Workbench usage

REMINDERCHECK can be started from Workbench simply by double clicking its icon. In the icon you can define the database file20 used by REMINDERCHECK with tooltype

FILE=filename

You can set the minimum time that has to pass before REMINDERCHECK reminds you again21. Default is to remind every time REMINDERCHECK is run. The interval is set with tooltype

INTERVAL=minimum # of hours between two remindings

For example, if you set INTERVAL=3, run REMINDERCHECK and it reminds you, then running REMINDERCHECK again within next three hours does nothing.

If you do not use the ability of REMINDERCHECK to run ARexx scripts and commands, you may not want REMINDERCHECK to open RexxSysLib.library at all. In that case include tooltype

NOAREXX

Some people run REMINDERCHECK from their user-startup so early that Workbench screen hasn't been opened yet. In that case ReqTools.library can't open its requesters. REMINDERCHECK uses Intuition's standard EasyRequest requester, if you include tooltype

NOREQTOOLS

You can specify the maximum number of events in a group requester with tooltype

MAXGROUP=maximum # of events in one group requester

The default value is 4. The value should be small enough so that the requester will fit the screen.

In a similar way you can specify the maximum width of line in requesters with tooltype

MAXWIDTH=maximum # of characters per line in requester

The default value is 30, and it can't be under 19 (because that's the length of the date string).

If you use REMINDERCHECK in your SYS:WBStartup, you should also include tooltype

DONOTWAIT