Version 1.04 - 7 Oct 1999
Copyright © 1999 by Stormgate Communications
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See the Change History section for a list of new
features and bug fixes in this release.
Quick Start Guide
Tap the "New" button to create an event. To log occurrences, tap the left side of the list (on or left of the dot) or go to the event screen by tapping the item to the right side of the dot, and tap the "Add" button from there.
Events may be sorted, and the type of information displayed in the list can be controlled by the buttons and popup list at the top of the screen.
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BlueMoon has two main functions:
1) Keep track of when something occurred last and when it's due again.
2) Keep a history log of when things occurred and some information about each
occurrence.
Keep track of when something occurred last and when it's due again.
Unlike a repeating event on a calendar, BlueMoon events "float" - they are relative to when they last occurred. This makes them great for keeping track of things that happen at some specified interval but that usually don't happen on an exact day. You may want to remember to call a distant relative every couple of months, but you don't call on an exact date for instance.
Another good use of this capability is to keep track of when you last ate at a certain restaurant or fast-food place. If you have multiple children, this can really be handy!
Keep a history log of when things occurred and some information about each occurrence.
Sometimes things occur and we want to keep a log of each and every occurrence, or at least a count of how many times something has happened. Examples of these types of things include tracking medical symptoms (for allergies perhaps) or having information showing when you did some required activities (instrument calibrations and checks etc.).
This is the main screen, which shows the list of events you have entered.
To enter a new event, tap the "New" button in the lower left corner
of the screen.
The item list area contains several parts. The left area will show an indicator that a repeating event is "due" by displaying the alarm clock symbol. Tapping on that symbol or the circle just to it's right will register a new occurrence of an event (even if not due or not repeating). This is a quick way to say "I just did this".
Tapping an entry anyplace other than on the far left side of the screen will take you to it's detail screen.
The column on the right can be changed to display various types of information accessible via the popup list at the head of the column. The information show can be:
At the top just to the right of "BlueMoon"
is a display of how many items are in the list, both currently and total. For
example, a display of "12/45"
would indicate that of 45 total items, 12 are currently in the list due to catagory
or "Due" conditions. If the display is a single number such as "45",
that indicates that there are 45 items total and all are currently showing (if
you scroll down!).
Note that this feature can be turned off in the preferences
if so desired.
At the bottom right you will see the popup list which lets you control by which criteria the list is sorted, as well as the checkbox that controls the order (ascending or descending).
Last, but not least, the "All" and "Due" buttons along
with the popup just to the right of the "Due:" button select whether
you see all items in the selected category or just the repeating events that
are due to be done again in the desired timeframe.
The "Due" popup list allows selecting events that are due:
A repeating event is considered due "now" based on two different
criteria, depending on the type of repeat interval selected.
If the repeat type is minutes or hours, the event is not due until at least
that exact amount of time to the second has elapsed.
If the repeat type is Days, Weeks, Months or Annual, the event is considered
due when we reach the day that it will be due to repeat in. For example,
let's assume that the repeat type is days, and the amount of days is set to
2. If this event occured at 4:30pm on April 6, it will show as being due once
we get to 12:01am on April 8th, 16 and 1/2 hours "early".
In other words, a repeating event of this type (Days, Weeks, Months or Annual)
will be marked as due once we are in the day in which the event should repeat.
An additional feature of the "All" and "Due"
pushbuttons is to allow quick toggling between the "All" catagory
and a specific catagory. If the "All" pushbutton is selected, tapping
it again will toggle the catagory shown in the upper right between "All"
and, let's say, "Personal". This is a quick way to check for everything
that is due to be done again. Tap "Due" once and then again (if the
catagory is not already "All" of course) to see all due items in all
catagories.
(Note that this feature can be turned off in preferences
if desired)
This screen shows the information about an event entry.
Tap the "Add" button to log an occurrence of this event.
The "Note" button let's you create, edit or view a text note related to this event. This note applies to the entire event. There isn't a separate note for each individual occurrence of the event. Use the tag and amount features if you need to have a little bit of specific information for each individual occurrence.
If an event has had one occurence set, and that occurence is in the future, this will now be handled properly and you can see how long until it is due to occur. Want to keep track of how many days or hours until Jan 1, 2000? This is an easy way to do it!
The "Details" button will let you control several aspects about what data is stored for this event, it's category etc.
The units used to display the duration (since last and until next) can be set
to "Automatic" in which case the best match (Hours, Days, Weeks, Months
etc.) will be used to display the duration. You can also set a specific unit
and that will be used regardless of the duration ("Hmm, I see it's been
311 hours since I've been to my favorite fast-food restaurant").
If you set the "Rounded" checkbox you won't see fractional times such
as 3.4 weeks, the numbers will be rounded to a whole number.
If you use amounts, the "Show Amount Totals" checkbox will let you see the sum for all occurrences stored in the event's history. For some things this makes sense ("Wow, I've spent a total of 437 hours playing Myst(r) so far!") and for some things like recording the severity of your allergies that day it doesn't make sense to see the total.
