Modeler's Logbook version 1.1 Keep your flight log on your Palm! Modeler's Logbook allows you to conveniently record the facts about every flight you make with a number of aircraft on your Palm OS handheld! Record a complete history of all your planes. Save the date, flying site, weather conditions, duration, and other information for immediate recall. *** License You may use this program on your own Palm OS device(s), but you are not permitted to distribute it to others. Modeler's Logbook is copyright 2000, COMPUTASSIST, Omaha, NE. No warranty is stated or implied. You use Modeler's Logbook at your own risk (although we haven't had any problems, we can't promise you won't!) *** Installation With this version of Modeler's Logbook, you only need to install the program file itself. No run-time modules are required. Use whatever means you have to install the file on your Palm (Palm desktop on Windows, pilot-xfer on Linux, etc.) *** Planes & sites Modeler's Logbook allows you to add up to 99 planes and 30 flying sites to choose from when recording logbook entries. You can maintain your plane and site lists by renaming or deleting entries as needed; the Logbook will keep them sorted alphabetically. Renames and deletes will NOT affect logbook entries that you have already entered. To add or edit a plane or site, choose Edit planes or Edit sites from the menu. You may add an item to the list by tapping the New button, entering an identifying text, and tapping OK. To rename an existing plane or site, select the item in the list, tap the Rename button and change the text, then tap OK. To delete, select the item, tap the Delete button and answer 'Yes' to the delete question. *** Flights Recording a flight is easy! Just choose the plane you're flying, the site at which you're flying, use the sky, wind and temperature items to record the weather, and enter any notes you want to remember about the flight. After the flight ends, you can record the duration from an outside timer, or have a friend use the built-in timer during your flight. Modeler's Logbook remembers the details of your most recent flight, and uses them as the default values for your next entry, for easy recording of a series of flights. Timer controls appear on the flight entry form. Use the start button to begin timing the duration of the flight. Use the stop button to stop the timer. The time will be saved with your flight information. If you wish to enter the time manually, you can. Use one of three methods: Method 1 - enter the time as minutes, seconds, decimal fraction, in the same format (MM:SS.DD) as the automatic timer displays. (To enter a colon (:) with graffiti, tap once to toggle punctuation, followed by a down-up stroke.) Some examples: 2:17 12:55.08 Method 2 - enter a numeric value, including optional decimal portion, followed by an 'm' to indicate a minute value. Some examples: 2m 15.25m Method 3 - enter a numeric value, including optional decimal portion, followed by an 's' to indicate a second value. Some examples: 70s 419.52s *** Setting Filters After you have a considerable number of flights logged, it may become difficult to get a clear picture of the history of one aircraft or flying site. By setting a filter on your logbook, you can view only the entries you are interested in. Choose the Filter option from the menu, and then choose a plane, site, or set a date to filter on. When you OK the filter, Modeler's Logbook will display only the flights that qualify based on that filter value. An asterisk (*) will be displayed in the title bar to remind you that you have a filter set. All views and exports respect the filter setting. To clear the filter, go back to the filter form and choose None. *** Exporting Export to a memo allows you to import your logbook entries into a spreadsheet or word processor for analysis or presentation. You can also set a filter to restrict the exported data to one plane, flying site, or date. Set the filter first, if you intend to export only a portion of your data. Then choose Export to memo from the menu. The export will take a few seconds, and an activity monitor will let you know the Palm is working. After the activity monitor disappears, you will find a new memo in the Memo app containing your data, ready for syncing with your desktop. After performing a normal Hotsync operation, you can open the Modeler's Logbook memo and copy the data into any other application. It's formatted to import into a spreadsheet without further editing. *** Registration Use the trial version as long as you like. It allows you to record up to 25 flights, enough to try out all the features of the program. You can download it at http://computassist.hypermart.net/ml/. The registered version of Modeler's Logbook gives you room for 500 flights, enough for a busy season of flying. It also allows you to filter the data by plane, site, or date, and export to a memo, where you can then use other programs for presentation or analysis. To get the registered version, which allows 500 flights as well as filters and exports, send us your payment via PayPal -- it's quick and it's free! Go to http://computassist.hypermart.net/ml/ and click the PayPal logo to order. Or send your e-mail address, along with a check or money order for US$8.00 to: COMPUTASSIST 2622 S 166th St Omaha, NE 68130-1537 USA We will send you the registered version by e-mail as soon as your payment clears the bank. *** Support We want your experience with our software to be problem-free! Visit the Modeler's Logbook web site at http://computassist.hypermart.net/ml/. For technical support or answers to your questions, e-mail modeler@computassist.hypermart.net.