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What is Find Ignore Hack?

Find Ignore Hack is a small HackMaster extension program for the Palm Computing Platform. It allows you to specify programs on your Palm device that will not be searched using the global Find utility. This can be useful in four different ways:

  • Reduce Searching Time - If you have some large databases on your Palm that you do not need searched, then excluding them with Find Ignore Hack will greatly speed your searches.
  • Reduce Clutter - If you do not use some of the built-in applications, such as Mail or Expense, you can exclude these applications from your searches and prevent their headers from cluttering up your search results screen.
  • Eliminate Duplicate Searches - If you use certain 3rd-party replacements for the built-in Palm applications, such as DateBk3, then a global Find will search the built-in database twice: once with the built-in application, and once with your 3rd-party replacement. Excluding the built-in application with Find Ignore Hack will avoid this duplication.
  • Bypass Program Bugs - Sometimes you will find a 3rd-party application that, while useful, has a bug in it that can cause crashing when responding to the Find command. Excluding this program using Find Ignore Hack allows you to keep using the program without giving up the Find functionality for other programs.

Find Ignore Hack is free to use, and licensed under the GNU General Public License. It requires HackMaster to run, which is not free and should be registered for $5 from Daggerware. You can get HackMaster and register it from the Daggerware Site. It is assumed that you are familiar with using HackMaster extensions, so please read the HackMaster documentation before installing Find Ignore Hack. In particular, you should always disable hacks before uninstalling or upgrading them.

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findIgnoreHack.prc - Just the PRC file, for people in a hurry.

findIgnoreHack-1.1.zip - Contains the PRC file plus this web page.

findIgnoreHack-src-1.1.tar.gz - Everything including the source code.

 
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