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- APPBK Michael J. Mefford
- Command 1987/No. 12
-
- ______________________________________________________
-
- Purpose: Reminds you of appointments at the times you
- specify; provides additional optional hourly
- chime and continuous on-screen date/time
- display.
-
- Format: [d:][path]APPBK
-
- or
-
- [d:][path]APPBK [f,][b,][s,][h,][a]
-
-
- Remarks: APPBK is a memory-resident utility that is
- normally loaded through your AUTOEXEC.BAT
- file. It must be loaded after any system
- time/date setting routines, and before
- loading SideKick (if used).
-
- Pressing Alt-R opens the on-screen APPBK
- window, in which you enter your appointments.
- Enter times as 2:00, not 02:00, and include
- the A or P before the M in the window. You
- can edit your appointment list using the F-1
- and F-3 keys, by overstriking letters, and
- with the deleting backspace key. F-2 toggles
- an hourly chime on and off; F-4 similarly
- toggles a continuous on-screen display of the
- time and date.
-
- An alarm will sound at the appointment times
- specified. Additionally, should you be away
- from your desk and not hear the reminder,
- your first keystroke following the alarm will
- pop up the reminder window. To close the
- window, press Esc or the Alt-R (default)
- REMINDER trigger key.
-
- At the time it is loaded, REMINDER may be
- given alternative parameters for its color
- (f), border color (b), trigger-key scan code
- (s), hourly chime frequency (h), and alarm
- frequency (a). The default values are
- 7,112,19,2217,2960. Tables of acceptable
- alternative parameter values are contained on
- the following pages. In entering parameters,
- separate each with a comma. Commas alone may
- be used for initial parameters you do not
- wish to change.
-
- Example: APPBK ,,,1760
-
- would change only the frequency (tone) of the
- hourly chime (the h parameter).
-
- Parameter Tables
-
- COLOR CODES (f and b parameters)
-
- Color Adapter
- -------------
- fore- back- fore-
- ground ground color ground color
- 0 0 Black 8 Gray
- 1 16 Blue 9 Light Blue
- 2 32 Green 10 Light Green
- 3 48 Cyan 11 Light Cyan
- 4 64 Red 12 Light Red
- 5 80 Magenta 13 Light Magenta
- 6 96 Brown 14 Yellow
- 7 112 White 15 Bright White
-
-
- Monochrome Adapter
- ------------------
-
- fore- back-
- ground ground color
- 0 0 Black
- 7 112 White
- 15 NA Bright White
-
-
- Add foreground color to the background color to arrive
- at parameter number. For example, blue letters on cyan
- (light blue) would be 48 + 1 = 49.
-
- Defaults are 7 (white on black) for the reminder field
- (foreground) and 112 (black on white) for the frame
- (border).
-
-
- SCAN CODES FOR ALT-KEY COMBINATIONS (s parameter)
-
- Code Key Code Key Code Key Code Key
- 16 Q 30 A 44 Z 120 1
- 17 W 31 S 45 X 121 2
- 18 E 32 D 46 C 122 3
- 19 R 33 F 47 V 123 4
- 20 T 34 G 48 B 124 5
- 21 Y 35 H 49 N 125 6
- 22 U 36 J 50 M 126 7
- 23 I 37 K 127 8
- 24 O 38 L 128 9
- 25 P 129 0
- 130 -
- Default is 19 (Alt R) 131 =
-
-
-
- TONE/FREQUENCY (h and a parameters)
-
- A 55 110 220 440 880 1760 3520 1740 14080
- A# 58 117 233 466 932 1857 3714 7428 14856
- B 62 123 247 494 988 1976 3952 7904 15808
- C 65 131 262 523 1046 2093 4186 8372 16744
- C# 69 139 277 554 1109 2217 4434 8868 17736
- D 74 149 294 587 1175 2349 4698 9396 18792
- D# 78 156 311 622 1245 2489 4978 9956 19912
- E 82 165 330 659 1319 2637 5274 10548 21096
- F 87 175 349 698 1397 2794 5588 11176 22352
- F# 93 185 370 740 1480 2960 5920 11840 23680
- G 98 196 392 784 1568 3136 6272 12544 25088
- G# 104 208 415 831 1661 3322 6644 13288 26576
-
- Middle C is 262. The defaults are 2217 (C#) for the
- hourly chime and 2960 (F#) for the alarm chime.
-
-
- Note:
-
- 1. While APPBK is compatible with most
- applications programs and resident
- utilities, complete compatibility cannot
- be assured. It cannot, for example, be
- used with XyWrite.