding SrMinimum eValueExpr nRaces fCondition eDefaultValue cIncluding Argument Description Senge e Datum the minimum of which is to be eValueExpr found HrDvdWin Data type of expression Any Number of latest races counting back from the underlying race to be averaged The races must be meeting the condition specified by fCondition If nRaces is omitted all races meeting fCondition will be included If total
489. ted MCL Reference 385 Character 16 8 20 HrXSum JrXSum SrXSum These functions is similar to the functions HrSum JrSum and SrSum except 1 If the number of races meeting fCondition is smaller than nRaces the function will return NULL 2 Although these functions accept 5 arguments the 4 th argument will always be ignored Syntax HrXSum nValueExpr nRaces fCondition nDefaultValue cIncluding JrXSum nValueExpr nRaces fCondition nDefaultValue cIncluding SrXSum nValueExpr nRaces fCondition nDefaultValue cIncluding argument Description Senge e Datum the sum of which is to be nValueExpr found HrDvdWin Data type of expression Numeric Number of latest races counting back from the underlying race to be averaged The races must be meeting the condition specified by fCondition If nRaces is omitted all races meeting fCondition will be included If total number of races meeting fCondition is smaller than nRaces the function will perform calculations on only the available races You may use the HrCount function to check how many races have been counted If argument fCondition is passed the races nRaces will only be selected from those meeting fCondition The fCondition argument is composed of a For clause and a While clause A For clause causes the function to fCondition act on each record that meets the specified logical c
490. text area at the left bottom of the form shows the details about the highlighted MCL criteria item Please see Statistics and Data Analysis for more information 12 1 2 Statistical View and Record Filtering Results You can show the results of your view criteria definition in a Statistical View page This page can be found in the following forms Comprehensive Statistics amp Records Views Form Horse Data Form Jockey Data Form Stable Data Form Display Modes of a View Results can be shown in 2 different view modes Runs upper form in the figure below and Statistics lower form of the figure below When the view is open RaceMate firstly retrieves all records which satisfy the requirements define in the view structure table Each row in the view structure table matches a field of the records The Runs mode simply shows this set of retrieved records When Statistics mode is chosen RaceMate uses this set of records to carry out grouping and other statistics actions according to the setting of the Stat column of the view structure table The final grouping and statistics are then shown in the Statistics mode Result Sorting e You can specify how the result is sorted Put 1 into the Order column to sort the result by the underlying item When there are identical item values RaceMate will sort the these items by the item with 2 in the Order column and so on e Change the Order value to negative to indicate a descending s
491. the you will see the width of the Horse column changes in the Column Preview Table and the value of the Remaining width changes Note Ifthe Remaining width drops to zero the report columns just occupy the whole report width excluding the left and right margins 5 Click on Save Exit to close the Report Designer and return back to the Select a Report dialog 10 2 Report Designer There are 2 types of reports 1 Built in reports a dot in front of the report title 2 User defined reports You are not allowed to modify a built in report but you can create user defined reports for the same view Click on the Print button or select Print from the File menu The click on New to create a new report or Modify to modify the existing report You will then see the following form The function of each part is as follows Welkin Systems Limited 14 RaceMate Reference Hidden Heading Gemeng F Font Default Setting E Font Default Setting Times New Roman 12N Times New Roman 12 N_ Page 1 Spacing After 0 18 Paper Settings Default Font Left M Inch Times New Roman 12 N bd Right 1 50 A Report Title The title of the report You can modify it B Preview of Report Columns This area show how the data are shown in the report Resize the columns with the mouse will directly affect how the report prints C Column
492. the change after editing is complete Please note that once you turn on the Direct Edit feature of RaceMate you can no longer carry out incremental search in editable columns 4 6 Handling Forms Form is a window in RaceMate for displaying data Basic techniques about using forms will be discussed in this section Welkin Systems Limited RaceMate Reference 4 6 1 gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt e Multiple Instances e Freezing a Form of a Form e Changing and Restoring Form Size Multiple Instances of a Form You may open a form several times for comparing different records of the same form The figure below shows 2 instances of the Horse Form one for Upbeat and the other for Zero In You may follow one of the ways below to open a new instance of a form 1 Open the form again by choosing in RaceMate s main menu 2 Hold down the Ctrl key Click on the form s button on RaceMate s Form Toolbar 3 Hold down the Ctrl key Double click on corresponding data column for Horse Jockey Stable Race in a grid 4 Freeze an opened form Double click on corresponding data column for Horse Jockey Stable Race in a grid Horse 1 Upbeat 4PR Horse Upbeat 21 01 2004 Assistant 21 01 2004 JG Inner Eq Jog 20 01 2004 20 01 2004 Assistant 19 01 2004 17 01 2004 17 01 2004 Assistant 16 01 2004 15 01 2004 Size J
493. the file f Update RaceMate Programs or Install Components Welkin Systems Limited 250 RaceMate Reference 15 MCL Tutorial Model Construction Language MCL Model Construction Language MCL is a programming language that comes with RaceMate for retrieving information from the database of RaceMate Please download an MCL Tutorial from the following web site http www racematenet con english download_e htm You will be able to put MCL into use in a short period of time after going through the tutorial Welkin Systems Limited 252 RaceMate Reference 16 MCL Reference Model Construction Language MCL is a programming language that comes with RaceMate for retrieving information from the database of RaceMate Most MCL functions come in three versions 1 The Horse Record version function names begin with Hr which retrieves data or perform statistics in past records of horses 2 The Jockey Record version function names begin with Jr which retrieves data or perform statistics in past records of jockeys 3 The Stable Record version function names begin with Sr which retrieves data or perform statistics in past records of stables For example the following functions return the finishing position of a horse a jockey and a stable in last 1650m races respectively Please note that the last 1650m race of a jockey and the last 1650m race of a horse may be 2 different races HrFP 1 HrDi
