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- Server 1.2
- ───────────
- for the
- Psion Series 3a
-
- by
- Pelican Software Inc.
-
-
-
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
-
-
-
-
- About Server/Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1
- Registering Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2
- Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3
-
- SoundOFF
- Event
- New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
- Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
- Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
- Cancel Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
-
- Search
- Find . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
- Find Again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
- View Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
-
- Agenda
- Read Agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
- Enable/Disable Auto Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
- Force Auto Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
-
- Special
- Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
- Set Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
- Reconfigure Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
- Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
- About Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
- Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
-
- Miscellaneous
- Resizing Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
- Repeats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
- Key Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
- Emergency Shut-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
- Overlapping Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
- What will SoundOFF do to my Agenda file? . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
-
-
- Alarm Server
- Alarms
- Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
- New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
- Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
- Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
- Show Today's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
- Snoozing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
- Alarms with Notepad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
- Alarms with Macsys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
-
-
- ABOUT Server/Getting Started 0-1
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Server is product from Pelican Software Inc. that combines two utilities,
- SoundOFF and Alarm Server. Server is free with the purchase of Notepad.
-
- About SoundOFF -
-
- Have you ever been in a meeting and had the Series 3a alarm start ringing.
- It can be embarrassing. SoundOFF will stop that from happening again.
- Here's how it does it: SoundOFF lets you build a database of events. An
- event represents a future time and date when the sound should be turned
- off.
-
- SoundOFF will wake up the machine at the minute you want the sound
- turned off. The sound will be turned off. After the event duration is
- completed the machine wakes up and the sound is turned back on so you
- won't miss any future alarms.
-
- The next earliest event will then be queued. If the event that just
- terminated is repeatable, the time/date of that event will be updated
- before finding the next earliest event.
-
- Alarm Server -
-
- The Alarm Server seeks to provide a better method of handling alarms on the
- Series 3a. The Pelican Software Alarm Server, (as opposed to the built in
- alarm server), can snooze an alarm and let you go do something else. The
- machine is fully usable while this alarm is snoozing, or even while the alarm
- is ringing. The snooze time is selectable by you. This way if you're not
- ready to handle an alarm, you can decide to snooze the alarm for 30 minutes,
- (or whatever), and take care of it the next time it rings.
-
-
-
- Getting Started
- ───────────────
-
- When you first start The Server you will be prompted to show Server
- your standard sound settings. This is so that the program will know what
- settings to return your sound to when it turns the sound back on. Choose
- "Re-configure sound" to change these settings at a later date. The program
- does this since when you start up SoundOFF your sound may be off, and
- SndOFF would not know what your standard ON settings are.
-
- Note: There are two views in the Server. There is the Alarm Server
- view and the SoundOFF view. Press the diamond key to switch views.
-
- Set the diamond position to SoundOFF...
-
- Press <Enter> to set a New Event. Type in a name for the event. Next type
- in the date, time and duration of the event. If you want the event to
- repeat, set the repeat type. With repeats there are lots of events that
- you only have to enter once.
-
- For example if you get up every morning to go out and walk, and you don't
- want an alarm going off while you're out walking, just set a SoundOFF
- event in the time slot that you normally go out, and set it to repeat
- Daily.
-
-
-
- REGISTERING Server 1.2 0-2
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-
- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ 1 Alarm Server/SoundOFF ║
- ╟─────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────╢
- ║ Event: Out to Walk │ Timer Set ║
- ║ Date: 11/20/1994 │ "Out to Walk" ║
- ║ Time: 7:00:00 am │ Sound will turn OFF ║
- ║ Duration: 01:00 │ 12 Hours 16 min. remaining ║
- ║ Repeat: Daily │ ║
- ║ │ ║
- ║─────────────────────────────────│───────────────────────────────────║
- ║ Alarm: Get up! │ * Alarm Set * ║
- ║ Date: 6/13/95 │ "Get Up!" ║
- ║ Time: 07:00 am │ ║
- ║ Sound: Fanfare │ ║
- ║ Repeat: Daily │ 25 minute(s) remaining ║
- ║ Macro: │ ║
- ╚═════════════════════════════════╧═══════════════════════════════════╝
- Server 1.2 Copyright 1995 by Pelican Software Inc
-
-
- Mailing Address: Pelican Software Inc.
- P.O.Box 741072
- Houston, Tx. 77274-1072
- 713-242-8928 (voice)
- 713-242-9573 (fax)
-
-
- Server is Shareware from Pelican Software Inc. If you like it, you can
- register it in a few ways. The price of the program is $20.00 USD. The
- program is crippled in a few ways. You can only have 3 SoundOFF events
- unless you register. When you register, you will receive a registration
- number that will allow you to have as many events as you like.
