Catobase - As the Years Progress

endgame · 12-25-2004, 12:48 AM

Now that the trauma of getting it all running has subsided, the first of what will probably be numerous "quick questions." Thanks in advance to the helpful.

So at the end of each season, before selecting the Proceed to Next Season, I run Catobase and each year will fall into its own directory/folder so that at any time I can go back to one specific year as well as look at the current season and career totals? Do I have that right?

canadiancreed · 12-25-2004, 12:51 AM

pretty much. I woudl also recommened to save your season when its' completeed but before you continue to the next jsut in case the worst shoudl happen to your catobase.

but yes my understanding is that it will store the information and append any info onto the pages that it generates.

DaveHorn · 12-26-2004, 11:44 AM

Each particular year and its HTML pages that are only impacted by that season will go into its own folder, but the the overall higher level HTML folder must remain the same each season. Many of those pages will be recreated and if you instruct CATO to generate into a different folder each year your HTML will be screwed up.

The number one most important thing is at the end of every season BEFORE you roll over and BEFORE you run cato is to make backups of your league directory and your MDB file. If you do that, not matter what happens, you can go back to any point and get everything fixed.

TotalEnd98 · 12-26-2004, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by DaveHorn

The number one most important thing is at the end of every season BEFORE you roll over and BEFORE you run cato is to make backups of your league directory and your MDB file. If you do that, not matter what happens, you can go back to any point and get everything fixed.

This cannot be overemphasized. Before you click that "proceed to next season" button, zip (or rar, or ace, or whatever) up your league folder, throw your CatoBase MDB file into the archive, and either keep a backup directory for them or burn them to CD.

mkbdoe · 12-27-2004, 05:38 PM

I have been searching and I have only found one thread where this has been touched, but not really answered...

I am totally new to Cato (actually, it's embarassing, but I just realized what it actually is), and I am 8 years in my non-fictional solo league...The coolest thing that I think Cato offers is the Team Leaders (i.e Career HR Leader for the Padres)...

My question is can I import the retired players, and all of the All-Time Leaders (i.e Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, etc) to Cato?

sporr · 12-28-2004, 12:01 AM

Only if you started your solo league with Cobb, Ruth, etc. "retired" with their stats showing will they appear in Cato. Otherwise, Cato will just track players that have been in your league.

jmm8356 · 12-28-2004, 09:49 AM

I've always wondered why nobody has made a "real-life Catobase" that has the entire history of MLB in it... so say you were starting a 2005 league, you could start with a Catobase that has 1901-2004 in it already.

The fact that there isn't one when this community has plenty of people who devote time to long, mind-numbing projects like this must mean that (a) it's incredibly difficult or impossible to do or (b) it isn't as useful as I thought, since generating Cato web pages would take about three weeks.

bostonbaseball86 · 12-31-2004, 01:57 PM

i gave up on catobase i can never get it set up correctly always get some error or another

lol

12-25-2004, 12:48 AM	#1
endgame Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 16,842	Catobase - As the Years Progress Now that the trauma of getting it all running has subsided, the first of what will probably be numerous "quick questions." Thanks in advance to the helpful. So at the end of each season, before selecting the Proceed to Next Season, I run Catobase and each year will fall into its own directory/folder so that at any time I can go back to one specific year as well as look at the current season and career totals? Do I have that right?

12-25-2004, 12:51 AM	#2
canadiancreed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,660	pretty much. I woudl also recommened to save your season when its' completeed but before you continue to the next jsut in case the worst shoudl happen to your catobase. but yes my understanding is that it will store the information and append any info onto the pages that it generates. __________________ PT21 PT22

12-26-2004, 11:44 AM	#3
DaveHorn All Star Starter Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,146	Each particular year and its HTML pages that are only impacted by that season will go into its own folder, but the the overall higher level HTML folder must remain the same each season. Many of those pages will be recreated and if you instruct CATO to generate into a different folder each year your HTML will be screwed up. The number one most important thing is at the end of every season BEFORE you roll over and BEFORE you run cato is to make backups of your league directory and your MDB file. If you do that, not matter what happens, you can go back to any point and get everything fixed. __________________ Dave HFTC Commish

12-28-2004, 09:49 AM	#7
jmm8356 All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lafayette IN (by way of Tonawanda NY) Posts: 1,673	I've always wondered why nobody has made a "real-life Catobase" that has the entire history of MLB in it... so say you were starting a 2005 league, you could start with a Catobase that has 1901-2004 in it already. The fact that there isn't one when this community has plenty of people who devote time to long, mind-numbing projects like this must mean that (a) it's incredibly difficult or impossible to do or (b) it isn't as useful as I thought, since generating Cato web pages would take about three weeks. __________________ Jeremy from Tonawanda --- Go Cubbies! --- Unofficial Theta Tester(tm) "Oh, we got both kinds. We got country and western!" From OOTP 6: Designated for Assignment FAQ (Includes both problems and solutions! Ooooo! )

12-27-2004, 05:38 PM	#5
mkbdoe Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Place where the water tastes like wine....Tucson,AZ Posts: 216	I have been searching and I have only found one thread where this has been touched, but not really answered... I am totally new to Cato (actually, it's embarassing, but I just realized what it actually is), and I am 8 years in my non-fictional solo league...The coolest thing that I think Cato offers is the Team Leaders (i.e Career HR Leader for the Padres)... My question is can I import the retired players, and all of the All-Time Leaders (i.e Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, etc) to Cato?

12-28-2004, 12:01 AM	#6
sporr Global Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Muscatine, IA Posts: 8,277	Only if you started your solo league with Cobb, Ruth, etc. "retired" with their stats showing will they appear in Cato. Otherwise, Cato will just track players that have been in your league.

12-31-2004, 01:57 PM	#8
bostonbaseball86 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mass Posts: 128	i gave up on catobase i can never get it set up correctly always get some error or another lol