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- This is Readme.txt for Silence version 1.5.1
-
- Silence is ⌐1999 by Roger Chaplin <foursquaredev@att.net>
- http://home.att.net/~foursquaredev/
-
-
- ----------------
- | Introduction |
- ----------------
-
- Silence causes your Palm Computing(R) platform device to be completely
- silent during time periods that you specify. Regardless of the sound
- settings in your system preferences, your device will make absolutely no
- sound at all. Program in the times that you have regularly scheduled
- meetings, church services, etc. Silence also provides an immediate action
- toggle control, so you can make your device silent independently of programmed
- times.
-
- Features:
- o Unlimited number of programmed silent periods
- o Silent periods can be either one-time, or repeating
- o Uses the same user interface scheme as the built in Palm (tm) Date Book,
- so no re-learning is required
- o Quickly silence or un-silence your device with a programmable pen stroke,
- without leaving the app you are presently using
- o Pen stroke silence can last indefinitely, or for a programmable time
- duration
- o Optional silence indicator icon visible at all times
-
- Silence requires either Hackmaster (shareware, available at
- http://www.daggerware.com), or EVPlugBase (freeware, available at
- http://www.evscl.com/en/en_evplug.html). If you decide to use HackMaster,
- please register it.
-
-
- ----------------
- | Installation |
- ----------------
-
- The Silence distribution includes this readme file, plus two PRC files:
- SilenceHack.prc and Silence.prc. Use the following procedure to install
- Silence:
-
- 1. If you have not yet installed HackMaster or EVPlugBase, do so
- 2. IMPORTANT: if you are upgrading from any previous version of Silence,
- launch HackMaster or EVPlugBase (whichever you use) and disable
- SilenceHack. FAILURE TO PERFORM THIS STEP WILL CAUSE YOUR DEVICE TO CRASH,
- POSSIBLY RESULTING IN LOSS OF DATA.
- 3. IMPORTANT: if you are upgrading from Silence v1.2 or earlier, and you have
- used FlashPro to move Silence and/or SilenceHack into flash memory, you
- must first disable all hacks, then use FlashPro to move Silence and
- SilenceHack back into normal RAM. FAILURE TO PERFORM THIS STEP WILL
- CAUSE YOUR DEVICE TO CRASH, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN LOSS OF DATA.
- 4. IMPORTANT: if you are upgrading from Silence v1.3 or earlier, use the app
- launcher to delete Silence from your device (you do not have to delete
- SilenceHack, although you may if you wish). FAILURE TO PERFORM THIS STEP
- WILL CAUSE YOUR DEVICE TO CRASH, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN LOSS OF DATA.
- 5. Install both the PRC files onto your Palm Computing device
- 6. Launch HackMaster or EVPlugBase and enable SilenceHack
-
-
- ---------------
- | Usage Notes |
- ---------------
-
- Your device will be silent if the "Immediate silence" checkbox is checked or
- if any of your programmed silent periods are active. The silence state is
- indicated by a small icon near the lower left corner of the Silence list view.
-
- When a silent period is active, a small black diamond appears beside it at the
- right edge of the display. Repeating periods are indicated by a single letter
- at the left edge of the display:
- D daily repeat
- W weekly repeat
- M monthly repeat
- Y yearly repeat
- A blank space indicates a non-repeating period.
-
- During a silent period, apps can still generate alarms. Any visual alarm
- indicators (such as the app's alarm dialog, flashing backlight, TaleLight,
- TaleVibes, etc.) still work. Only the audio is affected.
-
- When you are editing a silent period, changes you make to the start date/time
- have no effect on the period's duration; that is, the end date/time changes
- along with the start date/time. Changes you make to the end date/time do
- affect the duration of the period; that is, the start date/time does not
- change.
-
- Non-repeating silent periods are automatically deleted once they have expired.
