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FLEXPAD 2.0 Help Copyright (C), 1996-97, Paul Kramer FLEXPAD is shareware, see the file README.TXT for registration and support information. Author's Compuserve ID: 72276,3602 Internet: pakman@.mother.com ──────────────────────────────────── @Help on Help Flexpad's help is context sensitive--if you have a question about a particular feature, go to it and press F1 to see helpful information regarding that feature. Help Keys: Up, Down, PGUP, PGDN, Home - scroll help text ESC exit help F7 search for a phrase in the help file. The search begins at the second line shown in the help window; if you want to search from the top of the file, press HOME before you press F7. ──────────────────────────────────── Display layout: (the information below is shown in those views where it is relevant) File name (text view)/ View type (other views) │ Current Date/Time Sections 8/21/96 6:34 am *───w:34────────────────w:34──H─S─── │ Week Number for │ │ │ ││ │ display date │ │ │ ││ Unsaved data │ │ │ ││ Current Week Number │ │ ││ Matches Hidden │ ││ Text Sorting On ││ Info above/below screen limits ──────────────────────────────────── Text View shows the full text of your file. Edit, add or delete text as you wish. To selectively view portions of the file, select a view type with F3. ?Text View Keys: /, Menu (HP Palmtops) - for menus (press / again to insert a "/" in the text) F1 HELP F2 edit label at cursor F3 select view (day, month, etc) F4 display currently selected view F5 goto new view date F6 toggle label disp on/off F7 FIND text F8 INSERT new label (also F8) F9 MARK text F9 Mark current paragraph F10 SAVE data file Up, Down, PGUP, \ PGDN, Home, End, > move cursor Ctrl-Home, Ctrl-End / Ctrl-Up, Ctrl-Down / Alt-C copy marked text to clipboard Ctrl-C append marked text to clipboard Alt-X cut marked text to clipboard Ctrl-X cut & append marked text to clipboard Alt-V paste (insert) text from clipboard at cursor Alt-M move marked text to new position Ctrl-N move the cursor to the next Ctrl-P or previous matching label in the current view Alt-P show the context (preceeding section label and outline levels) for current paragraph Alt-H hoist paragraph at cursor to top of screen Ctrl-T delete from cursor to next space Ctrl-Y delete line INS toggles between Insert (new text moves existing character to the right) and Overstrike (new character replaces existing character) modes. Overstrike mode, if active, is indicated on line 2. ──────────────────────────────────── View Screen Flexpad's views show you your data in different ways. The type of the current view is shown in the upper left corner of the screen. To change the view, press F3. To switch to text view, press F4. >View Screen Keys: /, Menu (HP Palmtops) - for menus F1 HELP F2 edit label at cursor F3 select view (day, month, etc) F3 toggle display sorting (selected views only) F4 switch to text view F5 goto new view date F6 toggle label disp on/off F7 FIND F8 INSERT new label at end of file F8 INSERT new label at text cursor F10 SAVE data file Up, Down, PGUP, \ PGDN, Home, End > move cursor +, - change view date +/- 1 day or month, as appropriate Right, Left - change view date +/- 1 week or month, as appropriate Enter switch to text view (cursor on entry under view cursor bar) . temporarily hide entry under cursor bar Alt-H hoist entry under cursor bar to top of screen Alt-J (Daily view only) hoist 1st Todo or 1st Appt to top of screen Alt-P show the context (preceeding section label and outline levels) for entry at cursor [alpha keys] move cursor to first line beginning with text you type. Ctrl-N/Ctrl-P move to next/previous line beginning with same text ──────────────────────────────────── Weekly/Monthly Grid Views: Show a week or month's appointments in a calendar-like format. Highlighted arrows indicate that there are more label matches than will fit into a days's box. PWeekly/Monthly Grid View Keys: /, Menu (HP Palmtop) - for menus F1 HELP F2 edit label at cursor F3 select view (day, month, etc) F4 switch to text view F5 goto new view date F7 FIND F8 INSERT new label at end of file F8 INSERT new label at text cursor F10 SAVE data file Up, Down \ Home, End > move cursor among days Right, Left / PgUp, PgDn move cursor among entries for a given day +, - change view +/- 1 week/month Enter switch to text view (cursor on currently highlighted matching label) Alt-P show the context (preceeding section label and outline levels) for entry at cursor [alpha keys] move cursor to first line beginning with text you type. Ctrl-N/Ctrl-P move to next/previous line beginning with same text ──────────────────────────────────── Monthly Graphical View Shows a month's appointments in a graphical format. As you move the cursor, matching entries for the selected hour and day are shown at the bottom of the screen QMonthly Graphical View Keys: /, Menu (HP Palmtop) - for menus F1 HELP F2 edit label at cursor F3 select view (day, month, etc) F4 switch to text view F5 goto new view date F7 FIND F8 INSERT new label at end of file F8 INSERT new label at text cursor F10 SAVE data file Up, Down \ Home, End > move cursor Right, Left / +, - change view +/- 1 month Enter switch to text view (cursor on first entry on bottom of screen) Alt-P show the context (preceeding section label and outline levels) for single entry on bottom of screen ──────────────────────────────────── Function