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Compatible Pack Adminstration Programs

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The following Pack Administration Programs are believed to be compatible or not compatible as noted. They have not been tested. Rather, the manufacturers of the programs were contacted and the requirements discussed. Most will perform the necessary steps, some better than others. If you have a question, please contact the manufacturer of the program you use since we have no direct knowledge of their workings.

If you use a generic spreadsheet (Excell, OpenOffice, etc.) program, use your help file to facilitate the export of a comma delimited text file with the necessary fields as described below the compatibility list.

Common Commercial Programs.

PackMaster – YES

Rank and File – NO and not interested.

ScoutMate – NO but due in August, 2003 release/upgrade.

Youth RecordKeeper – Yes

Other programs.

BSA Scoutnet - supports only first/last name, not any group.

Scoutware - can’t find support

Eagles Quest - can’t find support

Scoutwise - can’t find support

Tracker - old unsupported DOS
Finally, if you are aware of any errors/omissions in this list, please let us know.

Import Specifications

The import file must be a comma delimited text file. As mentioned above this is a common format across many programs. Most common spreadsheets or tables will export their contents in this format (if you can find the right menu items to click on) usually in the order in which they appear on screen.

The import order and thus the field order required for export from your administration software is:
First,Last,Group1(Den),Group2(Rank),Group3(Pack),Misc,CarNum. Group1 is the internal name for the User specified name (Den) which may be other than 'Den'.

Missing fields must have a comma, for example John,Smith,,WOLF,127,Sponsored by Mom (Missing Group1)

There is no requirement for commas after the last used field, thus in the previous example, there is no Car Number.

A Car Number in any imported record will use that car number for that record and cause all subsequent Car Numbers to be incremented by 1 unless or until a particular Car Number is again specified. Absent any instruction, car numbers will begin at 1.

Use of a Car Number that already exists will cause that car to be re-numbered to the next available car number higher than the duplicate number! Duplicate Car Numbers are NOT allowed in the same dataset and will be automatically changed. Note that the Join function which joins the results from multiple datasets, combines the results of identical car numbers, thus maintaining this rule.

Imported racers are 'running' by default. There is no provision to import 'not running' racers.