John Walton did a 9 darter in the Winmau World Masters a few minutes ago. I was watching the game, but I left the room just a couple of minutes before he did the 9 darter.... Congratulations to John "Boy" for doing the 9 darter on stage. It was also recorded by the BBC.

I am hosting the drawsheets and results from Winmau World Masters 2007 and Lakeside 2008 Play-Offs for the World Darts Federation. The internet service provider used by the WDF are freezing all accounts on their servers for one week because of a upgrade. The notice was made just a few hours before they closed the access to the servers....

• Winmau World Masters 2007 + Lakeside 2008 Play-Offs

The database with the stage finals from Czech Open 2007 is now available for download. Version 2.5.1.2 is also out. There was a bug in the "Match Details" screen in the 2.5.1.1 version. When showing the match details for a county match with less than 12 players on the team, all the stats for the away team would fail to show (blank lines only).

• Czech Open 2007
• Darts for Windows 2008 v 2.5.1.2

It looks like I finally have solved the problems running Darts for Windows 2008 on Windows Vista. I had to rewrite a lot of the code to avoid the problems caused by Vista. I had to remove the configuration file "dartsforwin.ini" from the C:\Windows directory and place all the DfW settings in the registry instead. The drawback of this is that when you start the new version (2.5.1.1) , all your previous settings (colours, sound settings and so on) will be lost and reset to default.I also had to rewrite the online registration of DfW. When you click the link "I'm allready registered - Download unlock code", you will be asked to enter the name you used when you registered your license, to confirm the registration.
Click link below to download the new version.

• Darts for Windows 2008 v 2.5.1.1

The new version will be available for download Sunday 04.11.2007 at approx 21:00 CET. I have just tested DfW once again on Windows Vista. For me as an IT person, I must say, what a crappy operating system !
I managed to get DfW up and running by changing the security on the DfW install folder (I changed it to C:\Darts) and then running the program as "Administrator" by right clicking the shortcut on the desktop. I also had to enter my name and unlock code manually to let Vista accept DfW writing the license to a small text file and unlock it. If I clicked the link in DfW to register automatically, I got an "File access" error all the time. I also got the classic "Software protection error: 006". What a piece of sh... from Micro$oft.It is only an innocent text file DfW writes to, not a virus or malware program !
I still don't know how to solve the Vista problem. I will probably find a solution to the problem when I have done a few more tests. I bought the Vista license a few months back, but I have refused to use Vista until now. I have XP on a separate hard-disk so I can switch the OS any time I want. I only want to use Vista for finding a solution to the DfW problem. As soon as the problem has been solved, bye, bye Vista !

A new version of Darts for Windows is just around the corner. I have improved the tournament part a bit by adding a lot of filters to the draw sheets, giving the user a lot of options on how to display players/pairs in the draw sheet. I have also created an import and export function of scores in DfW, making it easy to copy scores from other databases. I have no documentation on how to use the import/export function at the moment, but I will create a "how to" when I get the time. I used the export/import function to go through all 575 matches from the World Cup 2007 databases and checking them for errors and also merging all matches into one database. I have also added a few filters in the import of players function. It is now possible to set the sorting of the players in the following order:
Alphabetical-Firstname Lastname
Alphabetical-Lastname Firstname
Alphabetical-Teamname, Firstname Lastname
Alphabetical-Teamname, Lastname Firstname

I have just recieved the datbase from Glamorgan Open 2007. The database contains the men's and womens finals + the draws with all the results.

• Glamorgan Open 2007

I'm finally done with merging of the World Cup 2007 databases. All matches are now in one single database. The database contains 575 matches + the draws.
I have also recieved the database from Berwick Open 2007.

• World Cup 2007
• Berwick Open October 2007

I got the flu so I'm not so very productive at the moment. Probably got it from the air condition in the US (hot-cold-hot-cold all day). I'm still cleaning up the World Cup 2007 database and will publish it when it's finished. I'm also including the full draws in the database.

I'm finally home from my US holiday. I have jet lag, but I have managed to create a new version.
Click link to download latest version.

• Darts for Windows 2008 v 2.5.0.28

I'm in Palm Springs at the moment, leaving for Las Vegas in 10 minutes. Palm Spring is a fantastic place. Easy access to the booze (cheap to) and it's is a lot warmer here than in Los Angeles.I have watched a lot of darts today from the SBS6 stream. I do have the databases from the World Cup 2007, but I miss the finals and I'm also going to merge all the databases into one.

Greetings from Santa Barbara, California. I finally have an internet connection again, but only for a few hours before I leave for Palm Springs tomorrow morning, well it's actually today for the europeans because it is still Friday night here in the US. On Sunday I leave for Las Vegas. I do hope they have an intenet connection at the Venetian where I'm staying. When I was in Mexico, I paid $27 for one hour of crappy 10 kilobit internet connection.... It took me over 6 minutes just to log on and read the first mail.

I unfortunately introduced a bug in the County setup in DfW when I introduced the support for the Celtic Cup format. I forgot to turn off a testbit in the code when I was testing the Celtic Cup format. When trying to setup ta County match in the 2.5.0.24 version, it was asking for Celtic Cup teams every time. This bug has been fixed in the 2.5.0.25 version released today.
I'm in Long Beach, California at the moment. Luckily there was an internet connection in my hotel room. I'm leaving for Mexico in a few hours.
Click link to download the bugfixed 2.5.0.25 version.

• Darts for Windows 2.5.0.25

I'm leaving for USA on Sunday and I will be gone until 22nd of October. During that period, my internet connection may be very limited. For some strange reason, everytime I go on holiday or I am unavailable, I sell more licenses than ever, even if I tell everyone that I am not able to issue any unlock codes until I get back :)
If you need a license, please order before 20:00 CET on Saturday 6th of October, unless you want to wait until the 22nd.

Version 2.5.0.24 of Darts for Windows is out. Click here to download
New featues:

• Support for Celtic Cup teams (13 men, 7 ladies)
• Assign sound files to players. The PDC sound files must be installed
• Added support for the "gsm.wav" sound file from the PDC game
• The scoresheet windowsize is saved and restored at next match
• Added option to hide the status bar in the main window
• Added option to show a floating window in the bottom of the screen with the players name, points left, darts and legs to use in television production. This option must be turned on in the scoresheet window by right clicking between the scoresheets.
• Added option to move the top panel in the scoresheet window to the bottom of the screen when used with the floating stats window.
• The "How to use the sound files...." has been updated.
• ...can't remember the rest of the new features... :)

The database from the Celtic Cup 2007 is now available for download. Please note that all players are registered as ladies. When listing the stats, the playertype or filters must be set to "Ladies"
Click link to download the database.

