TFW Members: Online Documentation - TFW Attendance: See What's New

1.0.85251 February 25 2008

We've moved most of the buttons from TFW Attendance to TFW Members. That makes TFW Attendance lean and fast. Those of you who run TFW Attendance on a second computer at the door can use nearly any old Windows computer for that (Windows XP or later).

Now TFW Attendance has just one button. The "Scan In" button has been renamed "Welcome". Over time we may rename TFW Attendance to TFW Welcome.

TFW Welcome takes one small list from TFW Members at the start of each shift and returns one small list to TFW Members at the end of the shift.

The list from TFW Members tells TFW Welcome what to show a member when she enters: her eligibility (whether or not she's a paid current member) and her cumulative attendance statistics.

The list going back from TFW Welcome tells TFW Members the latest visits to add to its attendance databases.

The name TFW Welcome should make all this clearer. TFW Welcome only collects visit information at the door. All the attendance databases, reports, and charts are in TFW Members. Without the list from TFW Members, TFW Welcome would not recognize anyone except as Guest.

TFW Welcome is optional. TFW Welcome can also be replaced by an automatic door control. Members wave their keychain tag near the door sensor (like the Pegasus that lights up on a Mobil gasoline pump). A green light comes on, the door opens, and the date and time and member number are recorded.

The automatic doors are often used at 24-hour gyms. Members get extra hours. Owners can cut their biggest expense: staff. No wonder 24-hour gyms are doing so well now.

TFW Members can now collect its attendance data from an automatic door control in place of TFW Welcome. Members can carry a door control tag rather than a barcoded tag on their keychain.

Some automatic door controls have a PIN pad, and a member enters a PIN to open it and record her visit. TFW Welcome does something similar using a PIN pad in place of a barcode reader.

1.0.75749 July 20 2007

TFW Members and TFW Attendance may run under an Administrator account or a non-Administrator account. Complies with Windows Vista security recommendations for the future.

1.0.75456 April 26 2007

Add bulk workout counts for members who transfer from elsewhere.

August 06 2006

Lighted Keypad option, alternative to barcode scanner. Skip the keytags if you prefer. Members type in phone number or PIN number or barcode number. Your choice.

Our keypad does not interfere with your keyboard work, whether you run TFW Attendance on the same computer with TFW Members, or on its own smaller computer across the club.

.NET 2.0 framework required.

1.0.65831 July 30 2006

For contests with attendance (workout) qualifications (such as, workout three times a week for six weeks), TFW Attendance automatically tracks progress and reports contest qualifiers.

Also shows contest progress to member at scan in with small gold or gray starcircles.

Shows member picture on both member monitor and staff monitor.

Shows different messages to member and to staff when member signs in.

1.0.65457 April 27 2006

Application Exit. Help Online. Install with License Agreement.

1.0.65345 March 15 2006

Manually sign in guest. Member attendance history ("workout history") moves from TFW Attendance to the Attendance tab of TFW Payments.

Online Travel Pass.