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Daily Log Book
Version 2.0
Copyright 1989-1993
Sequential Software Inc.
P.O. Box 53
Somerset, KY 42502-0053
Release Date-May 11, 1993
Site License Agreement
This program is distributed by the Shareware concept. It is not
free. You are granted limited license to use Daily Log Book on your
system for 30 days to determine its suitability.
You are encouraged to give Daily Log Book to your friends and upload
it on your favorite BBS provided you adhere to these terms: You
cannot charge a fee for the program. You may charge a distribution
fee if you advise users this fee is for distribution purposes only
and not for the program itself. You must include all the files
included with this package in complete and unmodified form.
If you find this program helpful and plan to use it on your system,
please register your copy. Registration provides complete support
for this program, update notices, and the latest version on disk. A
registration form may be printed from the Help Menu in Daily Log
Book.
Title Section
Getting Started 1
Overview 1.1
Requirements 1.2
Starting Daily Log Book 1.3
Editor 1.4
Calendar 1.5
Changing dates 1.5.1
Pull-Down Menu 1.6
Dialog Boxes 1.7
Online Help 1.8
File Menu 2
New 2.1
Open 2.2
Properties 2.3
Save 2.4
Clear 2.5
Import 2.6
Print Range 2.7
Print Day 2.8
Exit 2.9
Calendar Menu 3
Calendar 3.1
Six Month Calendar 3.2
Jump to Date 3.3
Edit Menu 4
Line Marking Text 4.1
Column Marking Text 4.2
Copy 4.3
Cut 4.4
Delete 4.5
Paste 4.6
Delete Line 4.7
Total Block 4.8
Windows Paste 4.9
Windows Copy 4.10
Windows Cut 4.11
Search Menu 5
Find 5.1
Search/Print 5.2
Macros Menu 6
What are macros 6.1
Playing macros 6.2
Recording macros 6.3
Macro Inputs 6.4
Options Menu 7
Reminders 7.1
Program Options 7.2
Date Format 7.2.1
Date Separator 7.2.2
Program Password 7.2.3
Password Types 7.2.4
Video Options 7.3
Color Scheme 7.3.1
Screen Lines 7.3.2
CGA Snow Supression 7.3.3
Help Menu 8
Index 8.1
Copy This Program 8.2
Support 8.3
Disclaimer 9
Refund 10
Association of Shareware Professionals
Ombudsman Statement 11
1 Getting Started
1.1 Overview
Daily Log Book was created to serve as a daily log or diary.
It is the perfect tool for keeping free form text records on any
subject. Text is entered and viewed on a day by day basis. An on
screen calendar is provided for moving to a different day. Search
allow you to find all references to a word or phrase in seconds.
Any day or range of dates can be printed to printer or disk file.
Multiple log books can be used to separate subjects. Other features
include selectable color schemes, support for 43 and 50 screen
lines, password data protection, and macros. Daily Log Book's ease
of use make it simple for even beginners to learn.
1.2 Requirements
Daily Log Book requires a computer meeting these requirements to
operate:
IBM PC/XT/AT or compatible system
DOS Version 2.1 or later
350K free memory
The following are not required but are supported and can improve
efficiency:
Hard Disk Drive
Mircosoft Mouse or compatible
Color Monitor
1.3 Starting Daily Log Book
To begin Daily Log Book change to the drive and directory
containing the program, type LOG, and press ENTER at the DOS prompt.
Command line options:
Video options
/MONO use monochrome color scheme
/LCD use LCD color scheme
/LINES:25 use 25 screen line video
/LINES:43 use 43 screen line video
/LINES:50 use 50 screen line video
/SNOW:ON|OFF turn snow checking ON or OFF, CGA displays only
Program options
/DATE:mm/dd/yy initial date to use when program begins
/DATE:mm/dd/yyyy initial date to use when program begins
/LATEST go to latest log entry when program begins
/LOG:n n=number of Log Book to begin with
/? display list of command line options
Command line options are placed after the program name when
starting a DOS program. For example, to start Daily Log Book,
display the latest log entry in the default log book, and use the
LCD color scheme you enter this at the DOS command line:
LOG /LATEST /LCD
Note that most of the functions of the command line options may
be configured and saved from within Daily Log Book. This is usually
more convenient than using the command line options. Command line
options do take precedence over configuration settings. This makes
the command line options useful for temporarily overriding the
configuration settings.
