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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Help for File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The File dialog allows access calendar databases.
The database files are organized as a B-tree database in order to increase the
speed in accessing the information.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Help for File Open ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The File Open dialog allows one to open alternative database files.
The database files consist of two parts:
".CAL"
The ".CAL" portion of the database contains the text of the messages.
".IND"
The ".IND" portion of the database contains the index of the messages.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Help for File Save ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The File Save dialog allows one to save the database to disk.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Help for File About ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The File About dialog allows one to view the author of the program.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Help for Delete ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Delete dialog allows one to delete older portions of a calendar database.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Help for Delete ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Delete dialog allows one to delete older portions of a calendar database.
The database consists of notes and icons. Icons are associated with a month and
a day, but not a year. (i.e., when one deletes a note for any given year, the
associated icon will also be deleted.)
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Help for Delete All Icon ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog allows one to delete all icons in the database.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Help for Search ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog allows one to Search the active database.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Help for Find Today ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog allows one to go to the current day's daily view.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Help for Find All ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog allows one to find all occurences of a keyword in the current
database.
The results are displayed in a list box.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. Help for Preferences ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog allows one to change the way PMCAL handles certain operations.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12. Help for Preferences Configuration ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog allows one to change the way PMCAL handles certain operations.
Monthly Paint
The Monthly Paint options controls whether or
not the Monthly View displays icons and count
information. When the Monthly Paint option is
enabled then when each day is painted, the
database is queried to find if there is an icon
associated with the day and the total number of
entries on the given day. If an icon exists,
then the day is painted as an icon, otherwise if
entries exist for the day then day is colored
depending on the number of entries, (i.e., a day
with a lot of events is filled in more than a
day with a few events.) otherwise the day is not
painted specially.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13. Help for Icons ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog allows one to annotate the monthly view with icons.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14. Help for Icons Art Gallery ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog allows one to annotate the monthly view with icons.
The monthly view can display a day as a icon. For example, if one will take a
plane trip on Friday, then Friday can be changed into a icon that represents a
plane. An example of a icon could be the following:
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15. Help for Load Recurring ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog allows one to add an entry to the database that recurs on a weekly
basis. That is, if the "RECURRING" menu item is used to add the entry instead
of the "ADD" button, then the item is marked as "RECURRING" . The item will
appear on every week that matches the given day of the week. For example, if
one has a weekly meeting on Wednesday at 1:30p, the proper way to add this item
to the database is to fill in the "BEGIN" . and "END" times and the entry
information and then click on the "RECURRING" menu item.
Recurring items are marked with a special leading character.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 16. Help for Edit ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The edit function is used to transfer information from one day to another.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17. Help for Edit Copy ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The "COPY" function places the current entry in the clipboard.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 18. Help for Edit Paste ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The "PASTE" function retrieves an entry from the clipboard. This is useful
when one wishes to copy event information from one day to another.
Note: It is important to note that the "ENTRY" fields that are part of the
"PMCAL" daily view also support the "COPY" and "PASTE" . One example where
this function is useful is the following:
o A note is received that shows that a meeting is scheduled for the 10th of
the month.
o The meeting information is "COPied" to the Presentation Manager (PM)
clipboard.
o Then the day view entry field is given the keyboard focus. (i.e. the user
clicks the mouse while the pointer is in the entry field in the "PMCAL"
daily view.
o Then the "Shift-Insert" key is pressed.
o The result is that the clipboard information is transferred to the entry
field.
Why does this operate as it does?
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 19. Help for Delete ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The "DELETE" function deletes the highlighted item from the current database
file.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 20. Help for Add ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The "ADD" function adds the current item in the edit area of the daily view to
the current current database file.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21. Help for Begin ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The "Begin" time is the time that an event starts.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 22. Help for End ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The "End" time is the time that an event ends.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 23. Help for Lead ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The "Lead" time is the number of minutes before the "Begin" that an alarm
should be issued.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 24. Help for Time Selection ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The "Time selection" list box allows one to select the begin and end times of
a meeting with relative ease.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 25. Help for View Selection ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The "VIEW" menu allows one to select view of the database that should be
presented.
The types of "VIEWs" that are supported are:
Term Description
"Daily"
The "Daily" view shows one the information for a particular day.
"Weekly"
The "Weekly" view shows one the information for the current week. The
current week is determined by the most recent day that has been looked
at in the daily view. That is, if one wishes to look at the The
"Weekly" view of the week of December 25 then one would first look at
December 25 in the "Daily" view and then switch to the PMCAL main
window and go to the "Weekly" view.
"Monthly"
The "Monthly" view shows one the information for a particular month.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 26. Help for View Selection ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
For information, double-click on the following highlighted word ( or press the
Tab key to select it and then press Enter.) Daily view.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 27. Help for View Selection ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
For information, double-click on the following highlighted word ( or press the
Tab key to select it and then press Enter.) Weekly view.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 28. Help for View Selection ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
For information, double-click on the following highlighted word ( or press the
Tab key to select it and then press Enter.) Monthly view.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29. Help for the Alarm Center ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The alarm center can be used to schedule periodic program execution and/or
reminders.
This facility required that the TIMEXEC PACKAGE is installed and executing on
the machine in question.
The program called REMINDER.EXE should be placed along the PATH in order to
allow for proper operation of the reminder facility.
Also for PM popup alarms the PMLIST.EXE program should be installed and
executing on the machine in question.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 30. Help for the Alarm Center ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The control panel is an application that allows one to schedule periodic
events. There is one listbox which is labelled the Mode listbox and this
controls the type of periodic event that should be added.
The supported types of periodic events are:
Event Description
"one-time"
The event will occur only once.
"minutely"
The event will occur every minute.
"hourly"
The event will occur every hour.
"daily"
The event will occur every day.
"weekly"
The event will occur every week. The day of the week must
be selected.
"monthly/day"
The event will occur once a month. The day of the month must
be selected.
"monthly/week"
The event will occur once a month. The number of the week
and the day of the week must be selected.
"yearly/day"
The event will occur once a year. The day of the month and
the month must be selected.
"yearly/week"
The event will occur once a year. The month and the number
of the week and the day of the week must be selected.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This icon can be used to annotate a day. (i.e., The icon can be a symbolic
representation of the events of the given day.)
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The reason that this function works is that the "Entry field" PM control
processes "Shift-Insert" as a "PASTE" request and "Ctrl-Insert" as a "COPY"
request.