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Monthly Planner (v1.2)
an
(even )Slicker Rexx Program
by
Dominic Giampaolo
So what does it do?
It allows you to keep track of little notes, those Post-it type
things that you always lose.... Now you can electronify your messy
desk and keep things organized (yeah right!). Seriously though, this
is a calendar program (originally by Mike Meyer) that I enhanced using the
RexxArpLib to make it more Amiga'tized, and added the capability to keep
track of notes that you write.
***AND*** in version 1.2 I have added the capabilities to delete days and
to also be able to print them out. I figured this would make it
more usefull, hope I was right.
How do I use it?
PREREQUISITES: First, you gotta have ARexx (which if you don't
have, you should PURCHASE, not pirate). Then you have to have the
Rexx libraries in place. Which libraries? The Rexxsupport.library,
rexxarplib.library, and screenshare.library (and of course
RexxSyslib.library which Arexx needs to run).
Then what?
Start up AREXX, and type:
RX MP
hit the return key, watch your drives grind for a few seconds, and
viola you are greeted with a wonderful calendar that is set according
to your current system's date.
Yeah so what?
Jeez, don't be so pushy! Now you can start adding things that
you want to remind yourself of, such as your wife's birthday or
whatever.
You can add things by clicking the edit gadget and then the date
that you want to make a note for. Doing this will start up your
editor (the one in your C: directory) with a filename according to the
date you clicked on. Type in your note, save it, and then the next
time you click on that date you will be greeted with a listing of that
note. The listing will use MORE (also in your C: directory) if you
have it, otherwise it will open up it's own window and display the
contents of the notes for that day. You can't edit these notes, just
view them. To edit them (deleting and adding things, etc...) you must
edit the date, as explained 3 or so sentences ago.
What else?
Well, Mike Meyer's code is what handles the Calendar part, so
you can thumb through the months (and years) of time, adding or
viewing notes as you go along (my part!). The BACK UP gadget goes
back one month, and the NEXT gadget advances one month (no duh). The
JUMP button will jump to a specified month/year. When you click the
jump button a requester will appear and you just type in the month you
want to go to (with an optional year). The format is like AUGUST or
AUGUST 1999, abbreviations also work (such as AUG). The CLEAR gadget
will clear any little windows that might happen to be sticking around
that you don't want. The PRINT gadget will ask you to click on a day
and then it will print out that day (if there is anything for that day).
The DELETE gadget will delete the appropriate file from your disk if you
no longer want to have it on your disk. Saves you the trouble of having
to do it from outside the program.
TECHNICALITIES:
So what else do I need to know about this wonder-program?
What else do you want to know? :) One thing about the notes
files is that they are named by the date they are for. So that July
29, 1989 would be named July.29.1989, this file is placed where you tell it
to be placed. When you click on a day's gadget, the program looks in the
current directory, df1:, df1:s/, and finally df0:s/. You can change this
pretty easily in the program, and you should if needed (like if you have a
harddrive).
There is a file for each date that you create one for. I chose
this over having one large file, because it would have required
searching through some huge file, blah blah blah blah (I didn't want
to do it that way, it's too long and blecky).
To delete things you don't want anymore, just either erase the
whole day's file, or edit it and selectively delete the text and
re-save it again.
I have tried to make this program as crash proof as possible,
that's why it got rather long. As far as I know, it won't screw up. You
can take your disks out, change disks, not have an editor, etc..., but you
shouldn't be able to make it screw up, except for typing in wrong dates,
not even that sometimes...
Other than that there isn't much else.
WHAT DOESN'T IT DO?
It won't change your life. It also doesn't deal with recurring
events (such as Aunt Martha's B-day, or your bowling league game every
tuesday night). Stuff like that could be added, but I didn't. Give
it a try (that's how this program came about). It also won't get you
a date for friday night, but it will keep track of it if YOU get one.
:-) Have fun, stay cool, and don't stress out.
Dominic Giampaolo
July 29, 1989
Send any mail or comments to:
Dominic Giampaolo
Giampal@auvm.bitnet
or
3704 Eastwood Dr.
Baltimore, Md. 21206
Bye now!
P.s. All you jerry-curl suckers
wearin' high heel boots,
like ballerina's
what I mean is your a fruit-loop-troop
all you wanna-be-wanna-be's
when will you learn,
wanna be like ------ gotta wait your turn....
/* know who wrote that ? :^) */