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- 0The main screen has a number of features. On the top line, the
- 0current day and date is displayed on the left hand side and the
- 0Julian date is displayed on the right. The Julian date is the
- 0number of days since January 1st of the current year.
- 0
- 0In the center of the screen is the current month's calendar with
- 0today's date hilighted. This calendar can be changed by using the
- 0arrow keys.
- 0
- 0The right and left arrow keys change the month.
- 0The up and down arrow keys change the year.
- 0The Insert and Delete keys will move the year by centuries.
- 0The Home key will display the current calendar again.
- 0
- 0Finally, on the bottom is a menu of the various functions this
- 0program can perform. To select a function, either select the
- 0hilighted letter or the number of the function.
- 1This screen shows %today's% events. The times shown here are
- 1specified in the 'System Parameters' under start time, end time
- 1and number of intervals.
- 1
- 1An event will be slotted into a time slot on the screen if there's
- 1a match. If not, the event will be listed in the lower section of
- 1the screen.
- 1
- 1To add an event, hit %F10%, use the tab keys to move the input
- 1area to the correct time slot and enter your data. Hit the enter
- 1key when you're done and %voila!% an appointment is born!
- 1
- 1Use the PageUp and PageDown keys to display different days.
- 1Hit %F6% for the 'appointment extend' feature. With this feature
- 1you type in an event, then you can repeat it by moving the input
- 1area with the arrow keys. The %enter% key resets the feature.
- 2This screen gives you the number of records in the database
- 2and the number of records that you have marked for deletion
- 2but that haven't yet been deleted.
- 2
- 2When you quit the program, it will permanently delete any
- 2events that are currently marked.
- 2
- 2You mark records for deletion by viewing the database (option 3)
- 2and then putting a %'d'% beside the record you want deleted.
- 3This is a list of all records in the database. You can select
- 3the date format you prefer in the 'System Parameters' option.
- 3
- 3There are four commands you can enter beside an event -
- 3
- 3%D% - Delete the event
- 3%U% - UnDelete the event
- 3%C% - Change the date, time or description of the event.
- 3%X% - Expand the record to see the repeating frequency etc.
- 3
- 3An asterisk (*) beside the event indicates that the event
- 3is a repeating event.
- 3
- 3As well, to add an event, hit the Ctrl and 'A' keys together
- 3and you will be presented with a menu.
- 4This screen allows you to change a number of parameters to
- 4make the program a bit more comfortable.
- 4
- 4To change a parameter, use the %arrow% keys to position the
- 4input area over the parameter you want changed. Make the
- 4change and hit enter.
- 4
- 4If you want to keep the change you made, hit %F5% and the
- 4change will be written to disk. If you don't want to keep
- 4the change, hit either the %F3% or the %Esc% key.
- 4
- 4Note: If Immediate Purge is set to Yes, autosort must be
- 4 set to Yes as well!
- 5This screen shows you the calendar that you generated. It is
- 5stored on disk in the file %CALPRINT.PRT%. This file contains
- 5all the printer control characters so you should be able to
- 5send this file straight to the printer with the DOS %Print%
- 5command.
- 5
- 5Another use of this file might be if you have a printer that
- 5prints only 80 columns but have a utility like %SIDEWAYS% that
- 5will print a 132 column listing sideways on your 8.5x11 paper.
- 5
- 5Use the %arrow% keys to scroll the image up and down, left and
- 5right.
- 6This screen allows you to add an event to the file. You will be
- 6prompted for information like the date the event falls on, the
- 6time and a brief (20 character) description.
- 6
- 6If you wish, you can have the program repeat this event on an
- 6interval of time that you specify.
- 6
- 6The program is reasonably flexible with the date and time formats
- 6that it can interpret. If you get into trouble figuring out a
- 6format the program can understand, you can always rely on the
- 6dd/mm/yy format (or mm/dd/yy depending on the system parm file)
- 6and the 24 hour clock.
- 6
- 6The accompanying documentation lists a number of formats that
- 6the program understands.
- 7This screen prompts you for whether you want to repeat the event.
- 7The accompanying documentation gives a full list of words that you
- 7can use when describing how often to repeat an event.
- 7
- 7The program understands the weekdays, monthly, yearly, fortnightly,
- 7etc.
- 8This screen allows you to print a calendar. You can print it to
- 8the printer, to a disk file or to a disk file and the screen.
- 8
- 8You will be prompted for the month and year of the calendar you
- 8want to generate and whether you want to print a daily, weekly or
- 8monthly calendar.
- 9When adding an event in this manner, it is assumed that you wish
- 9to display the event on a %monthly% calendar. If you want to
- 9show this event on the daily calendar as well, please reply %Y%.
- aThis line allows you to display a date instantly, without having
- ato get there one day at a time. You may skip there in two ways.
- a
- a1) Enter the date you want to skip to eg. 15oct89.
- a2) The letter #n# means 'next'. You can then enter the first
- a letter of a weekday to skip directly to it.
- a3) The letter #l# means 'last'. This is similar to 'n'.
- a
- bThe date formats accepted here are @MMYYYY @
- b @MMYY @
- b @MM/YY @
- b @MM/YYYY@
- b
- bAll fields must be %numeric%
- cThis screen will allow you to specify printer codes so that your
- cprinter will behave properly when Calendar Mate sends a print file
- cthere.