• Celtic Cup 2007

The database from the British Open 2007 is now available in the database download section. The database contains the complete draw + the scores and stats for the stage finals. Click here to download. Thank you to Mr. Wayne Williams and the BDO for donating the database.
Also the Super League match, Cefn Coed A vs Brecon Castle is in the database download section.
Darts for Windows 2008 v.2.5.0.18 is now released.
Added support for the gls_xx.wav from the PDC World Championship Darts pc game. The gls_xx.wav files are the "Game shot and the x set" sound when playing a set match. See this article on how to add the sound effects to Darts for Windows 2008.
When playing against the computer in "match mode" (playing against mathces from a database), the program would go into an endless loop of "No score" after playing the number of legs from the original match. This bug is now fixed.
Setting board numbers and board time in a drawsheet in the "Tournament" screen has also been improved.
Click link to download latest version.

• Darts for Windows 2008 v 2.5.0.18
• Super League - Cefn Coed A vs Brecon Castle

I have started to develope the next generation of Darts for Windows. The new product will be named Darts for Windows Professional. I'm going to rewrite the database engine and also the "motor" running DfW. The 2008 version has very complicated code so I have to rewrite the whole program from the bottom to add support for all the options I want to inlcude. I will try to make it more user friendly and fool proof. The option to browse all the legs while playing and also correction of errors in past legs. Add option for livescore on the internet and also internet play. I also want to improve the tournament part and also add Round Robin to the tournament option. Custom templates for custom games would also be nice. For example, create your own team type with any number of players and game format (mix singles and pairs for example in the same template). I have a lot of ideas, but it will of course take time. The price will also be higher than the 2008 version.

I will be present at the Winmau World Masters in Bridlington.
Congratulations to Dee Bateman and Martin Phillips for winning the Turunc Open 2007 in Turkey.
Results in PDF format:

• Men's Singles
• Ladies Singles
• Men's Pairs
• Ladies Pairs
• Mixed Pairs
• Databases in DfW format: Turunc Open 2007

The first Super League database is in the download section.
Matt Quinlan (Cefn Coed A) averaged an impressive 30.67 in his match. His legs went in 13,17 and 19 darts in his 3-0 win against Andy Vaux.

• Super League - Abbey Dore vs Cefn Coed A

Congratulations to Gary Anderson for winning the Bullit World Darts Trophy. In the final, Gary beat Phil Taylor 7-3 i sets.
The complete database from Bullit World Darts Trophy and BICC match Gloucester vs. Tyne & Wearis now available for download.
Click link to download the databases.

• Bullit World Darts Trophy 2007
• Gloucester vs. Tyne & Wear

The database from Bullit World Darts Trophy has been updated with todays semi-finals.
A new version of DfW is out. Added full support for Super League matches.
Super League is 7 men playing 7 matches best of 5 legs and 5 ladies playing 5 matches, best of 5 legs.
Click link to download latest version.

• Darts for Windows 2008 v 2.5.0.14
• Bullit World Darts Trophy 2007

I have not recieved any updates from the latest matches in Bullit World Darts Trophy yet.
The link for the BICC match, Kent vs Middlesex, has been updated (the link was wrong).

BICC Premier Division

• BICC Kent vs Middlesex
• BICC Glamorgan vs Essex

• BICC Breconshire vs Shropshire

The Portuguese language.ini file has been updated by Mr. Tiago Nunes. The update is avaiable from the "language files" section on the left side.
I want all of you using Darts for Windows in BICC to donate the database(s) to me so I can publish them here on www.dartsforwin.com. My contact email is on the right side of this page.
I also have a tip for those of you who want to create PDF files from Darts for Windows. Most of the reports requires a printer, but you can print to a PDF file by using the freeware program Cute PDF Writer. Go to www.cutepdf.com to download for free.

The 2.5.0.11 version have some bugs in the county setup.
MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD THE 2.5.0.12 VERSION WHO WILL BE RELEASED TONIGHT BEFORE YOU USE DFW IN A BICC COUNTY MATCH !
For once I have really made a fool out of myself when it comes to the county setup. I did a typing error causing a few problems...:(
A new updated version of "How to setup a BICC match in Darts for Windows" is available for download. It will also be included in the setup when installing the new version of DfW releasing later tonight.Download: Word PDF.
Known bugs in the 2.5.0.11 version of DfW:
There is a bug when printing a match in "BDO style". For some reason, the text on the printout is no longer transparent, covering some part of the lines dividing names and numbers.
When registering a new county team and you click outside the screen, the "County teams" will disappear. Minimize the program and the screen will be behind the program.
When editing an existing 12 players team, the team is set to 6 players and the last 6 boxes will be grayed out.
A new fixed version will be released tonight.

Version 2.5.0.12 is finally ready.Click here to download. Fixed all the bugs in the BICC county setup + some other minor improvements.
It is very important to upgrade to this version if you are planning to use DfW for a county match !
The updated version of "How to setup a BICC match in Darts for Windows" in PDF format, is included in the new version of DfW (link in the Start menu)

A new "how to" on how to use the sound files from the pc game PDC World Championship Darts, is now available. Click here to read the article.

Version 2.5.0.11 is now available for download.Click here to download.

• Full support for youth county matches (Men's U21, Ladies U21 and U18).
• The sound files has been removed.
• Full supports for sound files from the pc game XXX World Championship Darts
• A lot of improvements in the various county screens
• Fixed a lot of minor bugs

The British Inter-County Championships is starting on the weekend of Sept. 1-2. Darts for Windows 2008 has full support for the BICC format. Because of the new season start, I have decided to add some changes to DfW to improve the county part. All active counties in Great Britain have been added to the team names by default. A new field called "Display" (display name) have been added to the coming version. The display name is the name the team will be shown as.
Example: You create a county team and pick "Devon" as the team. In addition you can let "Devon" be shown as "Devon A" or "Dev Men’s A" or "Devon Men’s under 21" or whatever in the "Display name" box. The team will still be associated with Devon County.
Full support for youth county matches ("Men's Under 21", "Ladies Under 21" and "Under 18") will be added to the next release of DfW. The new version will hopefully be ready in a day or two.
Support for use of the announcer sound files from the computer game PDC World Championship Darts will also be implemented (wav files must be copied to the \dfwsound folder and the sound must be enabled from the "Settings -> Options" menu).