key details F1 HELP where possible, help takes you to the topic relating to what you were doing when you pressed F1 F2 allows you to edit the label that is under the cursor in text view or one of the search views, or the first label shown at the bottom of the monthly graphical view. F3 activates the view selection menu. To see descriptions of the various views, press F1 while the view selection menu is displayed. F3 toggles sorting (by the first non space character after the label) of entries in a view on and off. Sorting only applies to the Sections, Bookmark and single Category views. If sorting is on, an "S" is displayed on the 2nd line of the display under the time F4 switches between text view and the currently selected view. <F5 GOTO changes the display date. Press F5 twice to pick dates from a calender. If the current view is not date based, the Daily view will be activated. MDate entry options: mm/dd/yy [or dd/mm/yy] (range: 1/1/1980 ─ 11/17/2065) mm/dd [or dd/mm]= date in or after current month (system date) dd = next occurrence of this day number after system date TO (today) or [blank] system date MO TU WE TH FR SA SU the first Mon, Tues, etc. AFTER the system date -MO -TU ... place a minus ("-") before MO, TU, etc. for the Mon, Tues ... BEFORE the system date TM (tomorrow) date 1 day after system date Y (yesterday) date 1 day before system date LA (last) last day of current month DATE MATH: type "--" or "++" followed by a number of days to be subtracted from or added to the date specified by one of the above methods (or to the display date if none specified). (i.e., "1/31/97 ++1" gives 2/1/97) Before or after typing in a date or date command, you can press F5 for a calendar display: BCalendar keys: ESC exit without changing date Enter chose date at cursor Up, Down, Left, Right change day +, - move back or forward one month Home, End move to start or end of month T, F5 set cursor on system date F6 toggles display of labels on and off. If you've set a label leading character {Settings|Display} it will always display to remind you that the label is there. Labels are toggled separately for text view and the other views and the Alt-P context (parents) display. AF7 FIND search the file for a specified phrase. When you activate this function, you will be shown the last search phrase. To change the search phrase type in the new phrase or press F5 to pop up a calendar from which you can insert a date into the search phrase. Then press F6 to search backwards from the current position, enter or F7 to search forward or F8 to search from the beginning of the file. To cancel the search, press ESC. Use ? as a wild card character except in the first character position of a phrase. To search for up to 5 different phrases, type each phrase, separated by "||". F8, F8 INSERT Inserts a new label in the file (when you are not in text view, use Shft-F8 to override the default placement of the new label at the end of the file and instead place it at the current cursor location) qThere are 5 types of todos and appointments: Daily - one date only Every Day - all or selected days of the week Interval - every X days or weeks beginning on a specified day To set a multiple day appointment, set the interval to 1 day & specify the start & end dates Monthly by day - 2nd, 14th, etc. day of one or more months Monthly by position - 1st Wed, 3rd Fri, etc. of one or more months (Yearly entries are created by deselecting all but one month in the monthly entries) Other labels: Todo - a shortcut way of creating a single date todo. A todo can also be created from any of the appointment types by pressing F3 while editing Category - apply customizable labels (99 allowed) to a paragraph Bookmark - mark positions for navigation using the Bookmark view Section - mark the start of a new topic or subject (this label is always shown as the beginning of a line) Once you select the type, the label editor opens to allow you to change the label's settings (Bookmark and Section labels have no settings to change and the editor does not open when you create them). Press ESC and answer "Y" at the "Lose changes[Y/N]" prompt if you wish to cancel the insertion, otherwise press F10 to save the new label when you are done. =F9 MARK turns text marking on. To cancel marking, press ESC. Press F9 again to mark the current word, then the current sentence and then the current paragraph. To CUT text (and labels) from the file, press Alt-X. To COPY, press Alt-C. The marked area will be copied to the file FLEXPAD.CLP, FLEXPAD's clipboard. To add the marked area to the existing contents of the Clipboard, press Ctrl-X (CUT) or Ctrl-C (COPY). To MOVE marked text, move the cursor to the new position and press Enter F9 (Shift-F9) Marks the current paragraph in text view. If text was already marked, the begin and end points are relocated to those for the current paragraph. This is the equivalent of pressing F9 four times F10 SAVE Saves the data file to the disk. You can specify whether the file is written only when there is unsaved data or always {Settings|File| Savekey}. Shift-F10 saves data in the same manner but skips updating the alarm file used to set alarms on the HP Palmtops. Alt-Q exits FLEXPAD after allowing you to save any unsaved changes you've made. In TSR mode quit returns you to to the underlying application but FLEXPAD remains in memory, ready to resume work. If you've