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Here is a little program to insert into your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to remind you
of appointments and special days from now on....
All you need to do is use a text editor to edit the today.dat file shipped
with this program, and enter any special days which you want to be reminded
of in the future. The first part of the line is the date which the event is
to be activated. There is no specific order required, though you might want
to keep them in sorted order for your convenience.
Anytime the TODAY.EXE is executed it looks at the default data file located
on drive C:\TODAY.DAT unless the filename is specified in the command line.
It gets the system time & date and scans the data file looking for any events
which should occur today. If any events are found, they are displayed and
the system waits on you to press a key to continue. This waiting function is
used to allow the autoexec.bat file to continue unless there are any events.
Repeating events may be generated by setting the variable fields of the date
to zero. Any event with the month set to zero will match all months, zero in
the day field matches any day, and zero in the year field will match any year.
Zeros in all date fields cause the event to be displayed each day (or each
time the program is run).
The following is an example of the today.dat file showing that there may be
comments inserted in the data file for your information, though these lines
must be scanned each time the program is run.
; Comments follow lines starting with a semicolon
; the slash character is required for correct line parsing
; empty lines are skipped over.
; If an appointment has a time, that can be entered between the date and
; the message text. They are not parsed by the program, but are for
; information to the user.
00/00/00 Have you called The Technology Toolbox today? (404) 985-5137
01/19/29 MARTIN LUTHER KING
02/12/09 ABRAHAM LINCOLN
02/14/00 VALENTINES DAY
02/22/00 GEORGE WASHINGTON
05/13/00 MOTHERS DAY
06/17/00 FATHERS DAY
07/04/00 AMERICAN INDEPENDANCE DAY
12/24/00 CHRISTMAS EVE
12/25/00 CHRISTMAS DAY
12/31/00 NEW YEAR'S EVE!