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Launch 'Em
Version 1.53

Instructions for Use
Synergy Solutions, Inc.
© 1997-1998 Synergy Solutions, Inc.

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You got Launch 'Em. It's a good thing you did--Launch 'Em is great! What is
Launch 'Em and how do I use it, you ask? Launch 'Em is an application launcher. Its
purpose is to organize, display, and launch all of the applications on your PalmOS
organizer. It serves as a replacement to what appears when you tap the Applications button
(the silk-screen button with the arrow). You can configure Launch 'Em to run when you
tap the Applications button instead of the built-in application launcher. Now, there's
nothing wrong with what the application launcher that Palm Computing provides, it just
doesn't have the features that Launch 'Em has. Although Launch 'Em is easy to use, we
included this manual to help you learn all of its functions.

Important web sites for Launch 'Em information:
* Home page: http://www.synsolutions.com/products/launchem/
* Shortcut and Plugin Repository:
http://www.synsolutions.com/products/launchem/launchemextras.html

* Plugin SDK:
* Technical Support:

http://www.synsolutions.com/products/launchem/plugins.html
http://www.synsolutions.com/support/
or call 1-800-210-5293, 9AM - 5PM Monday-Friday, CST.

System Requirements:
* Requires PalmOS 2.x or greater.
* 36k of free space to install Launch 'Em, more required for plugins and
LaunchEmAppHack (a HackMaster Extension).

Included Files:
* LaunchEm.prc
* LEAppHack.prc

* TrashCan.prc
* GetInfo.prc
* BackMeUp.prc

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Launch 'Em Application for PalmOS 2.x and greater.
HackMaster extension which works with Launch 'Em to
provide a Recent Apps List and a Go To Last App feature.
Appears as LaunchEmAppHack on the device.
See section 3.2.5 for detailed information on gadget plugins.

What to install:
You need only install the LaunchEm.prc file to use Launch 'Em. If you want any of
Launch 'Em's other functions which are included in gadget plugins (TrashCan, Backup
settings, etc.), you should install those files as well. If you need help installing
applications onto your PalmOS device, please read the Installation Instructions included
with this distribution or read them on the web at:

http://www.synsolutions.com/support/install.html.

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If you want to use LaunchEmAppHack, Launch 'Em's system-wide recent apps list and
last app launching utility, you will also need to have HackMaster installed. HackMaster,
written by Edward Keyes, is the de facto standard manager for extending system-wide
PalmOS capabilities. You can get the latest version of HackMaster at
http://www.daggerware.com. HackMaster is shareware; please register your copy.

IMPORTANT UPGRADE NOTICE:
If you are upgrading from a previous version of Launch 'Em or LaunchPad, it is
recommended that you delete the previous version before installing Launch 'Em 1.5. There
is no danger if you do not delete previous version; however, failure to do so may cause you
to have BOTH applications installed on your PalmOS organizer, meaning you will be
wasting 22k of precious RAM.

IMPORTANT UN-INSTALL NOTICE:
If you ever decide to delete Launch 'Em, you should uncheck 'Always use Launch 'Em' in
the Launch 'Em preferences so that the built-in applications launcher is used after Launch
'Em is deleted. If needed, you can re-install Launch 'Em, uncheck the preference, and then
delete Launch 'Em again.

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2.1. Launch 'Em

The first thing you should do is run Launch 'Em. To do this, tap on the application
button (silk-screened arrow) and tap Launch 'Em's icon. The second thing you should do,
as Eric Kenslow (the author of Launch 'Em) so nicely prompts you to, is read the Launch
'Em help page on the PalmOS organizer. It contains, more concisely, everything I will tell
you about here. For the sake of completeness, here are the tips you will find on your
PalmOS organizer:

* To launch an application, simply tap the application's icon.
* To move an application to another tab, drag the application's icon and drop it on the
desired tab.
* To view a different tab, tap the desired tab. You can also use the 'space' and 'backspace'
Graffiti® strokes to switch to the next and previous tabs, respectively.
* Use the 'Tab' menu to create, set properties (name and security), and delete tabs.
* Use the 'Options' menu to set your preferences, gadgets, and to access other Launch 'Em
features.
* Use the 'Palm' menu to launch commonly used built-in PalmOS organizer applications.
* Use the 'Help' menu at any time to view these tips.
* To switch between viewing the current date, time, and day of week, tap on the time
display in the lower right-hand corner.
* To switch between showing battery power as a bar and voltage, tap on the voltage display
in the lower center.

