PcHoops
Hoops Game Viewer

PcHoops opens and views Hoops games scored on your mobile device (Palm or Windows Mobile with StyleTap).  With PcHoops, you can create and manage a database of games you have scored and view detailed statistics for each game, player or team.

Features

• Import Games scored using Hoops on Palm device
• Import Games scored using Hoops on Windows Mobile device using StyleTap
• Filter games by team
• Filter players by team
• View all statistics for selected game
• View all statistics for selected player
• View cumulative statistics for teams and players
• Sort by column in any view

Requirements

• Windows XP or Windows Vista Operating System
• .Net Framework 2.0

Setup will prompt you to install the .Net Framework 2.0 if it is not already installed on your system.

Using PcHoops

There are some sample files of Hoops games included with the installation of PcHoops. Palm_games.zip contains games that were scored using a Palm Device. StyleTap_games.zip contains games that were scored using Windows Mobile and StyleTap.

Create Database

Create a new database using the File-New Database item from the main menu. Select the folder where you want the database created and give it a name.

Open Database

Open a database using the File-Open Database item from the main menu. Files of type .db3 will be shown. When the database is opened, it is read and all the games, teams and players are displayed on the main screen in separate tables.

Import Mobile Device Files

Data files of games scored on Palm or Windows Mobile devices may be imported into the database. This is currently the only method of getting data into the PcHoops database.

Hoops creates three files that contain data for each game scored. These files are named by Hoops on the mobile device with a name that consists of a file type identifier followed by the name of the game. The file type identifier is the first portion of the name. The three file types are:

• Game Information file: hpi_gamename.pdb
• Game Data file: hpd_gamename.pdb
• Shot Chart Data file: hps_gamename.pdb

PcHoops allows you to select any of the three types of files, and it will import all the data from the game.

Palm Files

To import files scored on your Palm device, you must first locate the files. When you HotSync your Palm device, the Hoops game files are backed up to your PC in the directory where the Palm Desktop software is installed. This is normally in C:/Program Files/Palm, but could be elsewhere if you chose a different installation directory.

To find the Hoops files, select "Import" from the Games menu and navigate to c:/Program Files/Palm (or wherever you installed the Palm Desktop). Then navigate to the directory that is your Hotsync User Name. Under the UserName directory is a directory called "Backup", and this is where the Hoops data files are stored. You can identify the hoops data files by their prefix ("hpi", "hpd", or "hps) and you can identify a particular game by its name as the last portion of the file name. All files will have the extension ".pdb".

Select a file and PcHoops will read the three data files and refresh the main screen with the additional data.

Windows Mobile (StyleTap) Files

To import files scored on your Windows Mobile device, you must first locate the files and copy them to your PC. When your Palm device is connected with ActiveSync, you can find the files by browsing to "Mobile Device" under "My Computer". The Hoops game files are stored in the install location of StyleTap, which is under "My Pocket PC/Program Files/StyleTap" by default. Browse to the "db" directory under StyleTap.

The files will be named as they are in the Palm, but with the addition of a long signature following the game name. This signature is uniquely generated by StyleTap for each file. Select all the Hoops files (files beginning with "hpi", "hpd", and "hps" and copy them to a directory of your choice on your PC.

In PcHoops, select Import from the Games menu and browse to the directory where you copied the Hoops files. Select the file to import and PcHoops will read the three data files and refresh the main screen with the additional data.

Filtering the View

You can change which players, teams and games are displayed by doing various selections on the main screen.

Filter by Team

To filter by team, select one or more teams in the Teams table. The Games table will then show only games involving the selected teams, and the players table will only show players from the selected teams.

Filter by Game

To filter by game, select a game in the Games table. The players table will only show players from the selected game.

Viewing Statistics

Double-Click on a game to view the game, or on a player to view cumulative stats for the player. Alternatively, you may Use the buttons below each table on the main screen to view statistics for games or players.

Game View

Select a game and press the "View Game" button. A new screen opens showing the detailed statistics for the game selected.

In Game View press the Shooting Statistics or Floor Statistics buttons to select the statistics you wish to see. In each table, clicking on the column header sorts the table on that column. Double-clicking on a player name will show that player's statistics for all games in Player View.

Team View

Not yet supported.

Player View

Doulbe-click a player or select a player and press the "View Player" button. A new screen opens showing the detailed statistics for the player selected. Each entry shows the players statistics for each game played.

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