Features
- WYSIWYG ("what you see is what you get") document creation
(see above).
- Creates and reads "portable bridge notation" (".pbn") files that are
interchangeable with other applications.
- Also reads BridgeBase .lin files and Duplimate .dup and .dlm files.
- "Drag and drop" adjustment of card holdings.
- Flexible page layouts
(See the gallery for samples)—
- one, two or four boards per page
- as many as will fit, in one to four columns
- hand records (18 boards per page)
- curtain cards (each player's cards in a vertical strip)
- Multiple output options—
-
 Double
dummy solver (engine courtesy of Bo Haglund).
Runs multithreaded for extra speed on multicore CPUs.
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Optimal play highlighting (Click here and see the bottom screenshot).
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Hand evaluation tooltips (Click here
for details).
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Page headers and footers.
- Spelling checker, including common bridge terms.
- Interfaces to GIB (if purchased
separately) for automatic
computer bidding and play.
- Flexibility in font selection.
- Diagram text customization and language translation: (Click
here for sample)
-
 Tools→Import
From ACBLscore and File→Save As HTML commands: Merge
ACBLscore results with hand records to create web pages (Click
here for sample).
- Also merge Contract, Declarer, Lead and Result data from wireless scoring
systems (Bridgemate or
BridgePad) when present (Click
here for sample).
Bridgemate - Wireless scoring solutions for bridge
BridgeComposer may be used to create Results web pages using data from ACBLscore
and the "results" (.bws) file that is shared by Bridgemate Control Software and ACBLscore during a game.
Optionally, hand records may be included.
Eliminate the delays and errors of traditional paper-based scoring systems by using
a wireless automated scoring system.
Get more information at
BridgePad™ - Wireless Bridge Scoring System
BridgeComposer merges ACBLscore reports, hand records and wireless
scoring device data to produce
results web pages for uploading to your club website.
- Command Line Interface: Supports usage from script files (.bat, etc.).
- Provides the "Board Edit" dialog (see at right) for entering and changing
hand parameters.
- Automatic hand generation (or completion)—
- Random (single or multiple boards)
- Balanced
(single board at a time)
- By HCP and distribution
(single hand at a time)
- Deal, auction and play validation.
- Extensive integrated "help" feature (see at right).
What Bridge Teachers Might Do with BridgeComposer
- Quickly and easily prepare consistent and professional-looking lesson handouts
- Ensure correct spelling (including bridge terms) using built-in check & correct feature
- Enjoy automatic detection of errors such as incorrect card count, duplicate
cards, insufficient bids, and many more
- Rearrange cards while preparing lesson hands using drag-and-drop interface
- Check your work using double-dummy analysis and optimum play highlighting
- Prepare instructional booklets
- Produce PDF files for printing
- Connect your computer to a projector and use full-screen mode for live presentations
What Bridge Players Might Do with BridgeComposer
- Reconstruct hands you have played
- Save a record of hands
- Paste spiffy hand diagrams into email (see note)
- Analyze hands using:
- Quickly solve double-dummy problems
- Have GIB (purchased separately) bid and play hands
on-screen
- Create standard PBN files for use with other bridge computer programs
- View and print existing PBN files downloaded from the web
- View LIN files downloaded from Bridge Base Online
- Convert LIN files to PBN files
- Convert PBN files to HTML files or PDF files
What Bridge Club Managers/Game Directors Might Do with BridgeComposer
- Generate random deal sets for games
- Print hand records with double-dummy analysis
- Enter hand-dealt boards into BridgeComposer while they are idle during a
game, then print hand records
- Convert DUP and DLM files to PBN files
- Post hand records to the web
- Merge ACBLscore results with hand records and/or wireless scoring device data
and post on your club website
(Sample 1,
Sample 2)
- Prepare "hand of the week" web pages or emails
What Publishers Might Do with BridgeComposer
- Quickly and easily prepare printer-ready copy of bridge material
- Create PDF files of bridge material
- Enjoy automatic detection of errors such as incorrect card count, duplicate
cards, insufficient bids, and many more
Paste into email: With desktop email (such as Outlook
Express and Windows Live Mail), just use BridgeComposer Board→Copy and then
Edit→Paste into your new email message. This places HTML code into the email.
At one time, web-browser-based email
like gmail and yahoo mail could not do this, but it now seems that they can.
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