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DateMinder v1.0f - Copyright (c) 1993 Don MacElrath. All rights reserved.
This program may be distributed freely, as long as the following
conditions are satisfied:
It remains intact with all the original files,
The files are not modified in any way,
No fee is charged for its distribution.
And as always, use at your own risk.
This handy program runs in your autoexec.bat file and scans a listing
of dates that you entered in the DATEMNDR.DAT file. It then alerts
you if a match is found. You can set it up so it will warn you in
advance of an upcoming date. Great if you need to go shopping for
that anniversary present! <g> Operates in a fraction of a second!
Installation
------------
Just add the DMNDR10F command line to the end of your AUTOEXEC.BAT
file, or CALL the sample DATEMNDR.BAT file that is provided in this
archive from your autoexec.bat.
Syntax
------
DMNDR10F C:\PATH\DATEMNDR.DAT /OPTION
Remember to include the path for the DATEMNDR.DAT file, or change into
the directory that contains the DATEMNDR files before executing the
program.
A sample batch file has been provided in this archive.
Options
-------
Currently there is only 1 valid option for this program:
/PAUSE
This will cause DATEMNDR to wait for a keypress ONLY if a match has
been found in the DATEMNDR.DAT file, otherwise if no match is found,
the program WILL NOT pause. This option is for people that want to
run the program before something in their autoexec that clears the
screen.
DATEMNDR.DAT
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Now is as good as time as any to discuss the layout of the data file.
It may seem confusing a first, but its really rather simple.
Sample data entry:
12/21/-1 14 Programmer's Birthday!
12/21/-1 - This is the date. I will discuss the -1 shortly.
14 - This is the number of days before issuing a
warning. Valid options for this parameter are
00 to 99. 00 would mean that the program will
not warn you that a date is approaching until it is
to late. <g>
text - This is the text that will be displayed to you.
This may be up to 50 characters.
The -1 tells the program to ignore the year when it is processing the
information. It is perfectly valid to have something like this:
12/21/93 14 Programmer's Birthday!
But since I choose to put in 93 instead of -1, the program will only
find this entry as valid for the year of 1993. What about 1994? and
1995? and all the rest of the years? Well, you could put in 1 entry
for each year (which is ridiculous), or you could just use a -1 in
place of the year. Most years you will enter will probably be -1.
I hope this isn't to confusing.
Please include 2 digits for the mm/dd/yy and warning day(s) fields.
For example:
7/2/-1 3 Joe's Anniversary.
Should be written as:
07/02/-1 03 Joe's Anniversary.
^ ^ ^
UT OH!
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There are certain holidays that don't fall on a particular date (the
date changes every year). Holidays like Easter, Memorial Day, Labor
Day, Thanksgiving (gobble - gobble) etc. This program doesn't handle
those types of holidays. Sorry. What do you want for free? <g>
What you could do would be to check you calendar and add those dates
manually each year. I know, tacky, but it is a solution if you need to
keep track of these.
What else?
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If you would like to contact me, and tell me how great I am, you can
reach me through ILINK. Send me some mail! I never know if these
programs I write are of use to anyone. It would be nice to hear from
some people.
If you would like to make a donation to an unemployed computer
professional who is in dire need of funds, send them to
Don MacElrath
29 Hill Drive
Pine Hill, NJ 08021
REF: DateMndr
Again, I would like to stress that this program is fully functional
and FREE. I don't want anyone to feel obligated to pay for use of
this program.
I don't think I forgot anything, but I'm sorry if I did. The program
isn't very complicated to begin with so you should have no trouble
with it.
Thank you for choosing DateMinder! Enjoy!