There is a bug in version 2.5.0.9. When adding new players, the team name dropdown box does not reset after adding a player. If you continue to add players with the same teamname, you will get the message Saving aborted. Blank firstname,lastname or team not allowed ! when trying to save. A quick fix for this is to reselect the team. A new version will be released as soon as possible.

Version 2.5.0.9 is released. Click here to download.
The bug in the "Autoplay" function is now fixed. When playing against the computer, the panel with the text "Throwing..." was not closing after the first leg was done. Added support for import and export of players in CSV format in the "Add new players" screen. All the BICC counties has also been added to the team names. You will now hoe the option to chose from normal teams and countries, BICC Counties only or both (in the "Add new players" screen). The drawsheet in the "Tournaments" screen is now searchable.
I always forget what kind of improvements and bug fixing I have done... :)

I will be in Denmark until August 19.
I have just recieved the database from Ciswo Summer Tournament 2007. The tournament was won by Dave Thomson. He averaged 30.06 in the final, beating Danny Inglis 3-0. Click here to download the database. The database includes the draw and all the matches from the last 16. Thank you to Cliff Murray for donating the database.

The Windows Vista page has been updated with a patch to run if you get the "Error 006: Software protection error" when you try to run Darts for Windows on Vista. Click here to read the article and download the patch if needed.

The databases from British Classic 2007 and British Teenage Open 2007 is now available for download.

• British Teenage Open 2007
• British Classic 2007

I have added search capabilities in the drawsheet for the coming release of Darts for Windows. When you have a draw with for example 512 players, like they have in this weekends British Classic 2007, it takes forever to locate a player in the draw. The new option to search for a name or part of a name, saves you a lot of time. If you get a hit, the box also changes background colour to green and the drawsheet scrolls down to the box. If anyone needs this option now, drop me a mail and I will send a link to the unreleased version.
The Stan James 2007 database has been updated with the Taylor-Scholten match from yesterday.

The Stan James World Matchplay 2007 database is now online. The database contains the following matches played on sunday and monday night.

• Kevin Painter v Adrian Gray
• Wayne Mardle v Mark Dudbridge
• Roland Scholten vs Chris Mason
• Dennis Priestley v Colin Osborne
• Peter Manley v Michael van Gerwen
• Phil Taylor v Wes Newton
• Colin Lloyd v Mervyn King

Version 2.5.0.7 is now out Click here to download.
Fixed a bug when starting a pairs match + some minor things. The most exiting new feature is in the "Autoplay" match/player mode. When the computer is scoring, the scores is now shown in text format, throw my throw.
Example for a 100 score:
SINGLE 20
*wait for next dart*
SINGLE 20
*wait for next dart*
TREBLE 20
Enjoy the new release.

There is a "bug" (or feature) in the latest version of Darts for Windows. When I was fixing a bug in the previous version, I forgot to turn of a debug message when starting a pairs match. You will get a dialog box with the database query, 4 times in a row before you can start a pairs match. This message will not prevent the program from working, it is only very annoying.

The focus is now on the improvement of the "Autoplay" function. Playing against matches/players in "Autoplay" mode is the most exiting new feature in the program for a long time. When playing against a player or a complete database, the name of the player you play against is now shown in the statusbar (not released yet). I will soon start developing the option for "Internet Play". I will at the same time include an option to exchange/send databases to other users by a single click of a button. An option to use the program for broadcasters is also going to be included. Dartsinmotion.nl is going to use DfW for the on-screen stats when streaming matches over the internet. Darts in Motion will be streaming darts on the 25th of July on www.dartsinmotion.nl.

After implementing the option to play against matches/players in a DfW database, my averages has raised by 5 points pr. dart (or 15 if you like the 3 dart average). I'm playing against the complete Lakeside 2007 database. That means all the matches, both men and women. Last night I even had a 9 darter attempt. I hit back to back 180's, but lost the leg (missed bull with my 12th dart). My revenge was a 156 checkout in the next leg. It's a lot easier to rise your game when playing against the big scores. I am 18-7 down after 25 legs. I average around 27 pr dart (81), the computer averages around 28.3 at the moment. The nice thing is that when I'm done with this match, I can use all the legs I played in the match and then play against them too :)

A new bug fixed version of Darts for Windows 2008, 2.5.0.4, is now available for download. There was a bug in the tournament screen when trying to start a pairs match from the drawsheet, you would get the error:
At most one record can be returned by this subquery.
Click here to download the new version.
The database from Gold Cup 2007 is now in the download section. The zip file contains two databases, ladies singles and mens singles.
See the complete draw with all the results + all scores and stats from the stage finals or play against the matches/players in the database. Click here to download.

I just found a video clip from the News Of The World 1979 final on YouTube. The final was only best of 3 legs (all the matches were best of 3 legs). Bobby George played some excellent darts. Click here to download the database.

I have just recieved the databases from the Welsh Classic 2007.
The zip file (2.9 Mb) contains the draws, scores and stats from the following:

• Mens Singles
• Ladies Singles
• Mens Pairs
• Ladies Pairs
• Mixed Pairs
• Youth

Some users still have problems running Darts for Windows on Vista. I simply hate Windows Vista. The secutity is tight as a ducks a.... The security is so tight that it prevents normal, harmless programs like DfW to run properly even if you are an Admin One solution to the problem is the following:

If you get the "Failed to set..." problem do the following:
On Windows Vista [Failed to set data for ''] error occurs on some occasions.
Temporary Solution: Left-click program's shortcut, click Properties and on the Compatibility page, check Run this program as an administrator. The problem is that Vista does not allow DfW to save some settings, even if you are logged in as admin.
The second solution:
1. Click on the "Start" button
2. Click on the "Computer" on the right side to list the disk drives.
3. Doubleclick on the C drive
4. Navigate to the C:\Program Files\Darts for Windows folder
5. Right click on the "Darts for Windows" folder and click on the menu item "Properties" (the last choice in the menu)
6. Click on the "Security" tab (no. 3 from the left)
7. Click on the user "Users(%COMPUTER_NAME%\Users)" (%COMPUTER_NAME% is the name of your computer)
8. Click the button "Change" (or "Edit". I'm not sure because my version of Vista is Norwegian)
9. Click in the next window on the same user ("Users(%COMPUTER_NAME%\Users)") and tick the box "All permissions".
10. Click "Ok" to save the changes and then "Ok" in the prior window
11. It should now work :)

