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Pad
A Presentation Manager Utility
Copyright (c) 1994 by Gary L. Robinson
*** SHAREWARE ***
ver. 1.00 ( 32 bit )
WHAT IS PAD
PAD ver. 1.00 is a very simple "scratch pad" to jot notes on. The notes can
be set to popup at any given time to act as a reminder or "alarm clock". This
sort of program has been done numerous times in numerous products but usually
it is included in a multi-megabyte Personal Information Manager. PAD is for
people who don't want or need a 5MB+ super program that plans your meals and
burps you when your finished. At its simplest it is merely a note pad. The
alarm function does not get in the way or have to be used at all.
INSTALLING PAD
PAD has no installation program. It consists of one file - PAD.EXE. After
you unzip it then copy PAD.EXE to a utilities directory or where ever you want
it to reside. Migrate it to the desk top or use a program template to put an
icon on the desktop for it. Or you could run it from the command line to test
it. Whatever serves your purpose. After you run it the first time it will create
two other files in the same directory. PAD.PDF is the data file that holds info
on your notes and alarms. PAD.INI is an initiation data file that holds settings
and screen coordinates.
SETUP
The first time you run PAD.EXE you should set the default settings for the
Snooze feature. When an alarm that you had previously set goes off, you get a
window showing the alarm and it's note. You then can press either OK, Snooze [ 1 ]
Min., or Snooze [ 2 ] Min. If you press the OK button it will cancel/clear the
alarm. The 1 or 2 default Snoooze settings need to be set by accessing the Options
selection on the menu bar and then clicking on the Snooze Settings selection.
This will present you with a dialog box to set the values ( in whole minutes ]
for the Snooze feature. The Snooze feature works just like one on an alarm
clock. If the default value for button 1 is set to 5 and button 2 is set to 15
then whenever they are pressed, the alarm box will go away and come back and
alarm again in either 5 or 15 minutes depending on your choice.
USING PAD
Using PAD should be rather simple and I hope intuitive. That's primarily
why it was written. Double click on the PAD icon and after you see the noxious
shareware screen you will see the main screen appear. You are presented with
a list box which will show a list of your notes and six push buttons that will
perform various tasks.
QUIT : Rather obvious function. It ends the program.
VIEW : Strictly for viewing - double clicking on the name of the record in
the list box will also activate the view window.
EDIT : Edit a note and change it's content. Notes can be copied or imported
from the clip board by the usual OS/2 P.M. methods. Highlight, then
CTRL+INS to copy or SHIFT+INS to import from clip board. It is also
through this selection that you can SET ALARMS.
ADD : Use this to start a new note. Up to 100 notes per data file.
SEARCH : Use this to search through the text part of the notes for specific
words or phrases.
DELETE : Destroy the note and remove it from the data file.
When you first start the program, of course, you have no notes. So the first
push button you'll use is the ADD function. When you press the ADD button you'll
be presented with the Add Record screen. There you can type in the name of the
note that will appear in the initial screen's list box. Then type in the body
of the note. The maximum size for a note is 400 characters which includes empty
spaces between words. Then you have three choices. Cancel - which will not
save the note or put it into the list box. OK - which will save the note and
put it into the list box. Alarm - which will present you with a screen to set
an alarm.
If you choose the Alarm button you will see the Alarm Settings box appear.
You have three choices.
SET : After you set the time and date in the Hour, Minute, Month, Day, and
Year drop down list boxes then press this button to activate the alarm.
CLEAR : If the record already has an alarm set then this button will turn it
off or clear it - for that record only.
CANCEL : Back out with out saving or setting anything.
When you set an alarm. Use the drop down list boxes for the Hour, Minute,
month, Day, and Year to set the appropriate date and time. No need to type.
Just click your mouse pointer on the arrow to the right of any of the fields and
then operate the scroll bar to choose the appropriate setting you desire.
When you press Set you will return to the previous window. You will notice
that in the Title Bar of that window will be a notification that the alarm is
active. Then press :
OK : To save the note and the alarm settings for it.
CANCEL : To cancel the whole operation and not save the note or alarm asso-
ciated with it.
