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- AutoOff 1.1
- by Joe Grand, The Grand Design
- jgrand@mindspring.com
- http://www.mindspring.com/~jgrand
-
- Background:
-
- AutoOff is a very simple PalmPilot application that is useful if you want to
- disable the "Auto-Off" timer built into the PalmPilot.
-
- Installation:
-
- Install AutoOff just as you would any other PalmPilot application--just open
- the file named AutoOff.prc using the InstallApp application that comes with
- the Pilot Desktop software.
-
- Operation:
-
- When you prefer to disable the "Auto-Off" timer, launch AutoOff from the
- PalmPilots' application page. That is all you have to do! The Preferences
- panel will appear when the program has been successfully run. Though the
- preferences still show a time next to "Auto-off after:", the actual "Auto-Off"
- is disabled.
-
- To re-enable the "Auto-Off" timer, launch the Preferences (by tapping either
- Prefs or AutoOff) and select the General panel. Simply select the "Auto-off"
- time of your choice. That's it! The "Auto-Off" timer is re-enabled and the
- PalmPilot will automatically turn off after the selected amount of time.
-
- Details:
-
- AutoOff makes a call to the system function SysSetAutoOffTime() which,
- when passed a value of 0, will set the PalmPilot to disable the "Auto-Off"
- timer and never automatically power-off.
-
- Advanced:
-
- You can bind AutoOff to one of the hardware buttons on the device. Why would
- you want to do this? If you have a reason to repeatedly disable the "Auto-Off"
- timer, pushing a button on the front is much easier than going to the
- applications page, searching for the icon, and launching the application.
- To do this, open the Prefs application, select "Buttons" from
- the popup menu in the upper right corner, and change the bindings there.
-
- Bug Reports, Comments, etc.:
-
- I don't know how there can be too many bugs in a three line program,
- but if you encounter one and/or have a suggestion, feel free to contact me.
-
- Version Information:
-
- 1.1 - Modified PilotMain to only run on a sysAppLaunchCmdNormalLaunch 1/15/98
- 1.0 - Initial public release 1/14/98
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- Joe Grand
- The Grand Design
- 1/15/98
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