How to easily convert a PBN into a text file?

Post by Bud H
I would like to be able to take a PBN file for a set of deals, and
transform it into a simple text file.
Anyone have a suggestion on how to do this easily?
I have tried using BBO's "Open Bridge Movie from your computer" to get
a LIN file and then using LinConverter to make a text file, but the
lin file that was saved from BBO only included the LAST deal and not
ALL deals.
And it would be nice to have a one step process or not much more than
that, if possible.
Bud H
Sample (very simple) PBN file
% PBN 1.0
[Generator "Big Deal version 1.2"]
[Board "1"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "N:KQJ98..98652.KQT A4.QJT86.A73.984 765.95.KJT4.AJ75
T32.AK7432.Q.632"]
[Board "2"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "N:QJ74.KQ4.JT93.T5 6532.AJ52.K65.J7 AKT.98.A87.AK643
98.T763.Q42.Q982"]
Sample text type file (similar to that generated by LinConverter)
Brd 49 KQJ983
North 654
None J6
98
62 T5
AQJ9 87
8432 AQT9
Q72 AKT43
A74
KT32
K75
J65
--------
Brd 50 KQ73
East T72
NS JT97
64
T8 A42
KJ98654 Q
Q3 AK8642
75 AK2
J965
A3
5
QJT983

What are you planning to do with the text file?
If you are just going to print it out, then I imagine that the various
dealing programs have an option to import PBN and print in one of
several formats.
pgmer6809

Bud H

2013-02-10 20:21:08 UTC

Dealer4 dealing machine software does not appear to have a function to
export a text file.

BridgeComposer can export to a "DOS Duplimate" text file, but I'm not
that happy with the format and don't want a specified contract to show
up either. It looks like this:

Deal: 1 K864 T5 QT63 T83
Contract: 4H-West AJ2 K8764 KJ A75 QT73 AQJ92 982
9
OnLead: North 95 3 A754 KQJ642
Lead:
Result: makes

I know Richard Pavlicek has a Bridge File Converter program but I
don't find it that simple to use (despite being fairly adept at
computers, including the old DOS commands) and a friend of mine would
find it very difficult to use, most likely.

b***@gmail.com

2013-02-11 02:30:27 UTC

Dealer4 dealing machine software does not appear to have a function to
export a text file.
BridgeComposer can export to a "DOS Duplimate" text file, but I'm not
that happy with the format and don't want a specified contract to show
Deal: 1 K864 T5 QT63 T83
Contract: 4H-West AJ2 K8764 KJ A75 QT73 AQJ92 982
9
OnLead: North 95 3 A754 KQJ642
Result: makes
I know Richard Pavlicek has a Bridge File Converter program but I
don't find it that simple to use (despite being fairly adept at
computers, including the old DOS commands) and a friend of mine would
find it very difficult to use, most likely.

I am still not clear on what you need the text file for, but anyway

Dealer does have a way to print hand records. Could you print the hand records to a file and use that? There must be a way to suppress the DD analysis that can be generated.

Another alternative would be to visit the pbn home page.
There are quite a few utilities listed there that might be able to do what you want.
see http://home.iae.nl/users/veugent/pbn/pbn_software.htm
and then investigate batch-converter. You might even be able to contact the author. his homepage
http://www.kolumbus.fi/~w134648/kgb/
has a couple of email addresses on it.
good luck.
pgmer6809

Bud H

2013-02-11 07:30:07 UTC

Post by b***@gmail.com

Dealer4 dealing machine software does not appear to have a function to
export a text file.
BridgeComposer can export to a "DOS Duplimate" text file, but I'm not
that happy with the format and don't want a specified contract to show
Deal: 1 K864 T5 QT63 T83
Contract: 4H-West AJ2 K8764 KJ A75 QT73 AQJ92 982
9
OnLead: North 95 3 A754 KQJ642
Result: makes
I know Richard Pavlicek has a Bridge File Converter program but I
don't find it that simple to use (despite being fairly adept at
computers, including the old DOS commands) and a friend of mine would
find it very difficult to use, most likely.

I am still not clear on what you need the text file for, but anyway
Dealer does have a way to print hand records. Could you print the hand records to a file and use that? There must be a way to suppress the DD analysis that can be generated.
Another alternative would be to visit the pbn home page.
There are quite a few utilities listed there that might be able to do what you want.
seehttp://home.iae.nl/users/veugent/pbn/pbn_software.htm
and then investigate batch-converter. You might even be able to contact the author. his homepagehttp://www.kolumbus.fi/~w134648/kgb/
has a couple of email addresses on it.
good luck.
pgmer6809- Hide quoted text -
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I would like to have the deals in a format where it is easy to send by
email as fixed width text. That is the reason for my inquiry.

I have a feeling that if I can figure out Richard Pavlicek's batch
files in his BFC program, that would do the trick. I will re-check
the Dealer4 software, as I didn't see the Print to text option.

Bud H

Wes Powers

2013-02-11 02:32:02 UTC

Post by Bud H
Dealer4 dealing machine software does not appear to have a function to
export a text file.

Yes, it does. Click on "Print", then select "Print to text file".

The format is very close to what you want.

Wes

Bud H

2013-02-12 12:13:41 UTC

Post by Wes Powers

Post by Bud H
Dealer4 dealing machine software does not appear to have a function to
export a text file.

Yes, it does. Click on "Print", then select "Print to text file".
The format is very close to what you want.
Wes

Thanks - you were correct and that will work fine.