ALARM : To go back to the Alarm Settings box to change your settings or to
Clear the alarm.
If you choose to press the OK button the record is inserted into the main
windows list box and if you set an alarm, the Title Bar of the main window will
reflect that an alarm is on. You can now minimize the main window ( minimize
button is in the upper right corner ) and go about your work. The alarm will
come on at the appropriate time plus or minus a few seconds. It will appear on
the desktop and come on top of any active program. It will also beep
at you once. If you are in a full screen command line session you will hear
the beep - unless, possibly, the speaker is in use by whatever program you are
using. There are two SNOOZE buttons on the alarm and an OK button. The OK
button will cancel and clear the alarm and get rid of the alarm window. The
note will still be intact. You must delete it yourself. You can choose either
Snooze button to reset the alarm time ahead the number of minutes indicated
by the button. you should have already set these values as suggested in the
SETUP section above. The alarm window will vanish and will reappear in
the proper number of minutes later.
Multiple alarms can be set. However, multiple alarms can NOT be set for the
same time. Each alarm must have it's own unique time. If you set two notes to
the same time only one will pop up.
ALARMS CAN BE SET or cleared on any existing note by selecting the existing
note from the list box and pressing the EDIT button. When presented with the
Edit window then you can edit the name or text of the note. Or you can press
the alarm button to set or clear an alarm. There is also an easier way to see
what alarms are active and to clear them all or individually. This is found in
the Menu bar under Options. Select Options on the menu bar and you have five
choices.
About ... : View the noxious Shareware money grubbing beg screen.
Default File : Change the Default PAD data file. Must use .PDF extension.
Alarm List : See a list of active alarms which can be selectively cleared or
clear them all.
Snooze Settings : This will present you with a dialog box to set your default
Snooze settings when an alarm activates.
Minimize at start up : This menu choice will let you either check or uncheck it by
clicking on it. You may want to use this to have the pro-
gram hidden when it activates - Especially if you put it in
the OS/2 Start Up folder.
If you set an alarm and shut the program off the alarm will not function.
The program must be running to monitor the time. Most people will minimize it
so it will be out of the way, running in the background. If you set alarms and
shut the program off it will store the information for the alarms. When you
turn the program back on it will activate all of your alarms. One important
thing to remember is this. Say you set an alarm for 8:05 on 6-23-94. You shut
the program off and you don't turn in back on until after that time and date.
The alarm will still be active but it will never pop up because it will be past
the time you set it for. BE SURE TO CLEAR ALL OLD ALARMS. They won't hurt
anything but they do take up extra memory. You can tell if any alarms are act-
ive by just looking at the Title Bar of the main window. If there are active
alarms then go to the menu bar and select Options, then select Alarm List. Then
view a list of active alarms. Clear any and all of them you don't want to
keep.
Also on the menu bar under Options is the Default File choice. When PAD is ran
for the first time, it creates a data file to hold all of your notes and other
information about them. The file is PAD.PDF and will be in the same directory
that you put PAD.EXE into. PAD will only hold 100 notes in a data file. If
you select the Default File choice you will see the default data file name PAD.PDF.
If you fill up this file and run out of room you can just type in a name for a
new data file. Use the same .PDF extension. Type in PAD2.PDF , for example,
then press OK. If the file does not exist then it will be created. If it does exist,
in the same directory, it will load it in. You can keep an infinite number of data files
and switch back and forth by just changing the Default File. This field is a Drop
Down List box. So, if you have several .PDF files just click on the arrow on the right
side of the box and it will drop down a list of any other .PDF files. Select the one
you want then press OK. It will unload the old file and load in this file.
That's about it. Sheeeew! I hate document files!
Registration is a paltry $15.00. Upon registration you'll receive a postcard
with the appropriate code to get rid of the ugly Shareware "About PAD" screen.
Upgrades or bug fixes will of course be posted on Several BBS's. Suggestions
for new features or comments may be sent to the address below or posted on
Genie to : G.ROBINSON13
Gary L. Robinson
600 D. Mumford Dr.
Troy, OH 45373