The "Show Time" checkbox controls whether or not the time shows up or just the date.
The "Priority" popup can be used if you want to have your events sorted by a priority you can assign to each event.
The "History" popup is very important. Here you set what kinds of
information are kept in the history list for each occurrence. This allows you
to minimize the memory that BlueMoon uses to store the history.
Date - All occurrences in the events history store the date and time.
Amount - this is an integer value from 0 to 32,767 that can mean anything
you want it to.
Tag - Each occurrence can have a tag, which is a simple word or phrase
to give a little more information about an occurrence. The tag is not stored
as text for each occurrence (to save space) but comes from a list of tags that
you predefine. One use for this might be to record whether the last time you
had your disposable contacts out you cleaned them or replaced them.
The "repeat" selector let's you set the desired repeat interval for a repeating event.
A repeating event is considered due based on two different criteria, depending
on the type of repeat interval selected.
If the repeat type is minutes or hours, the event is not due until at least
that exact amount of time to the second has elapsed.
If the repeat type is Days, Weeks, Months or Annual, the event is considered
due when we reach the day that it will be due to repeat in. For example,
let's assume that the repeat type is days, and the amount of days is set to
2. If this event occured at 4:30pm on April 6, it will show as being due once
we get to 12:01am on April 8th, 16 and 1/2 hours "early".
In other words, a repeating event of this type (Days, Weeks, Months or Annual)
will be marked as due once we are in the day in which the event should repeat.
By checking the "Has Start Date" checkbox, you can retain the year that the annual event originally occured. This will cause an on/off pushbutton to be displayed on the event's information screen. By turing this on and off, you can see the time since the last annual ocurence or the first ocurence. Handy for birthdays and aniversieries!
The history screen shows you a scrolling list of all occurrences of this event. The date, time, tag and amount can be changed by tapping them (will bring up the appropriate dialog).
The capacity popup can be used to control how many occurrences of this event are kept stored in your Palm Computing Device. If the limit is set to 25 for example, when you add the 26th occurrence the oldest occurrence will be deleted automatically. Note that the occurrence count will be increased beyond the storage capacity so that you can still see how many times in total something occurred even if you don't want to retain the date and time of each occurrence.
For events that have occurred more than once, you can see some simple statistics about how often these events occur on average and the longest and shortest times between their occurrence. This information is based only on the events stored in the history list.
Confirm New Occurrences - Causes a dialog to pop up every time you add a new occurrence to help prevent adding one inadvertently.
Lock Last Occurence - Prevent changing the date, time tag, or amount of the last occurence via the entry screen. Changes can of course still be made via the History screen. This can prevent you from inadvertently changing the last occurence when you intend to add a new occurence.
Show Event Count - Allows turning of the event count display at the top of the entry list screen.
Enable Catagory Tap Toggle - Enables the feature that allows toggling the current catagory by tapping the "All" or "Due" pusbuttons a second time.
The "New Entry Defaults" apply to new events you create. These settings will be what the new events start out with for their detail attributes.
Note that these can be changed subsequently on a per-event basis to give each event it's own custom characteristics.
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The event list now always re-sorts and re-filters when it is entered
or when a "due" item is marked done (previously this only occured
when entering the
program, changing sorting or filtering criteria, or adding a new event).
Added option to set a default tag for new occurences of an event.
Statistics now also displays the average, minimum and maximum for the
"amount" values.
Added ability to show the most recent occurence's amount in the event
list, as well as the sum of the amounts. Note: The "Amount" selection
now
shows the single occurence's amount, the new "Sum" selection shows
the
total, which is what "Amount" did previously.
Made the dialog that pops up when adding a new occurence be smarter
about what is shown (i.e. if the event does not have tags, don't show the
tags popup selector).
Fixed bug that caused the "next" occurence of an annual event to
be
displayed incorrectly as the starting year (for annual events that had a
starting year set).
Added ability to set an annual date for an event. You can then see how long until or since that annual event occured / will occur.
If an event has had one occurence set, and that occurence is in the future, this will now be handled properly and you can see how long until it is due to occur. Want to keep track of how many days or hours until Jan 1, 2000? This is an easy way to do it!
Added a popup list to allow showing repeating events that are due in several
timeframes (other than the original "now/today").
You can see which events will be due through tomorrow, or 1, 2, 3, or 4 weeks
in advance.
Added display of how many events exist and or are being displayed.
(this feature can be turned off in preferences if desired).
Tapping the already-selected "All" or "Due" pushbutton
will toggle the category between a specific one and "All".
(this feature can be turned off in preferences if desired).
Fixed bug that caused the amount sum's to not display when they should (and the label to always be displayed).
Added the "Lock Last Occurence" preference option.
Fixed bug that cause the history capacity to not be set correctly when going from the "demo" version to the "registered" version of the software. This should fix the "DmWriteCheck" error that could occur when attempting to add new entries.
Fixed bug: When a new occurence was added, the amount and tag on the Entry screen were not being updated properly.
Fixed bug where the "last" date and time could be edited without there being a first occurence added previously.
Initial Release.