Entering Data
There are some special formats used for entering data other than numbers and text or selecting from pre defined Drop Down controls.

If you enter invalid data, the Edit Box will be displayed with a Red background.
In this example a Race Time is required.

Driver Names and Addresses
To save you the trouble of typing capitals at the beginning of words in Names and Addresses there is a Checkbox provided.  When checked each word automatically starts with a capital letter.  If you need to enter a word that does not require this rule, un check the check box.

Race Times
When entering times, if you enter a number it is interpreted as seconds.  To enter a time in hours or minutes, append h or m to the number.  For example:

• 12m3s

• 5m

If you require a number of laps the format is:

• 17/303.453 or 17/5m3.453  17 Laps in 303.453 seconds

Time of Day
Enter time of day in hours and minutes with a separator.  Separators can be . : / or space. For example:

• 12:25

• 13.45

Time of day is displayed using the Short Time Format setting in your PC.

Dates
You can enter dates in any format you like.  The date is displayed in your PC Short Date Format.  When entering dates you can enter numbers separated by – or . or /.  The order of day, month and year is taken from the order in the PCs Short Date format (Windows Control Panel, Regional Settings, Date).  For the UK this is usually day, month, year and in the USA it is month, day, year.  If you enter a 1 or 2-digit year, the date is interpreted according to the PCs Calendar Rule (Windows Control Panel, Regional Settings, Date).  If this is set to 2029, 2 digit years are interpreted as follows:

Entered Data                Interpreted as
0-29                               2000 – 2029
30-99                             1930 - 1999

Examples of Date Entry 
with Date as Day Month Year
12 6 34            12^th June 1934
7/5/3                7^th May 2003
with Date as Month Day Year
12 6 34            December 6^th June 1934
7/5/3                July 5^th May 2003

Note that dates prior to 1^st January 1900 cannot be entered.  If you have a Driver with a birth date before this date, we will supply a special version of bbkRC.

Safety Nets
If you select an action that will alter data that cannot be “undone” you will see a Safety Net Dialog that will allow you to Cancel this action.  In most cases the default response will be No, so that if your fingers are moving faster than your brain, you will not loose data.

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