494. the link for getting access to the web resource something similar to mms wm hkjc pbase net extra1 barrier 20080227 eng_20080227_brts04_500 asf HrBTVideo Null See Also HrBTrial HrPostRace HrPreRace HrPosPhoto HrRaceReplay HrRacingFocus 16 14 2 HrPostRace JrPostRace SrPostRace The functions provide you with a link for double clicking to 1 open the Racing Strategy videos in Chinese 2 open the Race Data form if Alt key is held down simultaneously Syntax HrPostRace vRetVal nBackRaces fCondition vDefaultVal JrPostRace vRetVal nBackRaces fCondition vDefaultVal SrPostRace vRetVal nBackRaces fCondition vDefaultVal Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 433 Argument vRetVal 1 If you omit this argument a character string of 10 characters showing the race date 2 If you pass a value into vRetVal it will be the return value can be any type of the functions 3 If you pass Null into vRetVal the link 81 characters for opening the video will be returned Links to local files will be skipped Returns Default to string e g 15 02 2009 for 15 02 2009 If you pass a value to vRetVal please see the description for vRetVal above Example The following function will return the racing date If you double click on the date the corresponding Post Race video in Chinese will be played HrPostRace The following function will give the racin
495. tical Swim roe Jog Swim Droe Jog Swim Groe Jog Aroe Jog Groe Jog Descending YW Groe Jog 32 4 26 8 24 i Inner Eq Jog Inner Eq Jog Aroe Jog Inner Eq Jog C Aroe Jog Inner Eq Jog 51600 10 iC Swim Inner Eq Inner Eq Jog 29 0 24 6 Swim 34 8 31 7 2 Swim Inner Eq 33 1 30 9 Inner Eq Jog Aroe Jog 31 0 26 4 23 Inner Eq Jog Inner Eq Jog Aroe Jog Inner Eq Jo 32 7 31 2 2 Inner Eq Jog D Inner Eq Jog Inner Eq Jog Aroe Jog Inner Eq Jo Boma Fa ANG FON 24 one ORG fen 220 oa D I Allocation Page Race Data Form The page shows how trainers allocate horses and jockeys in a meeting You may choose between show allocation of either Horse or Jockey using the option buttons at the top of the page SS Race Data 1 18 01 2004 3 Allocation L emma e 3 03 339 lan Laem wire 1 Starter Views 2 Trackwork 3 Allocation 4 Flemming 5 Dvds 6 Remark 7 Links 0 Index Horse Jockey rockt 60 40 4 14 00 RIGHT WAY HANDICE Stable Racel Race2 Race3 Raced Race 5 Lucky Lad n Millennium China Cat Mystic Spir Nilometer Race 6 Country M Hidden Dre Sure Fit Country Bc Race 7 RaceS8 Race A j Smiling For Watchman Speed ofl Lighting TH Wah Yan KEnvoy of L winning AtLittle ElepH Champion Splendid P Entertainin Sight Chan Major Bee Noble Man Thunder M ES
496. tical to that of normal return value When applying the function to past records by default races in the underlying meeting are not included You may use this argument to change the scope See the following page for details The cIncluding Argument cIncluding Returns Data type identical to the expression passed into the first argument Examples HrMaximum HrWeight 3 The above example returns the maximum loading of the horse in last 3 starts HrMaximum HrWeight 4 For HrDistance 1400 The above example returns the maximum loading of the horse in last 4 1400m races HrMaximum HrWeight For HrDistance 1400 and HrAveRating gt 100 101 The above example returns the maximum loading of the horse in all races meeting the following conditions 1 1400m race 2 Average rating of the race is greater than 100 If no races satisfying the above conditions can be found 101 will be returned Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 369 16 8 8 HrMaxStartID JrMaxStartID SrMaxStartID The functions return ID of the start at which the maximum of a racing datum is found Syntax HrMaxStartID eValueExpr nRaces fCondition cDefaultValue cIncluding JrMaxStartID eValueExpr nRaces fCondition cDefaultValue cIncluding SrMaxStartID eValueExpr nRaces fCondition cDefaultValue cIncluding Argument Serge 1 wampe Datum the maximum of which is to be eValueExpr found
497. til a non numeric character is encountered leading blanks are ignored Val returns O if the first character of the character expression isn t a number or a plus sign or minus sign Syntax Val cExpression cExpression Specifies a character expression composed of numbers Returns Numeric 16 14 Multimedia amp Internet Functions This group of functions transforms values based on the criteria that you set gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt HrBTVideo JrBTVideo SrBTVideo HrPostRace JrPostRace SrPostRace HrPreRace JrPreRace SrPreRace HrPosPhoto JrPosPhoto SrPosPhoto HrRaceReplay JrRaceReplay SrRaceReplay HrRacingFocus JrRacingFocus SrRacingFocus 16 14 1 HrBTVideo JrBTVideo SrBTVideo The functions provide you with a link for double clicking to 1 open the Jockey Club barrier trial videos 2 open the barrier trail form if Alt key is held down simultaneously Syntax HrBTVideo nBackBarrierTrials vRetVal nBackRaces fCondition vDefaultVal JrBTVideo nBackBarrierTrials vRetVal nBackRaces fCondition vDefaultVal SrBTVideo nBackBarrierTrials vRetVal nBackRaces fCondition vDefaultVal Argument nBackBarrierT rials Pass a number to the first argument to get the date and group of the nBackBarrierTrials 0 or 1 for first 2 for second etc barrier trials before the underlying race vRetVal