set FLEXPAD to automatically save data on exit {Settings|File|Quitsave}, it will save the data without asking you for confirmation. A "No" setting, recognized only when in TSR mode, will skip saving data to allow quicker jumps to other applications (you can save the data when you return to FLEXPAD). ──────────────────────────────────── Menus On all PC's, pressing / or ESC activates the menus, which are displayed on the top line(s) of the screen. On the HP palmtops, the Menu key also has this effect. To insert a slash {/} in the text, press Menu or / twice. In the notes below, function key equivalents for menu choices are listed in []'s. dMenu choices: h File|Open open another file. If unsaved changes to the current file exist, you are given a chance to save them. File|Save [F10] saves data to disk. The menu version always saves, even if no changes were made to the file. F10 can be set to save only when unsaved changes exist {Settings|File|Savekey}. File|saveAs saves data to a disk file after giving you an opportunity to specify a new file name. If the file already exists, you will be asked to confirm overwriting. File|New create a new file. If unsaved changes to the current file exist, you are given a chance to save them. File|Previous allows you to pick a file to load from a list of the last 5 files you've loaded. You can delete a file from the list (but not from the disk) by moving the cursor to its name and pressing DEL. File|Import inerts the contents of the file you specify into the current file at the cursor position. If the import file was created by Flexpad, its configuration information is ignored U File|Export writes all or part of the current file to a file whoose name you specify with various options: First you give the destination file name. If it already exists you choose whether to replace it or append to the end of it. Then a menu for selecting among the available options appears. Select Startexport once you have finished selecting your options or press ESC to cancel the export. The export option settings are shown on your display. The settings are not saved between Flexpad sessions and will revert to their default states. If you are in text view when you begin the export, Flexpad will write the portion of the file that is marked, or the whole file if none is marked. If in a view, the portions of the text corresponding to the view matches are exported. zThe export options interact and some will have no effect in some combinations. This is indicated by an "*" to the left of the option File|Export|Startexport Begins the export using the settings you've selected File|Export|Type Flexpad binary writes the data with Flexpad labels kept in the binary format that Flexpad understands. Text writes the data as ASCII text, converting labels to text File|Export|Addblank Operative in views only, adds a blank line between each matching entry exported from the view File|Export|From Operative in views and then only when Labels is not set to "Time/Pty"--Label begins the export at the label location, possibly in the middle of the paragraph; Paragraph start begins at the start of the paragraph containing the label File|Export|End Operative in views only, New paragraph ends a match's export at the end of the paragraph containing the matching label. Blank line ends it when a blank line is found. Outline level ends it when a paragraph with the same or lessor degree of indentation is found. File|Export|Delete Whether to delete the data that was exported from the current file after the export is completed File|Export|Labels Inoperative when Type = "Flexpad binary," Include includes labels in the export, Exclude excludes them. Time/Pty has the same effect as Include for non-calendar views; in calendar views, it shows only the times or priority of the matching label, excluding all following labels for the matching entry. Time/Pty is best used to export calendar listings for external printing or reference Because of the interaction of the export options, experimentation is necessary to obtain the results you desire. f Edit|Label [F2] brings up the edit box for the label under the cursor; if the cursor is not on a label, nothing happens Edit|Find [F7] prompts for a search phrase and then searches the text for the phrase. You specify whether the search is in a forward or backward direction or begins at the begining of the file Edit|Mark [F9] activate highlight to mark text to be copied, cut or deleted from the file. Selecting this multiple times will select the word, sentence & paragraph at the cursor position. Edit|Del [DEL] remove marked text (or the character at the cursor) from the file Edit|cuT [Alt-X] copy marked text to the clipboard file (FLEXPAD.CLP) and remove it from the file Edit|Copy [Alt-C] copy marked text to the clipboard file (FLEXPAD.CLP) Edit|Paste [Alt-V] copy text from the clipboard file (FLEXPAD.CLP) into the file g Edit|clpAppend|cuT [Ctrl-X] removes marked text from the file and adds it to the end of the clipboard (regular cuT replaces the previous contents of the clipboard) Edit|clpAppend|Copy [Ctrl-C] adds marked text to the end of the clipboard (regular Copy replaces the previous contents of the clipboard) Edit|moVe if text is marked, marking is frozen so that you can move the cursor to a new location in the file. Press Enter to move the marked text to that location or ESC to cancel Edit|cloNe if the cursor is