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Diary V 2.0 Time Manager - Application for Notepad (c) WOS written by: Wolfgang Schirmer Manshardtstrasse 13 a 22119 Hamburg Germany Phone 49 - 40 - 655 39 56 100022,1371, Cserve 22.09.93 First of all I will say many thanks to Mark D Esposito, because without his tips and information this program won't have been possible. And also for his patience with me. Thank you Mark ! Also many thanks to John Hind for his great work creating FRAMELIB. I used this library writing the program. Thank you John ! What's new in V2.0 ***** Note ***** I changed the handling of variable/fixed holidays, so your old Diary files will be reorganized the first time you use them with Diary 2.0. Also for each file I create a file which contains the information for repeated entries. The reorganizing procedure worked well with my files, but PLEASE MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR OLD FILES BEFORE RUNNING DIARY 2.0 THE FIRST TIME. **************** New features: Now diary works also as a standalone application, although you can't use Notepad files when it isn't started from Notepad. Diary now has repeated entries with these options: 1. Monthly by date 2. Monthly by day (e.g. third monday of every month) 3. Monthly last day 4. Weekly 5. Daily 6. Workday 7. Restday 8. Every (x) days These are nearly the options that gives you the new Alarm Server from Mark Esposito. I only left the options repeated 'yearly' and 'every (x) hours' which makes no sence for Diary. Of course you can assign a repeated alarm to the repeated entries. Pressing <esc> now toggles between the actual day and the last day used, like in Agenda. Now you can select between the weekline or a daily timeline at the bottom of the screen by pressing <psion>w. The three month calendar and the weekline now takes care of the configured first day of the week. Now you can configure the message length for every single Diary file from 20 to 235 characters. For entries that doesn't fit into one line now there is a full screen note view with word wrapping. Now you can enter/delete your own fixed holidays like birthdays, wedding days. These information is valid for all files and all years. You don't have to enter the information again for every new year. 1 General Information 1-1 What do Diary do ? I wrote Diary, because I missed the possibility to link an entry from Agenda to a Notepad file. I often have to prepare meetings or take notes in a meeting and wished to have a possibility like this 9:00 - 10:00 * meeting room 1 =>linked to a Notepad file which holds the information necessary for this meeting. I know that Diary don't cover all the possibilities you have with Agenda, but I hope to make it better step by step. For this, if you're interested in help me, please send all your suggestions and bugs to me. (Cserve 100022,1371) Thank you ! 1-2 Install Diary The following files are provided: Diary.txt This file. Diary.wrd The help file in Word format. Diary.opa The main program. Diary2.opo Routines used by Diary Diary3.opo Dplug.plg The Notepad - PlugIn you need to start Diary and link it to Notepad. Diary.fon Two fonts used by Diary. Digt.fon Holidayd.dbf Generic file for german fixed holidays. Holidaye.dbf Generic holidays file for the other countries Framelib.opo John Hints great utility. Asdriver.opo Marks application to access the ASERVER Server. Installation Create a directory \Diary\ Create a directory \Diary\fon\ Copy the *.fon files into the \diary\fon\ directory. Copy the appropriate holiday file into the \diary\fon\ directory. Copy the Diary.opa into any \app\ directory and install it as an application on the system screen. Copy the Diary2.opo and Diary3.opo files into any \opo\ directory. Copy the Dplug.plg into any \note\plug\ directory and install it with the PlugIns like any PlugIn for Notepad. ******* If you have already installed Dplug as A PlugIn, you only need to copy the Dplug.plg into your \note\plug\ directory. Copy the Diary.wrd file into any \wrd\ directory. Copy the Framelib.opo and the Asdriver.opo to any \opo\ directory. To run Diary start it from Notepad using the DPLUG PlugIn, pressing <Psion> k and then the appropriate key. You also can start Diary like any other application from the system screen, but you loose most of the features to comunicate with Notepad 1-3 Starting The first time you start Diary or Dplug you will be asked for the the drive where you will put the datafiles by default, the default duration time and the default before time for alarms. Also you can decide if you will set alarms by default when entering a new item. If Diary found no file you will be asked for the name of a new file to create, otherwise you will be asked for a file to open. If you press <esc> at this time you will be asked for a new file to create. 1-4 The database I use a database of my own design, which contains records with fixed length. The database is divedid into two parts. The first part consists of a word, which is a pointer to the next free record ($FFFF if the next record is appended to the end of file), a word, which contains the year and an array of 366 words, one entry for each day of the year. This fields contains a pointer to the first record for each day. The second part are the records, which contains the information for every entry. They have a configurable length of 20 - 235 bytes each. These records are pointered backward and forward. If you delete an entry, the place will be occupied by the next new entry. 1-5 Limitations Diary can not handle entries for more than one year. If you started Diary from Notepad, Notepad is locked. 1-6 The screen The screen consists of three parts: First At the left the actual time and date in the middle the date of the entries and at the right the day of year and the calendar week of the entry-date . Second The appointments Third Either Two weeks beginning with the configure start of week day. The day of the appointments is indicated by the bold number and a black point beside Am or PM indicates, that there is an appointment. Or A daily timeline which shows the spreading of the appointments by a beam. 1-7 Terms Disclaimer: I take no reponsability for any lost dataor hardware failure of any kind, due to the use of this software. Diary is provided as shareware although it is free of charge. 