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Daily Log Book
Version 1.31
Copyright 1990
by John Haynes
Sequential Software Ltd.
Release Date-December 03, 1990
Site License Agreement
This program is distributed by the Shareware concept. It is
not free. You are granted limited license to use Daily Log
Book on your system for 30 days to determine its suitability.
You are encouraged to give Daily Log Book to your friends and
upload it on your favorite BBS provided you adhere to these
terms: You cannot charge a fee for the program. You may
charge a distribution fee if you advise users this fee is for
distribution purposes only and not for the program itself.
You must include all the files included with this package in
complete and unmodified form.
If you find this program helpful and plan to use it on your
system, please register your copy. Registration provides
complete support for this program, update notices, and the
latest version on disk. The registration form is in the text
file REGISTER.TXT included with this package.
Disclaimer
This program is supplied as-is, with no warranty of any kind
either written or implied. Sequential Software Ltd. and John
Haynes can assume no liability for any damages (either real
or imagined) resulting from the use of this software.
Furthermore, we make no guarantee as to the suitability of
this software for any purpose.
Table of Contents
Overview of Daily Log Book......................... 3
Starting Daily Log Book............................ 3
Using online Help.................................. 4
Editor............................................. 4
Changing dates with the Calendar................... 5
Searching for text................................. 5
Printing selected text............................. 6
Multiple Log Books................................. 6
Customizing with Setup............................. 7
Data Encryption.................................... 7
Macros............................................. 8
Appendix A (editing keys).......................... 9
Appendix B (packing list).......................... 9
Overview of Daily Log Book
Daily Log Book was created to serve as a daily log or diary.
Text is entered and viewed on a day by day basis. An on
screen calendar is provided for moving to a different day.
Any date range may be searched or printed. Multiple log books
can be used to separate subjects. Other features include
customizing of screen colors, support for 43 and 50 screen
lines, data encryption, and macros.
Daily Log Book's easy of use make it simple for even
beginners to learn. The edit window, a large window on the
right of the screen, is where text associated with a day is
entered, viewed, or edited. The calendar is displayed in the
upper left of the screen. When the date is changed in the
calendar, text for the new day is displayed in the edit
window. A status line at the bottom of the screen shows what
function keys are available during a specific operation and
context sensitive help is only a single key press away.
Daily Log Book may be ran from a single floppy or hard drive.
With a low memory requirement of 150K, it can be ran on
virtually any system using MS-DOS 2.0 or higher.
Starting Daily Log Book
To begin Daily Log Book type LOG and press ENTER at the DOS
prompt. A copyright screen is displayed until a key is
pressed or ten seconds have past whichever comes first.
A Program Information File is provided for use with Windows
3.0 users. The file LOG.PIF contains the correct settings for
running Daily Log Book from Windows 3.0.
To add Daily Log Book to a Windows-Program Manager group,
select New from the File menu. Then, after entering a
description, enter A:LOG.PIF as the command.
The above example and LOG.PIF assume you will be running
Daily Log Book from drive A:. To run it from a hard drive you
will need to change the 'A:' to the drive:directory
containing Daily Log Book in both the example above and the
LOG.PIF file. See your Windows manual for information on
using the PIF Editor to change LOG.PIF.
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Using Online Help
Context sensitive help is accessed through the F1 key.
Anytime F1 is pressed a help screen is displayed that deals
with the part of the program you are currently in. For
example, pressing F1 while at the Setup Menu will display a
help screen explaining the Set Menu options. One exception to
this is when help is activated while in the edit window.
Pressing F1 in the edit window will pop up the help Table of
Contents.
Help screens may have links to related topics. Text with bold
arrow characters < > around it denotes a link to another
screen. If a help screen contains linked text, the cursor
will be located on the first link on the screen. The link at
the cursor will also be shown in inverse colors to aid in
seeing where you are on the help screen.
To display help associated with a link, press ENTER while the
cursor is on the desired link. If a screen has more than one
link the ARROW keys are used to maneuver the cursor to the
different links.
Press ESC to exit help and return to where you were in Daily
Log Book when help was activated.
Editor
The edit window is the large window on the right of the
screen. The editor is used to enter, view, or edit text for a
selected day in the current log book.
