If you are a new Customer go to the New Customers section below and skip the next two sections about converting a previous Database over to the new TM 2.0 Database format.
TEAM MANAGER Release 1.2 Customers
After you install TM 2.0 and then click on File / Open/New, pick the Database that you previously had opened and click on Open and TM 2.0 will automatically convert it over to the new format! TM 2.0 will automatically make a copy of your database in a Version12 directory off of your current database directory and then backup your TM 1.2 database BEFORE it is converted so that you can restore that database back to TM 1.2 if the need arises. The backup will be stored in the same directory as the Database, typically the TFWinTMData directory. The file name will be of type TFTMBkup*.zip.
Compatibility
Because there are many new fields and capabilities in TM 2.0, it is not possible to Open a TM 2.0 Database with any previous versions of TEAM MANAGER. If you have to move information back and forth between TM 1.2 licensed products and TM 2.0 licensed products, please use the Import/Export facilities. If your team has TEAM MANAGER installed on more than one computer, please make sure that ALL of them have been upgraded to TEAM MANAGER 2.0.
DOS-TM Customers
If you are currently running TEAM MANAGER for DOS product (DOS-TM), click on File then Convert Dos Database to TFTM 2.0 and follow the directions on screen. If your desired DOS database is not visible, click File and Search for DOS T&F Team Manager.
New Customers
It's easy and fast to Get Started using TFTM Set-Up and Customization features. Here is a step-by-step procedure for getting started. Of course if you have converted your DOS-TM Database over to the TFTM Database format, you already have much of this information set up.
Step 1: Open and Customize your Database Set-Up
Click on File then Open/New and specify the name of your Database and click on Open. Whenever you Open a New Database, TFTM will automatically route you to the System Preferences screen so that you may customize a number of parameters that will be used by TFTM in setting up your Database. Click Here to find out how to set up additional Preferences for your Database. We also recommend setting up Favorite Filters so that you will not have to key in repetitive information like Team.
Step 2: Enter your Team and Coaches
Click Here for information on how to Add your Team(s) to the TFTM Database and click Here to find out how to enter your coach(s). You might want to run the Teams Report to check the information you have entered.
Step 3: Enter your Athletes
Click Here for information on how to Add your Athletes to the TFTM Database including contact and other administrative information. We suggest you enter ONE TEAM assuming you have one physical Team. Do Not set up a different team for Boys and Girls. Use the Group and Subgroup features of TFTM instead of different teams to "break out" different sets of athletes. Click Here for more information about Groups and Subgroups.
You might want to run the Athletes Report to check the information you have entered.
Step 4: Set-Up your Meets
Click Here for more detail information on how to set up your meets. You might want to set-up all the meets for your current season and then run the Meets Report.
If you want to establish a set of baseline marks for your athletes, set up a meet called "Best Marks", then set up the events for that meet and enter each athlete's Best Mark for each event and distance as Meet Results for that meet. That way when you set up entries for your first meet, TFTM will use these marks as Entry Marks for that meet.
You might want to run the Meet Results Report to check the information you have entered.
Step 5: Set-Up Records and Mark Standards
Click Here for information on how to set-up your Facility or Team Records and click Here to find out how to set-up or Import Mark Standards.
You might want to run the Record or Mark Standard Reports to check the information you have entered.
Be sure you periodically backup your Database.
Click Here for specific instructions on how to do this.