on a label or text is marked in text view, Flexpad inserts a copy of the label or text following it Edit|textSort [F3] toggles sorting (by the first non space character after the label) of entries in a view on and off. Sorting only applies to the Sections, Bookmark and single Category views. If sorting is active, an "S" is displayed on the 2nd line of the display under the current time e Insert|Label [F8] Insert a label at the cursor position. For a list of the different label types, see the F8 key description, above, or select this menu item and press F1. Insert|Date [D] Pops up a calendar from which you can pick a date to insert in the text at the cursor. Alt-D is the shortcut key for this function Insert|Time [T] Inserts the current time in the text. Alt-T is the shortcut key for this function Insert|Character [I] Allows you to insert a character by typing its ASCII value. This is useful for inserting characters that correspond to function keys (i.e., ASCII 20 = = Ctrl-T) that Flexpad would interpret as a command if you entered it the normal way. Alt-I is the shortcut key for this function. Note: type in the ASCII value as a number (1-255); you cannot use the Alt-keypad method. p View|Text Shows the full text of the file. This is where text is added, rearranged or deleted View|Day Shows all appointments for and todos which are due on or before the view date View|Week Shows all appointments for the week of the current view date. The week start day may be set at any day {Settings|Screen|weekStart}. Todos are excluded. View|weeKgrid Shows a week of appointments in a calendar-like grid format View|Month Shows all appointments for the month of the current view date. Todos are excluded. View|moNthgrid Shows a month of appointments in a calendar-like format. The day of the week in the first column may be set to Sunday or Monday {Settings|Screen|Monthstart} View|monthGraph Shows all the appointments for the month in a graph format. Todos are excluded. As you move the cursor over an occupied time period, up to three of the matching appointments for that time are shown on the bottom of the display. Weeks, which begin on the day of the week set via Settings|Screen|weekStart, are separated by one or more empty columns. L View|Only Shows all paragraphs which contain a specified phrase. Type in a phrase or press F6 to pick from a list of previous searches. To search for up to 5 different phrases, type the phrases, separated by "||". If you blank the search phrase (press Backspace), all paragraphs in the file will be shown View|Sections Shows all section labels in the file. Sections are a good tool to group a file's contents by subject View|pReview Shows all appointments for 7 days beginning with the view date and todos which first become due during that period. A good way of looking at things that are coming up. View|oVerdue Shows those todos which are marked as Deadline (not target) todos and are due on or before the view date. Useful for finding todos that really have to be done now. View|outLine Shows nonblank paragraphs. Tabs at the beginning of a paragraph are treated as outline level indentations. Display of outline levels can be limited by pressing Alt-L and selecting a cutoff level from 0(all) to 10 or by pressing Alt-1 to Alt-0 or Alt-A View|Priority Shows todos assigned to the priority level that you select from the picklist. To see all todos, select {View|otHer|allTodos} View|Category Shows category labels assigned to the category level that you select from the picklist. To see all category labels, select {View|otHer|allCategories} View|Bookmarks Shows all bookmarks r View|otHer|Archivable Shows all labels which are appointments which will not appear again on or after the view date and done todos. CAUTION: take care in exporting from an archive file as there may be other labels in the matching paragraphs which are not "expired;" exporting and deleting a single paragraph containing an expired label may destroy the context for the exported paragraph and those that remain in the file after exportation. View|otHer|Donetodos shows all checked off todos, sorted by checkoff date. This can provide an overview of the work you've recently completed View|otHer|allLabels Shows all labels in the order in which they appear in the file View|otHer|allTodos Shows all todos (including checked off todos) View|otHer|allCategories Shows all category labels w Goto|Date [F5] Type in a new view date or press F5 again to pick from a calendar. For a description of the date entry options, press F1 when this function is selected. Goto|Nextmatch [Ctrl-N] When in text view, this takes you to the location of the next matching entry from the current search. Used for navigating between entries in a view without constantly returning to the view. Goto|Previousmatch [Ctrl-P] When in text view, this takes you to the location of the previous matching entry from the current search. Used for navigating between entries in a view without constantly returning to the view. j l Settings|Colors Select one of the screen elements and use the cursor (arrow) keys to change its color to one you prefer n Settings|File|File Specify the drive and/or subdirectory where you want FLEXPAD to look for files when you do not specify a full path and the [optional] file specification. Example: c:\flpdata\*.flp Settings|File|Help Specify the full path and name of the FLEXPAD help file (i.e., c:\flexpad.hlp) Settings|File|Autosave 3 choices: Yes--always saves when you quit Ask--always asks you if you want to save unsaved data. No--this only works when FLEXPAD is loaded as a TSR (popup). It does not save on quitting (which is OK because your data is still in memory). It behaves like Ask when not loaded as a TSR. Settings|File|Tbackup When a data file is saved it is safer to keep the old copy on the disk until the save is completed. This temporarily requires twice as much disk space, however. Those with nearly full disks can turn this off but at some risk of data loss should the disk become too full, etc. Settings|File|Savekey Whether F10 saves data only when its "Unsaved" or "Always". This was added for users who were concerned about unnecessary battery drain or disk wear from saving unchanged data. Settings|File|aLarm Whether to save alarm information to a file (ALARMS.ABK) for use by the HP Palmtops' alarm function. For more information, see the discussion of alarms, below. m Settings|Defaults|Date Choose from MM/DD/YY, M/D/YY, D.N.YY or DD.MM.YY formats for display and entry of dates Settings|Defaults|Time Choose from 12 hour (5:00p) or 24 hour (17:00) time display formats Settings|Defaults|duRation If not zero, whenever you edit a start time, the end time is checked and, if it's before the start time, it's set to the start time plus the duration (in 5 minute increments). A duration of 0 turns this feature off. Settings|Defaults|aLarm Select a default alarm leadtime setting for new appointments--Off (blank the entry to select) or 0 to 240 minutes. Settings|Defaults|Autopm If between 0 and 12, converts any time you enter which is before that hour to the PM equivalent unless you specify an AM time by adding "a" to your entry. Disabled when 24 hour display format is selected. Examples: When autopm is set to 8, 7 is translated to 7pm 9 = 9am 5a = 5am Settings|Defaults|Priority Select the default priority to be used when new todo labels are created Settings|Defaults|Category Select the default category to be used when new category labels are created Settings|Defaults|todotYpe Select the default todo type (No Carry, Target or Deadline) to be used when new todo labels are created Settings|Defaults|Marked Select whether typed or pasted text replaces text that has been marked Settings|Defaults|autoIndent Select whether Tabs are added to a new line to match the number of tabs at the beginning of the current paragraph when you press Enter (except when the cursor is at the beginning of the paragraph) x Settings|Screen|Label Specify the character that will preceed each label as it is displayed in text and view modes. To insert a graphics character hold down the Alt key and type its ASCII value on your number pad. The default small box is ASCII 254. Settings|Screen|Graphint Specify how many minutes each line in the monthly graphical view represents. Toggles between 15, 20, 30, 60 & 120 minutes Settings|Screen|weekStart Toggle the day of the week (Sun - Sat) on which the Week view, weeKgrid and monthGraph views' weeks start Settings|Screen|Monthstart Toggle the day of the week (Sun or Mon) on which the moNthgrid views and popup calendar start Settings|Screen|Tab Set the spacing used when tabs are encountered in the text Settings|Screen|Height Set the number of diplay rows in the range from 16 to 25. Settings|Screen|Width Set the number of diplay columns in the range from 40 to 80. T Settings|Screen|startView Sets the view that will be used when the file is loaded. This setting is stored with the file rather than in the FLEXPAD.CFG global configuration file. Valid values are: 0 - text view 1 - all labels 2 - only 3 - outline 4 - all bookmarks 5 - categories 6 - all sections 7 - priorities 8 - done todos 9 - archivable 10 - overdue 11 - preview 12 - day 13 - week 14 - weeKgrid 15 - month 16 - monthgraph 17 - monthgrid Settings|Screen|Ignore Disables display of the alarm setting in the appointments label editing dialog box R Settings|Prioritylabels Change a priority level's text by placing the cursor on it and pressing F2. Edit the text and press Enter to save your changes, ESC to cancel. S Settings|categoryLabels Change a category level's text by placing the cursor on it and pressing F2. Edit the text and press Enter to save your changes, ESC to cancel. k Settings|Resetfilesettings Reset the settings that are stored in the file (Priority & Category labels, Save to alarm file) to their defaults Settings|copyfilesettinGs Copy the settings from another file to the current file. This would be used to give an archive file the same settings as the file from which the archive entries are taken o Tools|showParents [P] displays the Section label and any parent outline levels for the current paragraph. To go to one of the displayed para- grpahs in text view, move the cursor over it and press Enter. Press ESC or F10 to exit this display. Tools|Hidematch [.] Removes a match from a view screen temporarily. The label remains in the file and will reappear if you remake the view. When matches are hidden, "H" is displayed on the status (second) line. Tools|Info Shows the name of the current file, its size, the number of matches in the current view and the amount of free data space Tools|Restorelastdeletedlabel the last label you deleted with Del or Bkspace is saved until you exit Flexpad. You can insert it at the current cursor location with