Frequently Asked Questions

General

• What is the jQuizShow?
• What is the history of the jQuizShow?
• When will jQuizShow be available?

Using jQuizShow

• How do I add my own questions to jQuizShow?
• How do I reset jQuizShow so that it reuses old questions?

Support

• I found a bug. How do I report it?
• I have a question about jQuizShow. How can I ask it?
• I want to request a new feature for or change to jQuizShow. How do I submit it?

The initial reason for developing the jQuizShow was to fill a desire to have a game show-like program that can be used in a youth group environment. Some of its requirements was to be easy to use, to be easy to add questions, and finally to provide a familiar game show experience to the players and the audience.

Development really began in April 2001. It received its public debut in November of that year as jQuizShow (Alpha 0.9). It was decided to provide the jQuizShow to the public as a SourceForge.net project in March 2002.

For recent history, see the News Archives.

Now!

For information on downloading jQuizShow, click HERE.

The question and answers database for jQuizShow is text-based. It uses a tab-separated value format (i.e. like comma-separated values, but using the TAB character as the separator). The format is described in the online documentation HERE,

After the file is created, you can read it into jQuizShow using the

File
    Load new questions...

menu option.

SourceForge.net (the hosts of this project) provides a bug reporting system for the jQuizShow project. Please first check whether someone has already reported the bug using the search engine. If you have found a new bug, please report it! Use the "Submit new" link to submit a bug report. Please try to be as descriptive as you can.

The jQuizShow project bug reporting system can be accessed from the jQuizShow project page, or directly HERE.

There are two ways. The first is to look for a similar question or post your new question in the jQuizShow project Public Forums. This is a place where jQuizShow users and developers can ask questions or discuss topics regarding jQuizShow. This is the preferred way since this will prevent the developers from being inundated by repeat questions and also allow others to see your question or ideas and the responses to it. Other users can also contribute to the discussion.

The second method is to e-mail one of the developers. This should only be done if you have a question that you have to have answered directly. To do so, visit the jQuizShow project page and select one of the developer from the list of developers. This will take you to a page from which you can e-mail him or her.

Request for changes (not bugs!) or the addition of new features for jQuizShow should be submitted through the jQuizShow project's Feature Requests forum.

While you are at it, why not consider joining the developers of the jQuizShow project?