-
- Server is free to registered Notepad users. If you are a registered
- Notepad 5 user, and don't have a registration number for Server, contact
- us at Pelican Software Inc. (INTERNET 72662.3050@compuserve.com)
-
- If you have Compuserve, you can register online by going to the "SWREG"
- forum. There you can register Server 1.2 and Compuserve will bill your
- account. This is the easiest way.
-
- METHODS . Compuserve "SWREG" ID = 3924
- . Send cash through the mail
- . Send a check through the mail made payable to
- Pelican Software Inc
-
-
- Crippling: Until Registered, Server will only allow 3 SoundOFF events.
-
-
- INSTALLING The Server 0-3
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-
- ■ Copy Server.opa into any \App directory.
- ■ Copy Sys$play.drv into any \App\Aserver directory.
-
- If you have an earlier version of SndOFF, the Sndoff.dat file can be
- moved into the \App\Aserver directory. This contains all SoundOFF events,
- and is compatible with the Server.
-
- Once you have copied the Server.opa file to your S3a, Press Psion<I>
- from the system screen to install the Server. Change the disk selector to
- the disk you installed Server to. Select Server, and press Enter
- to install it. If you need more help with this, see the section on
- re-inserting icons in chapter 16 of the user manual for your Psion.
-
-
- NEW EVENT SECTION 1 - Event Menu Heading 1-1
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Psion<E>
-
- Use Psion<E>, Enter, or choose "New Event" from the Event pull-down menu
- to create a new event in the SndOFF database. Do this when you want to
- enter a new time for the machine to turn off.
-
- ■ Fill out the Description. (Give your event a name, like "Lunch meeting".)
- ■ Enter the date and time. Must be a future date.
- ■ Enter the duration of the event.
- ■ Enter the repeat type. There are many repeat types. See the section on
- repeats if you need help with this.
-
-
-
- UPDATE EVENT 1-2
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Psion<U>, Psion<Enter>
-
- Follow the same guidelines as "New Event". This just gives you the
- opportunity of changing the details of an event.
-
-
-
- DELETE EVENT 1-3
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Psion<D>,Del
-
- Use this option when you want to delete an event from the SoundOFF data-
- base. Note that this won't let you delete the current event. You'll
- need to use the "Cancel current" option to do this.
-
-
- CANCEL CURRENT EVENT 1-4
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Psion<C>
-
- Cancel Current lets you cancel the current queued event. The sound
- will be turned back on when you cancel an event.
-
-
-
- FIND SECTION 2 - Search Menu Heading 2-1
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Psion<F>
-
- This option searches through the database to find a particular entry.
- Press Psion<F> to bring up the "Find" dialog.
-
- ■ Type in a clue to search for, and press Enter. If Server can find
- a match, it will be brought to the front.
-
- Note: This will search which ever database is active. If you are in
- SoundOFF, the SoundOFF database will be searched. Likewise for the
- Alarm Server.
-
-
-
- FIND AGAIN 2-2
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Psion<G>
-
- Use this option after doing a search, when you want to find another
- match using the same clue.
-
-
-
- VIEW DESCRIPTION 2-3
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Psion Shift<V>, spacebar
-
- This option will bring up an autosized window with the full Description
- of the event/alarm being viewed. Sometimes the description won't fit on
- the screen, so this lets you view the whole text.
-
-
-
- READ AGENDA SECTION 3 - Agenda Menu Heading 3-1
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Psion<R>
-
- This option starts by finding your Agenda file. If the Agenda is running,
- it will do a safe shutdown. Next it will open the Agenda and start
- searching for appointments. On finding a marked entry, you are given the
- option of editing the data for use with SndOFF. Press Enter to save the
- item to SndOFF, or press Escape to continue searching. When you're done,
- Server will restart your Agenda. Only future appointments are found unless
- you set the "Bring in Old Entries" option.
-
-
- ENABLE/DISABLE AUTO SEARCH 3-2
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Psion Shift<S>
-
- This is an automated Agenda search that will import all marked
- appointments from your Agenda that are set for the current day. This
- allows you to use SoundOFF entirely in the backround. The process
- becomes completely automated. Here's how it works...
-
- When you choose to "Enable Auto Search", SoundOFF will create a special
- event called "<Auto Search>". The time and date of this event can be
- edited, but not the Description. You should set the Auto Search to happen
- first thing in the morning. When this event comes due, SoundOFF will
- automatically read your Agenda looking for todays appointments, adding
- them to the SoundOFF database. This all happens in the backround. This
- event will repeat every day. Of course the Agenda entries must have your
- special character prefix as the first character. (Section 3-3)
-
- To Disable Auto Search, you can't delete the Event. Instead use the
- menu option "Disable Auto Search". This will delete the event for you.
