CraigRT

Thanks sfi, that's a great way of doing it. It makes it all a lot simpler to use that rather than duplicating a lot of the constraints rotated around in code. That's interesting. Is there an advantage to defining it that way? It just looks different from the way I have been doing it. There's not a huge amount of resources I've seen to learn from so am struggling a little. What I had so far is this. Then I was going to duplicate those south rules for north. Your trick above will make that easier. I can combine that with making only certain positions deal. ( ( hcp(east) >= 15 and hcp(east) <= 17 and shape(east, any 4333 + any 4432 + any 5332) ) or ( hcp(west) >= 15 and hcp(west) <= 17 and shape(west, any 4333 + any 4432 + any 5332) ) ) and ( // *** South Hand rules *** // Lots of points - to double for penalties hcp(south) > 16 or ( hcp(south) > 9 and ( // Single suited shape(south, any 6xxx + any 7xxx + any 8xxx + any 9xxx) or // Both majors shape(south, 45xx + 55xx + 54xx) or // Hearts and a minor shape(south, x55x + x5x5 + x45x + x4x5 + x54x + x5x4) or // Spades and a minor shape(south, 5x5x + 5xx5 + 4x5x + 4xx5 + 5x4x + 5xx4) or // Both minors shape(south, xx55 + xx54 + xx45) ) ) )

I am trying to create a constraints rule set to practice Cappaletti - overcalling a strong 1NT opening. As part of that I would like to use different constraints depending on which seat is the dealer. Is there a way to do this? eg: if Dealer(east) ( # constraints to set up south's hand) Or, does anyone have a constraint file that does Cappaletti already? Thanks.

I guess best to look at teaching tables to go over our club game hands. Or always try and sit NS!!

Hmm. How about rotating the hands before importing them, would that be possible?

Just about there, thanks all. One last thing. Tonight my partner and I were EW, up after loading up the LIN file it assumes NS. Can I change that assumption on how BBO handles a bidding table?

Thanks, very helpful! Plenty to play around with there. I usually use BBO app on my iPad but the auction and bidding window seem to overlap. Doesn't seem an issue on my computer in a web browser. Is that something othrs have found? Is there a way around that?

Thanks. I converted it and uploaded it in my settings page. But now what? How can me and my partner practice those hands? Can we do selected tricky ones? Or can we only play through the lot? I can't find anywhere where I get to specify to use that file as the deal.

At my bridge club the hands, bidding etc are available for download after in PBN format. Is it possible to load up the PBN into BBO so that my partner and I can practice the hands again, going over bidding and play?