Version 2.5.0.0 is now released. Click here to download. I have had a great time testing this new version. I have played the Lakeside 2007 final , the Premier League final + a few more matches. It has been really fun to play against the top names in darts.
I also manged to win a few legs :)
I can now play against my own scores from those matches :)
A new "Howto" for playing against matches/players is also available. Click here... to learn howto setup the program for playing against a match/player.
You must of course also download a database (on the right hand side) or use one of your own to be able to play against other matches/players scores.AT the moment, I have 57 databases available for download.
All the BICC counties has been added to the program. Also added support for register BDO player id's making it easy to import scores and stats from a BICC match into the new "BDO Tons for Windows". Tons for Windows is the new software BDO uses to create the tables in the BICC system.

The new version is almost ready. I only have som final testings left. Right now I'm playing against Terry Jenkins's score from the Premier League final 2007 :)
Open any database and play against the matches in the database (the winning legs only). It is also possible to play against the score of both the players in a match.
F.ex., I can play against all the legs in the Lakeside 2007 final. It is better to play against all the legs than just one of the players (my opinion).

I have had several remainders on the issue that when playing against the computer, if the computer leaves itself 170, it never misses even if you had set the maximum random outshot to 60. I will change this to do it random with a 5% chance to checkout...:)
There is a quick fix to this...Just edit the template you use and remove/edit all scores ending on 1. The chance now for leaving the computer on 170 is 0 (it depends of course on the other scores in the template).
The new version of DfW has been delayed. I will probably include the new "Autoplay" option in the next version. The new "Autoplay" will give you the option to play against other maches/players from DfW databases. You can download f.ex. the complete Premier League database and play against all the players/matches in that database. Pick a match, pick the player you want to play against.

The database from England Open 2007 is now online. Click here to download.
Thank you to Sue Getty for the donation.

I will start the work to implement the option to play agianst the computer using the score from real matches taken from major tournaments like Lakeside, World Masters, Ladbrokes.com, Premier League and so on.
The database from England Open 2007 will be available for download in a day or two.

I have finally solved the Windows Vista problem. The new 2.4.2.0 release now runs on Windows Vista. Click here to download the new release.
The only downside of solving the problem is that all registered users downloading the new version will have to reunlock the program. The unlock code is till the same so there should not be any problems. All unlock codes for registered users is in the online database. Just click the link in the registration dialog to unlock the program (must be connected to the internet).
Btw, my personal opinion is that we don't need Windows Vista....I bought my last laptop with Windows Vista. The first thing I did was to buy a new XP license for it and scratch the disk (Dell wouldn't downgrade it to XP).....

The database from Swiss Open 2007 is now online. Click here to download.
Thank you to Felix Degen for donating the scoresheets.
You need Darts for Windows 2008 to open the database.

A new version of Darts for Windows 2008 is soon ready for release. No big news this time, only some minor changes and bugfixes. I'm rather busy at the moment with another project so I haven't got much time for DfW at the moment.

Phil Taylor beat Terry Jenkins 16-6 in tonights final of the PDC Premier League 2007.Jenkins beat Raymond van Barneveld 11-10 in legs in the semi-final.van Barneveld did not perform his best and struggeled throughout the whole match to hit the doubles.Phil Taylor took out Dennis Priestley 11-6 in the other semi-final.
Click here to download the database with tonights matches.

The database from Welsh Open 2007 is now online. The zip file contains 3 databases. Men's and ladies draw with all the results + a separate database with the all the scores and stats from the stage finals. Click here to download.
Thank you to Wayne Williams for donating the databases.

I hope I can get my hands on the database from Welsh Open 2007 in a day or two. At the moment I am changing a couple of the reports in DfW (BDO style with detailed stats + some more). I'm not sure what I want to start with next, but I will probably start with implementing the support for Round Robin in the tournament screen.

The complete database from Topic International Darts League 2007 is now online. The database contains the complete stats and all the scoresheets from all matches (including the two 9 darter legs from Phil Taylor And Tony O'Shea). Click here to download.
Thank you to Mr. Stats, Johan Sepers for donating the database.

The database from Fife Open 2007 is now online. The database contains the complete draw with all the results from both singles and pairs + all stats and scoresheets from the stage finals. Click here to download.
Thank you to Cliff Murray for donating the database.
I also want to thank Jan Prikryl for the Czech translation and Miguel Sousa for the Portugese translation of language.ini

For some strange reason, a few people have paid me for a license, but they have never answered any of my emails asking them to register their serial number. I can not guess the serial number because it is random and created upon first installation of DfW. When people pay me for a license, I don't understand why they are not asking for something in return... :)

Version 2.4.1.1 is out. Click here to download.
Added option to change the language in the menues and the menu hints. Default language is English in the program, but. Portugese and Norwegian is available for download on the left side under the section download language file. The "language.ini" is located in the C:\Program Files\Darts for Windows directory. Just replace the existing English language with one of the downloadable language files or translate the existing language.ini file to your own language. If you translate the language.ini to any other language, you may send it to me (contact info on the right side) and I will publish your language.ini on this site.

The database from Topic International Darts League 2007 is now online. The database contains the complete stats and all the scoresheets from every match up to this date. Click here to download.
Thank you to Johan Sepers for donating the database.
In the next release of DfW, I will add support for translating parts of the program to any language. At the moment there will only be support for translating the menues and the menu hints, but it will expand in future versions. Language files will be available for download from this page as soon as they are available. As a test, DfW will be translated to Portugese and Norwegian.

Darts for Windows 2008 is the official score and stats program in the Topic International Darts League in Holland. No markers on stage, just two LCD screens with Darts for Windows 2008 :).

I have just recieved the database from the British Internationals 2007 held in Bridlington last weekend.Click here to download. The division four BICC match, Northamptonshire vs Tyne & Wear played 21-22.04 is also online.
Click here to download.
Thank you to Sue Getty, BDO and Steve Mann for the donation of the databases.