498. tion cDefaultVal cIncluding JrDvdPlace nPlaceNo nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrDvdPlace nPlaceNo nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding The function returns the first place dividend if nPlaceNo 1 second place dividend if nPlaceNo 2 and third place dividend if nPlaceNo 3 Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 325 Returns Numeric decimal place 1 See also HrDvdWin JrDvdWin SrDvdWin _ 16 6 20 HrDvdTrio JrDvdTrio SrDvdTrio The functions return the Trio dividend This function is for backward compatible only Please use HrDvd instead Syntax HrDvdTrio nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrDvdTrio nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrDvdTrio nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Numeric decimal place 1 See also HrDvdPlace JrDvdPlace SrDvdPlace HrDvdWin JrDvdWin SrDvdWin 16 6 21 HrDvdWin JrDvdWin SrDvdWin The function returns win dividend This function is for backward compatible only Please use HrDvd instead Syntax HrDvdWin nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrDvdWin nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrDvdWin nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Numeric decimal place 1 See Also HrDvdPlace JrDvdPlace SrDvdPlace 16 6 22 HrGoing JrGoing SrGoing The functions return the
499. tions magically empowers the already strong MCL statistical functions The functions do statistical calculations and break down calculation results in a single function call Results are composed of indefinite number of statistical items and returned as character strings The following screen capture shows a view with 3 statistical columns which break down the number of runs and wins of each horse Please see corresponding help topics for the detailed usages of these new functions Horse Runs HrCountBy HrDistance Wins HrCountBy HrFp 1 HrDistance Wins HrCountBy HrDistance For HrFPQ 1 Wise Lover 1000 1 1200 3 1400 6 1600 1 1000 0 1200 1 1400 1 1600 0 1200 1 1400 1 Whiplash 1000 2 1200 2 1400 4 1000 0 1200 0 1400 2 1400 2 Lifeline Rapid 1000 3 1200 3 1400 17 1600 2 1000 0 1200 0 1400 2 1600 0 1400 2 Progressing 1000 7 1200 8 1400 6 1650 12 1000 0 1200 0 1400 0 1650 0 Master Majol 1400 1 1400 0 Lucky Danskt1000 2 1200 6 1400 10 1650 1 1000 0 1200 1 1400 2 1650 0 1200 1 1400 2 Siameric Te 1200 6 1400 1 1650 2 1200 3 1400 0 1650 0 1200 3 Lucky Dragoi 1000 1 1200 1 1400 16 1600 1 1650 2 1000 0 1200 0 1400 2 1600 0 1650 0 1400 2 Honour Supr 1000 4 1200 24 1400 6 1600 1 1650 3 1000 0 1200 5 1400 0 1600 0 1650 0 1200 5 Super Snippe 1400 1 1400 0 Spokesman 1000 1 1200 12 1400 11 1600 2 1650 6 1000 0 1200 0 1400 1 1600 0 165
500. to the home folder of RaceMate Remark edit box A sentence describing the link Available in all records of the form check box When this option is selected the link will appear in all records of the form i e all races in the Race Data form or all horses in the Horse form Otherwise the link will only be show in the current record Welkin Systems Limited Multimedia Resources 11 3 Saving Web Video Photo into Disk Transferring Multimedia Files from Websites into Local Drive Many users like downloading video files and position pictures from websites into local hard disk to get fast playing and viewing You can then keep your files even if they are removed from the web If you are doing similar things you no longer need to manually create links to the files that you saved You can open the Options and System Information form from the Tools menu At the right top of the form you will see an area for entering a template for each file type as follows Once you correctly enter corresponding templates into the boxes in the figure below you can leave some of them blank RaceMate s default links or buttons will point to these local files rather than the one on websites V Local File Name Templates Race Replay CC ymv lt SeasonRace gt wmv Position Photo c ymv lt SeasonRace gt jpg Barrier Trial Racing Focus Racing Preview Racing Result Template Element Meaning O OZ O Expressions Or Non E
501. tton on the Definition of Statistical Views form and unchecking corresponding checkboxes at the bottom 4 Ona new Stat View I am not able to drag a column left or right to a new position Why On a Stat View columns are not allowed to be dragged to another position directly You need to click on the Edit View Structure button to open the Definition of Statistical Views form and click on the Up and Down buttons at the right bottom to change the position of a column 5 Ona Stat View I select 1 Year as data range However I find that there are Welkin Systems Limited Questions amp Answers 465 races is earlier than 1 year ago retrieved Why Year and other range type is counted from the latest race rather than today Therefore if the latest race took place long ago the earliest race retrieved could be far beyond 1 year ago 18 2 How Can I Display Chinese in English Windows Follow the steps below to enable Chinese display in a pure English Windows 1 Open Windows Control Panel and double click on the Regional and Language Options icon in the Date Time Language and Regional Options group 2 After the Regional and Language Options form is shown switch to the Languages page 3 Check the Install files for East Asian languages box Regional and Language Options Regional Options Languages Advanced Text services and input languages To view or change the lanquages and methods you can use to enter
502. type of the functions 3 If you pass Null into vRetVal the link 74 characters for opening the video will be returned Links to local files will be skipped Returns Default to string e g 15 02 2009 for 15 02 2009 If you pass a value to vRetVal please see the description for vRetVal above Welkin Systems Limited o RaceMate Reference Example The following function will return the racing date If you double click on the date the corresponding Race Replay video will be played HrRaceReplay The following function will give the racing date It will display Racing on screen If you double click on the text the corresponding Racing To Win video will be played HrRaceReplay Racing The following function will return the link for getting access to the web resource something similar to mms wm hkjc pbase net extral replay 20080227 eng_20080227_race04_500 asf HrRaceReplay Null See Also HrBTrial HrBTVideo HrPreRace HrPostRace HrPosPhoto HrRacingFocus 16 14 6 HrRacingFocus JrRacingFocus SrRacingFocus The functions provide you with a link for double clicking to 1 open the Racing Focus videos in Chinese 2 open the Race Calendar form if Alt key is held down simultaneously Syntax HrRacingFocus nSection vRetVal nBackRaces fCondition vDefaultVal JrRacingFocus nSection vRetVal nBackRaces fCondition vDefaultVal SrRacingFocus nSection vRetVal
