

Pokémon Deck Builder
Version 1.2.0


By; Mike Willemain
    WebWord Designs
    119-A Ridgecrest Drive
    Hendersonville, TN 37075  USA
    webword@n-c-c.org


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I. What the "Pokémon Deck Builder" program is.
II. Installing the program.
III. How to use the "Pokémon Deck Builder" program.


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I. What the Pokémon Deck Builder" program is:

	This program was put together as an exercise in database manipulation using
	Visual Basic 6.0(sp3).  Watching my 9 year old son put together decks on the
	living room floor with cards spread out over the entire floor, I had the idea
	to build this program for the purpose of assembling a deck without having to
	spread out and finger through 150 Pokémon cards and 40+ Trainer cards.  Using
	the version 2 rules, I wrote many "IF" statements to prevent accidental
	(or intentional) illegal decks.


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II.  Installing the Program:
	Unpack all files into a temporary directory then run the setup.exe
	program.  Follow setup instructions.

	Installation considerations:
	This program will install the most recent version of Microsoft's 
	database objects utilities (ver. 2.1) and the Visual Basic 6.0 
	runtime files.  After running the setup for the first time, 
	if you see a restart message or other message, just reboot the computer,
	then rerun the setup program and installation will resume updating your
	Windows system.


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III.  How to use the Pokémon Deck Builder program:

1)  Starting the program:
	a)  Click on the "Pokéball" icon in the Pokémon Deck Builder group in the
	    start menu.

2)  Selecting and adding Pokémon:
	a)  Set your cursor in the Pokémon drop down text box and use the keyboard
	    "up" and "down" arrow keys to browse through the list.  You can also use
	    the drop down arrow to scroll through the list and select.
	b)  Once selected, use the "Add Pokémon" button to add your selection to the
	    Deck List.  Note that the Pokémon is added to the "Current Deck list" and
	    the "Current Deck Count" is updated accordingly.
	c)  View stats of each Pokémon in the respective boxes.  Click on the
	    "Toggle Attacks" button to switch between attacks 1 and 2.

3)  Selecting and adding Trainers:
	Adding Trainers to your deck is done in exactly the same way as adding Pokémon,
	except using the "Trainers" dropdown text box and the "Add Trainers" button 
	instead.

4)  Selecting Energy Cards:
	At the bottom of the program window are all the available Energy Cards.  Just
	click on the up and down arrows next to the desired Energy Card to add or 
	remove that energy type.  Note that you are allowed only 4 Double Colorless
	Energy Cards according to the version 2 rules.

5)  Deleting Deck List Entries:
	Use your mouse in the "Current Deck List" box (the cursor turns into a pointing
	finger) to highlight card you want to delete, then use the "Delete Selection"
	button to remove the card from the list.  The Deck Count will be updated
	accordingly.

6)  Deleting Energy Cards:
	Simply click on the down arrow next to the energy type (at the bottom of the
	program window) to remove the desired number of cards.  The Deck Count will
	be updated accordingly.

7)  Clearing The Entire Deck List:
	To delete the entire contents of the "Current Deck" list, all energy cards, and
	reset all counters to "0" just click on the "Clear Deck" button.

8)  Searching For Trainers or Pokémon:
	a)  Select Pokémon or Trainers from the "Find" menu.
	b)  Type in the name of the Pokémon or Trainer you want to locate.  You must
	    capitalize each word in the name.
	c)  Click the "OK" button or hit the "Enter" key on the keyboard.

9)  Printing and Saving Decks:
	a)  Two ways exist to compile and print the created Pokémon Deck.  Click on the
	    printer icon/button on the toolbar or click "View / Save / Print" in the
	    "File" menu.
	b)  A new screen will come up showing the entire list of Pokémon, Trainers, and
	    Energy Cards.
	c)  Using the toolbar buttons and menu options you can reformat the list as you
	    would in any simple word processor.  Use your mouse cursor to select any text
	    you want to change then use the menus and toolbar buttons to change the
	    font, alignment, color, etc.
	d)  When you are happy with your changes just click on the printer icon on the
	    toolbar to print your Deck List.
	c)  To save your Deck List click on the "Save As..." toolbar button or click the
	    "Save As..." option in the "File" menu.  Enter a name for your file and click
	    the "Save" button.

10)  The following legal version 2 deck building rules are incorporated into the program
     making it impossible to build an illegal deck:
	a)  Only 60 cards are allowed in any one deck.
	b)  Only four cards of any one type are allowed in a deck except for Basic Energy
	    Cards, which you can have as many as you like (usually 12 - 15 of each).
	c)  Only four Double Colorless energy cards are allowed.


