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- *******************************************************
- This is a copy of TimeMan v3.6F for the Psion S3a/3c
- ONLY. It is a SHAREWARE time management program. THE
- AUTHOR (P.K.Spencer of Aylesbury,England) SHALL NOT BE
- HELD LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT MAY OCCUR TO
- YOU OR YOUR SYSTEM AS A RESULT OF USING THE PROGRAM.
- ********************************************************
-
- PLEASE NOTE: TIMEMAN WILL *NOT* RUN ON THE NEW PSION SIENA
- MODELS DUE TO THE SCREEN LIMITATIONS. IT DOES HOWEVER, RUN
- ON THE NEW 3c MODELS, AND NOW SUPPORTS THE NEW CLOCKS!
-
- INSIDE THE ZIP
- ***************
- Timeman.opa (program file)
- Timeman.txt (this file)
- Timeman.hlp (help file)
- Timeman.cnv (Conversions Data)
-
- **********************************************************
- * VERY IMPORTANT NOTE!! *
- **********************************************************
-
- Please install the on-line help as this is a very in-depth
- guide to all of the programs features. I don't like long
- read me files because people tend to just skip them and end
- up not knowing how to use the program. To this end I've
- tried to keep the file as short and as small as possible.
- This means that none of the features are explained and that
- there is no in-depth "how to use me" guide. However, all
- of this is in the file "TimeMan.hlp" and if you want to know
- how to use TimeMan then you NEED to install the help, after
- all, once you get the hang of it the help can be deleted later!
-
- NEW USER INSTALLATION
- *********************
- Put TimeMan.opa in the \APP directory on any drive. Then create
- a directory called M:\TIMEMAN\ and into this put the conversion file
- (Timeman.cnv). If you like, you can create this directory on another
- disk too and then add the help file to it. The help file can go on
- any disk, as can the .OPA but all the ini files and the conversions
- file MUST go on drive M (Internal). Then install Timeman using
- Psion+I from the System Screen.
- Files called "Timeman.ini" and "Reminder.ini" will be created
- in the \TIMEMAN directory of the Internal drive, these holds all
- of the crucial settings. WHEN you register a file called
- "Timeman.reg" is placed in the \TIMEMAN directory so that the
- program recognises you as a kind-hearted, registered user!
-
- UPGRADING FORM EARLIER VERSIONS
- *******************************
- To do this, you must very simply do the following. Overwrite the
- TimeMan.opa and TimeMan.hlp files from their old destinations.
- Unfortunately, this version of TimeMan had a lot of re-writes
- done to it. As a result, the settings file format has
- canged to a far more reliable one. However, this new
- format means you will be UNABLE to keep all your old
- settings as you could before. This shoudl be the only time that
- this problem occurs from now on though.
-
- RevTran
- *********
- This program has been protected against reverse-translation to
- the best of my abilities and ANY ATTEMPT TO HACK AND/OR
- REVERSE-TRANSLATE THIS PROGRAM IN ANY WAY IS IN VIOLATION OF
- THE LAW!
-
- About the Prog
- **************
- I wrote this prog because I wanted to have a collection of general
- time management utilities. After much development (spending far
- much more time than I should have done on the code), I thought
- that the program was in an acceptable state to be publically
- released, and more importantly, to be of use to other 3a users.
- Now, TimeMan has become a sort of "Swiss Army Knife" of applications,
- with many very useful features all grouped under 1 shell.
-
- About the Author
- ****************
- P.K.Spencer is a 16 year old from Aylesbury. I have
- very little OPL experience and I'm learning to write
- programs. This is one of my first attempts and I have now managed
- to reach quite an advanced level, this version is wildly superior to
- any earlier versions. The Prog appears to have no bugs but if you
- find any or have any comments/suggestions for future versions then
- I welcome your input either by:
-
- E-Mail on nicko@nildram.co.uk or 106023,676 on CIS
-
- OR by Snail-Mail at :
-
- 10 Prebendal Court
- Oxford Road
- Aylesbury
- Bucks
- HP19 3EY
-
- Updates of TimeMan can be found on my web page at:
-
- http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~nicko/
-
- Disabled Features
- ******************
- In the unregistered version I have kept back a few items
- as an incentive to register. Firstly there are some nag
- screens that appear, next you can only have analog clocks
- and not digital - I have found that digital clocks are
- more popular. Apart from this, the rest of the
- program is fully working so use, enjoy, REGISTER :-)
-
- Registering
- ***********
- TimeMan v3.6F is distributed as Shareware. To register
- the program on Compuserve, GO SWREG 11633, otherwise you
- must:
-
- Send 8 UKP OR a foreign currency equivalent PLUS 10% to
- my Snail-Mail address with either your E-Mail address or
- with a an SAE. This will enable me to send you your
- personalised Key-Code to unlock the program's features
- and banish the nags forever.
- When registered you will be entitled to any future
- upgrades FREE, if you have E-Mail access then I'll mail you
- to tell you when or before they're released. You also get
- a direct say in future developments and more importantly
- a clear mind. 8 UKP isn't a lot to register and it'll help me
- develop future versions (and other programs). I don't have much
- time free as I'm doing my GCSE's so I need an incentive :-)
-
- How to Use TimeMan
- ******************
- The first time you run TimeMan you will be presented
- with 6 world clocks, this is essentially the main interface
- of the program, although there are far more features to it and
- you can also alter the interface via the diamond key.
