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Frequently Asked Questions
General
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?
General
What is the jQuizShow?
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The jQuizShow is based on the popular "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"
TV game show. It forms the framework around which a group can play their
own Millionaire-like game, with one person acting as the host, one person
in the "hot seat," and with the remaining people forming the audience.
Three helplines (50/50, ask a friend, and poll the audience) are available
to the player.
What is the history of the jQuizShow?
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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.
When will jQuizShow be available?
Now!
For information on downloading jQuizShow, click HERE.
Using jQuizShow
How do I add my own questions to jQuizShow?
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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.
How do I reset jQuizShow so that it reuses old questions?
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Every time a question is displayed in jQuizShow, a copy of the question
is stored in a used questions list. This list is used to exclude
used questions from the list of available questions to prevent duplicate
questions from appearing in the game.
To reset jQuizShow so that it will reuse all old questions, simply remove the file named "usedQuestions.txt" from the directory in which jQuizShow was started.
Support
I found a bug! How do I report it?
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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.
I have a question about jQuizShow. How can I ask it?
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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.
I want to request a new feature for or change to jQuizShow. How do I submit?
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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?