The database from the BICC premier division match, Glamorgan vs Warwickshire, is now available for download. Click here to download.Thank you to Sue Getty for the database.
I arrived from Denmark this morning and I have now uploaded all the unlock codes for those of you who could not wait until I was back to order a license :)
In the tournament screen, it is not possible at the moment to print out the result table from a pairs match. I did not have the time to include the code before the last release. I will fix it in a day or two, but first I will create the howto for the new Match Editor.

Darts for Windows 2008 version 2.4.0.2 is out.Click here to download. Added support for printing the results in numeric order from pairs matches in the tournament screen. Fixed a numbering bug in the result printout.

I have recieved the database from the friendly match, England vs. Holland, played at Lakeside during Easter. Click here to download.A big thank you goes to Vic Sexton and the BDO for donating the database.
Darts for Windows 2008 version 2.4.0.1 is out.Click here to download. There was a bug in the "Print results from draw" in the Tournament screen. I have not had the time to write a howto for the new Match Editor, but I will do it next week.
I'm off to Denmark tonight. I will be back on Tuesday morning. During that time I will not answer any mails or issue any unlock codes. If you buy a license, please be patient...:)

The new version of Darts for Windows is ready for release tomorrow night (thursday). The Match Editor is now working as expected. I have also fixed a couple of bugs and also added the option to set board and time for a whole group or a x number of matches at the same time by one single click in a draw sheet. I'm aslo going to include the option to print out the complete list of the result from a draw/tournament. If I get the time, I will include the support for creating PDF files straight from DfW, even if you don't have Acrobat Writer on your computer.

One of my customers have ripped me off by cancelling his eCheck after he recieved the unlock code. This is a rather stupid thing to do, because it is simply fraud and theft. I know his name, email and all the details about him. I'm contacting a few people at the moment to get a 100% identification of the person. As soon as I'm 110% sure, I will publish his full name, address, email, date of birth and the county team he plays for.I sure hope he is enjoying the free license....
Btw, his email address is smartreggie@aol.com. If anyone of you knows this email address please contact me by clicking on the link on the right side.

Norway played Finland in a friendly match on Friday 13.04.2007 which resulted in a comfortable win for Finland 11-3.
Click here to download the Norway vs Finland friendly match.

My back problems are almost healed and the flu is gone so I have done some serious upgrading of DfW. The new MatchEditor is now in the final test stage. With the latest addition of the Match Editor to DfW, I think that I now have made the almost complete darts package for all kinds of use. There are of course always room for new functionality and improvements. I would be very happy for some feedback and suggestions for new functionality in this program. To contact me, just click the link on the right side.

I have just recieved the complete datbase with all the 40 matches from
Premier League 2007. The database contains all the scoresheets and the complete stats for all the matches + the overall stats.
I big thank you goes to Mr. Stats, Johan Sepers for donating the database.
Click here to download the database. To open it just unzip the file to a folder and then doubleckick on the database file (you need of course Darts for Windows 2008 installed to open the file this way...)

The new version of Darts for Windows is delayded because I have catch the flu and I also have som serious back problems (prolapse) :)
This have been the worst Easter in my whole life...maybe...
I may be a little out of shape, but I have some great news. In the next version of DfW there will be support for editing a match after it's over. This have been the weakest part of Darts for Windows in my opinion. It's no problem to correct errors during a match, but if you're not aware of the error(s) until the match is over and you want to have the stats 100% correct, this is the solution. I will not include support for changing the match result (no use, fatal errors like that should be corrected when they happens).

The database for the BICC Premier Division match, Kent vs. Glamorgan is now online.
I have also recieved the database from the Welsh Masters 2007.

• Click here to download Welsh Masters 2007.
• Click here to download Kent vs. Glamorgan.

I have just recieved the datbase for the BICC match, Tyne & Wear vs. Breconshire.
The match was played this weekend.Click here to download.
Thank you to Steve Mann for donating the database.

Version 2.3.2.3 is out. Added option to inlcude both first and lastnames in the drawsheet when doing a pairs tournament. Fixed a couple of bugs in the tournament setup for pairs.
Click here to download the latest 2.3.2.3 version.
We have also recieved the database from this weekends Berwick Easter Darts Weekend 2007. The database includes the complete draw for mens, ladies and youth singles and pairs + all the scores and stats from the stage finals. Thank you to Cliff Murray and the SDA for donating the database.

Here are the complete results from Torremolinos Open 2007 in PDF format.

• Ladies Singles.
• Mens Singles.

Version 2.3.2.2 is out. This version is a bugfixed version of 2.3.2.1. All bugs was related to the newly updated "Tournament" screen.
Click here to download the latest 2.3.2.2 version.

Version 2.3.2.1 is now released. The new version have full support for tournaments up to 1024 players. In theory, there is no limit to the number of players supported. If the tournament is larger than 1024, just split it into two 1024 drawsheets and then do a new tournament (drawsheet) for the last fex. 64 or 128 players.
Just use your imagination... :)
The code for print outs of the drawsheets have been totally rewritten and the layout have been redesigned. See the samples below (in PDF format)

• Drawsheet 8 players.
• Drawsheet 16players
• Drawsheet 32 players
• Drawsheet 64 players
• Drawsheet 128 players
• Drawsheet 256 players
• Drawsheet 512 players
• Drawsheet 1024 players

The bug in the setup program from version 2.3.1.6 to version 2.3.1.8 is now fixed. On some computers you would get an "C:\Windows\Shellnew" error when starting the program. The quick fix for this error was to manually create the "Shellnew" folder in the C:\Windows (Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server) directory or C:\Winnt on Windows 2000.
The 2.3.1.9 version will be released as soon as the new printing functions for the new 1024 players draw is ready. There is a bug in the import players from WDF rankings.
If a player has the apostrophe character in his/hers name, the import will stop (O'Malley,O'Shea and so on...). This bug is fixed, but only in the unreleased 2.3.1.9 version...

The division four county match, Tyne & Wear vs. Shropshire, played last weekend, is now in the database download section.
Thank you to Steve Mann for donating the database.

The databases from yesterdays Scotland North county match, Fife vs. Highland and
the Premier Division, Glamorgan vs Cornwall, is now online.
Tanks to Wayne Williams and Cliff Murray for donating the databases.