2 Functions 2-1 Moving through the entries <up> one entry up <down> one entry down <page up> four entries up <page down> four entries down <home> first entry of the day <end> last entry of the day 2-2 Moving through the year <left> one day later <right> one day earlier <ctrl><up> first day of the year <ctrl><down> last day of the year <ctrl><left> one week later <ctrl><right> one week earlier <ctrl><psion><up> first day of the month <ctrl><psion><down> last day of the month <ctrl><psion><left> one month later <ctrl><psion><right> on month earlier <esc> toggles between the actual day and the last day used 2-3 Functions <psion> o opens a Diary file <psion> n creates a new file <psion> e inserts a new entry <psion> u updates an existing entry *** Repeated entries can be modified only in all. <psion> d deletes an entry If there is an link to a Notepad file you will be asked if you want to delete the file also. If there is an alarm for this entry it will !! not !! be canceled. *** Repeated entries can be deleted only in all. <del> deletes also an entry *** Deleted entries are written to the M:\NPBUF31 file and can be pasted therefore. <psion> s sets an alarm to an entry To set an Alarm you must have started the ASERVER.OPO coming with Notepad. An alarm is indicated by the alarm character. You can't set another alarm to an entry. Alarms can be repeated by the following options: 1. Monthly by date 2. Monthly by day 3. Monthly las day 4. Weekly 5. Daily 6. Workday 7. Restday 8. Every (x) days <psion> c cancels an alarm <psion> y changes an alarm <psion> j jumps to a certain date <psion> h pops up a window where you can select if you want to see variable or fixed holidays. *** Variable holidays are those which change the date every year like Easter or Whitsun. These dates are calculated in the program and can't be modified. *** Fixed holidays are all holidays with the same date every year like birthdays, weddings days etc. You can enter your own holidays by pressing <enter> on the fixed holiday view screen. !!!! Don't worry about the year 1900. It isn't a bug. I need the day of the year to fix the problem with leap years. After entering a new date the database will be sorted. You can walk through the entries using the following cursor keys. <up> one entry up <down> one entry down <page up> one screen up <page down> on screen down <home> first entry <end> last entry You can delete entries pressing <del>. *** Note: All menu functions are disabled except <psion> x. Pressing <esc> leaves the window. <psion> k pops up a three month calendar with the actual month in the middle. The weeks are preceeded by the calendar week and the week begins with the configured first day of week. You can move arround the calendar with the same keystrokes as moving through the entries. Pressing <enter> will jump to the selected day. If you left the actual year, you will be asked for a filename for the new year. If the file exists it will be opened, otherwise it will be created. Pressing <tab> leaves the calendar. *** Note: All menu function are disabled except <psion>j, <psion>h and <psion>x. <psion> l deletes a Diary file *** Note This option deletes both the main file and the repeat file. <psion> r renames a Diary file *** Note Since both the main file and the repeat file must be renamed, you can't give a new extension to the files. <psion> t exports the entries to a .txt file. You will be asked for a filename and the drive and if you will export all dates (Option 'Yes') or only dates with an appointment (Option 'No'). Also you will be asked for the dates to begin and end. If you have the S3-Link attached you can write the file directly to a PC. <psion> p copies and pastes entries. The copy option writes the entry into the m:\npbuf31 file and paste reads from this file. So you can paste an entry several times. Also deleted entries (<psion>d or <del>) are written into this file and can be pasted. <psion> b searches an entry. You will be asked for the string to search (it's not case sensitive) and if you will search bottom (from actual date till Dec,31) or up (from actual date till Jan,1) Pressing <ctrl>c searches for the next entry. <psion> w toggles between the weekline and the timeline at the bottom of the screen. The weekline shows the actual and the next week, beginning with the configured first day of week. The actual day is indicated by the bold number. A black box beside AM or PM indicates that there is an appointment. The timeline shows the spreading of the appointments for the actual day. <psion> i shows some information for the actual file. You can leave the screen pressing either <enter> or <esc> *** Note: All menu functions are disabled except <psion>x. <psion> z changes the default settings. <psion> a shows Informations about Diary. <psion> x exits the program and returns to Notepad, if it was started from there. <tab> links a Notepad file to the current entry, if Diary was started from Notepad. If there is no actual link, Diary asks you for a filename and if you will create a file in the \note\expand\ directory (.exp) or in the \note\ directory (.pad), which will be shown on the system screen. If the file exists Diary opens the file, otherwise Diary creates it. If there is yet a link Diary opens this file. <shift><tab> removes the link to the Notepad file, if Diary was started from Notepad and asks you if you wish to delete the Notepad file. <psion><tab> jumps directly to Notepad, if it is running without opening a specified file <ctrl><tab> jumps to Notepad, if Diary was started from Notepad and creates and/or opens a file called TODO#DIA as a ToDo file for notes, which doesn't have an entry in Diary. This file will be sorted by the project date and for every new date a special line like this -> *** Sep 22, 1993 is inserted <help> jumps to the Word-Application and opens the Diary.wrd file. I decided in favor of this solution, because in this way you can add any information you needed and I didn't put to the help file (And also you can correct my errors) *** Press <ctrl><menu> to get the whole screen. *** Press the Word Icon to get the headlines. <enter> is a toggle to view messages that won't fit totally into one line. The notes are shown in a whole screen view mode with word wrapping. <psion><enter> Prints the name of the holiday when the date shows a slashed O at the right. <space> is a toggle to mark entries as done. If there is an alarm attached to the entry it will be canceled. The marked as done items are preceeded by a mark. I hope someone else like this program and find it useful. Wolfgang