Daily Log Book begins in the editor. The default log book is
the A (first) log book. Today's actual date will also be
shown by default. Text may be entered in the same manner as
any other word processor or editor. When typing reaches the
right edge of the window it is wrapped downward to the next
line. All standard editing keys are supported. See Appendix
A or online help for a list editing keys.
Any text entered will be saved in the current log book for
the date shown on the calendar. The date is also shown in the
upper right corner of the edit window's border. The day's
text is saved when the date is changed in the calendar, the
current log book is changed through F5, or F10 is used to
exit Daily Log Book.
When the date or log book changes the edit window is updated
to show the text for the different date or log book.
All of Daily Log Book's other functions are accessed while in
the editor. The function keys used to access these other
functions are shown on the status line at the bottom of the
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screen when the editor is active.
Changing dates with the Calendar
While in the editor, F2 activates the calendar. The calendar
allows you to change the date of text that will be shown in
the edit window.
After activating the Calendar with F2, ARROW keys are used to
navigate around the Calendar. The current date is highlighted
and moves as the ARROW keys are pressed. Press ENTER to load
text for the highlighted date into the editor. Press ESC to
leave the Calendar without selecting a new date.
To change the month or year, press F2 again or TAB. Then the
up and down ARROW keys will change the year. The left and
right ARROW keys will change the month. Press ENTER when on
the desired month and year. This will return you to day
selection.
ESC will leave the month and year change function without
changing the month or year. The SPACEBAR may be used to quick
jump to today's actual date.
Searching for Text
The ability to quickly search for a word or phrase is one of
Daily Log Book's most powerful features. The search range is
defined by the user. After the search text is found, the date
containing the text is displayed in the edit window. The
search may be continued to look for more occurrences or
aborted.
To use search press F3 while in the editor. A pop up window
is displayed asking what text you want search for. Enter the
desire search text. The search is case insensitive.
Therefore, if you search for 'Hello', all occurrences of
'hello' would also be found.
After entering what to search for, a second pop up window
displays. Enter the starting and ending dates of the range
you want to search in this window. Today's date may be
entered automatically by pressing CTRL-D. This makes it easy
to enter a search range from a past date to today. When
search text is found, the date it was found on is shown in
the editor. The line in that date which contains the search
text will be highlighted. Three course of action can then be
taken.
Press ENTER to quit the search and jump to the date where the
text was found. ESC is used to abort the search and return to
the editor without going to the date the text was found on.
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Pressing the SPACEBAR continues the search looking for the
next occurrence of the search text.
Printing selected text
Any selected range to dates may be printed to a printer or
disk file. Text is neatly formatted with the date shown
before each days text when printed.
Press F4 while in the editor to print a range of dates. A
window then pops up asking whether to send the output to
printer or disk file. Use the ARROW keys to select then press
ENTER. If disk file is selected the output will be stored in
the current directory under the filename LOGBOOK.TXT. If that
file already exist its contents are overwritten.
After entering where to send output, a second pop up window
displays. Enter the starting and ending dates of the range
you want to print in this window. Today's date may be entered
automatically by pressing CTRL-D. This makes it easy to enter
a print range from a past date to today.
Upon entering of the date range text for each day will be
send to the printer or disk file.
Multiple Log Books
Daily Log Book can manage more than one log book. This allows
you to keep different log books for separate subjects.
Press F5 to bring up the Log Management Menu. From this menu
you can select a different log book for viewing and editing.
Also, function keys allow you to create, delete or the change
the description of a log book.
To select a different log book to work with, use the ARROW
keys to hightlight the log book of your choice then press
ENTER. The Log Management Menu is removed and the log book
you selected is loaded into the edit window. Also the
Calendar is reset to today's actual date.
To add a new log book, press F2 from then Log Management
Menu. You are then asked for a description for the new log
book. The newly created log book will be added to the end of
the list of log books.
To change the descrption of a log book use the ARROW keys to
highlight the log book you want to change the descrption of
and press F3. Then enter the new description in the pop up
window.
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To delete a log book use the ARROW keys to highlight the log
book you want to delete and press F4. You are asked if you
really want to delete the selected log book. This is done to
prevent accidental log book erasure. If you answer the prompt
yes, all data files for the selected log book will be deleted
from the disk. The description of the log book is changed to
'Deleted'.
