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- vMEMO Version 1
- Copyright: Gary Belcher 1998
- ____________________________
-
- INDEX
-
- 1 Installation
- 2 Introduction
- 3 vMEMO Functions
- - Alerter
- - Agenda
- - Alarm
- - Email
- - Hot key
- 4 Contact me
- 5 Disclaimer
- ____________________________
-
-
- 1 Installation
- --------------------
- To install vMEMO please follow the instructions below:
-
- a. Create a directory \System\Apps\vMEMO\
-
- To do this you may need to access the system directory. You can set this in the system
- preferences. A list of essential files and non-essential files are detailed below !!
-
- b. Essential files (In c: or d: drive):
- - gb.mbm \system\apps\vmemo\
- - vMEMO.app \system\apps\vmemo\
- - vMEMO.aif \system\apps\vmemo\
- - alerter.opo \system\apps\vmemo\
- - agenda2.oxh \system\opl\
- - agenda2.opx \system\opx\
- - sysram1.opx \system\opx\
- - message.oxh \system\opl\
- - message.opx \system\opx\
- - alarm.oxh \system\opl\
- - alarm1.opx \system\opx\
-
- Please note that if one of the above files with the extension .opx already exists on your
- Series 5, in the OPX directory, there is no need to re-copy it into the OPX folder.
-
- c. Non-essential files (In the same directory and same drive as the vMEMO.app file above):
- - alert.mbm \system\apps\vmemo\
- - gbspl.mbm \system\apps\vmemo\
- - tune \system\apps\vmemo\
- - vmemo.hlp \system\apps\vmemo\
-
- The first two files are picture files, designed to make vMEMO look good! You can by all means
- not install these files, but the end result will not be very nice :-(( Even though these
- files are considered non-essential, I recommend you install them as they certainly make vMEMO
- more user friendly :-))
-
-
- 2 Introduction
- --------------------
- vMEMO is what I like call, "A Reminder program with a difference !!" Instead of writing ANOTHER
- stand alone jotter-type program I decided to write a program which integrates itself directly
- with the core application on the Series 5 - Agenda. It puzzled me how many other jotter programs
- were being written for the Series 5, which involved you, the user, having to launch the
- relevant program, type your note, close the program, and then have to open the program again to
- see if there is anything important waiting for you.
-
- This is where vMEMO excells. vMEMO does not let you forget anything, from agenda entries, voice
- memos to email messages that need replying to. Hell, you can even write emails from within vMEMO,
- as well as play your voice note file!!
-
- Best of all vMEMO is FREEWARE !!!!!!!!!
-
- 3 vMEMO Functions
- -----------------------
- - Alerter
-
- Alerter is a small utility that resides in memory waiting for you to switch on your Psion. When
- the psion is switched on, Alerter will automatically come to the foreground, search for your
- voice note file and check to see if it contains a voice memo. If it does, Alerter will then
- display a dialog box, or a snazzy splash screen (Depending on your configuration) asking you to
- either play the voice note, or just press ENTER to place Alerter in the background again, so that
- you can go about your normal psioneering.
-
- * Please note that Alerter will only look for voice notes at this point in time. In the future I
- will add other features into Alerter which will show unread emails, as well as pending to-do's at
- switch on.
-
- - Agenda
-
- As mentioned above, vMEMO integrates itself fully with the Agenda application built into the
- Psion Series 5. You can compile an agenda note, and send it to your agenda file as a Day entry,
- To-do entry or even an Event entry with or without an alarm. The transfer, unlike other similar
- programs, is virtually instantaneous, and at the end of the day, you can be sure that your
- important appointments are never forgotten !!
-
- - Alarm
-
- As with Agenda, vMEMO also has full integration with the Psion's Alarm facility. Here you can Add
- alarms as well as delete them, and you also have a choice of which alarm sounds to use as well
- as the duration of the alarm (ie:Daily, weekly etc)
-
- - Email
-
- vMEMO's email capabilities do not stop at writing emails! No way!! vMEMO is able to retrieve any
- unread email from your Message Suite Email program, and display them in an easy to use list for
- you to select and read at your convenience. vMEMO's email functionality does not stop there
- either - If you suddenly noticed (Whilst looking at the unread email listing generated by vMEMO)
- that there is an important unread email that requires a reply, you can send details of this email
- directly to the Agenda file to remind you. The automatic reminder generated by vMEMO will be
- something like this
-
- "Remember to reply to 'Email' - belcher@africaonline.co.zw - 'Subject' OPL Tutorial"
-
- This is a standard reminder generated by vMEMO, but you will be able to edit this as and where
- you feel necessary. As was said above, you can also write and send an email directly from within
- vMEMO.
-
- - Hot key
-
- vMEMO has a pre-programmed hot key to bring it into the foreground, whenever you like, instantly.
- This feature is particularly handy in the following situation:
- - You load vMEMO and use it, but you want to do some other work on lets say a spreadsheet. So
- you load up your spreadsheat and start working on it. Later on you have to write jot
- something down in vMEMO. Instead of clicking on vMEMO on the Extras bar, all you do is hold
- down the following sequence of keys Ctrl+Fn+v vMEMO is now brought into
- the foreground ready to resume it's duties.
-
- 4 Contact me:
- -------------------
- If you find any bugs or have any suggestions for future versions of vMEMO, mail me at:
-
- belcher@africaonline.co.zw
-
- New versions of vMEMO will be available from my site:
-
- http://gbpsionzone.cjb.net or
- http://members.xoom.com/gbpsionzone/psion.htm
-
- 5 Disclaimer:
- -------------------
-
- The software is protected by copyright law and international treaty provisions. You acknowledge
- that no title to the intellectual property in the software is transferred to you. You further
- acknowledge that title and full ownership rights to the software will remain the exclusive
- property of Gary Belcher, and you will not acquire any rights to the software except as expressly
- set forth in this license. You agree that any copies of the software will contain the same
- proprietary notices which appear on and in the software.
-
- I do not warrant that the software is error free. I have tested vMEMO extensively and have found
- no problems. There is no liability for consequential damages. In no event shall I be liable to
- you for any consequential, special, incidental or indirect damages of any kind arising out of
- the delivery, performance or use of the software, even if I have been advised of the possibility
- of such damages.
-
- Furthermore, vMEMO makes extensive use of third party OPX (OPl eXtension) files. I cannot be held
- responsible for damages of any kind arising from the use of these files.