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                                             For v2.9c


This document contains the following questions:

  1 - How do I make this thing work!?
  2 - What can this thing do?
  3 - Why won't it upload my Scan?
  4 - Why do I need to have my Planet details to run a Scan?
  5 - How do I compare two scans?
  6 - Is there a way to make the Scan prevent showing certain Systems
      for GA?
  7 - What is Highlighting, and how does it work?
  8 - Can I disable Highlighting?
  9 - When I added a Link to "My Links," it was blank, or lead to
      a bad URL. Why?
 10 - What is a Configuration Script, and how do I make it work?
 11 - How can I use the Scan Manager as a Score Keeping tool?



                          {^}-- FAQs --{^}



 /* 1 /  How do I make this thing work!?
 
    This is beyond the most common question. I won't bore you with
    detail, so here are pretty simple directions:


     - Go to "Special Operations" in Galaxies Ablaze, or
       "Spy Operations" in Mage Realms.
     - Do the Gravity/Wizard Eye Scan as you normally would.
     - Right-click the page, and select "Select All."
     - Right-click again, and select "Copy."
     - Now open the EA Gravity Scan Manager.
     - Click on the "Scan Manager" tab, if not already selected.
     - Now click the "Load Scan" link.
     - Paste the Scan result into the box provided.
     - Click "Load."

    If you get an error requiring you to enter your Planet/Realm
    info, then go to "CUSTOMIZE," and fill out the appropriate info.

    Everytime you use the Scan Manager, you must upload a Scan in
    this fashion.




 /* 2 /  What can this thing do?
 
    This tool has the ability to take a Scan from GA/MR, sort through
    it, and return results in an easy-to-read format. It also comes
    with advanced sorting tools to help you maximize the potential of
    each Scan.

    You can also compare two scans, to see who has gained, or lost
    Land & NW/Glory. If you have a Comparison Scan uploaded, you can
    then use the Bank Search tool, to help you locate possible Banks.

    On top of all of this, the Scan Manager takes it to a new
    level. There are additional Tools to use with GA/MR. There's the
    Score Locator, a must-have for Score Keepers. The Defense % Calc
    that calculates the amount of Defense any given Planet/Realm has
    at home in an easy-to-use copy/paste format. There's also a GAX
    Galaxy to Scan convertor, a Training Calc, and a Barracks Calc.

    Everything you could possibly want for GA/MR is in this Tool.




 /* 3 /  Why won't it upload my Scan?
 
    Currently, upload support is limited to visual browsers who
    display data in a Table with tab-separated table cells, or
    space-separated table cells. Browsers that copy Table data with a
    new line for each table cell are not supported. This includes
    Apple Safari, the default browser for Macintosh computers.

    Browsers known to be supported include:

     * IE 6.0+
     * NS 7.0+
     * Mozilla 1.0+
     * Firefox 1.0+

    If your default browser is not supported, or the Scan doesn't
    upload for it, then I suggest you use one of the above listed
    Browsers.




 /* 4 /  Why do I need to have my Planet details to run a Scan?
 
    This tool does an automatic calculation of the time it should
    take for your Military to return from an attack. The Tool
    requires your Planet Type/Race, your Personality, and your
    Wormhole/Planar co-ords.

    Filling this information out is only required once, and once you
    have it set, it's stored in a cookie on your computer. Filling
    out your Name, and Location is used for other Tools, and is not
    required. However, if the Tool has your Name, it makes certain
    functions run much easier and faster for you.




 /* 5 /  How do I compare two scans?
 
    First you must upload the newest Scan as normal. If you
    accidentally upload a previous Scan as the New scan, then the
    results will appear backwards. A difference of +300 land would
    appear to be a loss of 300.

    Once you have the newest Scan uploaded, click the "Load
    Comparison Scan" link beside the "Load Scan" one. This will open
    a similar box to the normal one. Paste the old scan into the box
    and click "Load."

    The Scan should now have loaded any current Planet/Realms' Land
    & Networth/Glory difference.

    When you search, you will be given new details to search for, and
    a new Search Option called "Bank Search."




 /* 6 /  Is there a way to make the Scan prevent showing certain
 \  Systems for GA?
       
    Yes. It's called "Excluded Systems." It will stop certain Systems
    from appearing in the results.

    To set the list of Systems that will be excluded, go to
    "CUSTOMIZE." Under "Scan Details," you will find the "Excluded
    Systems" option. The easiest way to set the list, is to go to
    "Alliance Politics" in GA, then select your Alliance from the list
    and copy the page that lists all of the Members of it. Once you do
    that, click the "Find My Alliance Mates For Me!" link, and paste
    the results into the box. Now click "Find." Like magic, your
    Alliance mates should appear in the box. Click "Update Details"
    and you're done.

    If, however, you want to insert them manually, then you must enter
    each one with a space inbetween them, in a G:S format. So, if you
    wanted to exclude 1:1, 4:8, and 3:2, you'd type "1:1 4:8 3:2" into
    the box, and click "Update Details."

    Now when you search, no Planets with the location matching any
    System in the list you set will appear. You will, however, be
    informed if there were any Excluded Planets beside the Results
    information. You can then click "Include" to force the Excluded
    Planets to be included in the Search. They will still be clearly
    marked by being in bold and italic.