• Glamorgan vs. Cornwall.
• Fife vs. Highland.

• info about the new dfw database file format
• create a new blank database from Explorer
• open an old DfW MDB file from Explorer

Support for up to 1024 players in one single group/tournament have been added to the next unreleased version. The "Tournament" mode now supports 8,16,32,64,128,256,512 and 1024 players pr. group/tournament. I'm considering to implement the option to split at large tournament into groups, making it easier to get the full overview. Support for board and board time will also be added to the drawsheet.

Version 2.3.1.8 is out. Click here to download.
The "Can not perform this operation on a open dataset" bug in "Import match" function has now been fixed. Wrong player names shown for the left side team in the "Details" screen in a Six Nations match have been fixed. Added support for printout a list of all players in a tournament in alphabetic order in the "Tournament" screen. Click here to view a sample PDF file for a 256 players draw (the player names was borrowed from the list of players from the Scottish Open 2007...). Use the checkbox to the left of each name to add a checkmark when registering players in a tournament.

• new British Classic 2006
• new British Open 2006
• new Welsh Masters 2006
• new Glamorgan-London Apr 2006
• new Glamorgan-Yorkshire Feb 2007
• new Hampshire-Glamorgan 2006

The database from Six Nations Cup 2007 in Veldhoven is now online. Click here to download. The Six Nations Cup 2007 was won by England, beating the Netherlands 13-7 in the final.
Thank you to NDB for donating the database.

A new "how-to" for setting up a Six Nations match has been added to the "help and info" secion on the left. The howto is in both Microsoft Word (ZIP file) and PDF format.
The database with the final,semi-finals + 4 matches from the preliminary rounds from Masters of Darts 2007 is now online. Click here to download . More matches will be added to the database in the next few days.
The tutorial how to play against the computer... have been updated to the latest 2008 version. It's now a lot easier to understand how to play against the computer :)
The norwegian howto for playing against the computer has also been updated to the latest 2008 version.

The new version of Darts for Windows 2008 (2.3.1.6) has now been released. The option to play Cricket darts is not included because of other priorities (Six Nations). The new version have full support for Six Nations 5 players team. The database has been changed from Access to my own DFW format.
It's now possible to doubleclick on any DFW database to open it in DfW.
It's also be possible to create new blank database by just right clicking in Explorer and then create the database by clicking on the item "New" in the menu. The whole program has undergone a rather massive overhault. Because of the Six Nations in Netherlands this weekend (thats why I have to release the support for Six Nations...) no new documentation on the new options will be available until next week. Most of the new options should be rather self explaining anyway :)
Note: All the databases on this site has been converted to the new DFW format.

The database from Dutch Open 2007 is now online. The database contains only the mens semi-finals and final.
Thank you to Johan Sepers for donating the database. Click here to download.

The database from Scottish Open 2007 is now online. The database contains all the scoresheets from the stage finals + the draw with the results from the last 32 + the last 8 in the pairs.
Thank you to Cliff Murray and The Scottish Darts Association for donating the database. Click here to download.

I'm back from Portugal.
The new release of DfW is still not ready. The support for cricket darts will be in the new release, but my knowledge about American cricket darts is rather limited so don't expect a perfect product in the first release :)
I used the information found on this page to create the support for cricket.
Please note that most of the howtos and instructions still contains screenshots from Darts for Windows 2005, not 2008. The 2008 version is almost the same as 2005 so there should not be any problem to understand the guides, but I will update all the howtos when I get the time.

American cricket darts will be included in the next version (In Norway we call it "Mickey Mouse"...). I'm no cricket expert, but I will do my best to try to create a good layout and functionality. I will only go for singles in my first version, but support for pairs will be added later. As far as I understand, there are two ways of playing cricket. The first one is easy to understand, throw at any of the numbers (15-20) or bull. The second one is "no slop", start on the 20's and finish on the bull. I will be more than happy if anyone could send me any tips or tricks regarding cricket, fex. how to work out some kind of stats from a cricket match. I guess the number of darts used to close the game would be interesting ?

The database file format in Darts for Windows will be changed in the next version of DfW.In all versions up to this date I have used the Microsoft Access database file format, but due hacking (using a Access password cracker) and publishing of the database password on a dutch site, I will no longer use the Access file format. All downloadable databases on this site will be converted to the new format at the same time as the next release of DfW. From the next release, all licensed users must update to the latest version (it's free anyway) to be able to open the databases published on this site. It will still be possible to open MDB files for backward compability, but the databases will no longer be possible to open in Access. All old DfW files opened with the new version will be converted to the new file format on the fly. The new file extension will be DFW. The new extension will be associated with Darts for Windows making it really easy to open a DfW database by just clicking on the file. The activation of the autoplay feature (play against the computer) has been simplified in the new unreleased version. I must admit that it's not easy to turn on the autoplay function if your'e not a computer expert...The autoplay function has been moved from the "Tools" menu into the "Match wizard" screen. I have no release date for the new version because of all the testing of the new database file format.

The Europe Cup 2006 database has been corrected and updated with the complete draw for mens singles, ladies singles, mens pairs and ladies pairs. While adding all the pairs and singles matches to the draw, I discovered that 3 matches contained either wrong winner (the players was probably switched in the scoresheet) or wrong team names. There were 1 ladies singles with wrong winner and two mens pairs with uncorrect teams (A team instead of B teams and vica versa). Those 3 errors also affected the total stats for the involved players. I'm in no way responible for those errors ( the database was donated to me). The complete draws is available from the "File -> Tournament" menu in DfW 2005 and 2008.

• Click link to download the updated Europe Cup 2006

I'm sorry that I wasn't aware of Avon using the name "West of England" as their team name. I have now corrected the team names in the database.

• Click link to download Tyne & Wear vs West of England

Here's the databases from a couple if this weekends county matches.

• Cambridgeshire vs Glamorgan
• Tyne & Wear vs West of England

• If no score, just press the SPACEBAR on the keyboard
• The county setup has been redesigned completely under the "hood".
• In the "Rebuild all stats in database" there was a bug when rebuilding a database with one or more county matches.
• The "HOW TO SETUP A COUNTY MATCH IN DARTS FOR WINDOWS" is now included in the setup file
• The default background colour has changed from blue to charcoal
• Can't remember the rest of the fixes...My short term memory isn't that good I guess :)

• Click here to download the Word file (in compressed ZIP format).
• Click here to download the PDF file.