1.4 Editor
When Daily Log Book begins the currently active days text is
displayed in the editor. Anything you type is displayed in the
editor and will be saved as text associated with the current date.
The text is saved when you change to a different day, quit Daily Log
Book, or select Save from the File menu.
While in the editor you access other functions of Daily Log
Book by selecting them from the pull-down menu or pressing function
keys. Functions available within the editor:
ESC : Activate pull-down menu
ALT : Activate pull-down menu
ALT-F : Activate File menu
ALT-C : Activate Calendar menu
ALT-E : Activate Edit menu
ALT-S : Activate Search menu
ALT-M : Activate Macro menu
ALT-O : Activate Options menu
ALT-H : Activate Help menu
F1 : Display Help
F2 : Activate the one month calendar
Shift-F2 : Activate the six month calendar
F3 : Activate the Find dialog box
Shift-F3 : Activate the Search/Print dialog box
F4 : Activate the Print dialog box
F5 : Select a different Log Book for viewing and
editing
F7 : Select marco to Play
Shift-F7 : Record a macro
F10 : Exit Daily Log Book
ALT-alpha : other letter key will play macro associated with
that letter if available
1.5 Calendar
The Calendar in the upper left section of the screen shows one
date in inverse colors. This is the day's text that is currently
displayed in the editor. Dates shown in high intensity colors are
days that have text associatied with them.
1.5.1 Changing Dates
The calendar is used to select the current date (day whose text
is displayed in the editor). You may activate the calendar by
selecting Calendar from the Calendar menu or by pressing F2 while in
the editor. Use the calendar to move any date from 01-01-1900 to
12-31-2062.
While the calendar is active the following keys are used to control
the calendar:
ARROW Keys : move from day to day
ENTER : selects day for view/edit
ESC : cancels, returns to editor on the
orginal day
TAB, CTRL-RIGHT : go to next month
SHIFT-TAB, CTRL-LEFT: go to previous month
PAGE-UP : go to next year
PAGE-DOWN : go to previous year
SPACEBAR : go to today actual date
1.6 Pull-Down Menu
The pull-down menu system makes it easy for you to communicate
with Daily Log Book. The menu bar is located at the top of your
screen.
The pull-menu is available when you are in the editor. It is
not available when you are involved in another operation and is
shaded out when unavailable.
The pull-down menu is made up of menu titles and menus. The
menu titles are displayed at the top of the screen. When a menu is
actived the menu appears under its menu title.
To activate the menu with a mouse, position the mouse pointer
on the desired menu title and click (press & release) the left mouse
button.
With the keyboard, press ESC or ALT to activate the menu then
use the left and right arrow keys to highlight the desired menu.
You may also hold down ALT and press the first letter of the menu
title to activate that menu. For example to activate the Edit menu
hold down ALT and press E.
While a menu is active, use the up and down arrow key then
highlight the menu item you want to select and then press ENTER.
The status line (bottom line of the screen) contains a brief
description of the menu item that is being highlighted.
Each menu item has a hotkey. When a menu is active you may
press the hotkey for an item to select it. This can save a few
keystrokes when compared with moving the highlight bar to the item
and then pressing ENTER. The mouse pointer may also be positioned
on the desired menu item and clicking the left mouse button will
select the item.
If you have actived the menu and want to exit the menu without
making a selection press ALT or ESC. With a mouse, click the mouse
button with the mouse pointer anywhere except on the menu.
1.7 Dialog Boxes
Dialogs are special boxes that allow you to make choices
concerning a function. These choices are made using one or more
controls.
Several keys have the same function on all dialog boxes. The
TAB key is used to move forward from control to control. Shift-TAB
will move backwards from control to control. F1 will always display
context sensitive help. ESC will cancel any dialog box. ENTER will
always select the "OK" button unless one of the other control
buttons are current. Clicking any control with the mouse will move
to that control.
All dialog boxes will have at least one button control. Button
controls allow some action to be taken by the dialog. For example
the "OK" button intructs the dialog to continue and perform its
function. The "Cancel" button will abort the dialog and returns to
the editor. The "Help" button will display a help screen associated
with the dialog. Pressing Enter selects the current control button.
The current control button has < > characters around it. Clicking
the mouse cursor on any button will select it also.