To exit the Log Management Menu without selecting a different
log book to view or edit press ESC. ESC will also abort any
of the Log Management functions listed above.
Customizing with Setup
Several parts of Daily Log Book's operation may be customized
to suit personal preference or equipment. Colors, screen
lines, tiling, printer port, and date format may all be
customized thought the Setup Menu.
From the editor, press F6 to display the Setup Menu. Up and
down ARROW keys are used to select the option. Each Setup
Menu option is explained below.
When finished in the Setup Menu press ESC to return to the
editor. Any Setup Menu options that have been changed will be
saved to disk.
Encryption
When encryption is turned on Daily Log Book will ask for a
password. When the password is typed, asterisks are shown
rather the letters you type. This prevents someone from
learning your password by seeing it on screen. You are prompt
for the password a second time for verification. After the
password has been entered and verified, all data files are
encrypted making them unreadable. When Daily Log Book is
started with encryption on, you will have to enter your
password at the beginning of the program. Daily Log Book will
not let anyone into the program who does not know the
password. If you use encryption, REMEMBER YOUR PASSWORD.
Printer Port
Daily Log Book will support two printer ports. You may select
the port you want to use with the Setup Menu Printer Port
option.
Screen Lines
The Setup Menu Screen Lines option refers to how many
horizontal screen lines of text will be shown on your screen.
Daily Log Book supports 25, 43, and 50 screen lines. You are
limited on the option by the type of video hardware used by
your system. Monochrome and CGA users must use 25 screen
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lines. EGA users can use 25 or 43 screen lines and VGA users
can use 25, 43, or 50 screen lines. The number of screen
lines used only affects the edit window. The edit window will
span from the top to the bottom of the screen using all
available screen lines. This allows more of a day's text to
be viewed in the higher numbered screen lines.
Date Format
Setup Menu's Date Format option allows the selection of
European DD/MM/YY or US MM/DD/YY date formatting.
Colors
Virtually every color used by Daily Log Book may be changed.
On a system with a color monitor, selecting one of the color
selection options displays a chart of 128 available color
combinations. Use the ARROW keys to move the selection
pointer to the color you wish to use then press ENTER.
Selecting an unviewable color combination such as blue on
blue will result the color not being changed.
Monochrome systems select their screen attributes in a
similar manner. Only four attributes are available on a
monochrome system. These are normal, underline, inverse, and
bright.
Tile Pattern
Tile refers to the background texture used by Daily Log Book.
You may select from one of three tile patterns. When
selecting Tile Pattern from the Setup Menu the three
available patterns are shown. Use the ARROW keys to select a
pattern then press ENTER.
Reset Default Colors
If you have been experimenting with some of the color options
and have created something really ugly, reset default colors
will quickly restore Daily Log Book to the default colors.
Macros
Macros store a number of keystrokes and allow you to replay
them by pressing a ALT-letter key combination. Any editing
task you repeat often is a good candidate to be turned into a
macro. To make a marco you must first record the keystrokes.
Turn on the macro recorder by pressing F7. Then type your
keystrokes. Daily Log Book can record a huge number of
keystrokes but if it does run low on memory it will warn you.
Press F7 again when you've typed the last keystroke you want
included in the macro. A pop up window is then displayed.
Type the letter key you wish to invoke the new marco with
when used in conjunction with the ALT key. After a macro is
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recorded it is saved to disk. You may replay the macro
anytime by holding down ALT and pressing the letter key you
saved the macro under.
Appendix A - Editing Functions
Arrows - Move cursor
Home/End - Move cursor to start/end of line
Ctrl-Home/End - Move cursor to top/bottom of screen
PgUp/PgDn - Display previous/next page
Ctrl-PgUp/PgDn - Display first/last page
Ctrl-Left/Right - Move cursor by whole words
Ctrl-Y - Delete the current line
Ctrl-N - Insert a new line above
Ctrl-T - Insert current time at cursor location
Ctrl-D - Insert current date at cursor location
Alt-Alpha key - Invokes macro
Appendix B - Daily Log Book file packing list
LOG.EXE Daily Log Book program
LOG.CFG Configuration file
LOG.HLP Contains online help
LOG.DOC Documentation
LOG.PIF PIF for Windows 3.0 only
CONVERT.EXE Old version 1.0 data convertor
REGISTER.TXT Shareware registration form
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