It's nice to now that two of my customers has won both the Ladbrokes.com 2007 and Lakeside 2007 in the last two weeks.
Darts for Windows is your best practice partner I guess.... :)
The Lakeside 2007 database hase been updated. Hit percent on doubles was missing from the ladies final. The hit percent in the de Ruiter-Nixon match had by accident been added twice, this has now been corrected. The hit percent on doubles is still missing from the final. If I get the time, I will browse through the final tonight and add the missing hit percent. Except from the small glitches, the database is now 100% complete. The database is actually the one used by the BDO on their on-stage computer (a big thank you to the BDO, Sue Getty, Mick Getty and Vic Sexton) .
Click here to download the complete (all matches) database from Lakeside 2007 with all the scores and stats + the complete draw.
You need Darts for Windows 2005, version 2.0 or higher to open the database. If you don't know how to open a database in Darts for Windows, have a look at this article.
Tip... You will find all kinds of stats from the "View" menu after you have opened the database.

Total stats for Lakeside 2007 in PDF format

• Total stats, mens. Click here to download.
• Total stats, ladies. Click here to download.

Lakeside WC 2007, mens final, best of 13 sets.
It looked like Martin Adams was going to take Phill Nixon to the cleaners, but Phill fought back and won six sets in a row, but in the end, Martin Adams managed to finally win the title.

• Martin Adams-Phill Nixon 7-6

Mens quarter finals (best of 9 sets)

• Paul Hanvidge-Phill Nixon 4-5
• Niels de Ruiter Gary Robson 5-4

Martin Adams is through to the final after beating Mervyn King 6-5. In the final he will face Phill Nixon.

Mens semi-finals (best of 11 sets)

• Martin Adams-Mervyn King 6-5
• Niels de Ruiter-Phill Nixon 4-6

Darts for Windows 2005 is going to be renamed to Darts for Windows 2008 in the next release (2.3.0.x). The 2005 makes the software name sound "old" (it's not, it's updated all the time..). The new version will look the same except for the blue colour in the logo and background of the scoresheets will be changed from navy blue to charcoal (colour code #404040 for web...). The background colour of the scoresheets is anyway configurable, so I don't think it matters :)

Mens quarter finals

• Martin Adams-Ted Hankey 5-3
• Mervyn King-Tony Eccles 5-4
• Bonus match: Bobby George-Richard Caborn (British Sports Minister..) 1-0

Todays matches at Lakeside:
Former World Champion, John "Boy" Walton had the match in the palm of his hand when he was 3-1 up against Gary Robson, but Gary fought back and won the next three sets in a very exiting match.
Niels de Ruiter is ready for the quarter final. He made a great performance when he beat Simon Whitlock of Australia, 4-3 in sets.
Paul Hanvidge also booked a place in the quarter final by beating Albertino Essers 4-1.

• Paul Hanvidge-Albertino Essers 4-1
• Phil Nixon-Martin Atkins 4-1
• Niels de Ruiter-Simon Whitlock 4-3
• Gary Robson-John Walton 4-3

Last night in the match between Paul Hanvidge and Martin Phillips, the referee did an error and called wrong score in one of the legs. The score was corrected by the referee two-three times. The score was set to 39 by the referee, but it was actually 37. Martin Phillips left 85, but it was set to 83 because the referee called 39 as the score. I just red on the Deutscher Dart-Verband forum that they blame the software used for the error. This is totally rubbish !
The person operating the computer is NOT a referee, only a person entering the scores into the computer, called by the referee. Darts for Windows can correct any score at any stage of a leg, as many times as you like. So don't blame the software or the computer operator for this error. Here's the link to the article (in German).

Results day three:
Mens

• John Walton-Brian Sørensen 3-2
• Niels de Ruiter-Brian Woods 3-0
• Paul Hanvidge-Martin Phillips 3-2
• Simon Whitlock-Andy Fordham W.O

Darts for Windows 2005 version 2.2.0.27 is now released.
Changelog:

• The size of the legs and sets boxes in the scoresheet screen has been expanded. Because the screen at the Lakeside stage is placed rather far away to the left, the players have problems seeing the leg and set standings. I hope the resizing will help the player to increase their performance :) (just kidding...)
• When clicking on a match in the drawsheet, the "Remove player from draw" was set as default action. This has now been changed to "View scoresheets from match" as the default action.

• Drag and drop a player from the players list into the drawsheet in tournament mode did not work. This is now fixed.

• Fixed a bug in the "Import match" function. Some of the stats was added more than once if the player had played more than one match in the source database (stats from all matches were added, not only the selected match(es))

• Added support for drag and drop a match from the "Matchlog" screen into the drawsheet in the "Tournaments" screen.
• Removed the outshot tip from the status bar in the scoresheet window.
• Added separate outshot tip in the scoresheet window. If a player has a outshot, a yellow panel with the suggested outshot will be visible in the bottom of the scoresheet. Both scoresheets has separate panels with the tip.
  This option can be turned off/on from the screen in the "Settings -> Options" menu (see under "Misc" and "Show outshot tip")
• Added a new "howto" on how to use the new "Import match" function. The howto is located in the "howto" section or click here
• When assigning a match by drag and drop from the "Matchlog" or a match is started from the drawsheet of a tournament, the background colour of the box will change to indicate that the match has a match assigned to it.

The database from Ladbrokes.com WDC 2007 has been updated.
The database now contains all 50 matches played so far.
Click here to download. The draw is also updated in the "Tournament" screen. You need Darts for Windows 2005, version 2.0 or higher to open the database. If you don't know how to open a database in DfW, have a look at this article.
All stats so far from Ladbrokes.com in a PDF file is available from here.