503. ue in the RetVal column If no smaller value can be found the value passed to the DefaultVal argument will be returned If no value is passed through the DefaultVal argument NULL will be returned KeyVal RetVal Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 427 According to the conversion table above similar to Conv 1 will be converted to 10 and 2 will be converted to 5 In the KeyVal column 2 5 is not found However 2 is the closest value that is smaller than 2 5 If 2 5 is being looked up 5 RetVal of 2 will be returned Similarly if 7 is being looked up 4 RetVal of 3 will be returned If O is being looked up NULL will be returned in case no DefaultVal is given Syntax SConv cLookupTable KeyVal DefaultValue Returns The data type of the returned value will be identical to that of the RetVal column Example SConv FPconv HrFP 0 The above function converts the finishing position according to the conversion table FPconv 16 13 1 SToT The SToT function converts a number of seconds to a time string e g 1 13 41 Syntax SToT nExpression nExpression Specifies the numeric value of seconds Returns Character Width 7 Example SToT 243 2 3 The above function will return the string 1 21 07 for 1 minute 21 07 seconds 16 13 1Str The Str function is a Visual FoxPro function which returns the character equivalent of a specified numeric expression Syntax
504. uggest you to download via the Internet rather than dialing up to our data server It is because 1 Downloading through the Internet is much more faster 2 Dial up connection to our data server is subject to our telephone lines availability If there are a number of people already connecting to the server at the same time you may not be able to get through gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt e Connecting to the Internet e Dial Up Connection e Downloading Data e Repeat Last Download e Firewall Blocking Connecting to the Internet Download Settings Carry out the following download settings to enable downloading data through the Internet 1 Choose Tools Download Settings from the main menu r Download Settings Download Method Automatically update data and programs when RaceMate starts recommended Modem Settings Port AUT Kei Baud Rate E 57600 v Phone number Initialization String Select Internet on the form Click on OK When you have changed the download method to Internet RaceMate will download data through Internet until you change the download method back to Dial up to Server If you are using a broadband connection the setting is now complete Otherwise please read the following section Non Broadband Users Welkin Systems Limited Data Update If you are using a modem to connect to the Internet it is better for you to enable the automatic dia
505. uilt in Starter Views ic 20 0 eeh E cise e EEN E veces AER EN age EN Ee 168 All Distances WQP Stats View cccssscsssseesseeeeseeeeseeeeseeeeeseeeeseaeeseeeeeaesesaeeeeseeeeaesasaaeesseeeesaesasaaeeeseeeesaeeneeeeeeeeee 168 Jockey Change Statistics cesicccccscsicecesicessssecssvsencscetsctcsssesensscessesessoesenctusdacsestersecsvceseecessnrseisicetisteensrseuiessersesear 171 Part IX Excel Spreadsheet Features 178 1 How to Create Complicated Formulae ANEREN ENEE 178 KR Je DR TE e UE 178 Part X Printing and Creating Reports 182 1 Creating a Report for a View EERREREERRER ee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesenees 182 Welkin Systems Limited e RaceMate Reference 2 Part XI 1 2 3 Part XII 1 3 Part XIII N OO oO FR WO DN Part XIV Part XV Part XVI Report Designen ee EE EEN EE peat 183 Multimedia Resources 188 Autoline Es deeeiegeb Seege ege SEENEN SEN saecveine cue REENEN NEE deeg 188 Managing Your Own Multimedia RESOUICES cccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesaneeeeeseneeeeeeaneeees 189 Saving Web Video Photo into Disk c ccceccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeaaeeeeeeaeeeeeees 191 Statistics and Data Analysis 196 Type 1 Comprehensive Statistics amp Record Ouenm ERKENNEN RRE 196 Defining Structure of Statistics View s ANd Queries ecseceeteeeeeeeneeeeseeseeseeeeeeesseeseadeeesseeeeeesseeesesseneesesneeesanes 197 Statistical View and Record Filtering Results
506. ultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 22 See Also HrSire HrDam HrSSire HrDSire HrSDam HrDDam HrSSire JrSSire SrSSire HrDSSire HrDSSire SrDSSire HrSDSire HrDDSire HrDSDam HrSDDam HrDDDam 16 4 38 HrSSire JrSSire SrSSire The functions return the name of the horse s sire s sire Syntax HrSSire JrSSire nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrSSire nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 22 See Also HrSire HrDam HrDSire HrSDam HrDDam HrSSSire HrDSSire HrDSSire SrDSSire HrSDSire HrDDSire HrSSDam HrDSDam HrSDDam HDDDam 16 4 39 HrSSSire JrSSSire SrSSSire The functions return the name of the horse s sire s sire s sire Syntax HrSSSire _ JrSSSire nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrSSSire nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 22 Welkin Systems Limited am RaceMate Reference See Also HrSire HrDam HrSSire HrDSire HrSDam HrDDam HrDSSire HrDSSire SrDSSire HrSDSire HrDDSire HrSSDam HrDSDam HrSDDam HDDDam 16 4 40 HrStable JrStable SrStable 16 4 41 The functions return the name of the stable of the horse In Chinese language mode Chinese horse name will be returned In Englis
507. ultVal cIncluding SrTime nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 6 See Also HrSeconds HrSpeed 16 3 60 HrTimew JrTimew SrTimew These functions are identical to their original versions except that they return 2 digits after the decimal point Click on the link below to see the syntax of the functions HrTime JrTime SrTime Returns Character Width 7 16 3 61 HrUpdown JreUpdown SrUpdown The function returns the information about the change of the class of the horse A list of possible returned value is shown below Promote Si Vfemte Li P H i JE Down bee HE o KA Es Syntax HrUpdown nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrUpdown nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrUpdown nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Welkin Systems Limited 2 RaceMate Reference Character Width 10 See Also HrUpdownID 16 3 62 HrUpdownID JrUpdownID SrUpdownlD The function returns an ID that identifies the change of the class of the horse The following list shows the IDs Space will be returned if no change D Don Syntax HrUpdownID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrUpdownID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrUpdownID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 1 See Also HrUp
