Create a Tournament Directory

The first step in creating a tournament is to create a tournament directory, a folder on your hard drive that stores all of your tournament data.

You can place your tournament directory anywhere on your hard drive (or on removable media), but the default location for tournaments is in a subdirectory of the DI Scoring Program directory (by default, C:\Program Files\DI Scoring Program).

It's important that you become familiar with your tournament directory and its location. During the scoring process, you'll be opening, creating, copying, and moving your tournament directory. Also, advanced users might want to view the directory after each step of the process to see the files that the program creates.

If you forget the name or location of the tournament directory, click the Tournament Info button in the Tournament Summary Window toolbar. The path to the tournament directory is listed in the Directory field of the Tournament Information dialog box.

1. Start the DI Scoring Program. The program automatically loads data from the sample tournament provided with the DI Scoring Program.
2.  Pull down the File menu and select Tournament Wizard, or use the Ctrl+Z keystroke combination.
3. Select Create a new tournament
4. Use the Choose Directory browser to select an existing empty folder or to create a new folder for your tournament.

   You can place the tournament directory anywhere on your hard drive, or use the following procedures to create a tournament folder right beside the Sample Tournament folder.

   • In the Choose Directory browser, click the DI Scoring Program folder to select it. (The DI Scoring Program folder is displayed just above the Sample Tournament folder in the browser.
   • Click the New Folder button.  
   • Type a name for the tournament. Typically, the tournament name is the name of the subregion, region, state, or province of the tournament.
   • Click OK to accept the folder name and then click OK to close the Choose Directory browser.
5. Record the location of the tournament directory

   Write the name of the directory and the path, such as C:\Program Files\DI Scoring Program\BigCityRegional, on your Planning Worksheet and keep it with your important tournament documents. You will need to know the name and location of the tournament directory in order to open your tournament again.

   If you forget the location of the tournament directory, click the Tournament Info button on the Tournament Summary Window toolbar. The path to the tournament directory is listed in the Directory field of the Tournament Information dialog box.

When you click Next, the Tournament Information dialog box appears. You use this dialog box to define important characteristics of the tournament.

Next task: Define the Tournament

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