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jeff
4/8/2008
12:15:30 PM
You would be correct. The PlayList file contains a field for RailPosition but not for SaddleClothNumber.

That's something that could easily be added to a future program version. Keep in mind that after it does get added, you'd have to first run a Rebuild From Scratch before a PlayList file would contain the new field.

-jp

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jeff
4/8/2008
12:47:54 PM
You would be correct. The PlayList file contains a field for RailPosition but not for SaddleClothNumber

That's something that could easily be added to a future program version. Looking at the field map that Bris/TSN provides, it appears I could use Field #43 from the data file:


43 Program Number (if available) CHARACTER XXX 3
44 Morn. Line Odds(if available) NUMERIC 999.99 6


Keep in mind that when Bris/TSN first makes a file available for download, it doesn't always contain that info - especially when the file first becomes available several days before the actual race date. In cases like that they revise the file once that specific info becomes available. And every once in a blue moon they

~Edited by: jeff  on:  4/8/2008  at:  12:47:54 PM~

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jeff
4/8/2008
12:53:04 PM
RyeSteve started this thread by asking if I could add a field for program number to the PlayList file data structure.

I posted an answer.

Then I decided to edit my post... and accidentally edited Steve's Post instead. Once I hit the submit button there was no way for me to retrieve Steve's original post...

Which brings the thread to the way it currently reads.

-jp

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ryesteve
4/8/2008
1:24:29 PM
I guess this new software ain't idiot-proof yet... hahaha... but thanks for the answer!

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