About DanceScore
The DanceScore environment is a mixture of HTTP assets and Microsoft Access files. Users can mix and match the various modules to create the management solutions best suited to their conditions. For example the governing body in Australia manages all competitor registrations on-line and downloads all entries directly into the DanceScore main scrutineering module. When the competition is concluded the results are sent back to an on-line database which automatically creates Ranking data for the competitors and their results are used for administering competitors Grades.
This is an example of total integration, there are other examples of partial integration as well as simple stand alone use by sole Scrutineers.
The original DanceScore program was started in 1982 for the Australian Championship. At that time it was solely designed for Scrutineering using the Skating System. The competition organiser at the time was looking for a more efficient way of processing the huge amount of information that was required at this event.
It must be remembered that in 1982 computers were very new and a novelty. In fact the original program was written on a Tandy TRS80 with just 16k of memory (that's 16KB not 16GB). Today you get more memory in a child's toy that you get from McDonalds in a Happy Meal.
