Features
- WYSIWYG ("what you see is what you get") document creation
(see above).
- Creates and reads "portable bridge notation" (".pbn") files that are
interchangeable with other applications.
- Also reads BridgeBase .lin files and Duplimate .dup and .dlm files.
- "Drag and drop" adjustment of card holdings.
- Multiple output options—
-
 Double
dummy solver (engine courtesy of Bo Haglund).
Runs multithreaded for extra speed on multicore CPUs.
-
Optimal play highlighting.
-
Hand evaluation tooltips (Click here
for details).
- Spelling checker, including common bridge terms.
- Interfaces to GIB (if purchased
separately) for automatic
computer bidding and play.
- Flexibility in font selection.
- Diagram text customization and language translation: (Click
here for sample)
-
 Merges
ACBLscore results with hand records (Click
here for sample).
- Also merges Contract, Declarer and Lead data from wireless scoring
systems (Bridgemate or BridgePad) when present (Click
here for sample).
- Command Line Interface: supports usage from script files (.bat, etc.).
- Provides the "Board Edit" dialog (see at right) for entering and changing
hand parameters.
- Automatic hand generation (or completion)—
- Random
- Balanced
- By HCP and distribution
- Deal, auction and play validation.
- Extensive integrated "help" feature (see at right).
What Bridge Teachers Might Do with BridgeComposer
- Quickly and easily prepare consistent and professional-looking lesson handouts
- Ensure correct spelling (including bridge terms) using built-in check & correct feature
- Enjoy automatic detection of errors such as incorrect card count, duplicate
cards, insufficient bids, and many more
- Rearrange cards while preparing lesson hands using drag-and-drop interface
- Check your work using double-dummy analysis and optimum play highlighting
- Prepare instructional booklets
- Produce PDF files for printing
- Connect your computer to a projector and use full-screen mode for live presentations
What Bridge Players Might Do with BridgeComposer
- Reconstruct hands you have played
- Save a record of hands
- Paste spiffy hand diagrams into email
- Analyze hands using:
- Quickly solve double-dummy problems
- Have GIB (purchased separately) bid and play hands
on-screen
- Create standard PBN files for use with other bridge computer programs
- View and print existing PBN files downloaded from the web
- View LIN files downloaded from Bridge Base Online
- Convert LIN files to PBN files
- Convert PBN files to HTML files or PDF files
What Bridge Club Managers/Game Directors Might Do with BridgeComposer
- Generate random deal sets for games
- Print hand records with double-dummy analysis
- Enter hand-dealt boards into BridgeComposer while they are idle during a
game, then print hand records
- Convert DUP files to PBN files
- Post hand records to the web
- Merge ACBLscore results with hand records and post on your club website
(Sample 1,
Sample 2)
- Prepare "hand of the week" web pages
What Publishers Might Do with BridgeComposer
- Quickly and easily prepare printer-ready copy of bridge material
- Create PDF files of bridge material
- Enjoy automatic detection of errors such as incorrect card count, duplicate
cards, insufficient bids, and many more
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