-
- Note that when Auto Search adds events from your Agenda, it sets the
- sound to turn off 1 minute after the event begins. This is to give you
- a chance to respond to an alarm. You have one minute to respond to an
- alarm reminding you of the event, and after this the sound is turned
- off. Note that it doesn't matter that the machine is stuck waiting for
- you to clear the alarm. SoundOFF is still working in the backround.
-
-
- FORCE AUTO SEARCH 3-3
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Psion<M> Registered only
-
- Use this feature when you've made a change to your schedule during the
- day. SoundOFF will delete all of todays entries in the SoundOFF data-
- base, and re-open the Agenda to re-import todays appointments. Note
- that only database entries brought in using the "Auto Search" method
- are deleted. Database entries typed in from SoundOFF are not deleted.
-
- When using "Force Auto Search" the Auto Search event is not changed
- in any way. This is the best way to do an update of daily appointments
- in the SndOFF database.
-
-
-
- PREFERENCES SECTION 4 - Special Menu Heading 4-1
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Psion<Q>
-
- There are two preferences areas, Alarm Server and SoundOFF.
-
- SoundOFF:
- You must choose this option before you can read Agenda files. Show SndOFF
- where you default Agenda file is. It must know this in order to know which
- Agenda file to open.
-
- ----------------------------------------
- SoundOFF Preferences
- Bring Server to Front After Setting Sound
- Agenda Preferences
- . Default Agenda Name <-filename->
- Disk internal
- . Character to Search for ^
- . Bring in Old Entries <-No->
- ----------------------------------------
-
- Note that the "Character to Search" option allows you to enter a character
- identifier for SndOFF to look for. SndOFF will only allow you to bring in
- Agenda entries that begin with this character. This is the method you use
- for telling SndOFF which appointments can be brought into the SndOFF data-
- base.
-
- If it's still not clear, go into your Agenda. Go into the day view, and
- press Enter to start a new entry. If your "Character" is a period<.>,
- start by typing a period, and then the rest of your message. ( .This is a
- test ) SndOFF will find this entry and pass over all others that don't
- begin with your "Character". The character can be any character you can
- type in. The entry must be a future entry when using Auto Search.
-
- "Bring in Old Entries" forces SndOFF to search even old entries as long
- as they begin with your special character identifier. Turn this on only
- when you need to bring in an old entry. Remember that in SndOFF you have
- repeats. You may have an old entry that you want to bring-in because it
- repeats. Note: This works when using "Read Agenda File", not Auto Search.
- Auto Search brings in entries from today only.
-
-
- SET SOUND 4-2
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Psion<S>
-
- This does exactly the same thing as Pressing Psion<S> from the system
- screen to set your sound.
-
-
- RE-CONFIGURE SOUND 4-3
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Psion Shift<Q>
-
- Use this option when you want to reset your default sound settings for
- SndOFF. To explain this better, SndOFF needs to know what your standard
- sound settings are so that when it turns your sound back on, it will
- set all of your sound settings correctly. When you choose this option,
- you are just showing the program what your default settings are.
-
-
- VERSION 4-4
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Psion<V>
-
- Displays the version number in lower right corner.
-
-
- ABOUT Server 4-4
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Psion<A>
-
- Tells you how to Register Server.
-
-
- EXIT 4-5
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Psion<X>
-
- To exit the program.
-
-
-
- RESIZING WINDOWS SECTION 5 - Miscellaneous 5-1
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Control<Menu>
-
- Resizes windows widths in the standard Psion way. There are three
- window width choices.
-
-
- REPEATS 5-2
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- Here's a list of repeat types:
-
- Yearly (same day next year. Knows about leap years)
- Monthly by date (same date next month)
- Monthly by day (same day of week , next month, like third Wed.)