Other dialog controls include check boxes, radio buttons, text &
date entry fields, and list boxes.
Check boxes allow an option to be switched on or off. An 'X'
between the check box bracket characters indicates the option is on.
To toggle a check box bewteen on and off press the SPACEBAR.
Check Box examples: [X] Check box that is on.
[ ] Check box that is off.
Radio buttons allow the selection of one option from two or more
choices. Use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to move the selection dot
to the desired option.
Radio button example: ( ) First choice
(*) Second choice
( ) Third choice
In the example above the Second choice is selected.
Text and date entry field text such as log book descriptions,
passwords, and dates to be entered.
List boxes contain several choices. Use the UP and DOWN arrow
keys to highlight the desired choice.
1.8 Online Help
Daily Log Book's online help puts answers to most any question
a single keystroke away. Press the F1 key anytime and Daily Log
Book displays a help screen associated with the part of the program
you are currently working with. There are other ways to display
help screens also. All dialog Boxes have a Help button which when
selected display help for the dialog box. From the Help Menu you
can display the Help Index.
Help screens may have links to related topics. Text with bold
arrow characters < > around it denotes a link to another screen.
If a help screen contains linked text, the cursor will be located on
the first link on the screen. The link at the cursor will also be
shown in inverse colors to aid in seeing where you are on the help
screen.
To display help associated with a link, press ENTER while the
cursor is on the desired link. If a screen has more than one link
the TAB key is used to maneuver the cursor to different links.
Mouse users may simply click on the link to display the linked
screen.
2 File Menu
2.1 New
New allows you to create a new log book. The new log book's
properties can be set at the time of creation. The text box shown
within the New dialog box contains the title for the current log
book. You may edit the log book title. There are two check boxes
in the Properties dialog box. One is for setting the current log
book as the default log book. The default log book is the log book
which is loaded initially when Daily Log Book is started. The
second check box is checked to enable a password for this log book
only. If you check this log book password box you will be asked to
enter a password. This password will be for the current log book
only. You (or anyone else) attempting to load this log book will
have to enter the password for this log book.
2.2 Open
Open will present you with a list of available log books. Use
the up and down arrow keys or the mouse to select the log book you
want to use and press ENTER.
2.3 Properties
Selecting the File menu's Properties choice allows you to
change several status items about a log book. The text box shown
within the Properties dialog box contains the title for the current
log book. You may edit the log book title. There are two check
boxes in the Properties dialog box. One is for setting the current
log book as the default log book. The default log book is the log
book which is loaded initially when Daily Log Book is started. The
second check box is checked to enable a password for this log book
only. If you check this log book password box you will be asked to
enter a password. This password will be for the current log book
only. You (or anyone else) attempting to load this log book will
have to enter the password for this log book.
2.4 Save
Use Save to explicitly save the current day's text to the
current log book. Note that the use of save is not necessary
because the current day is saved when you change to a different day
or when you exit Daily Log Book.
2.5 Clear
Clear will DELETE EVERY DAY'S ENTRIES IN THE CURRENT LOG BOOK.
After selecting Clear from the File menu you will be asked
twice to confirm this action. If either program or log book
passwords are in use you will be asked to enter them before deleting
data begins.
2.6 Import
Select Import from the File menu to import a ASCII text file
into the editor. The file is inserted at the current cursor
location. Lines longer than the editor window are word wrapped.
Control characters are removed.
2.7 Print Range
Print Range will print a range of dates for the current log book.
You specify the range of dates to print. F4 is the short- cut key
for Print Range. When Print Range is selected you enter a starting
and ending range to print. The Print Dialog is then displayed.
From the Print Dialog you may select where you want the printed
output to go. Available are, print device connected to LPT1 or LPT2
(parallel port 1 or 2), disk file, and the screen.
If you select disk file you will need to specify a name for
the file or use the default name listed in the Print Dialog. The
Append check box in the Print Dialog also applies to printing to
disk file. If the Append check box is not checked and the specified
disk file already exist then the file will be erased before the new
file is written. If the Append check box is checked and the disk
file already exist the new data will be added to the end of the
existing file.
2.8 Print Day
Print Day is used to print the entire text for the current day
(day shown in the editor). After selecting Print Day the Print
Dialog appears. From the Print Dialog you may select where you want
the printed output to go. Available are, print device connected to
LPT1 or LPT2 (parallel port 1 or 2), disk file, and the screen.