-
- If you want to cancel an active silent period (e.g. the meeting during which
- you wanted the silence ended early), tap on the black diamond. It will change
- to a hollow diamond, and the period will no longer contribute to the silent
- state of your device. At the end of the period, it will become idle and
- either be deleted (if it is a non-repeating period) or adjusted for the next
- ocurrence (if it is a repeating period).
-
- If you have selected "forever" for the "Immediate silence" duration, enabling
- the checkbox will cause your device to remain silent forever, or until you
- disable the checkbox. If you have selected a definite time duration, enabling
- the checkbox will cause your device to remain silent for that length of time.
- Disabling and then re-enabling the checkbox re-starts the time. The time
- duration controls cannot be changed while the checkbox is enabled.
-
- You can also toggle the "Immediate silence" control on and off without
- launching Silence, by making a pen stroke between two of the silkscreened
- buttons that are on either side of the Graffiti area (Applications, Menu,
- Calculator, and Find). You can select which button marks the start of the
- stroke, and which button marks the end. To make the pen stroke, put the pen
- down on the "beginning" button, slide the pen to the "end" button, then lift
- the pen. The controls for this feature are accessible from the Silence menu,
- on Options. When you have enabled the feature, every time you stroke from the
- start button to the end button, the "Be silent for" control will toggle.
- (Remember that if one of your programmed silent periods is active, the
- immediate control has no effect upon the device's silent status.)
-
- The pen stroke feature is inactive while you are in the HotSync application,
- to prevent you from inadvertently toggling silence while a HotSync operation
- is underway. Toggling silence while a HotSync operation is underway can crash
- your device.
-
- You can choose to make an icon visible at all times that indicates the silence
- status of your device. The controls for this feature are accessible from the
- Silence menu, on Options. You can choose any of the four corners of the screen
- for this icon to appear.
-
- When Silence enters or exits one of your programmed silent periods, or when
- you use the pen stroke to toggle the immediate silence, it indicates this
- change in one of two ways, depending upon whether the icon indicator feature
- is enabled:
- o If the icon indicator feature is enabled, the icon simply changes to
- reflect the new silence state.
- o If the icon indicator feature is not enabled, Silence pops up a message
- box for two seconds. However, the message box appears only if your
- device is turned on when the transition occurs. If your device is off at
- the time, Silence still makes the transition into or out of the silent
- period, but does not display the message box.
-
- -----------------
- | Compatibility |
- -----------------
-
- There are no known conflicts between Silence and any other app or hack.
- Silence runs on any Palm Computing platform device using Palm OS 2.0 or
- greater. This includes PalmPilot Personal and Professional, and all Palm III,
- V, and VII series, as well as Handspring Visor and TRGPro. Silence will not
- run on the Pilot 1000 and 5000.
-
- Some apps bypass the Palm OS to play sounds (one example is Galax). Silence
- cannot make these apps silent.
-
-
- -----------
- | License |
- -----------
-
- Silence is shareware. You are free to try it out, but if you continue using it
- for more than 30 days you are obliged to register and pay. Once you have paid,
- you will receive an unlock key that you can use to eliminate the nag screen
- that appears each time you launch Silence. Even before you register and unlock
- Silence, it is fully functional. Use the 30-day trial period to your
- advantage, and be sure to give Silence a complete evaluation. All sales are
- final.
-
- You are entitled to use a registered copy of Silence on a single handheld. If
- you wish to install and use it on more than one device, you must register a
- copy for each device.
-
- Registered users get first priority for support, and receive upgrades at no
- extra cost.
-
-
- ---------------
- | Registering |
- ---------------
-
- Registration of Silence costs $5.00. You can register at either PalmGear H.Q.
- or Handango.
-
- PalmPilotGear H.Q.:
- 2500 East Randol Mill Road, Suite 117
- Arlington, TX 76017
- 800.741.9070
- http://www.palmgear.com/
-
- Handango:
- http://www.handango.com/
-
- The registration screen that appears when you first launch Silence shows your
- RegCode. Using this RegCode value when you register at PalmPilotGear H.Q. or
- Handango will help to ensure that you receive the correct unlock key.
