Likewise here, sounds like you put in some serious work, Good on you.

greedy_6969@hotmail.com

Gday Gunga Din,
I have been trying to set up my own ratings and selections system over the last 2 months with the assistance of Forum members (feedback) and am happy to share the things Ive picked up that may be useful for you.

If you wish you can contact me at- losalita@msn .com

and I will be happy to pass on what Ive been fortunate to have received...good luck!

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Why waste money on education when you can gamble it away on the horses? Its more fun when youre doing it and you learn quickly...esp when you lose...

I'm more than happy to provide more details of what the software does if anybody is interested. Simply e-mail me and we can discuss further. I'm also more than happy to look at expanding the software if people are interested (such as adding more parameters, etc).

Looking forward to a response.[/QUOTE]


Is this software able to access other TABs, or better still, online bookies offering best TAB/best price together with bet placement?

Can this software work with ratings software such as neurals, bet selector, GTX?

There was such a programme mooted about 12 months ago but to date nothing has come of it. I think it proved all too hard or all too expensive or both. The first programmer to come up with something viable and workable at a fair and decent price will be swamped.

At the moment it only uses TABOnline and the stats they provide. If some of these other factors were readily found on the internet or were able to be entered into a database then there's no reason why the software couldn't be altered to handle them.


With regards to putting bets on with other books, that depends more on the Book. TABOnline works well because the placing of the bets can be automated. If other books offer a similar service (which they possibly do) then there's no reason why this also wouldn't be doable.

I'm always looking to expand the software so anything (well, almost anything) is possible.

The sceptics are waiting...........

Know others who know others who know !

blutownroks AT shinyfeet.com

Just out of interest, what language are you programming in?

KV

The application is written in VB.NET. The back-end is Access 2000.


Will be tweaking the app over the next couple of week or so to include some features that some people thought might be handy.

In particular, I'll be changing the app so that rather than apply the bets based on rules, you can pre-load the app with individual selections and required odds. For example, if you have a ratings scheme that rates a horse at $4 and the TAB has it at $7 then the system could automatically place this bet.

This should enable it to have a slightly broader appeal I think.

I've got a couple of potentially interested parties in this idea.

Any other comments or suggestions are more than welcome.

Re:
Any other comments or suggestions are more than welcome.

GingaDin,
If an application from another user has reached a point where, let's say it's at point "B"
Point "B" is where selections are now presented in whatever format your application requires at *your* point "B", being let's say, the software you have described to send the bets to various TAB's.

How,where and I I or anyone else "arrives" to point "B" may not be a concern to some as much as it is to others.
How then does each and everyone's different methods/systems interface on common ground ?

For others who may not yet have an understanding, I hope you don't mind if I show this in a graphical form at the absolute basic pencil to paper stage
(before code phase).

Just something I do when it's "time out" during brainstorm.

MY APPLICATION
'<><>>>>>>><><><><><><><><><><><>>>>>>>>>><><>
'<>>>>>>>><><><>BRING DATA<><><>>>>>>>>>>>>><><>
'<>>>>>>>>>><><><><>TO<><><><>>>>>>>>>>>>><><><>
'<>>>>>>>>>>><><>THIS POINT<><>>>>>>>>>>>><><><><>~
'<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><>"B"<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><><><>
'<>>>>>>>><|><|><|>???????<|><|><|>>>>>>>>>>>><><>
'<><><><><><><><><><|?|><><><><><><><><><><><>
'<><><><><><><><><><|=| \
'<><><><><><><><><><|\| -|=|~
'<><><><><><><><><><|=| /
'<><><><><><><><><><|?|><><><><><><><><><><><>~Mine


'------------------------( ? ) -----------------------------****~Yours
'______________________"B"___________________________

'----------------------Your Application X-------------------
'????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????

What now ?

Easiest standard way to transfer data is by CSV file in my experience. If you're just sending your selections to someone's program which is going to make the bets - just work out a common format for the exchange.
Say for example - Venue, date, race, horse number, price required, bet.
Make sure you both use the same names for courses, the rest is just numbers.

KV