508. ulti win Spit 1200 3 1200 0 Global Way 14002 1400 0 Enhanced Syntax 1 Multiple Statistical Items in Argument ICountIf lt lt lCountIf1 gt gt lt lt lCountIf2 gt gt You may put more than one statistical item in the ICountIf argument Each is quoted by a pair of lt lt and gt gt You may insert any number of characters outside the quotes Example HrCountBy lt lt HrFp 1 gt gt wins in lt lt HrFp gt gt starts HrDistance The ICountIf argument of this example contains 2 statistical items 1 lt lt HrFp 1 gt gt counts number of wins e HrFp 1 in each distance group 2 lt lt HrFp gt gt counts number of valid starts Le HrFp is not null If a horse has 5 1000m starts 9 1200m starts and 3 1400m starts and among these starts it won in 1 1000m start 2 1200m starts the function will return the following string 1000 1 wins in 5 starts 1200 2 wins in 9 starts 1400 0 wins in 3 starts Enhanced Syntax 2 A Summary Header Section in Argument ICountIf The ICountIf argument can be divided into 2 sections using the separator The Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference e section before the is a summary section The statistical items in this section are applied to all starts which satisfy the condition specified by the fCondition argument lt lt lOverallCountIf1 gt gt lt lt lOverallCountIf2 gt gt lt lt lDetailCountIf1 gt
509. ument MCL Condition When to use the While keyword Quoted MCL Expression Arguments The DefaultVal Argument The cIncluding Argument 16 1 1 Optional Arguments Most arguments of MCL functions are optional Required arguments are underlined in all syntax descriptions in this reference For example in the following function all arguments are optional except nMCLExpr HrSum nMCLExpr nRaces fCondition nDefaultValue cIncluding If the arguments that you are going to omit are the rightmost ones the commas between the arguments can be taken away For example the following two expressions are basically identical HrSum HrWinTickets 3 HrSum HrWinTickets 3 If the arguments that you are going to omit are not the rightmost ones you must keep the commas for example HrSum HrWinTickets For HrFP 1 For Visual FoxPro built in functions you can only omit rightmost optional parameters but not the ones in the middle For example the following function will result in error Trim ABC You must rewrite it as Trim ABCs Sy He Ee El 16 1 2 Data Types of Arguments The data types required by the arguments of an MCL functions are specified by the following prefixes Data type required n MCL Condition fCondition cIncluding Welkin Systems Limited 254 RaceMate Reference ll Loge OS TrueOrFalse 16 1 3 16 1 4 Arguments that accept eDefaultVal more than
510. umn Blank above Current 8 Insert blank view item into view structure table just above the current one for editing Remove Current 9 Remove item currently highlighted from view structure table Remove All 10 Remove all items from view structure table Reset View Structure to Default 11 Restore default structure of built in views RaceMate will automatically restore all built in views into their default structure every time you restart RaceMate However if you want to reset a built in view without restarting RaceMate you may click on this button Export amp Import View Structure 12 Export or import view structure to or from file Welkin Systems Limited om RaceMate Reference Help Button 13 Push this button to show the help screen Repositioning View Items 14 Move Item Up Click on this button to move the currently highlighted criteria up in the criteria table Move Item Down Click on this button to move the currently highlighted criteria down in the criteria table View Particulars Fine Tuning Buttons 15 View Details Click on this button to show the View Details form on which you can change the view title define the forms that will show the view etc See EditingView Particulars for details Item Details Click on this button to show the Edit View Item form on which you can fine tuning the properties of a view item See Editing View Column Criteria Items for details Creat
511. umn ID that we copied from the User Comments view into the Linked Field text box 6 Save the view definition and return to the Declaration view data grid You will found the new R1 column inserted at the right hand side of the Rtg column Welkin Systems Limited ass RaceMate Reference bleech 4 ps 105 gi e eA 1650 Jm wn E Race E Best Time 11 02 2006 2 Legionnaire 1 38 5 F Coetzee Std Time 1 39 5 Sect Time 27 7 23 1 24 4 24 1 3 Si COEN EEN L Race Prize 675 E Penetrometer Set Choose MCL Variables 1 Starter Views 2 Trackwork 3 Allocation 4 Flemming 5Dvds 6 Comment ZLinks Q Index History Horse gt tines o H Filter E Update EZET m Positions E Wt Diff Time Age Privileg Entries 6 7 A Schutz Trump 14 Days Trkwk LA z 1 39 5 _S CFownes _ Trump 28 Days Trkwk 4 mus 1 39 7 6 L Ho Trump WQP Statistics z 4 7 119 2 1 39 9 28 Gibson Trump Running Comment 4 14 119 1 1 40 2 8 BKNg Priority User Comment 4 4 113 1L40 2 4CSShum Trump Yeung s Index 4 8 113 1 40 2 6 D Cruz Trump au Speed 4 2 129 2 1 40 3 6 KWLui Trump otmen 4 9 114 16 1 40 3 GC W Chang Inckew Channe Stat 4 12 116 1 1 40 4 7 SWoods Trump Modify New ail bag ssa ee E
512. umn are 3 and 5 respectively the above expression may be rewritten as Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 3 Column 3 Column 5 2 See also GetColumn 16 7 3 CurRun This function returns the result of an MCL expression at the viewing start of the horse To some extend this function is similar to the AtStart function with a default starter ID of the underlying race i e the view that you are viewing It is important to note the following limitations 1 CurRun function will return NULL in model evaluation since viewing race will be undefined when you evaluate a model clicking the Eval button in the Race Meeting form 2 Since viewing race changes whenever you jump to a new race cached old values returned by CurRun will be out of date all the time You are recommended to set the column type to No Caching otherwise you will need to push the Recalc button to update the values whenever a new race is displayed Syntax CurRun eMCLExpr Returns The data type of the return value is identical to that returned by eMCLExpr Example Create a column WeightDifference as follows HrWeight AtViewingRace HrWeight The column returns different between the weight in each past start and the weight in the current start of each horse 16 7 4 GetColumn This function imports column values of another view of the current race into the current column of the current view The co