-
- If you wish to register more than one copy, enter the Pilot User Name and/or
- RegCode for one of the devices on the online order form, and email the other
- Pilot User Name and/or RegCodes directly to foursquaredev@att.net.
-
-
- ------------------
- | Known Problems |
- ------------------
-
- None.
-
-
- --------------------
- | Revision History |
- --------------------
-
- June 19, 2000 v1.5.1
- o Fixed the "missing hours list" bug on the set time screen (this bug
- did not manifest itself on Palm OS 3.5, only on earlier OS versions)
- o Updated documentation to state that Silence requires Palm OS 2.0 or
- greater
-
- June 18, 2000 v1.5
- o Added the indicator icon feature
- o Bug fix: changing the start date of a repeat weekly silent period now
- updates the Repeat on day control buttons to match the new start day
- o Bug fix: repeating periods that are repeat monthly by
- day-of-the-month, and having an Every setting other than 1, now work
- correctly (previously these repeated every month, regardless of the
- Every setting)
- o Bug fix: Immediate silence durations of 10-19 hours, inclusive, did
- not work -- the checkbox would immediately uncheck itself
- o Rearranged the main view controls, and re-labeled the "Be silent for"
- checkbox to "Immediate silence", to provide more consistency
-
- March 4, 2000 v1.4.1
- o Now properly imports preferences and registration code from v1.3
-
- March 3, 2000 v1.4
- o Fixed the fatal error on Palm OS 3.3 when enabling "Toggle immediate
- silence on and off with a pen stroke" on the Options screen.
- o Fixes to eliminate errors on Palm OS 3.5.
-
- August 16, 1999 v1.3
- o The "Be silent immediately" control is now "Be silent for" and has
- a programmable time duration (this is the one feature most requested).
- o Changed list view silence indication from text to graphic icon in the
- lower left corner of the display.
- o Added "New" button, removed "New" from the menu.
- o The pen stroke popup indicator now appears always in the center of the
- display.
- o Added popup indicator whenever entering into or exiting from a
- programmed silent period (not just when performing the silence toggle
- pen stroke).
- o Rewrote the SilenceHack part to eliminate a potential fatal error
- under critically low battery conditions.
-
- July 18, 1999 v1.2
- o New feature: When the time arrives for Silence to enter into or exit
- from a programmed silent period, if the device is off, it must awaken
- in order to make the transition. It used to then remain on until the
- auto off time expired. Now, it turns itself back off immediately.
- Thanks to Ron Gouldner (http://www.rgps.com/) for the tip on how to
- make this work.
- o The pen stroke popup indicator now appears in the upper left corner of
- the active window. This works better for those situations where you
- have a modal dialog open or a popup list open.
-
- July 6, 1999 v1.11
- o Disable pen stroke while the HotSync application is running
- o Bugfix: Pen stroke in unregistered version popped up the registration
- form, which sometimes caused a fatal error. Now a simple reminder pops
- up instead of the registration form.
-
- July 3, 1999 v1.1
- o New feature: pen stroke to toggle immediate silence on/off
- o Bugfix: Resetting the device after installing Silence but before
- launching it would hang the device
- o Bugfix: Resetting the device would cause Silence to never transition
- into the next silent period (if it was not in a silent period), or
- to exit from the active silent period(s) (if it was in a silent
- period)
-
- June 16, 1999 v1.0
- o First public release
- o Bugfix: edit view end date did not get updated correctly when a change
- in start date caused the period to span midnight
-
- June 6, 1999 v0.2b (Beta)
- o Bugfix: editing a period while it was suspended (hollow diamond)
- caused it to become active (black diamond)
- o Bugfix: dates displayed on the list view now obey the system
- preferences setting for how dates ought to be displayed
- o New feature: the list view now indicates the repeat type of each
- period by a single letter at the left edge of the display
-
- May 31, 1999 v0.1b (Beta)
- o First beta release. No changes from v0.7a.
-