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- ********* Quick Documentation For JShopper 1.4a ***********
-
- About:
- JShopper is a shopping list type application. Use it to
- store items you need at up 15 different stores. Items
- can be associated with multiple stores, so that if you need
- soda-pop for instance, one tap updates the need in in all
- stores that contain soda-pop. Also includes a lookup feature,
- quantities, and the ability to use coupons!
-
- Add as many items as you like to your stores, then as you need
- them, simply check them off. While at the store, click on the 'Needs'
- button and you'll see only those items which you currently need.
-
- Keep track of grocery items, office supplies, clothing, or any
- other possible shopping list you can imagine.
-
- ICON NOTE: Due to much confusion over the multiple PRC files,
- and the feedback received to date, I'll only be supporting one
- icon for each release of JShopper - the original grocery shopping
- cart icon has received the most positive feedback to date.
-
- ***************************** USAGE *******************************
-
- The Lookup Field:
- The L: ____ field at the bottom of the screen is for multi-character
- lookups, as in the AddressBook application on the pilot. Tap this
- field and enter grafitti characters and the list will scroll to
- the first item beginning with the characters you have entered.
-
- Changing Store Names:
- Store names can be changed by selecting the store in the top list
- of store names, and then choosing the Menu Item - Options/Change
- Store Name - store names can be up to 25 characters long.
-
- Using Coupons:
- Under the App Prefs menu option you can turn on or off the use of
- Coupons. If you use coupons, prior to heading to the store, check
- off the coupon checkbox (the one on the right hand side of the
- screen for each item) for each item you have a coupon for. Do
- you shopping and check off the items you get them. When you are at
- the register click the 'C' button at the top of the screen, and all
- the items that you have coupons for that store will again show up,
- and check each coupon as you are checking out. Just as in the
- 'Needs' view, the items will dissappear from the Coupon view as
- you process the coupons at the register.
-
- Adding items:
- Records can be added by tapping the 'New' button.
-
- Associating items with multiple stores:
- After adding a new record, while the record is selected, tap on the
- 'Details' button. This will bring up a dialog which will allow you
- to select which stores to associate the item with - check each store
- where this item may appear.
-
- While at the store:
- Click on the 'Needs' button and only those items 'Needed' at the
- current store will be shown. As you pick up the items, uncheck
- the box. As you uncheck each box, the item will be removed from
- your needs list (for all stores the item is associate with).
-
- Sorting:
- The Menu item - Options/Sort will sort the entire items list
- alphabetically and is allowable at any time.
-
- One Time Items:
- These are items you only will want to get one time, after which
- they will be completely removed from the shopping list. You can
- make an item a 'One Time' item by selecting Details and then clicking
- on the One Time box. This automatically sets the item to 'Needed',
- and when you check the item as no longer needed, the item completely
- removed itself from the app.
-
- App Preferences:
- This dialog box is brought up from the Options menu item. Here you
- can set how the checkboxes are interpreted in both the All and Needs
- screens - either whether a checked box means you HAVE an item, or a
- checked box means you need an item.
-
- Here is also where you can set whether you wish to display the coupons
- column and the quantity column.
-
- New Item Preferences:
- In this menu option, you can determine how new items are associated
- with stores if you are currently viewing the 'All Stores' screen.
- You can set the check box to either associate new items with
- every store in the list, or with none of the stores in the list
- as a default.
-
- Graffiti Scrolling:
- If you are not currently editing an item (ie. no item is currently
- selected, you can draw a grafitti character and the list will scroll
- to the fist item in the list beginning with that character. This
- allows for much quicker finding of certain items in longer lists.
- Example: say you have a 200 item list, and wish to check 'Zuchinni'
- as needed in JShopper, rather than scrolling though the numerous pages
- of items, you can simply draw a 'z' in the grafitti area, and JShopper
- will scroll the list to the first item beginning with a 'z'.
- NOTE: This option is based on usage for sorted lists of items.
-
- Exporting to Memopad:
- JShopper supports exporting of the currently viewed list to a Memopad
- item. At any time while viewing a JShopper list, you may select the
- Menu option 'Export to Memopad' and the list will be added as a
- Memopad memo with an 'Unfiled' category, with the name of the Memo
- starting with "Jshopper <STORE_NAME> List:". You may then HotSync this
- memo as a standard memo, and print it out or copy/paste it as you would
- any other standard Memopad memo.
-
- ************************** TIPS ************************************************
-
- For the current version, one method to simulate categories is to prefix
- each item with an identifier, example:
- instead of Milk, use Dairy - Milk, then when you sort the list, all your
- Dairy prefixed items will be grouped together.
-
- Stores that have needs in them are prefixed with a '* ' symbol for easy
- reference to those stores you currently need to visit.
-
- ********************************************************************************
-
- Changes Since Version 1.4:
- - Bug fixes for use with the older Pilot 1000/5000 series
-
- Changes since version 1.3a:
- - Speed increase on displaying the store list in most cases
- - New Preferences menu for new items - can associate All stores items with
- every store or with none of them
- - Added a Sort confirmation alert to reduce the possibility of accidently
- sorting the items (for those who keep items in non-sorted order)
- - Add confirmation alerts for the Set and Clear All items menu option
- - Fixed a problem on longer item names sometimes having an extra blank
- line on the screen
- - Adding back in the single graffiti character lookup when the Lookup
- field is not currently selected
- - Fixed a bug where one time items were deleted while still showing a
- a coupon
- - Fixed initial showing of both 'C' and 'All' or 'Need' buttons
- highlighted at once
- - When adding a new item in 'All Stores' it will default to be associated
- with each store (for adding an item to 1 or a only a few stores,
- add the item while viewing one of the stores you would like it
- to be associated with).
- - Fixed a bug where the Lookup field's focus was not being released
- properly
- - Fixed a bug where one time items were deleted while still showing a
- a coupon - they will now not be deleted until the coupon checkbox
- is also unchecked.
-
- Changes since version 1.3:
- - Fixed a bug that caused an error when selecting/deselecting All Items
- when an item already has focus
-
- Changes since version 1.2a:
- - Added an optional quantity column with drop list box
- - Added Clear and Set all items in the current store menu options
- - Added Coupons checkbox to the right hand column
- - Expanded to support up 15 stores
- - Your store names are now SAVED in the .pdb file, so if you restore a
- JShopperDB.pdb file, you no longer lose your previous store
- names!
- - Small bug fixes
-
- Changes since version 1.2:
- - Scrolling with a graffiti entry now works with numbers also
-
- Changes since version 1.1a:
-
- - Entering a graffiti letter when not editing an item will scroll the list
- to items beginning with that letter - making for easier searching
- of a particular item
-
- - Exporting to a MemoPad memo now allowed
-
- Changes since version 1.0a:
-
- - Store names in list that have needed items are prefixed with a '* '
- for easy viewing of those stores with needs
-
- - Fixed error when changing store names while an item is selected
-
- - Added option to determine what the checkboxes mean
-
- - Changed the URL web site in the info screens to point to the new
- Land-J Technologies web site location.
-
- - Fixed other smaller bugs
-
- - New icon
-
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