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DEMONSTRATION BATCH FILE: TIC.BAT
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TIC.BAT is a sample application that uses FDATE to create a "tickler
file" batch file. The default name for the file is C:\TICKLER.BAT.
In order to use TIC on a regular basis, you should:
* Use your favorite text editor to modify TIC.BAT so that it
will use your favorite text editor in the EDIT function.
(TIC.BAT ships with the editor set to SPFPC).
* If you wish, use your favorite text editor to modify the
first few lines of TIC.BAT, so the "SET TicBAT=" statement
sets TicBAT to a different file name for the tickler batch file.
Note that you must specify the full filename,
including path and extension.
* Put TIC.BAT in a directory that is in your PATH.
* add the following lines to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
CLS
rem show today's appointments
call TIC T
echo.
rem show tomorrow's appointments [note space betwee T and +1]
call TIC T +1
echo.
pause
This will cause the tickler batch file to be run when you
boot your computer, showing you your scheduled appointments.
HELP
====
Running TIC without any parms will cause it to display a HELP screen.
EXAMPLE: tic
ADDING A NEW TICKLE (SINGLE DATES)
==================================
To add a new SINGLE DATE tickle, invoke TIC. The first parm must be the
date of the desired tickle, in the format mm/dd/yy. (You may use the
pseudodate TT for the current month or year, if you wish.)
This parm must be followed by a description of the appointment.
* If no description is entered, TIC interprets the date in parm 1
as a request to display the tickles for that date.
NOTE: DOS batch files strip commas out of their input parameters, so
any commas in your description will be lost.
EXAMPLE: tic 5/5/92 Cinco de Mayo party w/ Susan: El Charro @ 6pm
EXAMPLE: tic 5/5/tt Cinco de Mayo party w/ Susan: El Charro @ 6pm
ADDING A NEW TICKLE (REGULAR WEEKLY APPOINTMENTS)
=================================================
To add a new REGULAR APPOINTMENT tickle, invoke TIC. The first two
parms must be the string "dow" (or "DOW") and the day-of-the-week
number of the day of the week (e.g. 2 for Monday).
These parms should be followed by a description of the appointment.
EXAMPLE: tic dow 2 Regular Monday morning staff meeting @ 8:30 am
EXAMPLE: TIC DOW 6 STANDING TENNIS DATE WITH JANICE AT 6:30
CHECKING YOUR TICKLES
=====================
You can check your tickler file appointments for a particular day at
any time by invoking TIC with only a date parm or the pseudodate T or
TODAY.
EXAMPLE: tic t displays appointments for today
EXAMPLE: tic today displays appointments for today
EXAMPLE: tic 5/5/92 displays appointments for May 5, 1992
EXAMPLE: tic 5/5/tt displays appointments for May 5 of this year
EXAMPLE: tic tt/5/tt displays appointments for the 5th of this month
You can check your tickler file appointments for a date from one to
seven days in the future by invoking TIC with two parms: T (for today)
followed by a number of +1 through +7. Unsigned numbers are treated
as if they have a plus sign. Negative numbers will show appointments
for days in the past.
EXAMPLE: tic t displays appointments for today
EXAMPLE: tic t 1 displays appointments for tomorrow
EXAMPLE: tic t +1 displays appointments for tomorrow
EXAMPLE: tic t +7 displays appointments for a week from today
EXAMPLE: tic t -1 displays appointments for yesterday
Note that the space between the first parm "T" and the second, number
parm, is required:
EXAMPLE: tic t+2 does not recognise "t+2" as "t +2".
Displays appointments for TODAY.
If the tickler batch file does not exist, nothing will be displayed.
REMOVING DEAD TICKLES
=====================
After a while the tickler batch file will become very long, filled with
"dead tickles". You can edit it with a text editor to remove the dead
tickles:
EXAMPLE: tic edit
EXAMPLE: TIC ED
or simply delete it and let TIC create a new one the next time
you use TIC to add a tickle.