Select Custom Method
After the user selects this feature, QuickDog will display its "Custom Methods Menu" to allow the user to select from a list of included Custom Methods. Other than the 5 Methods listed to the left of this web page, the other included QuickDog methods are Custom Methods. As such they can be selected from this menu. When a user builds their own custom method using the Method Builder those methods shall also appear on this menu.
Figure 1 - The Custom Method Selection Menu
Selecting any of these Methods will display that method within QuickDog and that method can then be Backtested, Supertuned, Superhandicapped, or used just as any of the other QuickDog Methods already discussed. You might notice that the Custom Handicapping Display is a bit different than those already used - see Figure 2.
Figure 2 - Custom Method (The "BMMETHOD")
Rather than a limited number of settings such as was the case with the 5 programmed methods, each Custom Method can be setup with numerous settings called "METHOD FILTERS". Note the cursor in Figure 2 which points to that button. Another difference lies in the button to the right side of the display opposite the METHOD FILTERS button which is labeled "SELECT ANOTHER METHOD". If you wish to select another Custom Method from the list, then click on this button.
Let's look more closely at the METHOD FILTERS button - See Figure 3 which appears after you click on that button.
Figure 3 - Filters for the Custom Method
For the most part each filter is explained and there is a HELP button which you can select to read more about the filters that you do not understand. As with all setup data, this filter data is stored in a Track Profile for the particular method selected. Depending on your track profile settings of Performance/Distance/Grade you can have several track profiles for each Custom Method.
A description of what each of these methods does is beyond the scope of this user's guide. However, if the user learns how to create custom methods using the Custom Method Builder then the user will also know exactly what these methods do because you will be able to read the actual algorithm used to define each column of any custom method.