- Monthly(last day) (last day of the month)
- Weekly (same day next week)
- Daily (Every day)
- Workday (next workday, based on your system settings)
- Restday (next restday, based on your system settings)
- Every (x) days (how ever many days you set)
- Every (x) hours (how ever many hours you set)
-
-
- KEY COMMANDS 5-3
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- Psion<A> About Server
- Psion<C> Cancel Current
- Psion<D> Delete SoundOFF Event
- Psion Shift<D> Delete Alarm
- Psion<E> New Event
- Psion Shift<E> New Alarm
- Psion<F> Find Event or Alarm (Depending on diamond view)
- Psion<G> Find Again
- Psion<M> Force Auto Search
- Psion<Q> Preferences
- Psion Shift<Q> Reconfigure Sound
- Psion<R> Read Agenda
- Psion<S> Set sound
- Psion Sh<S> Enable/Disable Auto Search
- Psion<U> Update Event ──────────┐
- Psion Shift<U> Update Alarm │
- Psion<V> Version │
- Psion Sh<V> View Description ───┐ │
- Psion<T> Show Today's alarms │ │
- Psion<X> Quit │ │
- │ │
- Spacebar View Description ───┘ │
- Psion<Enter> Update Event or Alarm ──┘
- <O> Off
- Psion<Home> Go to First Record
- Psion<Eng> Go to Last Record
- Diamond key Change View
- Control<Menu> Resize Windows
- Tab key Emergency Shut-Off
-
-
- EMERGENCY SHUT-OFF 5-4
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Tab key
-
- Pressing the tab key brings up a dialog where all you have to decide
- is how many hours you want the machine sound off for. This is for the
- emergency situation when you don't have the time to spend filling out
- the normal "New Event" dialog.
-
-
- OVERLAPPING EVENTS 5-5
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- Note that SoundOFF at this time doesn't handle overlapping events. In
- other words you have to watch out not to schedule timed events that
- overlap each other, and expect SoundOFF to correctly turn the sound
- off for these. It won't. Suppose you have a meeting at 6:00pm that you've
- set for 1 1/2 hrs. and Dinner at 7:00pm. SoundOFF will turn the sound
- off at 6:01 pm and won't look for new events until 1hr 29min later. By
- this time when the sound turns on, your Dinner appointment is considered
- an old event and is dropped.
-
- There is a 2 minute minimum duration for an event in order for SoundOFF
- to work correctly. This only applies to events imported using the "Auto
- Search" feature.
-
- Here's how it works:
-
- SoundOFF starts an event 1 minute after the appointment time in the Agenda
- file. It does this to give time for you to respond to a alarm if one was
- set. Since it starts one minute later, it has to take one minute off of the
- duration. An event with a one minute duration wouldn't work because
- SoundOFF would be starting the event, and the event would already have
- finished. Sounds confusing, I know. Suffice it to say that back to back
- events with a duration of one minute will not work.
-
-
- WHAT WILL SOUNDOFF DO TO MY AGENDA FILE? 5-6
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- Nothing! It only opens your Agenda file for read only. SoundOFF never
- writes to your Agenda file, and therefore CANNOT corrupt it. You can use
- SoundOFF without fear.
-
-
-
- ALARM SERVER SECTION 6 - Alarms 6-1
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- The Alarm Server seeks to provide a better method of handling alarms on the
- Series 3a. The Pelican Software Alarm Server, (as opposed to the built in
- alarm server), can snooze an alarm and let you go do something else. The
- machine is fully usable while this alarm is snoozing, or even while the
- alarm is ringing. The snooze time is selectable by you. This way if you're
- not ready to handle an alarm, you can decide to snooze the alarm for 30
- minutes,(or whatever), and take care of it the next time it rings.
-
- The Alarm Server makes use of the built in sounds of the S3a.
- You now can save an alarm with any of these default sounds:
-
- . Fanfare
- . Soft Bells
- . Church Bells
- . Silent
-
- You can also access any .wve files that are located in any \wve directory
- on any S3a drive. If you choose a wve file and then later remove this file,
- "Fanfare" will be substituted.
-
-
- REPEATING ALARMS -
-
- The Alarm Server also handles repeating alarms. There are many options for
- repeating an alarm.
-
-
- Here's a list of the possibilities:
-
- REPEATS: EXAMPLES:
- -------- ---------
- 1. Yearly :great for birthdays/yearly events
- 2. Monthly by date :same date each month. Aug31 repts to Sept30
- 3. Monthly by day :3rd fri of month;5th may be 4th next month
- 4. Monthly (last day) :Always last day of month
- 5. Weekly :Same day and time each week
- 6. Daily :Same time next day
- 7. Workday :Same time next Workday
- 8. Restday :Same time next Restday
- 9. Every (x) days :User defined days
- 10. Every (x) hours :User defined hours; good for 1 1/2 days.etc..
-
-
- Now this looks fairly simple and it is. What you see is what you get.
- But there is a method behind how they work in certain situations.
-
- METHOD:
-
- All repeating alarms repeat based on the original time and date recieved.
