DogZ Program Operation

One of the best features of DogZ is the ability to import data from the internet. With manual entry, data is entered directly from the Dog Track Program booklet into the program. This can take a while to enter all dogs in a race. With the import mode a complete race can be calculated in under a minute. Most Dog tracks have a web site with the Program listing for a race in a text file format. DogZ will get the correct data from this file and fill in the form for all the dogs in a particular race. The figure below shows the Dog 1 entry form. Click on Import then Internet and your favorite viewer will pop up.

Enter the web site of the track you wish to import in the browser address window. We'll use Birmingham for this example. On the Birmingham web site starting page select Program and the screen below will be displayed. Find the date of the race you wish to import. We'll import the race for Friday Evening March 15. To import the Race Program file, right click on the bmep0315.txt file, and select Save Target As... The Save As Window will pop up. Save the file in the DogZ/RaceForm directory. You can now close the browser and internet connection.

Once the Race form has been downloaded and saved you are ready to handicap a race using the import method. Look at the top of the DogZ program for the Track: Birmingham. Verify that the track you are importing is displayed. If not Select Import, then Track and pick the track you want to handicap. Double click on the track, the window will close and the track will be displayed on the taskbar.

Next Select Import, then Race and the Open Window will pop up. To import the Race Program data select the file and press Open.

A window will pop up prompting you to enter the Race you wish to import. Enter 5 and click Ok.

The race data will be imported as shown below. When all dog data has been imported calculations are performed just as in the manual mode. First press the Dog Calc button for each form, verifying the data imported and the calculations are reasonable.

Next press the Race Calc button on any form to get the final results screen. The dog with the highest total number has the best odds to win. In this race Top Gunner with a Total of 79 has the best chance to win. That's all it takes to handicap a race using the import feature! DogZ is just about as easy to use in the Import mode as in manual except it's a lot faster.