If you select disk file you will need to specify a name for the
file or use the default name listed in the Print Dialog. The Append
check box in the Print Dialog also applies to printing to disk file.
If the Append check box is not checked and the specified disk file
already exist then the file will be erased before the new file is
written. If the Append check box is checked and the disk file
already exist the new data will be added to the end of the existing
file.
2.9 Exit
Selecting Exit from the File menu will quit Daily Log Book.
The current day's text is saved as it appears in the editor.
F10 is the short-cut key for this function.
3 Calendar Menu
3.1 Calendar
Selecting the Calendar choice from the Calendar menu switches
you from the editor to the onscreen calendar. See Section 1.5 for
information on using the calendar.
The short-cut key for displaying the calendar is F2.
3.2 Six Month Calendar
The Six Month Calendar choice displays six months and functions
the same as the onscreen calendar. See Section 1.5 for information
on using the calendar.
The short-cut key for displaying the six month calendar is
Shift-F2.
3.3 Jump to Date
Selecting Jump to Date from the Calendar menu allows you to
enter a new date that will become the current date. The new date's
text (if it has any) will be displayed in the editor. This function
serves the same purpose as the Calendar. You can use Jump to Date
to go directly to a specific date without having to scroll to the
desired date with the calendar.
4 Edit Menu
You can use the keyboard or the mouse to mark text. Marking
text highlights it and prepares it to be moved, copied, or deleted.
The Edit menu contains several functions that can be used on marked
blocks of text.
4.1 Line Block Marking
To Line Mark a block of text, hold down Shift and press the Up
or Down Arrow keys to mark text line by line.
4.2 Column Block Marking
To Column Mark a block of text, hold down Shift and press the
Left or Right arrow keys to mark the width then continue holding
Shift and press the Up or Down arrows keys to mark the height.
Column Block Marking must be used for the Total Marked Block
function.
4.3 Copy
Duplicates the marked text in the clipboard.
Short-cut key is CTRL-INS.
4.4 Cut
Removes the marked text and places it in the clipboard.
Short-cut key is SHIFT-INS.
4.5 Paste
Inserts the contents of the clipboard at the current cursor
location. Short-cut key is SHIFT-INS.
4.6 Delete
Removes the marked text. Short-cut key is DELETE.
4.7 Delete Line
Deletes the line the cursor is on. Short-cut key is CTRL-Y.
4.8 Total
Sums all the numeric values in the marked block and displays
the result. As the result is displayed in the Total dialog, you
have the option of pasting the total at the current cursor location.
Block must be Column Marked to use the Total function.
4.9 Windows Copy
Duplicates the marked text in the Windows clipboard.
4.10 Windows Cut
Removes the marked text and places it in the Windows clipboard.
4.11 Windows Paste
Inserts the contents of the Windows clipboard at the current
cursor location.
All the Windows clipboard functions listed above require
Mircosoft Windows to be running in 386 enhanced mode. Windows is a
trademark of Microsoft Corp.
5 Search Menu
5.1 Find
Find will search an entire log book for the text you specify.
A dialog is displayed asking what text you wish to search for.
Enter the desired search text. The search defaults to case
insensitive. Therefore, if you search for 'Hello', all occurrences
of 'hello' would also be found. Select OK to begin the search.
5.2 Search/Print
Search/Print works as the Find function in that it searches
for the text you specify. Search/Print prints all the days that
contain the search text to your choice of the printer, a disk file,
or the screen.
6 Macro Menu
6.1 What are macros
Macros store a number of keystrokes and allow you to replay
them by pressing an ALT-letter key combination. Any editing task
you repeat often is a good candidate to be turned into a macro.
6.2 Playing macros
After a macro is recorded, it is saved to disk. You may replay
the macro anytime by holding down ALT and pressing the letter key
you saved the macro under. You may also replay a macro by pressing
F7 to display the macro menu. Then select PLAY MACRO and choose the
macro you want from the list of macros and descriptions. On the
macro list, all ALT letter combinations with macros saved to them
have an '*' beside them. While the macro list is displayed you may
press TAB to change the description of a macro.
6.3 Recording macros
Starting the macro recorder will save all key strokes until the
recorder is stopped. While recording a macro press F7 to stop the macro
recorder and assign the macro to an ALT letter key combination.