Allow me to expound on these tips later. After you have viewed these tips, Launch
'Em ask if you would like to use Launch 'Em as your default application launcher.
Choosing 'Yes' will set up your PalmOS device so that each time you tap the
'Applications' button, Launch 'Em will appear.

After you tap Done you see the Launch 'Em screen. Along the top are three tabs
labeled "Apps", "Utils", and "Games." All of the applications on your PalmOS organizer

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are under the Apps tab at the beginning. The time is shown in the bottom right corner.
Next to the time is the voltage of your batteries. Also along the bottom of the screen are six
little icons; these are Launch 'Em's Gadgets, which will be explained further a little later.
If you have more than one screenful of applications, you will see scroll buttons on the
right side of the screen.

So now, Launch 'Em is ready to use. Read on if you want to find out about the
features of Launch 'Em. If you're not the manual reading type and you want to throw this
annoying document in the incinerator, go ahead; just don't write us asking for a new
manual. I do recommend you hold onto the manual though, just in case. You know, it can
serve as reference material later.

2.2. LaunchEmAppHack

LaunchEmAppHack is a HackMaster extension designed to work with LaunchEm to
provide these two features:
1) Drag from the 'Applications' silk-screen button upto get a list of recent apps. This list
contains the eight most recent applications launched from the Launch 'Em application.

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2) Drag from the 'Applications' silk-screen button downto launch the previous
application. The previous app can never be Launch 'Em. This means that if you're using
Datebook, and you switch to Launch 'Em and run HotSync, the last app invoked by this
method will be Datebook.

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3.1. What You See

Launch 'Em displays all of the applications that are installed on your PalmOS
organizer. The tabs along the top of the screen are like folders that you can place the
applications into; you can add, rename, and delete tabs at any time. Launch 'Em displays
the time, date, or day of week and your battery level at the bottom of the screen. There are
also six small gadget buttons in the bottom left area of the screen which allow you to

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customize the Launch 'Em interface and add new features to Launch Em, such as the ability
to delete applications from within Launch 'Em.

NOTE: On PalmOS 3.x devices, all references to the "Memory" application/utility actually
refer to the "Applications" application/utility.

3.2. What You Get

Let's have a look at Launch 'Em's features.

3.2.1. The Launch 'Em Main View:

* To launch an application, tap on the application's icon.

* To scroll up or down to see the rest of the applications tap the scroll
buttons on the right side of the screen or use the hardware scroll buttons.

* To move an application to another tab, drag it to and drop it on the tab.

* To cycle through viewing the time, date, and day of the week, tap on it.

* To switch between viewing the battery usage as a digital voltage readout or
a voltage bar, tap on it.

* While Launch 'Em is active, tapping the 'Applications' silk-screen will
switch to the last application.

NOTE: On PalmOS 3.x, tapping the 'Applications' silk-screen will cycle
through the tabs. This change was made so as to mimic the behavior of
the built-in Applications launcher.

3.2.2. Tabs:

* Tabs are simple to use and easy to deal with. That's redundant but true.
The current tab is the one that appears to be in front of all of the others.
You can move a tab by dragging it to the left or right.

* To create a new tab, choose "New..." from the Tab menu. You will be
prompted to enter a name for the new tab. Enter the name and select the
security status of the tab. If 'Password Required' is selected, all attempts
to access that tab will require you to enter a password. The password
needed to access the tab is the same one used by the Security application.
Tap "OK" to create the tab. Tap "Cancel" to abort. A tab's name can be
up to 11 characters long. You cannot lock tab 0 (the leftmost tab). In
addition, locked tabs cannot be rearranged. This protection is not
intended to be an all-encompassing security scheme. It only provides
protection from launching apps in locked tabs from within the Launch
'Em application.

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