Printing to a text file in Dealer4 looks like the sample below. You
have the option of having the double dummy information present or you
can choose to not have it displayed.

Bud H

Session: Saturday 12/15 Date: 2012.12.15

BD: 1 S-J72 Dlr: N
H-AJ632 Vul: None
D-K8
C-A95
S-A S-QT86
H-K7 H-Q5
D-Q9754 D-AJT63
C-KQJ82 C-76
S-K9543
H-T984
D-2
C-T43

<-Makeable contracts->
C D H S NT
= = = = ==
N - - 1 - -
S - - 1 - -
E 4 5 - - 2
W 4 5 - - 2
=========================================

BD: 2 S- Dlr: E
H-KJ83 Vul: N-S
D-KT643
C-Q654
S-74 S-AKQ962
H-AT7 H-Q6
D-AQ D-J975
C-KT9832 C-7
S-JT853
H-9542
D-82
C-AJ

<-Makeable contracts->
C D H S NT
= = = = ==
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 2 1 - 2 2
W 3 1 - 3 2
=========================================

Bud H

2013-02-25 01:13:14 UTC

Post by Wes Powers

Post by Bud H
Dealer4 dealing machine software does not appear to have a function to
export a text file.

Yes, it does. Click on "Print", then select "Print to text file".
The format is very close to what you want.
Wes

Thanks - you were correct and that will work fine.
Printing to a text file in Dealer4 looks like the sample below. You
have the option of having the double dummy information present or you
can choose to not have it displayed.
Bud H
Session: Saturday 12/15 Date: 2012.12.15
BD: 1 S-J72 Dlr: N
H-AJ632 Vul: None
D-K8
C-A95
S-A S-QT86
H-K7 H-Q5
D-Q9754 D-AJT63
C-KQJ82 C-76
S-K9543
H-T984
D-2
C-T43
<-Makeable contracts->
C D H S NT
= = = = ==
N - - 1 - -
S - - 1 - -
E 4 5 - - 2
W 4 5 - - 2
=========================================
BD: 2 S- Dlr: E
H-KJ83 Vul: N-S
D-KT643
C-Q654
S-74 S-AKQ962
H-AT7 H-Q6
D-AQ D-J975
C-KT9832 C-7
S-JT853
H-9542
D-82
C-AJ
<-Makeable contracts->
C D H S NT
= = = = ==
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 2 1 - 2 2
W 3 1 - 3 2
=========================================

Another method of turning a PBN file with several deals into standard
deal diagrams is to use BridgeComposer with the following commands:

Tools --> All Boards
Edit --> Select All
Board --> Copy As Plain Text

It will then look like this (first three boards shown):

1: N Deals, None Vul

North
S A3
H 85
D A1054
C K8643
West East
S J1086 S 97542
H 103 H 97
D Q763 D J982
C Q102 C J5
South
S KQ
H AKQJ642
D K
C A97
NS 7N; NS 7H; NS 6C; NS 3S; NS 3D; Par +1520
2: E Deals, N-S Vul

North
S QJ7
H Q643
D 854
C 642
West East
S 5 S A1032
H AK10985 H J7
D AJ73 D Q102
C Q9 C K1087
South
S K9864
H 2
D K96
C AJ53
EW 5H; EW 3N; EW 4D; EW 2C; EW 1S; Par -450
3: S Deals, E-W Vul

North
S AJ98
H 5
D QJ843
C Q75
West East
S 1054 S Q762
H QJ963 H K10
D 109 D A652
C J84 C K63
South
S K3
H A8742
D K7
C A1092
NS 4N; NS 3S; NS 4D; NS 4C; NS 1H; Par +430

Travis Crump

2013-02-11 04:54:01 UTC

Dealer4 dealing machine software does not appear to have a function to
export a text file.

I would just like to point out for the record that the pbn file is a
text file[as opposed to a binary file]. Not sure what a better name for
what you mean is though.

Lorne

2013-02-11 11:37:29 UTC

Post by Bud H
I would like to be able to take a PBN file for a set of deals, and
transform it into a simple text file.

Bridge Analyser can produce a .txt file as below (open the pbn file and
save it in the BA file format, then choose save as text file from the
files menu):

-- This file was created by Bridge Analyser.

AKQ1094
Dlr: N J3
Love All K93
K2
J53 872
1082 9654
87 AQ6
Q10986 754
6
AKQ7
J10542
AJ3

Bidding:
S W N E
- P 1S P
2D P 3S P
6N P P P
Contract: 6N by S

Makeable Contracts:
C D H S NT
N: 2 5 6 6 6
S: 3 5 4 4 5
E: - - - - -
W: - - - - -

r***@gmail.com

2018-08-11 03:10:24 UTC

Lorne

2018-08-11 13:47:36 UTC

Post by Bud H
I would like to be able to take a PBN file for a set of deals, and
transform it into a simple text file.

A PBN file is a text file. If what you want to do is open it in notepad
or something similar just change the file extension from name.pbn to
name.txt and click it.

r***@gmail.com

2018-08-11 03:13:05 UTC

I am thinking about something similar. I am a retired electronic engineer with a master's in computer science. I program a bit in Python and I think this is very do-able. Why don't you email me at: ***@gmail.com and we can compare notes.

Ars Ivci

2018-08-11 09:16:06 UTC

Post by Bud H
I would like to be able to take a PBN file for a set of deals, and
transform it into a simple text file.

[...]
The question was asked in 2013. Let's hope OP is still around and reads
this group.

Wayne

2018-08-12 00:12:50 UTC