Multi-Player Conversion Instructions

Instructions for commissioners of multi-player leagues wishing to convert from Front Office Football 2004 to Front Office Football 2007:

• Examples are based on a fictional league ID of IDLEAGUE.

• We will convert a league one time only, and it can only be done after the Front Office Bowl, while the End Season button is visible to the commissioner.

• Put the following files in a zipped archive: IDLEAGUE.frc, IDLEAGUE.fga, and all files in the form IDLEAGUE.YYYY, where YYYY is a year, like 2004 or 2005. No other files are needed for the conversion.

• Place this zipped archive in an easily-accessed web space. If you don't have one for your league, a free service like box.net is useful for storing large files.

• Send our support address (support AT solecismic.com) a link to the zipped archive.

• We will then convert the league files. You can either give us access to upload the resulting zip file to your web site, or we will create a link on box.net for you.

• The archive will consist of the following files: IDLEAGUE.frc, IDLEAGUE.fpx, IDLEAGUE.fps, IDLEAGUE.fpn, IDLEAGUE.fpd, IDLEAGUE.fmk, IDLEAGUE.fju, IDLEAGUE.ffn and the new IDLEAGUE.YYYY files for each previous year of the league's existence.

• We will email you the multi-player password for the league.

• Place these files in the leagues directory of your Front Office Football installation.

• Open the league in multi-player mode in Front Office Football 2007. You will be prompted for your password.

• Select the Check Passwords function in your multi-player control window. This is a list of all team passwords in your league. Send a password to each individual active owner (there's a Copy to Clipboard function that will make this task a little easier).

• Send all the league files to each owner, EXCEPT the following: IDLEAGUE.fmm, IDLEAGUE.fmk and IDLEAGUE.fpn.

Instructions to give to active members of your league:

• If they exist, place the league's frfoot.fni and frfoot.fcy files in the universe directory of your Front Office Football 2007 installation.

• Create a new league entry by selecting the Enter New Career function in your multi-player control window. Enter the exact league identifier, and select your team. If cities have been reassigned, they will not show up correctly in this window - select your team by nickname. The initial draft option does not matter here.

• You do not need to send the resulting file to the commissioner.

• Place the files sent by your commissioner in the leagues directory of your Front Office Football 2007 installation.

• Open the league in multi-player mode in Front Office Football 2007. You will be prompted for your team password. You should be good to go at this stage.