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- HYPER DIALER Version 1.0
- © 1989 David Plummer
- -----------------------------------------------------------
-
- Firstly....
-
- Hyper Dialer is NOT Public Domain. It IS shareware, and as
- such may be freely distributed with a shareware option, with
- a suggested contribution of $15. Full source code is
- available for $25. See the ABOUT menuitem for the address.
-
- Permission is granted to copy Hyper Dialer provided that all
- copyright notices and credits are left intact, including but
- not limited to this documentation file. Copies may not be
- distributed for profit, although a reasonable fee may be
- charged for on-line time or media costs.
-
- Express permission is hereby granted to Fred Fish to include
- this program, documentation, and support files in his
- freely distributable software library.
-
- It may only be uploaded to BBS systems or included on public
- domain distribution disks in the un-altered form with all
- files intact:
-
- HDial
- HDial.doc
- HDial.config
- HDial.phones
- req.library
- Install
- DeInstall
-
- The requester library is copyrighted by Colin Fox and Bruce
- Dawson. The library is a freely distributable, although not
- public domain library. Deepest appreciation is extended to
- these authors whose contribution to Amiga software authors
- is irreplaceable. Thanks for the prop gadget sizer, of all
- things!
-
- Here's the quote from the req library docs:
-
- " Req.library was written by Colin Fox (of Pyramyd Designs)
- and Bruce Dawson (of CygnusSoft Software). Req.library is a
- freely distributable library that may be used in commercial
- products without paying any royalties. We encourage you to
- use the requester library in all of your programs, to make
- them easier to write, and to use.
-
- Req.library is not public domain. The requester
- library and all documentation and example programs are all
- copyright 1989. "
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- What is Hyper Dialer?
-
- Hyper Dialer is a "black-book" database for the names,
- addresses and phone numbers of all your best friends and
- worst enemies. It is completely Intuition-based, and will
- dial your modem (if attatched) to initiate the call of your
- choice. Other than to enter names, you need never hit a key
- (although I have included keyboard equivalents for most
- functions).
-
-
- Installation
-
- File Directory
- ------ ---------
- HDial (personal preference, usuallly C:)
- HDial.phones S:
- HDial.config S:
- req.library LIBS:
-
- The file Install handle all of this for you.
-
- Starting Hyper-Dialer
-
- Hyper dialer takes only one command line option, that being
- the ICON option, which enables you to have Hyper-Dialer
- begin life as a small icon on your Workbench title bar.
- This is to enable you to place it in you startup-sequence if
- you so desire. Other options are set with the config file.
-
- Commands: HDial (start now)
- HDial ICON (start as an icon)
-
-
- Usage
-
- To use Hyper-Dialer, hit the Insert icon to insert a blank
- entry, which will appear as 'Empty'. Click on the 'Empty'
- and edit the name, address, and phone number lines to
- reflect the data you require.
-
- Delete will remove an entry, unless it is the last remaining
- entry. In this case you must edit that entry to change it.
-
- Search will search for any substring in the entry list. It
- looks through all data fields, starting at the current
- entry. To search for the next occurance, click on Search
- again and simply select OK.
-
- Sort will sort all entries according to their alphabetical
- order of the name field.
-
- Load will load a HDPhones file. It starts looking in your
- S: directory. Opon startup, the file always looks for the
- file HDPhones, although you are free to use any other name
- for alternate phone books.
-
- Load will truncate a file if it is longer than your maximum
- number of entries. It always leaves two open slots for you
- to work with, so if you have 100 as your maximum entries,
- only 98 can be loaded. Memory is dynamically allocated from
- the public heap, so it will use fast memory and only as much
- as you require.
-
- Save saves the file. What more do you want?
-
- Quit exits (wow!)
-
- Shrink closes Hyper-Dialer down and places a small icon on
- your workbench title-bar. You can re-activate Hyper Dialer
- by clicking on this icon, picking up exactly where you left
- off.
-
- You can turn off all the Are You Sure? prompts by
- deselecting the Ok Prompt? in the menu.
-
- DIAL1 dials the first phone number, DIAL2 the second, and
- HangUp disconnects after you have picked up the phone.
-
- HDial.Config
- ------------
-
- There are several entries on this file which will enable you
- to slightly customize Hyper Dialer. The comments are not
- necessary, but you should keep them no further left than the
- 20th column (use spaces, not TABS!)
-
- The file appears as follows:
-
- HDial Configuration File
- ------------------------------------------------
- 532 | Icon X Co-ordinate
- 0 | Icon Y Co-ordinate
- 0 | 1 = expert mode
- 50 | Maximum number of entries
- 0 | Entry to auto-select
- 2 | Icon Block Pen
- 3 | Icon Detail Pen
- ------------------------------------------------
-
- There is some limited error checking on the parameters, but
- if you want to be an idiot I'm sure you could probably crash
- your system with some wild entries. Currently, I have set
- the upper limit at 5000 entries (for no good reason). If
- you have more than 5000 friends, give me a call.
-
- The icon co-ordinates, predictably, refer to the position of
- the Dial icon. Expert mode, if selected, will automatically
- disable all of the Are You Sure? prompts.
-
- The entry to auto-select will automatically highlight your
- girlfriend (or whatever) on startup.
-
- The two color options must be in the 0-3 range and specify
- what colors to use in drawing the icon.
-
- Finally....
-
-
- This is my first Amiga program, so please excuse any gross
- shortcomings or problems. The only way I have been able to
- crash the program is to go wild with the right mouse button
- while playing with the menu items, and my code for them is
- really straight-forward, so I have no idea why this can
- occur. It's not something you should experience under
- normal usage. I've done my best to try to crash it under
- almost every low memory condition possible, and it always
- returns a pseudo-polite message, and no gurus!
-
- I have included the option (see above) for complete source
- code. Although it is hardly elegant being my first attempt,
- it does serve as a good example of how to:
-
- - Deal with windows
- - Deal with gadgets
- - Deal with events
- - Simple drawing and images
- - A cute recursive quicksort
- - Search routines
- - Handle the mouse buttons
- - Dynamically allocate memory for structures
-
- ...and everything else I had trouble learning from books.
- My file-requester-type listing is done totally manually,
- without every line being a gadget, and I find it quite fast.
- I also allow you to just hold the button down on the arrows
- to scroll, instead of having to click repeatedly (I couldn't
- find Intuition support for this, so it's manual too). I
- also update the listing as you drag the scroll bar around
- instead of waiting for you to release it. All in all, if
- you're trying to learn C on the Amiga, it might be a good
- thing to learn from.
-
- I realize 35K is a bit large, but over half of that is
- images for the gadgets and HyperDialer logo that I thought
- just made it look a little nicer.
-
- Coming soon (or not).... the next release:
-
- - Optional toll-minding, keeping track of expenses
- on long distance calls.
-
- - Optional seperate screen
-
- - Speaker tone dialing for those of you with no
- modem?
-
- - Whatever else anyone thinks might be handy.
-
- - Smaller more efficient code!
-
-