- What this means is that when an alarm is specified as being a repeating
- alarm, the time and date for the alarm is saved to file. If at any time
- the time and date are changed by using the snooze or the reset option
- from within the Alarm Server, this data does not change. If it did
- change, the repeat information would change too. In most cases this is
- not what you want when you hit the snooze button. (you can still snooze
- and reset repeating alarms, but the original time and date are saved
- also.)
-
- Example: You have a yearly alarm set for a family members birthday, and
- it rings to tell you to give him(her) a call. For argument sake lets say
- it's set to ring at 9:30pm. Well at 9:30 it rings and you hit the
- snooze button, and again at 10:30, etc... The next time it rings, it's
- after 12:00(12hr format) and now is the next day. If the Alarm Server
- was to reset the repeat based on the new time, it would ring a day late
- the next year, at 12:30am. This situation can be applied to all alarms
- and this is why repeating alarms are all based on their original time
- and date.
-
- Now there is a way to change this: In order to change this, use the
- Show/Reset option in Notepad, or the edit option in the Alarm Server.
- In these cases, it is assumed that you want to change the actual time
- for the repeat to be based on.
-
-
- NEW ALARM 6-2
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Psion Shift<E>, or Enter when in Alarm Server view.
-
- To enter a New Alarm...
- . fill out the Message, press enter
- . fill out the time/date
- . choose a sound
- . choose the repeat type if you want it to repeat
- . Link to a Macro (if appicable - Macsys.opa must be present)
- . Press Enter to save, or menu key to test sound.
-
-
- UPDATE ALARM 6-3
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Psion Shift<U>, or Psion<Enter> when in Alarm Server view.
-
- To edit an Alarm...
- . Update the time/date
- . Update the sound
- . Update the repeat type
- . Update Link to a Macro (if appicable - Macsys.opa must be present)
- . Press Enter to save, or menu key to test sound.
-
-
- DELETE ALARM 6-4
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Psion Shift<D>, or Delete when in Alarm Server view.
-
- Removes an alarm. If an alarm is pending, it is stopped.
-
-
- SHOW TODAY'S 6-5
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Psion<T>
-
- Shows only alarms due today. Pressing Enter on an alarm brings it up.
-
-
- SNOOZING ALARMS 6-6
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- When an alarm rings in Server, you have three choices.
- . Reset the alarm
- . Snooze the alarm
- . Clear the alarm
-
- If you choose to Snooze the alarm, the Server uses the preferences to
- determine how long to snooze the alarm for. While it is snoozing, you
- have access to the machine again. (Even while it's ringing, you can
- press the system icon to leave the alarm in the backround)
-
- If you choose "Reset", you have the option of editing the alarm,
- or choose "Tomorrow" to force the alarm to go off tomorrow. Tomorrow
- is set in the preferences. This gives you a way to press a button that
- makes the alarm ring again tomorrow.
-
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- ALARMS WITH NOTEPAD 6-7
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- The Alarm Server can work hand in hand with any application that is
- set up to work with it. One of these applications is Notepad. Notepad
- 5.2 or higher sends it's alarms directly to the Server, instead of to
- the built-in Alarm handler. When the Server starts up you may see it
- flash a message saying "Checking Mail.box". It will check it's own
- mailbox at startup to see if there are any messages that need to be
- processed. Of course if the Server is not running when these messages
- were sent, some of the alarms in the mailbox could be old. In this case
- the Server just dumps them.
-
- Unlike earlier versions of the Pelican Alarm Server, you will never get
- a busy message in Notepad when the Alarm Server is accessing it's data
- file. The program has been redesigned to eliminate this problem.
-
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- ALARMS WITH MACSYS 6-7
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- Macsys is a macro program for the S3a written by Tom Dolbilin. It is
- Freeware, and can be downloaded on Compuserver, AOL, Cix, or Internet.
- (src.doc.ic.ac.uk)
-
- Server 1.2 allows you to create alarms that really just trigger a
- Macro to run. If you don't want to hear any sound when the macro runs,
- use "Silent" as the alarm. No dialog will come up like with an alarm.
- This way the alarm starts the macro running without any prompting from
- the user. This has unlimited potential. It could possibly start an
- online session by launching an Off line reader. (As long as the reader
- supports an auto run mode.)
-
- A macro alarm like this could bring a certain program to foreground
- while you are sleeping, send messages to an app that supports
- Interprocess communication (IPC). Notepad can recieve messages in this way.
- A good example might be to run an notepad plugin that brings your Notepad
- entries for today into your todo list. With a Macro this can happen
- completely unattended. The rest is up to your imagination.<g>
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