• Added option to turn off the black stats screen on match end. This new option is located from the menu "Settings -> Options".
• Fixed a bug in import players from external database. Sometimes the import would stop and display an error message.
• Fixed bug when restoring a match. Sometimes the score was sendt to the wrong side of the scoresheet even if the arrow indicating who's throwing was pointing at the correct side.
• Fixed bug when recording throws on doubles. There were no check if the previous rest score was a legal outshot or not when the new rest score was 50 or below (a possible throw on double). Example: The rest score is 188, you throw 140 and the program would ask you if you had a shot on a double because you left 50 or less.
• When starting a match from the drawsheet and then swap players side (left to right or opposite), the result of the match would displayed oposite and also the wrong player would be moved to the next round because there were no checking for the players id, only the position the player had in the drawsheet (upper is left side, lower is right side). This is now fixed.
• Added support for scrolling with the mouse wheel in the tournament screen.
• Fixed a bug in the screen showing legs and outshots. An outshot is not dependant on the gameformat, only legs is affected by the gameformat.This has been fixed. The program now ignores the gameformat when showing outshots. It does not matter if you play 201 or 1001. A 170 outshot is the same anyway. A 12 dart 301 is not the same as a 12 dart 501....
• Added a check for internet connection when clicking on the link "I'm allready registered - Get my unlock code" in the registration dialog box. No use to click on the link if not connected to the internet.
• Added the option to edit some of the settings (title,description and gameformat) in an existing tournament in the "Tournament" screen.
• Added a little extra width on the brackets in the "Tournament" screen (just to fit fex. "Raymond van Barneveld,NL" and other "wide named" players)

I have noticed that quite a lot of the downloaders of Darts for Windows 2005 is trying to download the unlock code directly from DfW. There's nothing wrong about that, but you have to buy a license and register the serial number in my database to get this to work :)
Darts for Windows is not a freeware program.

• Fixed major Microsoft problem, OLE error 800A0E7F. This problem would make DfW to freeze. Some computers had the problem, bust most did not (problem occured when trying to open the "Averages" screen).
• When installing the program for the first time, DfW will no longer ask you to enter a name for the new database.DfW will now create dartsforwin.mdb as the default database.
• DfW will no longer create the two sample players, "Player A" and "Player B"
• Added England, Scotland,Wales and Netherlands as default team names.

• It's no longer possible to uncheck a "bye" player in the random draw screen. A "bye" player should be treated as as seeded player.
• When entering the result of a match in the drawsheet of a tournament, the result was not saved (fixed)
• It's no longer allowed to do a random draw without filling up the drawsheet first (this was a bug)
• Added an option to use a filter when improting players from the WDF rankings. The filter also supports * as a wildcard. The filter is case insensitive.
• Added the option to fill inn the number of "bye" players when setting up a tournament. Fex. if you have 57 players you must use a 64 players draw and add 7 "bye" players to fill up the draw. "Bye" players is filled inn from the last match of the first round in the draw and up.
• A "bye" player is now shown in bold in the drawsheet.
• When doing a random draw, a player with "bye" in the first round did not move automatically to the next round (bug fixed)

• Moved the import of players from external DfW database, to the "Add new player" screen.
• Updated the "howto" on how to import players from the mens WDF ranking table. Click here to view the new howto.

• It's now possible to setup a full tournament and do a automatic (random) draw.
  Look at this article on how to set it up.
• It's now possible to import players directly from the world rankings(at the moment there are 650 names in the WDF's database) by a click of a button.
• When printing out scoresheets, a black divider line was drawn too long. This is now fixed.
• When using the program on stage most players does not like to see their own averages. The option to turn this off has been there for a while (from the options menu), but I have now added a popup menu when you right click in the same panel as the averages from where you can turn the averages on or off.
• When printing out a county match (BDO styled printout), the printout will now print 6 matches on each page regardless of the number of legs played.
• When starting a new match you must now decide which side starts the match. Normally the left player always goes first, but sometimes this is not the case.
• I don't remember the rest of the improvements.... :)

• Full support for Scottish Intercounty matches.
  In Scotland they have a little different format than in England/Wales.
  Mens A,12 matches best of 5 legs
  Mens B, 6 matches best of 5 legs
  Ladies A, 6 matches best of 5 legs
  Ladies B, 4 matches best of 3 legs.
• Fixed problem when registering players with an ' in the name, like O'Shea
  The "howto" for county matches will be updated as soon as possible.

• It's no longer possible to import a player with the exact same name as an existing player (no duplicates).
  Download new version here.

• Autoplay database is now included in the setup. The autoplay contains 7 different levels for playing against the computer. It's still possible to add as many levels you want by creating them yourself.
• The matchlog is now filled automatically when opening. This was changed in tha last version, but I found out that it was better to let it autofill when loading.
• Visual improvements in the "Add new players","Create pair...","Create four persons team" and "Create County team" screens.
• Fixed a bug in the womens county matches. When playing a womens county match, on rare occations the playernames would be picked from the mens county team instead of womens.
• Fixed a bug in the "Create County team" screen. When adding a ladies county team, the listbox was filled with the mens county team instead of the ladies when the save icon was clicked.
• The BDO style printout of county matches from the "Matchlog" screen has been completely rewritten. The printout shall now be 100% compatible with BDO standards. This function is available when right clicking on a County match in the "Matchlog" window. A big thank you goes to Sue Getty for all help on this one.

• Mens A (PDF)
• Mens B (PDF)
• Ladies A (PDF)
• Ladies B (PDF)

• All results (PDF)
• Mens, total averages (PDF)
• Mens, all legs (PDF)
• Mens, all outshots (PDF)
• Mens singles, averages pr. match (PDF)
• Mens team, averages pr. match (PDF) new
• Mens pairs, averages pr. match (PDF) new
• Ladies, total averages (PDF)
• Ladies, all legs (PDF)
• Ladies, all outshots (PDF)
• Ladies singles, averages pr. match (PDF)
• Ladies pairs, averages pr. match (PDF)new

• Added support for recent databases used in the bootom of the 'File' menu. To open a recent used database, just click on the database name in the 'File' menu.
• Added option to use a team filter when creating a pair, 4 persons team or a 12 persons county team. Very handy when you have a lot of players in your database.
  Download the new version here.

• The following forms can now be exported to Excel:
  Matchlog
  Averages
  Outshots
  Legs

• In the "Averages by match" form, there was an message popping up saying "12"... This is now fixed
• In the "Averages by match" form there is now support for exporting all the data from the grid to Microsoft Excel (requires Excel)

• When there was players in the database who had played a mix of leg and set matches, the number of won and lost matches was not correct in the "Averages by match" form.
• When trying to delete a team name from the "Add new player(s)", there were an error message saying "Table team not found". This has now been fixed'