Warning Options


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Warn When Exiting

Selecting this option will make WinDates display a warning window if you attempt to exit WinDates. This warning indicates that WinDates alarms will not function if you exit. Instead you should hide or minimize the window.

Warn When Acknowledging Event

Selecting this option causes WinDates to display a warning message when Acknowledging an event.

Warn When Modifying Events and Filter Enabled

Selecting this option causes WinDates to show a warning if Filtering is enabled and you select to add or modify an event. The message asks if you would like to disable filtering before adding or modifying events. The reason for this warning is that if filtering is enabled, new or modified events may not show up because they are filtered.

Warn About Time Conflicts

When this option is set, WinDates will check for time conflicts between messages any time you add or modify an event. If the time of the event you are adding or modifying conflicts with another event time, you will be warned and given a chance to change the time if you like. Time conflict checking is not performed on All Day events.

Warn When Publishing Advanced Recurring Events

When this option is set, WinDates will display a warning when publishing events that contain advanced recurring options.  This warns you that the advanced options may not be supported by other calendar programs that may download the calendar.

Abnormal Alarm Time Warning

This option will warn the user that they have entered an abnormal alarm time in the Event Entry window. When setting an alarm using the AM/PM time format, it can be easy to forget to set the AM/PM setting. This can lead to mistakes such as specifying an alarm at 3am instead of 3pm. This warning system lets you specify a time range when it would be unusual for an alarm to be set to. This guards against time input errors.

Automatic Backup

The automatic backup feature reminds you periodically to perform a backup of your event file. You are prompted to enter a floppy disk and choose the disk drive. These settings allow you to enable or disable this settings and change the frequency of backups. For more information, see the Backup and Restore section.