- c
- cThe default printer codes should work for %Epson Compatible%
- cprinters.
- c
- cTo enter multi-byte printer codes, enter them in decimal and
- cseparate them with a comma.
- c
- cFor example, %esc+0+w% would be
- c
- c 27,48,119
- c
- cThe INIT1 and INIT2 strings are sent to the printer before any
- ccalendar data. These are typically used for laser printers to set
- cup landscape/portrait mode, character sets etc.
- dThis window allows you to change the colors of the current 'live'
- dwindow. Just use the left and right arrow keys to change the
- dForeground colour and use the up and down arrow keys to change
- dthe background colour.
- d
- dWhen you're done, hit F5 to save the colour settings or hit
- dthe ESC key to cancel.
- eThis is the expanded view of the record you selected. The
- e'Repeat' field may not be exactly as you specified when you
- ecreated the record but it's the program's best attempt of
- etranslating the code into English.
- e
- eIf you want to make a change to the record, when you get back
- eto the screen where you entered 'x' beside the record, enter a
- e'c' instead.
- fThis screen allows you to set colours that cannot be set using
- fthe ESC E feature. The colours you can change are
- f
- fMain screen - the backdrop for the convenience calendar
- fGeneral Info - the top line with the time, date etc.
- fOptions Window - on the main screen. Functions available.
- fGeneral Windows - General info status windows
- fWarning Windows - Windows indicating a warning condition.
- fError Windows - Windows indicating an Error.
- f
- fType in a code in the form XY using the palette at the
- fbottom of the screen to see what colours are represented by
- fthe numbers.
- gThis field indicates the start date of the event. If it's
- ga permanent event (such as Christmas), enter a low date like
- g01/01/00. Date formats acceptable include
- g
- gdd/mm/yy ddmmyy -|
- gmm/dd/yy mmyydd -| Depending on the parm file (option 5.2)
- gyy/mm/dd yymmdd -|
- gddmmmyy - ex. 15Oct55 or 15oct55
- hThis field indicates the time the event will occur. If you
- hdon't care (or if there's no appropriate time), let the default
- hof 0000 stand. The program will interpret this as a time to be
- hignored.
- h
- hAcceptable time formats include the following examples
- h700 - 7:00am
- h1900 - 7:00pm
- h730a (or 730p) - to specify am or pm
- h
- hSee Appendix A in the documentation for a complete list.
- iYou specify the event in this field. Feel free to put
- iin anything you wish.
- jThis field tell the program upon which calendars you want
- jthis event displayed. Valid replies are
- j
- jY or B - The event will show on daily and monthly calendars
- jN or M - The event will show only on the monthly calendar
- jD - The event will show only on the daily calendar.
- kThis field ask you if you want this event to be a repeater.
- kIf you reply Y, some more input fields will be displayed
- kand you'll have more fun filling them in.
- nThe Early Warning field displays the event on you daily calendar
- nfor however many days you specify here. I would suggest you use
- na low number here because a high number will slow the program down
- nfairly noticeably.
- lThis field is where you specify the repeating interval. The
- lprogram knows numbers and the following words...
- l
- lFirst, 1st, Second, 2nd, Third, 3rd, Fourth, 4th, Last
- lSunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
- lDaily, Monthly, Yearly, Fortnightly, Day, Workday
- lJanuary, February, March, April, May, June, July, August
- lSeptember, October, November, December
- mHere, you specify the ending date of the event. The word
- mETERNITY is a word the program understands to mean a perpetual
- m(never ending) event.
- m
- mIf there is an ending date, you can use any date format that
- myou used for the starting date.
- oThere is some flexibility provided for you to tailor the program
- oit to your taste. This menu points you to one of four options...
- o
- oPrinter Parms allows you to specify some control codes that your
- oprinter uses to print compressed, double width etc.
- o
- oSystem Parms allows you to set several variables such as printed
- ocalendar width, date format, etc.
- o
- oPath for Files allows you to specify a different path for the
- odata files if you feel so inclined.
- o
- oSet various Colours allows you to set some colours for some windows
- othat don't respond to the CTRL-E command...
- pThis section allows you to choose a predefined print driver. This
- pis a set of printer codes provided so you can (at least for now)
- pnot have to worry about reading your printer manual. As of V2.1c
- pthe print drivers supplied are
- p
- pEPSON.PRD - Epson FX,LX,RX series
- pROLAND.PRD - Roland Printers
- pHPLJIIPP.PRD - HP LaserJet II portrait mode
- pHPLJIIPL.PRD - HP LaserJet II landscape mode (author's favorite)
- p
- pIf your printer prints funny borders (such as B, D, E etc. instead
- pof characters such as ┬ │ ─ ) try to alter or remove the "INIT1"
- pcontrol string. Check your printer manual for instructions on using
- p"IBM Character Set II" or "EPSON extended character set." If you're
- pstuck, contact Hawk Software for support...
- q 26 26
- r 27 27
- s 28 28
- t 29 29
- u 30 30
- v 31 31
- w 32 32
- x 33 33
- y 34 34
- z5This is the day that the Lord has made.
- z5Let us rejoice and be glad in it!
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