Can I put my meet's results online from FinishLynx?
Yes, after the meet: open the .lif files FinishLynx saved in LIF Viewer to see every race ranked, then download them as one file that opens in any browser, to email or put on your own website.
Pick the folder FinishLynx saves to, or just the .lif files, and the results open straight away. Only the .lif files are read; everything else in the folder is left alone. It all happens in your browser, and nothing is uploaded.
To share them, download the results file: one .html file with every event, the race graphics, the search and each athlete's and team's results. It opens in any browser on a computer, with no internet, so you can email it, put it on a USB stick, or upload it to your team's or meet's own website.
You can also download a spreadsheet (CSV) of every result for Excel or Google Sheets, or print the results and save them as a PDF.
The sample meet shows what the results look like, and can be downloaded as a file too.
Goes deeper
- LIF Viewer — Tools & Integrations
Related questions
- Can FinishLynx push results out live, and is there an API? — There is no API. Two ways get results out while a race is evaluated: the hidden setting Database\LIF\AutoSave rewrites the .lif every few seconds, and a scoreboard script can send results over the network.
- FinishLynx saves the race but no .lif results file appears. Why? — The .lif is written to the Output Directory in File | Options | Database when the event is saved. If it's missing, that folder is wrong, read-only or on a computer FinishLynx lost contact with (error 3002).
- What are lynx.evt, lynx.ppl and lynx.sch, and where do they go? — The files every meet program exchanges with FinishLynx through one shared folder: lynx.evt is the seeded events (the only one required), lynx.ppl the athletes, lynx.sch the event order. FinishLynx writes a .lif back.