Automated Transaction Manager (ATMgr) 3.0 - For Windows 95/98/NT
-Gary Leven

Do you want player trades and transactions to occur automatically in your Baseball for Windows replay? How about that roster move you don’t want to miss? Well with ATMgr you can have it.

NEW FOR 2000!  Last year, ATMgr let you load the lineups. This year Gary has added the ability for ATMgr to verify the lineups!

The 1997, 1998 and 1999 season transaction file also comes with their lineup files. A few other minor fixes have been made as well. This program was created for the replayer so that actual transactions for a season could be entered into a file before (or during) a BBW season. This process will save on the time it takes to manually make trades, call ups, etc. Once entered all you have to do is select Daily Roster from the menu and the program does the rest. Before you try running ATMgr please read the rest of the Overview and the other sections that follow for full details on each function. You may use any method to run your replay although you must be using some version of League Manager. You may use a program such as APlus, Auto Substitution in League Manager or manually enter lineups before each game. The ideal situation for a season replay would be to:

1.  Create a schedule, set Schedule and AIM Rules, set Rules for Leagues and set Managers      through League Manager
2.  Create a transaction file through ATMgr making sure you Verify Transactions
3.  Set Exclude, Include, etc. through APlus or make sure AutoSubstitution is set through League      Manager
4.  Select Daily Roster from the ATMgr menu for Opening Day
5.  Generate Lineups through APlus and set vs. LHP/RHP through League Manager (see APlus      help files)
6.  Play games for 1 day through League Manager
7.  Select Daily Roster through ATMgr
8.  Repeat steps 6 & 7 until the season is over. You may even access League Manager and APlus      through ATMgr which is detailed below. One warning: ATMgr will allow you to make updates      to the transaction file throughout the season. If you do this then it is your responsibility to      Verify Transactions to ensure that errors will not come up later in the season.

Installation
After downloading the ATMgr file, double click the file from Windows Explorer (remember what directory you downloaded the file to). When you double click the atmgr file, it will begin the self extraction and setup of the program. It is recommended that close all other applications (other than Windows Explorer) before starting the installation.

The installation program will extract the files to a directory called C:\atmgr95. This drive and path setting can be changed to anything you'd like, and the installation routine will create the new directory if it doesn't exist. NOTE: Since these files are a complete set of installation files, it is recommended that you put them into a new directory by themselves. Once the files are extracted, the setup routine runs automatically. You can stop the installation and run it later. To run it later, Click Start, Run and type c:\atmgr\setup (or whatever drive and directory you extracted the files to).

Once the program has been installed you start the program by clicking, Start, Programs and find the ATMgr item on the program menu. It may be near the bottom of the list.

If you wish to delete ATMgr you may do so through the Windows Control Panel by running Add/Remove Programs and selecting ATMgr. Available are transactions for many season (see above). Each season has 3 files called AnnTran.Dat, AnnNote.Dat and AnnTran.ATM which should be placed in the ORGanization directory (ie. C:\BBW\1996.WDD\ORG00001). [Note some of the season also contain a file called AnnTran.Luf - which is a Lineup File.] AnnTran.Dat and AnnNote.Dat are set up for the default season disk which is available each year. If you are using an organization created from BJE, Wizard or was created in a different manner than the default organization then you should delete AnnTran.Dat and AnnNote.Dat and create new ones by using AnnTran.ATM and selecting Import from the menu (see below). The reason is that record numbers will not match up from one organization to the next so ATMgr will attempt to match up most of them, but you will have to do the rest.

If you have any questions or suggestions send an e-mail to Gary Leven.

The Atmgr.txt file contains more information about running the program and will be found in the program installation directory (default C:\atmgr95).

Download: Automated Transaction Manager 3.0

Download: Automated Transaction Manager data files