For users who do not have the time to browse the form on-line, we have provided a facility to download an entire meeting. This allows you to download Zip (compressed) files of all the 10 Start Form pages for a race meeting. These can then be 'unzipped' by an application linked to your browser. If you prefer, the same application can be used directly on the Zip files. Once 'unzipped' into the appropriate directory on your PC, you can access all the form files through your browser and do with them whatever you would have while on-line.

There are also software developers who provide you with the facility to use TVF form as data input for their programs. You should follow their instructions if you are using these programs. Go here to see links to the vendors of this software.

1. Create a new directory on your main working disk drive. It can be called anything, but perhaps TVF would be appropriate. Do not create any subdirectories.

2. If you don't already have one, you will need an 'unzip' utility installed on your PC. We recommend WinZip which you can get here. Macintosh users should get Stuffit Expander from Aladdin Systems. You can get the software from www.aladdinsys.com. It is not absolutely necessary (but is very convenient) if you have the unzip utility installed in your browser as the handler for files of type Zip.

3. Now you are ready to select the ZIPX option on the navigation bar for the meeting you are interested in. Note that you must be a TVF subscriber for this option to be available to you. If you have put funds into your Member Account with the intention of gaining access to Zip files, you'll need to firstly go to the Member Services area and Subscribe to TVF Form. Click on the GO button next to the ZIP dropdown box to download the Zip file of all the races for that meeting. When the Zip file has finished downloading, you will be given the option to extract the Zip file contents into the directory of your choice. Use the TVF directory created in 1. above.

4. The contents of a 10 Start Form Zip file are a number of HTML files which can be viewed in your browser. There is an Index file which acts as a pointer to all the files in the Zip file. There is one HTML file for each race for the meeting. The file naming convention is trkddmmr.htm where trk is a 3 character track code, dd is the day, mm is the month and r is the race number. Note that races 10, 11 and 12 are numbered a, b and c if they exist.

5. To open a disk based HTML file, just use the Open command in the File menu on your browser. Instead of specifiying a URL, just go to the individual form file you want under the TVF directory.

10 Start Form Zip Files are deleted from the server 2 days after the meeting. They are not archived.

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