SwissSys Bug Reports and Patches 

The following bugs and minor improvements have been dealt with since the release of version 7.0. The version shown in parenthesis gives the version with which the listed bug was patched. If you have an older version 7 copy (check the Help|About box), you may download and install the most up-to-date version from the downloads page and register it with the same name and number you used before.

Added feature: Convert round robin to Swiss format (7.01).
Pairing logic "print as text" could fail to print. (7.01)
Merge at round 0 could fail when no teams are present. (7.01)
Rare oddman pairing flaw.  (7.01)
Added feature: Mark players as "ineligible for prizes." (7.02)
Prize allocation problem for "Under" type prizes when the lowest prize category was the only one to include both rated and unrated players. (7.02)
In multi-section tournament setup some settings were reset to defaults when editing a section. (7.021)
With strict class prizes a player in the lowest class could in rare cases be improperly awarded a share of a higher class prize. (7.03)
Important: Importation of USCF ratings supplement failed when the forced name format was set to "Initial uppercase."  (7.031)
Restored feature: k-value back by popular demand. (7.04)
Important fix for fixed-roster tournaments: Teams could show up in the pair chart in place of individual players. (7.1)
Added features: Prompt for conflicts between file extension and time eliminated. (7.2)
Added feature: Tournament overview -- one-page overview of all sections as in version 6. (7.2)
Fixed-roster individual byes not assigned in board order. (7.21)
Rare pairing bug when pairing down multiple oddmen to the zero-point score group. (7.21)
Fixed-roster bugs: Initialization problem with backwards incompatibility with version 6. (7.3)
Added feature: Force fixed-roster game points to be recalculated. (7.31)
Fixed-roster bug: Board order difficult to change under some conditions. (7.31)
Added feature: Synching of fixed-roster game points made automatic. (7.32)
Fixed-roster game points not updated with late-entries given a bye. (7.32)
Added feature: Rank/Pair number toggle for sorting wall chart. (7.4)
Added feature: Round number and timestamp added to team pairing printout. (7.4)
Added feature:  Option to confirm names and states from database. (7.4)
Help file format changed to run under all Windows installations, including Vista. (7.4)
Withdraw roster not seeded correctly in team mode. (7.4)
Team totals for individual/team style were incorrect if top players had all byes. (7.4)
Interchange/Transposition problem under certain conditions. (7.4)
Team roster not using board order when sorted by game wins. (7.4)
Norms awarded too generously in some cases, and not generously enough in others. (7.4)
Random coin toss not working properly. (7.41)
Tournament overview inaccessible in version 7.4 (7.41)
New rank numbers feature for wall chart not working after page 1 (7.42)
Added feature: Up to 40 place prizes now supported (7.42).
Switch of sections could fail to load most recent file if other files had the same time stamp (7.43).
Further correction of zip code problem (7.45).
Added feature: Option to include withdrawn players for prizes or not. (7.45)
Some score groups with all odd men in it were not paired down correctly. (7.5)
Quad setup deleting any extra sections added afterward. (7.52)
Quad colors not tossed for in last round. (7.52)
Color allocation bug when players both badly due one color. (7.52)
"Flag player" and "ineligible" not saved when mixing new and old file formats. (7.52)
In small scoregroups, players might be interchanged when a transposition was acceptable. (Small bug only in versions 7.51-7.53). (7.54)
Norm results for round robins not correct until all rounds complete. (7.55)
Accelerated pairings sometimes not compensating for withdrawn players. (7.55)
Headers for team tie breaks sometimes not printed. (7.56).