Bridge Bidding Analyser can generate its own hands or accepts the following hand entry formats:
BBA format, for example: 08F293C8BE4B3E82F59A9F8384D5
LIN
BEN, for example:
S E-W AK.AKQ6.AK85.AKQ Q6532.97.743.653 JT7.JT5.QJT96.T4 984.8432.2.J9872
KQ3.AQJ52.AK9.J4 J764.T63.742.KT7 AT.74.QJT653.Q92 9852.K98.8.A8653
N N-S 2N P 3N P P P
text, for example: AK9.AKQ.AKQJ6.AQ Q654.J9.942.8542 732.876432.53.63 JT8.T5.T87.KJT97
and the following ways of entering them:
by opening a file
by paste a file path
by paste a file content
by drag and drop a file
by associating the file extension with the program
by launch the BBA.exe with command line arguments
reload the hand using menu Reload or button F6;
randomly generating a hand using menu New random deal or button F7;
dragging the file over the window with the hand number and dropping;
You can drag and drop the saved *.lin or *.pbn file as long as the application is not running with administrator privileges.
opening a file using the right-click menu of the deal Open a *.lin or *.pbn file or the CTRL + O hotkey;
The file is selected after the dialog box opens.
opening the saved file via BBA or, if you have previously associated *.lin or *.pbn files in Windows with BBA.exe, by double-clicking the file in Windows Explorer.
Opening and choosing the default application to open a *.lin or *.pbn file
using the right-click menu of the deal Copy the current deal i Paste a copied *.lin or *.pbn file or handviewer URL (one of the six versions) or keyboard shortcuts CTRL + C and CTRL + V. This option allows you to enter a hand in 4 ways:
Copying a saved *.lin or *.pbn file and then clicking Paste a copied * .lin or * .pbn file or handviewer URL or using the CTRL + V keyboard shortcut.
Copying the contents of the *.lin or *.pbn file from a computer and then clicking Paste a copied * .lin or * .pbn file or handviewer URL or using the CTRL + V keyboard shortcut.
Copying the current hand (from the same or another application) through the context menu of the hand Copy the current deal (without having to save the file to disk) and then clicking Paste a copied * .lin or * .pbn file or handviewer URL or using the CTRL + V keyboard shortcut.
Copying the hand's web address from the page http://www.bridgebase.com/tools/handviewer.html and then clicking Paste a copied * .lin or * .pbn file or handviewer URL or using the CTRL + V keyboard shortcut.
launch the BBA.exe with command line arguments.