this command Help [F1] Opens the help file specified in {Settings|File|Help} Quit [Alt-Q] Exits the program ──────────────────────────────────── Alarms If you are not using FLEXPAD with an HP palmtop you may want to disable FLEXPAD's support for the alarm settings on calendar entries. To do this, simply select {Settings|Screen| Ignore}. You will no longer see the alarm on/off or leadtimes on the label edit screen and the alarm flag () won't be displayed on the view screens. Default alarm settings will still be added to the entries as they are created and you can switch back to editing them at any time. If you want FLEXPAD to create a file that can be read by the HP Palmtops to set their alarm files, set {Settings| File|aLarm} to Yes. FLEXPAD doesn't set the built in alarm on the HP palmtops; if you change or set alarms on any entries, you must cause the built in appointment program to read the file and reset its alarms by one of the following methods. In each case you must first save the file using one of FLEXPAD's save commands (but not Shift-F10, which skips alarm updating). 1. Reboot your computer. Provided that the alarms.abk file containing your alarm entries was the last file read by the Palmtop's APPT program, the Palmtop's SYSMGR will read the file as a part of its initialization routine. This is true on the 95LX; on the 100/200LX, you must manually reload the .ABK file into APPT. 2. Load the file into APPT and then immediately exit APPT. APPT will reset the system alarms when it reads the file. On the HP 100/200LX, you must manually load the .abk file or use a macro. See the TOUR.FLP file for a sample macro for this purpose. ──────────────────────────────────── CDay of week entry Enter at least the first two letters of the day of the week (SU MO TU WE TH FR SA or the first two letters of the day if you have changed the weekday names) or use one of the other date commands (TO, CU, YE, etc.), to insert the day of the week that corresponds to that date. ──────────────────────────────────── NDays of week to repeat Move among the weekday initials with the Left, Right, Home & End keys. + & - always turn the days on or off, repectively. Press any other key to change a weekday's setting to the opposite value. Highlight as many or as few days as you desire. You must select at least one day. ──────────────────────────────────── DWeek of month entry Move among the positions (1st 2nd ...) with the Left, Right, Home & End keys. + & - always turn the weeks on or off, repectively. Press any other key to change a position to tho opposite of its current value. Highlight as many or as few positions as you desire. Press DEL to clear all of the months. You must select at least one position. ──────────────────────────────────── HMonth entry Move among the month names with the Left, Right, Home & End keys. + & - always turn the months on or off, repectively. Press any other key to change a month's setting to the opposite value. Highlight as many or as few months as you desire. Press DEL to clear all of the months. You must select at least one month. ──────────────────────────────────── %Must select at least one FLEXPAD requires that at least one day, week or month be selected. ──────────────────────────────────── OEvery: (repeat frequency) Specify the interval at which this appointment or todo repeats. Add "W" after the number to indicate weeks i.e. 7 = 7 days = 1 week 1W = 7 days = 1 week 6W = 42 days = 6 weeks ──────────────────────────────────── EDay number entry Enter the number for the day of the month you desire (i.e., 2[nd], 12[th], 31[st], etc. The number must be in the range 1-31, or 32 for the Last day of the month. ──────────────────────────────────── FTodo Type Todos can be one of three types: Target - due date is soft. Entries won't show in the overdue view. Carries over until marked Done. Deadline - due date must be met. Shows in overdue view. Carries over until marked done. No-carry - shows only on due date, not in overdue view Press T, D or N or the Spacebar to change the type. ──────────────────────────────────── GAlarm lead time entry This is the number of minutes before an appointment that an alarm (if set) will ring. It must be in the range 0-240. To set the alarm to off, make the field blank by backspacing out the existing number. ──────────────────────────────────── ITime entry Enter the time without punctuation. Add "P" to indicate PM times ("12" is treated as 1200p-Noon unless "a" is added for midnight at the beginning of the day or "m" is added to indicate midnight at the end of the day). The ending time you specify will be set to the corresponding time which is after the start time unless you override it with an "a" (auto am/pm function). When the Duration of appts {Settings| Defaults|duRation} is nonzero, the ending time, if less than the beginning time, will be set to the beginning time plus the duration. Note: if Auto PM is set {Settings| Defaults|Autopm}, any time you enter which is less than the AutoPM setting will be converted to a "PM" time unless you override it by specifying "a" with the time number. (AutoPM is disabled while the 24 hour display format is active.) Blanking the start time will cause the label to appear without a specific time and disable alarms for the label. Examples: AutoPM = 0 Entry 12 hr fmt 24 hr fmt 1 = 100a 0100 10 = 1000a 1000 101 = 101a 0101 1010 = 1010a 1010 1p = 100p 1300 12a = 1200a 0000 12m = 1200m 2400 AutoPM = 8 12 hr display format Entry 1 = 100p 10 = 1000a 101 = 101p 1010 = 1010a 1a = 100a 12a = 1200a ──────────────────────────────────── JPriority entry Todo labels are sorted and displayed in priority order, 1 being the highest priority. Cursor to a priority on the picklist and press enter to select it. You can modify the text for a priority level by placing the cursor on it, pressing F2, typing the new text and pressing Enter or F10 to store the change. ──────────────────────────────────── KCategory entry Category labels are selected from the picklist. Cursor to a category label on the picklist and press enter to select it and and save the label. To modify the text for a category level, place the cursor on it, press F2, type the new text and press Enter or F10 to store the change. ──────────────────────────────────── yCheckoff repeating todo: You can quickly checkoff a todo while editing it by pressing F4. If you're editing a repeating todo, you're given the following choices: settoNextrepeat - this sets the Next date to the first date that is greater than the current system, Next and Start dates and matches the repeating specification (3rd Wed, 25th of the month, etc.) Final - this permantly checks off the todo; it will not show up in any view as an active todo. You are asked for the date of completion, which is entered into the End date field. The Next field is set to the following day ──────────────────────────────────── Command line switches/parameters: [path\]filename - tells FLEXPAD to load the specified file; if no path is specified, the default data file directory is assumed /C:[path] - tells FLEXPAD to store its configuration file in the specified directory; this setting overrides any setting in the DOS environment /B:[number] - tells FLEXPAD how many 4k (4,000 byte) memory blocks to allocate for holding the data file in memory. By default FLEXPAD claims all available memory. /R - installs FLEXPAD as a memory resident program (on HP Palmtops only). See README.TXT for further information. /W: - this allows you to change the names of days of the week. Type the names, in 3 letter format, right after the ":". (/W:SunMonTueWed...) /M: - this allows you to change the names of months of the year. Type the names, in 3 letter format, right after the ":". (M:JanFebMarApr...) /L: - change the name and location of the Clipboard file. By default its [config directory]\ FLEXPAD.CLP. With this switch, you specify a new name [and subdirectory]. If you do not specify a directory, the file will be given the specified name in the config directory. /8 - tells Flexpad to automatically switch into 80 by 25 display mode on the HP 100/200LX Palmtops whenever the Week or Monthly calendar grid views are selected. When you switch to another view, the previous display mode will be reactivated. ──────────────────────────────────── Unable to create config file FLEXPAD was trying to create a file to hold user configuration information. This error suggests a problem with disk access that will likely affect the rest of the program. FLEXPAD therefore terminates after you clear the message. FLEXPAD looks for the file (FLEXPAD.CFG) in the "C:\" directory and creates a new file if none is found. The disk may be full or write-protected. To specify another drive/subdirectory, use the /C: command line switch or the FLPCFG environment variable. For examples, see the readme file. ──────────────────────────────────── Config settings reset Something was wrong with the settings data in the configuration file and FLEXPAD reset the settings to their default values. This can occur if your config file was missing or damaged. It might also happen when you first start up a new version of FLEXPAD if the config file format was changed between versions (generally the readme.txt file will warn you that this will happen). ──────────────────────────────────── File not found The file you specified was not found. If the file is not located in the default directory then you must specify the complete path. ──────────────────────────────────── File not found-empty file created FLEXPAD was unable to find the data file specified on the command line or in the config file. This could be because you deleted the file or an incomplete path was specified and FLEXPAD is looking in the wrong place. (It is best to use a complete Drive and path file specification.) At this point FLEXPAD has set up an empty file with no name. When you try to save the file, you will be asked to give it a name. This message will only appear at program startup. At other times FLEXPAD will inform you that a file cannot be found and will not try to load a non-existent file. ──────────────────────────────────── File name error The file name you've given has too many characters (more than 8) before the "." or too many (more than 3) after the "." ──────────────────────────────────── Not Found No matches were found. Searches begin at the position following the cursor unless you press F8 to begin at the top of the file. ──────────────────────────────────── File loading error File save error Unable to modify config file DOS reported an error during the attempt to load or save the data file or modify the config file. Check the disk drive. If you specify a drive or subdirectory in the file name you must give a complete path (i.e., "B:temp" fails but "B:\temp" is