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- Modeler's Logbook
- version 1.0
-
- Keep your flight log on your Palm!
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- Modeler's Logbook allows you to conveniently record the facts about
- every flight you make with a number of aircraft on your Palm OS
- handheld! Record a complete history of all your planes. Save the
- date, flying site, weather conditions, duration, and other information
- for immediate recall.
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- License
-
- You may use this program on your own Palm OS device(s), but you are
- not permitted to distribute it to others. Modeler's Logbook is
- copyright 2000, COMPUTASSIST, Omaha, NE. No warranty is stated or
- implied. You use Modeler's Logbook at your own risk (although we
- haven't had any problems, we can't promise you won't!)
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- Installation
-
- To install Modeler's Logbook, you need three required files:
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- mlogbook.prc
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- either CASLrt_pro.prc for Palm IIIs and newer
- or CASLrt_5k.prc for Palm 1000s and 5000s
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- either CASL_Palm_Utils_pro.prc for Palm IIIs and newer
- or CASL_Palm_Utils_5k.prc for Palm 1000s and 5000s
-
- Use whatever means you have to install these files on your Palm (Palm
- desktop on Windows, pilot-xfer on Linux, etc.) The CASL files are
- shared libraries used by CASL programs, so you may already have these
- files installed. If so, additional CASL programs like Modeler's
- Logbook only take up a minimal amount of additional RAM. See the CASL
- text file for more information about CASL.
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- Planes & sites
-
- Modeler's Logbook allows you to add up to 99 planes and 30 flying
- sites to choose from when recording logbook entries. You can maintain
- your plane and site lists by renaming or deleting entries as needed;
- the Logbook will keep them sorted alphabetically. Renames and deletes
- will NOT affect logbook entries that you have already entered.
-
- To add or edit a plane or site, choose Edit planes or Edit sites from
- the menu. You may add an item to the list by tapping the New button,
- entering an identifying text, and tapping OK. To rename an existing
- plane or site, select the item in the list, tap the Rename button and
- change the text, then tap OK. To delete, select the item, tap the
- Delete button and answer 'Yes' to the delete question.
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- Flights
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- Recording a flight is easy! Just choose the plane you're flying, the
- site at which you're flying, use the sky, wind and temperature items
- to record the weather, and enter any notes you want to remember about
- the flight. After the flight ends, you can record the duration from
- an outside timer, or have a friend use the built-in timer. Modeler's
- Logbook remembers the details of your most recent flight, and uses
- them as the default values for your next entry, for easy recording of
- a series of flights.
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- Timer controls appear on the flight entry form. Use the start button
- to begin timing the duration of the flight. Use the stop button to
- stop the timer. The time will be saved with your flight information.
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- Setting Filters
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- After you have a considerable number of flights logged, it may become
- difficult to get a clear picture of the history of one aircraft or
- flying site. By setting a filter on your logbook, you can view only
- the entries you are interested in.
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- Choose the Filter option from the menu, and then choose a plane, site,
- or set a date to filter on. When you OK the filter, Modeler's Logbook
- will display only the flights that qualify based on that filter value.
- All views and exports respect the filter setting. To clear the
- filter, go back to the filter form and choose None.
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- Exporting
-
- Export to a memo allows you to import your logbook entries into a
- spreadsheet or word processor for analysis or presentation. You can
- also set a filter to restrict the exported data to one plane, flying
- site, or date.
-
- Set the filter first, if you intend to export only a portion of your
- data. Then choose Export to memo from the menu. The export will take
- a few seconds, and an activity monitor will let you know the Palm is
- working. After the activity monitor disappears, you will find a new
- memo in the Memo app containing your data, ready for syncing with your
- desktop.
-
- After performing a normal Hotsync operation, you can open the
- Modeler's Logbook memo and copy the data into any other application.
- It's formatted to import into a spreadsheet without further editing.
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- Registration
-
- Use the trial version as long as you like. It allows you to record up
- to 25 flights, enough to try out all the features of the program. You
- can download it at http://computassist.hypermart.net/ml/.
-
- The registered version of Modeler's Logbook gives you room for 500
- flights, enough for a busy season of flying. It also allows you to
- filter the data by plane, site, or date, and export to a memo, where
- you can then use other programs for presentation or analysis.
-
- To get the registered version, which allows 500 flights as well as
- filters and exports, send your e-mail address, along with a check or
- money order for US$8.00 to:
-
- COMPUTASSIST
- 2622 S 166th St
- Omaha, NE 68130-1537
- USA
-
- We will send you the registered version by e-mail as soon as your
- payment clears the bank. (We are also looking at the possibility of
- accepting on-line credit card payments if and when our host,
- Hypermart, makes it available.)
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- Support
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- We want your experience with our software to be problem-free!
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- Visit the Modeler's Logbook web site at http://computassist.hypermart.net/ml/.
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- For technical support or answers to your questions, e-mail
- modeler@computassist.hypermart.net.
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