- AT ANY TIME YOU CAN CONSULT THE ON-LINE HELP (providing it's
- present) FOR MORE INFO. These clocks display 6 different times
- for 6 different places in the world - allowing you to view 6
- places consequtively, something the 3a doesn't do normally.
- The times ARE NOT taken from the World database as this allows
- the user more freedom and you can enter places on a more
- regional basis, this I have found to be of more use. From within
- the program there is the menu that has lots of different features
- accesable from it. Most of them are fairly self-evident and by
- accessing them you can usually work out what to do, however the
- help file contains full explanations
-
- Features
- *********
- -Consequtive viewing of 6 differnt world clocks, each with
- customisable time, place and a line of text.
- -Customisable Daily/Hourly Reminders
- -Find Easter Sunday feature
- -Find the name of a date feature
- -Fully in-depth On-line help
- -Stopwatch (countup AND countdwon)
- -Easy linking/launching of most of the 3a's built in apps
- -Quick Dialer
- -Voice Memos
- -Quick Notes
- -Battery Checker
- -Alarms NOW WITH VARIABLE SOUND!!
- -PLUS MANY MORE USEFUL FEATURES, explore the help and the
- program itself!
-
- Thanks to...
- *************
- My whole-hearted thanks goto FRANCIS CREESE (Datalink BBS) for his
- excellent support and for testing some of my earlier copies and
- making suggestions, also for his memory checker code. Without all
- of his help I could never have got the program into such an acceptable
- state. I would also like to thank STEVE LITCHFIELD for his help and
- suggestions. Alex Wilbur and John Boyce were both also a *great* help
- in providing me with bits of code for a)Quick Calc and b)Launching Draw,
- repectively. Finally, I am forever indebted to BRENDAN BREEDE for the
- code to save/restore System settings (from his SARCon program) and
- also for showing me how to do the new settings file format afer
- many, many e-mails on the subject ;-)
-
- Other Programs by the Author:
- *****************************
- Have you tried PassAgn? The .zip to look out for is
- "PASAGN18.ZIP" as this is the latest version (v1.81F).
- This program will add password protection to the S3a
- Agenda and once installed it appears just like the
- "Agenda" app so not many could tell the difference!
- This program is also available from my web page and now
- includes a 3c special version - Siena copy coming soon.
-
- ********************************************************************
- ************The History of TimeMan in the Public Eyes!**************
- ********************************************************************
-
- The first ever release of TimeMan was v2.7a. Since then it's
- evolved a HUGE amount. The first version that was really any
- good and worthy of note was v3.3:
-
- Changes from v3.2 to v3.3
- *************************
- -Variable screen options - press diamond key
- -Upgrade tracker - watch it guide you through the prosess!
- -Lottery predictor
- -Quick Memo Playback
- -System Memory Checker
- -Conversions Module
- -File Manager Module
- -Help detectabele from ALL menus
- -A few more once again....
-
- Changes from v3.3 to v3.4x
- **************************
- -Daily/Hourly Reminders
- -Updated File Manager
- -Old bugs from v3.x fixed
- -Faster drawing of clocks
- -VAT Calculator added
- -Edit Memo option to edit/view existing quick notes
- -Tidy notes option to delete old/unwanted quick notes
- -.PIC Viewer/Editor - view/edit all your favourite .PIC files!
- -Quick Calc
- -Better Memory Manager and Error Handler
- -A few more... ;-)
-
- Changes from v3.4x to v3.5F
- ***************************
- - All known bugs fixed
- - Advanced Memory Management (Cache and cache handling added ;-)) )
- - Faster operation
- - Tightened up on memory usuage slightly
- - Also tightened up on what the user can do (covered most ways users
- can make it crash that I know of)
- - Modified help
-
- Changes since v3.5F
- *******************
- Where do I begin? v3.6F was a HUGE step foreward, there were so
- many things re-written or added that I can't remember them all,
- but here are some highlights!
-
- - Clocks now in 1 graphics window which uses less memory
- both System wide and from the Window Server. Thanks to Steve
- Godfrey at Psion Software for this!
- - Clocks now support the new round 3c version (3c's only ;-) )
- - View .PICs from .APP/.OPA/.IMG/.GRP/.ALS files
- - Fuel Consumption module added
- - Help file greatly improved
- - Added a Hotkey for quick switching to TimeMan
- - The ability to Save/Restore System settings (this code was
- provided by Brendan Breede from his SARCon program. I am
- ETERNALLY grateful for his generous nature!)
- - A new settings file format which allows more settings
- and uses less disk space and .OPP code - again thanks go
- to Brendan Breede for showing me this technique!
- - Stopwatche re-written to use the accurate FRC: device
- - All known bugs fixed
-
- There's also a LOT more, but too many to mention ;-)
-
-
- Version 3.6F - Copyright (C) P.K.Spencer 1996-1997
-
- RELEASED Saturday 18/01/1997
-
- P.K.Spencer