513. urned Syntax GCnv eToSearch cListToBeSearched cListOfReturnItems cNullSearchReturn cSeperator eToSearch String to be searched eToSearch can be of any data type cListToBeSearched List of items for searching matching The items in the list must be from small to large If eToSearch is not of character type the function will convert each member item of cListToBeSearched into the same data type before comparing Please don t put any space after each comma Otherwise the space will be regarded as a character of the item cListOfReturmItems List of items for returning If the nth item in cListToBeSearched matches eToSearch the nth item of cListOfReturnItems will be returned If no in cListToBeSearch is equal to or greater than eToSearch the function will return a value as follows e IF the items in cListOfReturnItems are more than that in cListToBeSearched the first excess item of cListT oBeSearched will be returned e Otherwise Null will be returned Please don t put any space after each comma Otherwise the space will be regarded as a character of the item cNullSearchRetum If a Null value is passed into eToSearch the function will return the value of cNullSearchReturn However if cNullSearchReturn is empty NULL will be returned cSeparator The default list item separator is comma you may change the separator by passing a string into cSeparator Returns Character Welkin Systems Limited MCL Re
514. use causes the function to stop action once the logical expression evaluates to false Both For and While clauses are optional Default value returned when no race satisfying the specified condition can be nDefaultValue found The data type of this value must be identical to that of normal return value nRaces When applying the function to past cIncluding records by default races in the underlying meeting are not included You Welkin Systems Limited am RaceMate Reference may use this argument to change the scope See the following page for details The cIncluding Argument Returns Numeric Examples HrXAverage HrWeight 3 The above example returns the average loading of the past 3 races of the horse HrAverage HrSpeed 4 For HrDistance 1400 The above example returns the average speed of the last 4 1400m races of the horse HrXAverage HrSpeed For HrDistance 1400 and HrAveRating gt 100 The above example returns the average speed of all races meeting the following conditions 1 1400m race 2 Average rating of the race is greater than 100 16 8 16 HrXMaximum JrXMaximum SrXMaximum The above functions are similar to functions HrMaximum JrMaximum and SrMaximum except 1 If the number of races meeting fCondition is smaller than nRaces the function will return NULL 2 Although the functions accept 5 arguments the 4th argument of HrXM
515. ve carry out the same statistics However an expression for sorting is specified in the first function which makes the groups being arranged in descending order of the win counts Enhanced Syntax 6 New String to Replace the Default Separator between 2 Statistical Result Items You may define a new string to replace the default separator Space between 2 statistical result items Put a to the right of the breakdown expression followed by the string you want to replace the default separator The following examples shows the syntax You may include any number of expressions in your new separator All expressions must be quoted with lt lt and gt gt Examples HrCountBy HrFp 1 HrDistance Ill The function returns 1000 1 1200 4 1400 6 1600 0 The new separator is defined at the right of HrCountBy HrFp 1 HrDistance lt lt Chr 13 gt gt New line character Chr 13 is defined as the new separator It separates statistical items into new lines Please note that Chr 13 is an expression and must be enclosed with lt lt and gt gt The function returns the following 4 lines 1000 1 1200 4 1400 6 1600 0 Welkin Systems Limited se RaceMate Reference 16 8 6 See also HrCount JrCount SrCount HrCountNZ JrCountNZ SrCountNZ HrAverageBy JrAverageBy SrAverageBy HrSumBy JrSumBy SrSumBy HrCountNZ JrC
516. ven itself Nor is it unequal to other values That is NULL NULL returns NULL and so does NULL NULL The only way to find out if you have a null value is to test with IsNull Syntax IsNull eExpression Returns Logical 16 15 1 Join Returns a string which is a concatenate off all items Items can be any data type The maximum number of items is 26 The separator argument will not be counted as an item All blanks before or after each item will be trimmed Syntax Join cSeperator eIteml eItem2 elItem3 Welkin Systems Limited a RaceMate Reference Argument cSeperator A string to be put between 2 consecutive items Default to a space eItemi eltem2 eltem3 Values to be concatenated The values can be any data type The maximum number of items is 26 Returns Character Examples Join Apple 30 Returns Apple 30 Please note blanks before and after Apple are trimmed Join HrJdockey HrDistance Returns a concatenation of jockey name and race distance separating by a hyphen for example D Whyte 1400 16 15 1 Lang The function returns the value of the ist argument in English mode and that of the 2nd argument in Chinese mode Syntax Lang eEnglishModeExpr eChineseModeExpr Example Edition A B Returns A in English mode and B in Chinese Mode 16 15 1 Match The function compares 2 values and if they are equa
517. verweight 271 SrOwner 296 SrPenetrometer 329 SrPlaceTickets 272 SrPositions 272 SrPosPhoto 434 SrPostRace 432 SrPowerComments 337 Welkin Systems Limited SrPowerFigure 336 SrPreRace 433 SrPrivlege 272 SrPrivlegelD 273 SrRaceClass 330 SrRacelD 330 SrRaceNolInMeeting 330 SrRaceNolnSeason 331 SrRaceNote 331 SrRacePrize 331 SrRaceRating 332 SrRaceRemark 332 SrRaceReplay 435 SrRacesInMeeting 332 SrRaceTime 332 SrRacingFocus 436 SrRacingWeight 273 SrRating 274 SrRatingDiff 274 SrReserved 274 SrRetired 296 SrRGBTCount 312 SrRunners 333 SrRunning 273 SrSameBlood 296 SrSDam 297 SrSDDam 297 SrSDSire 298 SrSeason 333 SrSeason2 334 SrSeasonRace 334 SrSeconds 275 SrSectionalTime 335 SrSectionalTimew 335 SrSectionPos 275 SrSectionTime 335 SrSectionTimew 336 SrSectMargins 275 SrSectMargLens 276 SrSectMargLensX 277 SrSectPositions 277 SrSectTime 278 SrSectTimew 279 SrSex 298 SrSickHistory 298 SrSire 300 SrSpecialBit 279 SrSpecialBitAbbr 279 SrSpeed 280 SrSSDam 301 SrSSire 301 SrSSSire 301 486 RaceMate Reference SrStable 302 SrStableAbbr 302 SrStablelD 302 SrStablePrefence SrStableRetired SrStakes 281 SrStartID 280 SrStartIDOn 281 SrStatList 373 SrSum 374 SrSumBy 375 SrSumCount 377 SrTime 283 SrTimew 283 SrTrack 337 SrTrackID 337 SrTrackPlus 338 S
