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10. Engagements
10.1 Appointments
The appointments feature allows the user to create a record
of appointments. This screen allows the user to "Make" or
"Record" appointments. Selecting "Quit" returns the user to
main menu screen.
Choosing "Make" brings up the Appointment Entry Screen.
When making appointments the user inputs the date, time, and
appointment details. An opportunity is given to correct
errors, and then the user is asked if the appointment is
permanent or not. A permanent appointment will be carried
over to a new database when a new year is created. The user
is next asked if the appointment is "One Time" or
"Repetitive". A repetitive appointment can be "Sub Weekly",
"Weekly", "Biweekly", "Monthly", or "Arbitrary". A choice
other than "Arbitrary" allows the user to specify the
repetition as "Same Day of Week" or "Same Day of the Month".
If you have an appointment that is scheduled for the
alternate Tuesdays of each month, you would select "Same Day
of Week". Likewise, for appointments on the 17th of each
month, select "Same Day of the Month". Repetitive
appointments with no regular period are handled by the
"Arbitrary" selection. The user is prompted for repeat
dates until all dates have been entered. The user is then
asked if the appointments should continue to the end of the
year or some other end date. Depending on the options
chosen, a variable delay will be encountered while the
additional appointments are silently created and entered
into the database.
Choosing "Record" allows the user to choose one of four
actions. There are four choices are, "Delete", "Kept",
"Broken", "None". Choosing None returns the user to "Make"
or "Record" function. Selecting Delete allows the user to
delete one or more appointments from the database. If the
selected appointment is a repetitive one, the opportunity is
given to leave the other occurrences alone, to view all
other occurrences and then decide upon deletion, or to
delete all of the other occurrences. Choosing Kept allows
the user to mark a given appointment as kept in the
database. Likewise, Broken allows the user to mark an
appointment as broken. These features are useful in
generating an itinerary for only Pending appointments or for
reference purposes. In these cases, the appointments are
not deleted from the database.
10.2 Calendars
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The calendars feature will display, in traditional style, a
calendar for any month for the years 100 through 2999. This
is sometimes a useful feature for determining either past or
future date occurrences. For example, you might like to
know what day of the week Christmas will be on in the year
2001, or on what day of the week your mother was born. If
the year selected is the same as the database in use, all
appointments for the month selected will be indicated on the
calendar. If the selected month is the current month,
today's date will be flashing. The user is asked if more
detail is wanted. Entering "Y" will then prompt for the day
of the month to display. Enter a day as directed by the
prompt. An overlay window will appear with the appointment
details for the selected date. You can scroll up, down, or
quit viewing the information. If the number of appointments
is large, all may not fit in one screen buffer. In this
case you will be prompted to use the ESC key to obtain more
information.
10.3 Itinerary
The Itinerary feature provides a user selected set of
appointments for display on the screen or printed on the
printer, if equipped. The user can select a single or range
of dates for the itinerary, as well as a choice of
appointment types, "All", "Broken", "Kept", Open", or
"Permanent". A typical use of this feature is to print an
itinerary for the current week of all Open appointments.
10.4 This Month
The This Month feature is just a special case of the
Calendars features described above. The difference is that
the user need not enter the month and year to display. The
current month and year are automatically displayed. All of
the calendar features described above apply to the This
Month feature.
10.5 Quit
Return to the Main Menu Screen