acceptable). ──────────────────────────────────── Text sort not allowed in this view Text sorting of matching entries is available only in the Section, Bookmark and (single) Category views ──────────────────────────────────── Unable to allocate data memory Flexpad was unable to allocate the memory space it needs to store its working copy of your data file. This error is so serious that Flexpad terminates as it will be incapable of working with your data ──────────────────────────────────── Not enough room in memory This messsage appears when FLEXPAD has run out of memory to store your data. You need to archive some of the data to another file. (FLEXPAD normally allocates all available memory as DOS will allow it to have, unless you instruct it to request only a specific number of memory blocks with the /B: command line switch. Try increasing the /B: setting.) ──────────────────────────────────── File too large for memory The data file is too large to fit in the memory space available. It may have been created on a computer where FLEXPAD had more memory available than at present. If you need to increase the memory allocated to FLEXPAD when it is running as a TSR (popup) program, add the "/B:" command line switch to the command that loads the program (probably in AUTOEXEC.BAT) See the section on command line switches for further information. ──────────────────────────────────── Start date past end date A repeating label where the start date is greater than the end date will never appear in a calendar view. FLEXPAD refuses to save an entry containing this error. ──────────────────────────────────── Date beyond limits The date you've specified is not a valid date. Dates must be in the range Jan 1, 1980 -- Nov 17, 2065. ──────────────────────────────────── "Must provide a date The date in this label can't be left blank as it marks the first day from which the interval repetitions follow. ──────────────────────────────────── Past End date--marked done Your attempt to set a repeating todo's Next: due date with settoNextrepeat resulted in a date past the current End date for the todo; the todo has been set to the completely done status (Next date = End date + 1). To set a later Next date, you must blank out the End date or set it to a date after your chosen Next date ──────────────────────────────────── Can't find help file The help file cannot be found. Either it was deleted or its not at the location specified on in the config file. You can change the help file location {Settings|File|Help}. ──────────────────────────────────── Directory not found The directory you specify must exist. You can create it using DOS or the 95LX' Filer. An "\" is required at the end of the specification. ──────────────────────────────────── Disk is full There was not enough room on the specified disk to hold the file that FLEXPAD attempted to save. If you have "Use temporary backup files" {Util More·config} set to "Yes," you might try setting it to "No." That will prevent FLEXPAD from making a temporary backup copy of the original file during the save process but at the RISK of losing the last saved copy of your data. ──────────────────────────────────── Too many matches In keeping track of which entries are displayed in a view, FLEXPAD allocates a finite number of match slots. That capacity can be overrun only when your file contains many repeating entries and you are using the Monthly view, you search for all paragraphs in a large file or search for a very common phrase ("the" or "e", for example). ──────────────────────────────────── #Too many labels in file FLEXPAD keeps track of the labels in your file in order to speed searches. A finite amount of memory is set aside for this task. You have more labels in your file than FLEXPAD can track. FLEXPAD will keep working but the search results may be incomplete. To remedy this, you need to break your file into two or more files or delete or archive some labels. ──────────────────────────────────── Too many search phrases Flexpad allows up to 5 separate search phrases to be entered, separated by the "|" character. You've entered 6 or more phrases. ──────────────────────────────────── Label truncated FLEXPAD limits custom priority and category labels to 30 characters each. You have entered a label longer than this and FLEXPAD has deleted the characters beyond position 30. ──────────────────────────────────── 'Appends you were making to the clipboard will be lost This warning is given when you perform a regular cut or copy to the clipboard after having added to it with the clipboard append functions. Its purpose is to make sure that you want to lose the clipboard's contents. ──────────────────────────────────── HP Palmtop required for TSR mode FLEXPAD is designed to be run as a popup (TSR) program on the HP 95LX palmtop only. On other PC's, multitasking programs such as Windows or DESQview allow switching among programs. FLEXPAD's memory requirements make it unlikely that you would have enough room to run any other significant applications along with it if it loaded as a TSR on those computers. On the HP 95LX Palmtop, running FLEXPAD as a TSR allows you to switch between it and the built-in programs without having to exit and restart FLEXPAD. On the HP 100/200LX Palmtops, you can switch between Flexpad and the built-in programs by using their Application Manager just as you would with any other DOS based program FLEXPAD Help Ends