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*** warning student at work ***
This is my first attempt at programming using VX-REXX. It is freeware
and I will not be held responsible for any problems or satisfaction that it brings for
you or your system. When you execute this program it will run with the window being
invisible to you for 30 minutes. ( approx. ) At that point it will display a friendly ( I
hope ) message stating that you need to take a break. I wrote this for myself
because of all those long hours I spend in front of the PC not paying attention to
time( I hate those PC clocks running on the screen. ).
The buttons to be selected when this window becomes visible are: EXIT program
and HIDE window for another thirty minutes. To display the window any other time,
just open the window list and double click on the REMIND.EXE program name. To
reset the delay and hide the window again, just click on "HIDE" .
This program uses a VX-REXX dynamic link library vrobj.dll ( version 2.1b ).
If you choose to use this do the following:
1. ) copy the vrobj.dll into the (drive): \ OS2\DLL directory ( or any library that is
defined to your LIBPATH statement in the config.sys file.
a) If you have VX-REXX (older version) or at least one of their DLL's and you
get an error message. You can do one of two things:
i) Put this vrobj.dll into a directory that is defined earlier in the LIBPATH
statement.
ii) Rename your existing file as vrobj.bak and then move the vrobj.dll
contained within this zipped file into your (drive):\OS2\DLL directory.
I do believe that the later versions of Watcom's DLL's are backwards
compatiable. .
**NOTE** remember to make backups of any files that you are working with
such as: config.sys and vrobj.dll before attempting to install/change any software
these files.
2.) Using the directions from the OS/2 manual, create a program object
with the REMIND.EXE file. Place the .ico, .txt, .bmp and .exe files in the same
directory. HINT: If you do not care for the bitmap that I used, you can supply one
( or change them periodically ) by naming them the same as the base executable's
file name. i.e. if REMIND.EXE then bmp is REMIND.BMP. I did not test alot of
bitmaps using this, but the ones on my system seem fine.
3.) Place a "shadow" of the program object in your startup folder, so you can
continue to enjoy :) those friendly reminders!
** ASIDE **
There is a beta version( 6 ) of the EPM editor that contains a toolbar and
some other nice features. Its pretty stable and a nice step up from the
version 5s that I have worked with. I found it on the following OS/2
BBS 703.385.4325 and the file name is, EPMBETA6.ZIP
If you have any questions or comments, I can be reached on Compuserve as follows
john garton 73474,2434