This is one of several user guides on specific topics. The directory for all user guides is here.
The File Saver panel is not labeled as such, but hopefully its use is obvious. The Filename text area will contain an automatically-generated file name any time you press a “Generate” button on any panel, or if you load anything from a file. The generated file name will include the current date and time down to the thousandth of a second to ensure uniqueness (on your computer, anyway) followed by “bridge_out_ahead”.
You can also overtype the filename text area with whatever name you prefer. The next time you press Generate, though, your file name will be overwritten in the text area.
The file name in the text area will not include an extension, because the web page does not know what type of file you might choose to save.
The file type, and thus the format of its contents, and also the extension that is used, is determined based on which “Save” button you press.
Any file saved by the bridge deal generator can be reloaded using the File Load panel.
The Save PBN button will save the deal from the Generated Deal panel in Portable Bridge Notation format, with an extension of “.pbn”. If you generated multiple deals at once, all of them will be saved to one file.
The Save LIN Button will save the deal from the Generated Deal panel in LIN format, which is used on Bridge Base Online. It will have an extension of “.lin”. If you generated multiple deals at once, all of them will be saved to one file.
The Save Recipe button will save the recipe from the Deal Recipe Make panel in a format known only to the bridge deal generator. It will have an extension of “.bcoarecipe”.
The Save Shaper button will save the shaper from the Deal Shaper panel in a format known only to the bridge deal generator. It will have an extension of “.bcoashaper”.
The Save Navigator button will save the deal from the Generated Deal panel into an HTML page suitable for viewing in a web browser. If you generated multiple deals at once, all of them will be saved to one file. The use of the Navigator HTML page is explained elsewhere.