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TZInit v1.3.0 User's Manual
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Contents
Short Description
TZInit is an auxiliary program, used to manage the location database used
by TimeZone and
TZDateBook applications.
It enables viewing, editing, addition and erasing of all location data
in the database, like name, time zone and daylight savings time (DST) details.
TZInit also enables categorization of locations into regions as well as
managing custom location filter. TZInit has a built-in database with verified
data for over 900 locations (cities, countries and regions) world wide.
TZInit is distributed as a part of both TimeZone and TZDateBook packages,
and works only with registered copies of either application. See detailed
information on Cromerica Technologies' WWW site for more information on
registering your copy of TimeZone
or TZDateBook.
Installation
To install TZInit, start the Palm Pilot Install Tool INSTAPP.EXE, which
can be found in the \PILOT folder on your Windows system. In a window that
appears after starting application, click on the Browse button to
locate the .prc file from location where you placed it after receiving
it from us. Once you locate it, select TZInit_1_3_0.prc and click
on the Open button.
The first window should reappear. Click on the Install button
and then on the Exit button. Finally, whenever you are ready, hit
the HotSync button on your Palm Pilot device. Your Palm Pilot HotSyncs
with the Palm Pilot Desktop and installs TimeZone as part of the HotSync
process. If installation has been done successfully, TZInit icon should
appear after tapping on the 'Applications' button on your device, as can
be seen on the left picture.
To avoid possible loading problems, it is recommended to delete any
previously installed versions of TZInit from your device prior to HotSyncing
the newest version. The location database will not be deleted. This also
means that you can free memory on your device by deleting TZInit after
your location database has been loaded and all customizations made.
Starting TZInit
To be able to start TZInit, you first have to register your copy of either
TimeZone, or TZDateBook (or both). Once your copy is registered, you can
start TZInit by tapping its icon (shown in the lower left corner at the
picture above.
Using TZInit
Navigation through the Database
There are three methods of navigation through database:
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Use Previous and Next buttons located at the bottom left
corner of the screen and marked as left and right arrows. These buttons
move to the location preceding or succeeding the current location.
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Use hardware scroll buttons on the device. When you push upper scroll button,
location that starts with a letter preceding the first letter of the current
location name will be displayed. Lower scroll button displays location
that starts with a letter succeeding the the first letter of the current
location name field.
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Use one of 'go to' commands from the TZInit Goto menu. You activate
the Goto menu by tapping on the MENU icon at the lower left-hand
corner of the Palm Pilot Graffiti entry pad. Available go to commands are:
Top, Bottom, Previous Letter and Next Letter.
Adding, Saving and Erasing Locations
To
add a new location to the database, press the New button. This will
clear all fields in the form and the 'New' label will be displayed
in place of the current location number at the upper right corner of the
screen. Also, the Edit menu is available all the time. This menu
holds Undo, Copy, Paste, Select all, Keyboard and Graffiti
help commands to help you enter the text in the location name field.
You can enter the text using either keyboard or Graffiti strokes.
If you want to change the region, tap on the arrow button left of the
region name and when list pops up choose new region. To modify the rest
of data use arrow buttons located on the right side of GMT and DST fields.
All modifications that you make are lost when you switch to another
location, unless you save location data. You can do that by pressing Save
button. If you leave the location name field empty, location data can not
be saved and program displays warning. When you save new location, the
'New' label at the upper corner of the screen is replaced by the
current location number. New location is always saved as the last in the
database.
If you want to erase fetched location, press the Erase button.
TZInit will ask you if you really want to do it. If you choose the OK
button, location will be erased. If you try to erase new location, entered
data will be lost and the last location in the database will be displayed.
If there are no locations in the database, Erase button will clear
form fields.
The changes you make to the current location are not commited to the
database, until you press Save button. If you make changes without
saving them and try to move to another location, or exit the program, a
dialog will warn you about pending changes and give a chance to either
save, discard changes, or return back to the current location (in case
you're not sure what the current status of the location data is).
Setting the Custom Filter
The last entry in the region pop-up list is named 'custom filter'. Obviously,
it doesn't have any geographical semantics, but is instead used to enable
displaying a customized list of locations (so called Custom Filter).
Only locations in the custom filter are diplayed in the time zone pop-up
list in TZDateBook. TimeZone can also display only locations in the custom
filter, if that filter is selected.
To put the location in the custom filter, select Custom Filter in
its region pop-up list. To move the location out of the custom filter,
select its geographical region in its region pop-up list.
Setting the Home Location
Location database contains relative time offset for each location, which
determines the difference in hours that has to be added to the time at
that location in order to get the time in Greenwich near London, UK.
PalmPilot and Palm III devices have the system clock. But in order for
TimeZone and TZDateBook to know the time at any location, the system time
has to be tied to a single location. This location is called Home Location.
Once home location is set, location offsets can be used to calculate time
at any other location in the database.
Main screen of TZInit has a check box which allows the user to set the
current location as home location. Be carefull when setting the home location:
it should be set to the location of your residence, i.e., to the time zone
you use most. TimeZone and TZDateBook are conceived to save you from manual
change of system clock when traveling, and thus you shouldn't have to change
home location, except when relocating, or reinstalling TimeZone and/or
TZDateBook software.
Once the location is set as home, TZInit won't let you erase it, or
uncheck it, since there always has to be one and only one home location.
So, if you want to move the current home location out of the location database,
first assign another location as home, and then erase the previous home
location.
Loading Location Sets
TZInit application contains a basic set with more than 350 locations –
cities, countries and regions – and several additional sets with more than
550 other locations. You can freely choose which location sets to install
based on your needs and available memory. Available sets are: Basic, North
America, Central America, South America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia
and Australia/Oceania.
When you choose the Load Database command from the TZInit Database
menu, the dialog shown on the left picture appears. You can activate the
Database menu by tapping on the MENU icon at the lower left-hand
corner of the Palm Pilot Graffiti entry pad.
If you check Delete old database option, program will delete
existing database before creating the new database, and you will lose all
previously stored locations.
If you check Overwrite existing locations option, program will
ensure that location names in the database are unique. Newly loaded data
will overwrite existing data for any multiple locations. Be sure to check
this option only when duplicate entries are likely to happen, since it
carries an additional performance overhead.
After all location sets you want to install are checked and appropriate
loading options have been set, press the Load DB button. TZInit
will warn you if you chose any of the destructive options (to prevent accidental
loss of data), and if you confirm your determination to continue, loading
will begin.
During the loading, TZInit displays a progress bar which graphically
depicts the percentage of the locations loaded. At the end of the load
procedure, database is automatically sorted .
If you wish, you can delete the whole location database by leaving all
location sets unchecked and checking Delete old database option.
Loading the database with selected Delete old database option
can result in having the current home location deleted. If that happens,
TZInit will warn you, and you should then manually select the home location
again.
Sorting the Location Database
When you manually add new locations, they are appended at the end of the
location database. In order to speed up the searches, you need to alphabetically
sort the database when you're finished with adding records. You can do
that easily using the Sort Database command from the Database
menu.
Getting Program and Support Info
About command, in the Help menu, shows the basic information
about the product – the version number, copyright, and how to get in touch
with Cromerica Technologies.
Technical Support
We are very interested in your suggestions about ways we can improve the
program to fit your needs. Feel free to write, call, e-mail, or fax comments,
suggestions, or problems of any kind. Of course, feel free to contact us
for technical support as well.
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