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JOURNAL
Michael Mefford February 12, 1991 (Utilities)
Purpose: A standalone or TSR (23KB RAM) utility that maintains and prints
expense account information and includes the appointment schedule features of
SCHEDULE.COM (PC Magazine, March 27, 1990).
Format: JOURNAL [/I] [/U] [/Hn] [/Pn...n] [/G] [/A] [/C]
[/M] [/B]
Remarks: The optional /I switch is used when it is desired to run JOURNAL as
a pop-up. The /U switch uninstalls the program if no other TSR has been
loaded subsequently. Note, however, that 'SideKick', if used, must be loaded
after JOURNAL. The default hotkey is Alt-J, but this can be changed with the
/H switch, using any Ctrl- or Alt- alphanumeric key for n. To install with
Ctrl-K as the popup key, enter <JOURNAL /H ctrl k>.
The /Pn...n switch allows entering printer control codes, with up to
10 decimal values for n. For printers that support the IBM extended-ASCII
character set, using the /G switch produces a neater printout by utilizing the
line-drawing characters. With LCD screens the /B (black-and-white) switch is
recommended. The standard color combinations can also be modified with DEBUG,
as explained in the main article.
By default, JOURNAL chimes and pops up at the time of a scheduled
appointment; it also pops up at midnight to turn to the next day's events.
The /C switch eliminates the chime; /A prevents the appointment pop-up, and
should be used if a communications program is running; and /M prevents the
midnight pop-up (to avoid stopping a program that is running overnight).
JOURNAL comes up initially with a Calendar screen and can be
switched to its Journal and then to its Appointment screens with F7. Pressing
the hotkey exits from any screen; Esc goes back to the Calendar screen, where
a second Esc exits. JOURNAL should be run from its own directory, which must
be current (not just on the path) when it is installed or executed. The
program will create and store SCHEDULE.DAT and JOURNAL.DAT in this directory
when the Save command (F2) is given from the Appointment or from the Journal
screen. The purge command (F4) can be executed from either screen to keep
the .DAT files timely. The material removed can be archived, by being
automatically appended to the files SCHEDULE.ASC and JOURNAL.ASC. The .ASC
files can be edited with a word processor; the .DAT files can only be edited
in the program's screens and then resaved. (F2)
The PgUp and PgDn keys change the day displayed in the Journal,
Appointment, and Purge screens (the month in the Calendar screen). Ctrl-PgUp
and Ctrl-PgDn similarly change the months (years). The current date can be
restored immediately by pressing F3. Tab and Shift-Tab move among the three
sections of the Appointment screen (the two time columns and the mini
notepad), and from field to field of the expense Journal screen. Pressing
Home moves to the start of an expense field, an appointment section row, or
the start of the week in the Journal, Appointment, and Calendar Screens,
respectively. Hitting Home a second time moves to the first field, the top of
the section, or the first of the month for the three screens, in order.
Pressing the End key once and twice moves to the corresponding end points of
the three screens.
The cursor keys, Del and Backspace keys work as usual. F6, Shift-F6,
and Ctrl-F6 clear lines and fields in the Journal screen, and lines, sections,
and all sections in the Appointment screen. The Calendar screen displays
blocks that correspond to entries in the Appointment Screen.
Pressing F5 from the Appointment screen prints a list of appointments
when the printer port number (1 or 2) is entered. When F5 is pressed from the
Journal screen the program tallies all entered expenses for days up to, but
not including the current date. (Use PgDn to advance the day to include the
current date). To get an overall total, suitable for deciding whether to file
a report yet, press F7. Pressing F8 after F5 will send a full, day-by-day
report to the printer (F7) or to an ASCII-editable file (F8). The printed
report puts two days on a standard-size page. Remember to purge expense
account information when a report has been made or it will reappear on the
next report.
JOURNAL is a text-based program and will not pop up over graphics
screens (e.g. Microsoft Windows) or during DOS or disk activity. The largest
number the program can handle is 65,535.99.