In the next few days, we plan on releasing the first patch for A+ Basic Edition. Nothing is 
"wrong" and this patch will simply address a few minor issues.

ISSUE #1
You may have noticed that the new track Presque Isle Downs appears as "Pid" on the track 
buttons and in the Basic reports. Previously, the same issue was present for some other 
(mostly smaller) tracks like Grand Prairie. The Basic program has an internal table that 
converts the 3 letter track abbreviation to a full name. When a track is not found in the 
table, the 3 letter abbreviation is used. This patch will add a few new tracks to the table.

They are:
DGX COCHISE CO. FAIR @ DOUGLAS
MCX MILES CITY
MOF MOJAVE COUNTY FAIR
ONE ONEIDA COUNTY FAIR
PID PRESQUE ISLE DOWNS
POC POCATELLO DOWNS
SON SANTA CRUZ CO. FAIR @ SONOITA

ISSUE #2
One neat feature of Basic is that you can see the time of the last scratches at a track by 
hovering the mouse pointer over the button corresponding to the track. One not so neat 
feature is that once you are in the system, the updated times don't show unless you exit to 
the greet screen and go back into the track menu. When you exit a report and return to the 
track selection screen, any new scratch update times will not appear (the actual Basic files 
will exclude any new scratches when you run a report but the scratch time doesn't update). 
This patch will refresh the scratch time file every time the track selection screen appears.


 

Now, to answer the obvious questions you may have.

There is nothing you need to do to get the patch. It will apply itself when it becomes 
available. At that time, here's what will happen. When you enter the system, one of the first 
things Basic does is to check for available patches. Up until now, there have been none. Once 
we release the patch, Basic will copy the file "PATCH.W3" to your A+ Basic program folder. It
will contain the changes noted above. The programs and variables in PATCH.W3 will then be 
copied into memory where APBASIC1.W3 will obtain a copy right after startup. You will notice 
that the new version number will be 1.01 on the greet screen.

In the rare event a patch ever causes a problem in Basic, all you need to do is create a 
file named "NOPATCH.TXT" using WordPad containing anything and keep the file in your A+ 
Basic program folder. This will prevent Basic from obtaining and applying any patches.

If and when we release other patches, they will be cumulative and any older PATCH.W3 files 
will be overwritten by the new one. If you have any other questions or concerns, please
shoot me an email.

Mike D.