6.4 Macro Inputs
The macro input function allows a macro to stop and wait for an
input while it is being played.
To create a macro input start recording a macro as normal.
When you are at the point in the macro where you want the input
press F8. A question mark is displayed to show that the macro input
is in place. Next finish your macro and save it using F7 as normal.
When a macro is played that contains a macro input, the macro
text is displayed up to the point where the macro input is. Then
the macro stops and you may enter text. When ENTER is pressed the
macro continues to execute.
Press ALT-Q on the editor screen to see a sample macro
containing macro inputs.
7 Options Menu
7.1 Reminders
Reminders are new to Log Book version 2.0. They allow you to
keep a sort of to-do list within Daily Log Book. Reminders are
displayed when Daily Log Book is started if any exist. Select
Reminders from the Options Menu or press F8 while in the editor to
access the Reminder dialog box.
7.2 Program Options
7.2.1 Date Format
Date display selector, choose from, Month-Day-Year or
Day-Month-Year.
7.2.2 Date Separator
Character to separate dates with. (- / . are valid)
7.2.3 Program Password
Enable or Disable the program password. If enabled the program
password must be entered when Daily Log Book is started.
7.2.4 Password Types
Program password - requires anyone using Daily Log Book to
correctly enter the program password when the program is started.
The program password is activated from Program Options on the
Options pulldown menu.
Log book password - allows each log book to have its own
individual password. The password for a log book must be entered
correctly when the log book is opened. To activate the log book
password for the current log book, select Properties from the File
menu.
7.3 Video Options
7.3.1 Color Scheme
A color scheme is a set of colors used by Daily Log Book.
Several schemes are provided. Some are for use with specific
hardware, such as the LCD scheme which is ideal for the LCD displays
found on most laptop PC's. Other schemes are available for personal
preference.
7.3.2 Screen Lines
The screen lines option allows you to select the number of
vertical screen lines. Monochrome and CGA monitors are limited to
25 lines. EGA monitors can display 25 or 43 lines. VGA monitors
can display 25 or 50 lines and most VGA monitors will also display
43 lines.
7.3.3 CGA Snow Supression
Some CGA monitors flicker or display snow when video memory is
accessed with the fastest method. If this is a problem on your
display you may turn on the CGA Snow Surpression check box in the
Video Option Dialog.
The CGA Snow Surpression has no effect on VGA, EGA, or
monochrome displays.
With the CGA Snow Surpression ON you may notice a slowing in
Daily Log Books performance. This is normal.
8 Help Menu
8.1 Index
The Help menu Index option will display the help index. To
display a different letter of the index simply press that letter on
the keyboard or click the letter onscreen with the mouse.
8.2 Copy This Program
If you know of someone who would benefit from Daily Log Book,
please give them a copy. That's what shareware is all about.
Daily Log Book provides an easy way to make a copy of itself
for a friend. The Help menu contains the choice Copy Program.
Simply select Copy Program, then answer the dialog box asking which
drive to copy the program onto (this is for systems with two floppy
drives only). Next insert a formatted diskette into the drive and
select OK or press enter when ready.
8.3 Support
You may contact us by voice phone, US Mail, or electronic mail.
Numbers, address, and ID's are listed below.
Voice Phone: 606 423-5454
9:00am to 9:00pm EST
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 53
Somerset KY 42502-0053
Electronic Mail: GEnie ID: J.HAYNES1
BBS: 606 561-5766 message to John Haynes
9 Disclaimer
This program is supplied as-is, with no warranty of any kind
either written or implied. Sequential Software Inc. and/or John
Haynes can assume no liability for any damages (either real or
imagined) resulting from the use of this software.
Furthermore, we make no guarantee as to the suitability of this
software for any purpose.
10 Refund Info
It is the nature of shareware to depend upon customer
satisfaction. If after registering this product you feel you are
not satisfied, you may return the package for a full refund of the
registration price.
11 Association of Shareware Professionals Ombudsman Statement
Sequential Software is a member of the Association of Shareware
Professionals (ASP). The ASP wants to make sure shareware works for
you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware related problem with
an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to
help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem
with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for
members products. You may write to the ASP Ombudsman at:
Association of Shareware Professionals
545 Grover Rd.
Muskegon, MI 49442-9427
USA
FAX: 616 788-2765
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