Installation on Windows

1. download and install python:
  - 64 bit version: https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.13/python-2.7.13.amd64.msi
  - 32 bit version: https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.13/python-2.7.13.msi

2. Download https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py, being careful to save it as a .py file rather than .txt.
Then, run it from the command prompt:

python get-pip.py

You possibly need an administrator command prompt to do this. Follow Start a Command Prompt as an Administrator (Microsoft TechNet).

3. open command prompt and execute this commands:

cd c:\Python27\Scripts
pip.exe install reportlab
pip.exe install xlsxwriter

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Usage: ./handicap.py

handicap chess generator

author: Balogh Peter <bercob@gmail.com>

Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -e EXPORTED_FILE_PATH, --exported-file-path=EXPORTED_FILE_PATH
                        swissmanager exported file path (default is
                        'sm_exported_files/Exp.TXT')
  -o OUTPUT_PATH, --output-path=OUTPUT_PATH
                        default output file (default is
                        'output/handicap.xlsx')
  -c HANDICAPS_CONFIG_PATH, --handicaps-config-path=HANDICAPS_CONFIG_PATH
                        default handicaps config file (default is
                        'conf/handicaps.csv')
  -d DELIMITER, --delimiter=DELIMITER
                        params delimiter in <exported_file_from_swissmanager>
                        (default is ';')
  -f FREQUENCY, --frequency=FREQUENCY
                        check frequency in sec (default is 5)
  -n, --national-rating
                        calculate handicap based on national rating (else fide
                        rating)
  -p, --classic-pairing
                        generate classic pairing table
  -t, --with-timestamp  generate output with timestamp
  -a, --auto-open       open generated file automatically
  -v, --version         get version