QUESTION/PROBLEM:
I registered all of the contestants (about 30) and entry went smoothly. I
saved my work before I quit.

Now I cannot get MacTD to open the file. I can open it with
ClarisWorks...no problem, but when I try to "load  MacTD data" I get the
following message:

 "This operation failed because an error occurred: 'Can't understand
arguements of "put".' in GlobalMacTDLoad. Please contact the author or
publisher of this stack for assistance."

Any suggestions? I tried downloading a new copy, but experienced the same
problem. I am hoping to begin pairings next weekend, so time is of the
essence if I will be able to computerize this worthy children's event.
Perhaps there is simply a big gap in my understanding of hypercard. This is
my first encounter with it. Could you put me on track, if this is the case?

ANSWER:

	I think the answer to your problem is simple.  I'm going to try to
guess your problem, but I think I know what it is.  I don't think it is a
failure to understand HyperCard.  I've thrown in a few non-HyperCard
tricks (related to the spreadsheet-like windows) that confuse things.
Because of the ways these had to be programmed, saving things became
slightly non-intuitive.

	First of all, you should be using at least version 1.01 of MacTD.
Version 1.02 is slightly better and is what is currently down-loadable
from my web site.  Version 1.02 comes with complete documentation for the
new version and it is possible that reading this documentation will answer
your questions.  Nevertheless, I'll try to answer them here.  The new
documentation makes the old documentation (v0.62) obsolete.  I'll put a
text version of the documentation on my web site in case the compressed
Word documentation is unreadable to you.  (also a rich text version to
cover all bases...)

	Every "spread-sheet like" window in MacTD can be saved separately,
usually by a menu item.  For example, the registration data can be saved
when you are at the Registration Card by choosing "Save to File" from the
Registration Menu.  The database info can be saved (should you choose to
make your own database, or import a new one) when you are at the Database
Card by choosing "Save to File" from the Database Menu.  The info for a
particular section can be saved by making sure it is the active section
(by going to the Section Manager Card and clicking on it, for example),
then going to the Section Micromanagement Card, then choosing "Save
Section" from the Section Menu.  Etc.

	When you save components of MacTD in this manner, each component
is stored as a comma-delimited table.  Such tables should be easy for any
Spreadsheet or Database program to import and modify, should you wish to
do so for some reason.

	I suspect this is what you have done with your registration data.
I suspect you registered everyone, then chose "Save to File" form the
Registration Menu (while you were at the Registration Card).  To load this
data into MacTD, one would return to the Registration Card and select
"Import File" from the Registration Menu.
	
	The ability to save components adds a lot of basic flexibility for
importing, exporting, and modifying data, as well as for mixing and
matching different components.  That said, most of the time, it is just
easier to save *all* the components at once.  To do this, choose "Save
MacTD Data" from the File Menu, which should always be available, no
matter what Card you are at.  "Save MacTD Data" also saves all the options
in the Options Card, which doesn't happen with any of the other "Save"
menu options.  Additionally, it saves information about the state of the
Stack, so that when you return, it will be as close to possible as the
state it was in before you saved it.  "Save MacTD Data" is the  
bread-and-butter save command that I reccomend using to the exclusion of
all other save commands, unless you have a particular reason to save or
export or modify externally a component.

	The file created by "Save MacTD Data" is very difficult for
another program to read, so I doubt the file you were able to see in
Claris Works was created by "Save MacTD Data."
	
	Hope this solves your problem.