LCSoft Version 1.8.4 - Release Notes

New Features:

• Online Secretary Forms - The AKC has published a Jotform page where CAT and FastCAT secretaries can close-out their tests and pay for their events.  There is now a button link titled "Online Secretary Report" next to the old "Event Report" button.  This will open your default browser to the AKC Secretary Report page with it already filled out!

Updates:

• ASFA Forms:
  • Entry Form (Rev: 3/23)
  • Certification Form (Rev: 1/21)
  • LCI Entry Form (Rev: 1/20)
  • Judging Form (Rev: 12/21)
• FastCAT Results Export - AKC updated the format of their CSV export from their FastCAT E-Results Template excel file.  People were having issues submitting, but I've updated the contents of the CSV to match the new format.  If there are any issues submitting, contact me (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and you can always just generate the judging sheets for the events, export them to PDF and email them to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  More work on the AKC's end, but not really on yours.
• PDF Fillable Forms - Introduced in 1.8.3, AKC PDF fillable forms were downloaded and filled via Adobe Acrobat libraries.  Unfortunatly, those libraries are only available in the Standard and Pro version of Adobe Acrobat, both of which require an active subscription.  This method is still available, but I've created an alternative method of generating a XML-based Forms Data Format file (.XFDF) and using that file to open Adobe Acrobat Reader or your PDF viewer of choice.
• Columns ↓ - On the Trial Scoring form, when you select the Columns ↓ button you and pick Runoffs, BOB or BIF, the records will be filtered and sorted as follows:
  • Runoffs - Show ONLY hounds which are in a placement runoff and sort by Breed, Runoff Title, Runoff Course and Runoff Color.
  • BOB - Show ONLY hounds which have a first place and sort by Breed, BOB Course and BOB Color.
  • BIF - Show ONLY hounds which have BOB checked and sort by BIF Course and BIF Color.

Bug Fixes:

•  Prompts for opening the scoresheets during finals will only happen after the last stake of dogs has run and you've chosen to draw the placements, runoffs AND Best of Breed courses.  These will save a few clicks telling the program not to open scoresheets after each stake and instead will open the scoresheets for the entire breed.  Added benefit of not forgetting to manually draw the Best of Breed courses if you were going to print the stakes as they were finished. 
• Program will stop drawing a course and blanket for single stake breeds and will instead now correctly award the Best of Breed to the winner of the stake. 
• Fixed prompts for awarding Best in Field whenever a Best in Field Forfeit checkbox was checked.