518. w 7 r gie HrDateQ 23 HrDateQ 1 in sequence Auto Resize Width No Less Than 8 Default Column Width d op fr erh t ae History Statistics Views after Double Clicking When one of the statistics columns is double clicked the form set on the Edit View Advanced Settings will be shown The data range will be set according to the argument set there For example when you double click on the Jockey DistTrack W Q P L Tot W WQP column the Distance WQP Stats view of the Jockey form will be opened The period is set to 21 06 2011 to 18 10 2011 which is equivalent to race 720 of season 10 11 to race 101 of season 11 12 Welkin Systems Limited Built in Views 171 See Also Using MCL Variables As View Arguments MCL Variables to Set Data Range 8 1 2 Jockey Change Statistics This view shows the WQPL statistics of jockey changes within a period The period is defined by the MCL variable 1 You may double click on the statistical results to show all the runs covered by the statistics Janne 4 11 105 Was Rtg Cls 60 40 4 sien m awT Best Time 11 02 2006 2 Legionnaire 1 38 5 F Coetzee Std Time 1 39 5 Sect Time Remark GA Race SAM TUNG UK HANDICAP 27 7 23 1 24 4 24 1 meen I RacePrize 675 000 Penetrometer
519. was examined by the veterinary Surgeon who said the horse was bleeding mildly From a tooth and in his opinion was suitable to race BULLSHOT which was standing badly began awkwardly shifted out and was steadied away From the heels of PEARL AND GOLD LUCK AND FORTUNE began awkwardly bumped the outside gate of its stall then was checked away from the heels of PROFIT DAY which was shifting in PREMIER BURG was slow to begin Making the first turn PRETTY DOUBLE which was being steadied to shift in behind runners at the tail of the field to obtain cover on several occasions was awkwardly placed close to the heels of LUCK AND FORTUNE User Remarks Money Express s performance was Far From expected Premier Burg would not be the winner was G Mosse was not the rider 5 3 7 Links Page Race Data Form Please see MultimediaResources Autolinks and Managing Your Own Multimedia Resources 5 3 8 Index Page Race Data Form This page lists all races of a meeting You may highlight a race on the list and push the Enter key or double click to jump back to the page which is active before opening the Index page Information about the race highlighted in the Index Page will be displayed If there was no page active before the Index page was opened the Starter Views Page will be opened Welkin Systems Limited 12 RaceMate Reference 5 3 9 r Race Data 1 28 01 2004 1 Index 2e01 2004 1 03 357 lc H
520. wnload Download Settings Update Data From Files Back Up User Data Restore User Data Export Race Data Export Horse Data A Import RaceMate 6 5 for DOS User Data Update RaceMate Programs or Install Components Transfer Software License Pay Data Subscription Fee Over the Internet Change to Chinese Display CTRL L Options and System Information 2 When the Export Horse Data form shows enter the range of Brand Numbers into the text boxes of the form Welkin Systems Limited 20 RaceMate Reference 13 3 13 4 e Export Horse Data 1 Brand No Export Active horse only 3 Click on the Export button to export the data into an Microsoft Excel file Exporting or Copying Grids Cells Exporting Data to Excel Files In RaceMate all data grids are exportable to Excel You may right click on the left top corner of a grid on any data form and choose Export Table to export the content of the grid to an Excel file or a text file Copy Cells Reset Layout Sullivat 70 T 2008 084 K C Leung P O Sullival 70 149 2007 711 M Du PlessP O Sullival 72 4 2007 634 M Du PlessP O Sullival 73 m ngen Weeer Copying All Cells to Clipboard You may choose Copy Cells of the above menu to copy the whole table into the Windows clipboard The data copied can be pasted into other applications Advance Data Export You may create a view containing all the data you want to export Click on the
521. wse d C RaceMate v At least 124 9 MB of free disk space is required 1 7 Remarks about Inputting Chinese RaceMate can be used with both Traditional Chinese Windows and Simplified Chinese Windows Please note the following remarks 1 Traditional Chinese Windows and Simplified Chinese Windows are using different internal coding systems Never restore your Chinese notes that you created ina Simplified Chinese Windows into a Traditional Chinese Windows or vice versa Otherwise the Chinese characters will become garbage 2 The race data and system messages of RaceMate will always be displayed in Traditional Chinese characters no matter you run it on a Traditional Chinese Windows or a Simplified Chinese Windows However Simplified Chinese characters that you input in RaceMate will not be converted into Traditional Chinese characters and will always be displayed as Simplified Chinese characters Welkin Systems Limited 36 RaceMate Reference 2 2 1 Release Notes This chapter will state the new features and changes in each release of RaceMate gt gt gt Subtopics of this section lt lt lt What What What What What What What What is New in RaceMate 11 5 is New in RaceMate 10 5 is New in RaceMate 10 0 is New in RaceMate 9 8 is New in RaceMate 9 5 is New in RaceMate 9 0 is New in RaceMate 8 0 is New in RaceMate 7 0 What is New in RaceMate 11 5 RaceMate has been upgraded to version 11 5
522. xcel Files to learn more about the primary key 3 Name of the exported file 4 Export View Data x View Data of Current Screen View Data for the Following Range Cancel From Season 2008 2009 Race 728 To Season 2008 2009 Race 7284 V Insert Primary Key for Future RaceMate Importing File Name F TMP User Comment xls Click on the Export button start exporting Exporting Data of History Stat Views Click on the Export Data button on the History Stat Views page Welkin Systems Limited 232 RaceMate Reference hefteg er Export Data Import Data Test MCL o Basic Columns D Pedigree Draw Statistics Dark Horses amp Long S If you are showing details of races and there is at least a input column on the view you will see the following question Otherwise you will go to the Save As dialogue directly Geseems P Do you want to insert a Primary Key for future RaceMate importing If you answer Yes on the above dialogue box a primary key column will be created as the first column of the exported file See Importing View Data From Excel Files to learn more about the primary key No matter what answer you choose you will see the following Save As dialog The view name will be the default file name Welkin Systems Limited Exporting and Importing Data 233 E Save As LS dJi Data F Public v 4 Sear
