OK Many thanks again Armani
i have carried out those exact instructions but after 6 hours since using the reset on earlier unsettled races still only around 1/4 of results appearing today.
I have always had "Settle markets with data loaded from betfair" ticked.
Strangely the first couple of days using v8 mid November was pretty good but NOT NOW!
Any other plans welcome.......
UPDATE ......
in order to settle the test platform, you have to left click "settle" next to the excel icon at the top, then right click and select THE winner. Only by doing this will you get the statement to download the result which will be wrong if you select the wrong winner.
easy as falling off a log ......
thanks again