    Also note that since MR doesn't have any Alliances, I did not feel
    the need to program this support for it.




 /* 7 /  What is Highlighting, and how does it work?
 
    Highlighting is a feature that allows you to easily pick-out
    Planets/Realms from the results table, and send their data to a
    textbox in the upper-right corner of the Scan Manager. It will
    also Highlight the selected Planet/Realm by changing the
    background color of the table row.

    The information displayed in the textbox when you highlight a
    Planet/Realm can be changed as of 2.0. You can customize the
    display, or even which Data is used when Highlighting. To set
    this information, go to "CUSTOMIZE," and under "Scan Details"
    you will see "Highlighting." In the "Highlighting Format"
    textbox, you can type how the information will be shown. Certain
    "tags" will be replaced by the actual information of that
    Planet/Realm when Highlighted. Those tags include:

      [pos] = The position of the Planet/Realm in the Scan Manager.
      [name] = The name of the Planet/Realm.
      [loc] = The Location.
      [type] = The Planet Type/Race.
      [land] = The Land.
      [ldiff] = The difference in Land for the Comparison Scan.
      [nw] = The NW/Glory.
      [ndiff] = The difference in NW/Glory for the Comparison Scan.
      [ratio] = The NW(/Glory)/Land ratio.
      [rt] = The military return time.

    Everything else will be left the same. So, a formatting of
    "[[name]-[land]-[nw]]" might result in
    "[GA Planet-2,451-692,523]" in the Highlighting box. A formatting
    of "----------" would simply show "----------" for each
    Highlighted Planet/Realm, because no special tags exist in the
    formatting, so nothing but the line would show.

    Once you're done setting the format, click the "Update Details"
    button, and you're all done.




 /* 8 /  Can I disable Highlighting?
 
    Of course! On the same page you'd set the format (CUSTOMIZE),
    there is a checkbox for "Disable Highlighting." Simply check it
    and click "Update Details." The Highlighting box will disappear,
    and when you perform a search, the Highlighting won't show up.




 /* 9 /  When I added a Link to "My Links," it was blank, or lead to
 \  a bad URL. Why?
       
    "My Links" are entirely user-based, and the actual links are not
    checked to see if they are valid or not. Because of this
    flexability, you can set Links with a title of " " and when it
    appears in the "My Links" list, it will appear blank, or
    non-clickable. The same goes for the actual URL. Although you
    cannot set the URL to nothing, or "http://," you can set it to a
    blank space, or a foreign character. This could cause certain
    links to not function, or even make your browser crash.

    To make sure this doesn't happen, give your links a proper Title,
    and make sure they lead to a legitimate webpage.




 /*10 /  What is a Configuration Script, and how do I make it work?
 
    A Configuration Script will let you specify details that are
    loaded regardless if you have a Cookie already set or not.
    Basicly it overwrites any previous settings with the one in the
    file.

    Only v2.7+ supports this feature.

    To set a Configuration Script: Create a file in the same
    directory as the Scan Manager called "config.js". The file MUST
    be named "config.js" because that's the only file name that will
    work. After that is done, go to "CUSTOMIZE" in the Scan Manager
    and click "Create a Configuration Script." When the pop-up
    appears, copy the text in the textbox and paste it into the
    config.js file. Now whenever you load the Scan Manager, the
    details set in the Configuration Script will be the ultimate
    settings for the Scan Manager. It won't matter if there is a
    Cookie, or no Cookie, or what the Cookie says.

    If you want to return to using a Cookie to save your details,
    simply DELETE the config.js file. If, however, you want to CHANGE
    the details that are loaded, then do so in the Scan Manager, and
    click "Create a Configuration Script" again. Copy the text and
    paste it over top of the current config.js file text. Doing this
    will ensure that the new details are saved, and will load the
    next time you open the Scan Manager.




 /*11 /  How can I use the Scan Manager as a Score Keeping tool?
 
    As of v2.9+, the Scan Manager contains quick and easy ways for
    Score Keepers to manage Scores of certain Systems, or their
    entire Alliance. Unfortunately, these additions are GA-only, as
    MR does not have Alliances, and does not need advanced Score
    Keeping.

    There are now "Quick Ops" that you can use to quickly set Scan
    Details for keeping score. "Score Keeper" is for general score
    keeping. "Land," "NW," and "Ratio" can be used to quickly format
    Highlighted data for copying easier.

    Highlight All and Unhighlight All have been reprogrammed to work
    much faster. They now take about the same amount of time as it
    does to change a page.

    You can now return Excluded Systems only when performing a Search
    By System search. Filling out the Galaxy and leaving the System
    blank will return only Excluded Planets in that Galaxy. The same
    goes for System, but leaving Galaxy blank. If you leave them both
    blank, then it will return ALL of the Excluded Planets. This way
    you can sort them, and compare their stats, then Highlight All
    and paste them into your Alliance.

    Using these new tools will make any Score Keeper happier.










 - EoF

Created On    : May        9th, 2004.  5:30:14 AM.
Last Modified : December  17th, 2007.  8:07:05 AM.