523. xpressions The screen capture above shows 2 real hard disk paths Besides real paths you can put a at the start position of the text box to turn the string into an expression The double quote in the example below is needed because there is a space in the folder name my video c my videos Left lt SeasonRace gt 4 Right lt SeasonRace gt 3 wmv If you view race 331 of season 2008 2009 the above expression will be evaluated as follows c my videos tLeft 20080331 4 Right 20080331 3 wmv Finally we will get c my videos 2008 331 wmv Welkin Systems Limited 192 RaceMate Reference Examples Kee Template f File Opened c rmv lt SeasonRace gt wmv Ra c rmv 20080559 wmv c Replay lt SeasonRace gt ivr c Replay 060559 ivr c File HK lt Y ear gt lt Month gt lt Day gt _ lt RaceNo gt c File HKO70429_07 ivr ivr c Video HK lt DateStr gt lt RaceNo gt ivr c my videos Left lt SeasonRace gt 4 c my videos 2008 559 Right lt SeasonRace gt 3 wmv wmv c Photo lt SeasonRace gt jpg c Photo 20060559 jpg wmv and ivr are the extension of Windows Media Player s and RealPlayer s files respectively If you don t have RealPlayer installed you will not be able to play the ivr files By default Windows Media Player is installed in every Windows Welkin Systems Limited Multimedia Resources 193 How can Isave a web vide
524. y The basic rule of doing a multicolumn sort is small groups first large groups last For example say we want to sort the finishing position of a horse for each Distance Race Class combination We will order distance so that the same distance goes into a group largest group do last For starts of the same distance records are group be race classes Within the same race class records will be ordered by finishing positions smallest group do first Welkin Systems Limited RaceMate Reference Sort small group or non grouping column first gt Secondly sort on bigger group columns Lastly sort on the biggest group amp r Horse 1 Palette Natural 4AG R Brand No Horse Palette Natural 1 Particulars 2 Pedigree 3 History Z Y WY E E SE d 43 T aR 2 Wy Uy j SE E Yyy Ws Yip a Ss S SS Ye UY i 5 Trackwork 6 Links 0 All Horses Yt Ce A f HH AA pA GE SC ege Ye YW S Yy SC Un L TT Ut ty YY YY Ce a am Gy WY 4 YW Ya 4 7 6 Resetting Grid Layout Changes to grid layouts including sorting column moving column resizing can be reset by clicking on the left top rectangle of the grid The system will ask you to confirm if you are going to reset the grid layout Answer Yes to reset Welkin Systems Limited Basic Ul Techniques Click to reset grid layout r Race Data 1 04 02 2004 1 Statistics on Trackwork 14 Days
525. y records of the horse HrSickHistory Returns all veterinary records which contain the keywords track work and jump HrSickHistory track work jump Returns all veterinary records with passed date but hide the incident date HrSickHistory P D Veterinary records with last 90 days HrSickHistory 90 Veterinary records after 2 days of the start HrSickHistory 2 Veterinary records during the period 2 days after the start and 90 days before the start The day range must be in a pair of quotes HrSickHistory 2 90 Veterinary records during 90 days before the start with words either blood and eye found in text HrSickHistory 90 blood eye See Also HrBleedDate HrBleedDateStr 16 4 36 HrSire JrSire SrSire The functions return the name of the horse s sire Syntax HrSire JrSire nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrSire nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 22 See Also HrDam HrSSire HrDSire HrSDam HrDDam HrSSSire HrDSSire HrDSSire SrDSSire HrSDSire HrDDSire HrSSDam HrDSDam HrSDDam HrDDDarm Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 3 16 4 37 HrSSDam JrSSDam SrSSDam The functions return the name of the horse s sire s sire s dam Syntax HrSSDam JrSSDam nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrSSDam nBackRaces fCondition cDefa
526. ype However you can suppress it by clearing the Don t Prefix Stat Columns of Type ANY checkbox in the View Details form shown by clicking on the View Details button on the Definition of Statistical Views form 3 If you don t like the default heading of a statistical column of the statistical results you can assign a specific heading to it by putting this heading after the normal heading and separate them by a character The space if any Surrounding the character will not be shown For the column as shown in the figure below the column heading will be Time in the Runs mode while ATime in the Statistics mode Welkin Systems Limited z6 RaceMate Reference 12 1 9 Viewing Past Records and Move Columns in Stat View Page Show Records of Horse Jockey and Stable To view past records of Horse Jockey and Stable please follow the steps below The step numbers are circled in red on the screen captures 1 Open the data form and switch to the Stat View page At the right bottom of the page you will find a view list 2 Click on the o Basic Columns view name If you have changed from another view to the o Basic Columns view you may see that the data area is shaded by grey lines If there was no view change grey lines will not show 3 Click on the Load Data button Data will be loaded and the grey shading if any in the data area will disappear 10 11 2
527. ystems Limited z2 RaceMate Reference 16 3 10 HrBodyWeight JrBodyWeight SrBodyWeight The functions return the body weight of the horse Syntax HrBodyWeight nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal JrBodyWeight nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal SrBodyWeight nBackRaces fCondition nDefaultVal Returns Numeric 16 3 11 HrClass JrClass SrClass The functions return the class of the horse in the start The following table shows the returned values Returned value in Chinese Returned value in English Class Mode Mode New New Sr Syntax HrClass nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrClass nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrClass nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 3 See Also HrRaceClass HrClassID 16 3 12 HrClassID JrClassID SrClassID The functions return the class ID of the horse in the start Class Returned value Welkin Systems Limited MCL Reference 263 Premium Syntax HrClassID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding JrClassID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding SrClassID nBackRaces fCondition cDefaultVal cIncluding Returns Character Width 1 See Also HrClass HrRaceClass 16 3 13 HrCurRating JrCurRating SrCurRating The functions return the current latest Jockey Club rating of the horse Syntax HrCurRating

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