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BatchNotes

Commands

BatchLauncher

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BatchReminder

BatchReminder 4.x

BatchReminder is our character based (msDOS-) shareware

Organiser/Diary with functions for:

-	alarm

-	appointments

-	addresses

-	memo's

-	MailMerge

-	calculator

The alarm-function is invoked by a memory-resident TSR

which works fine in DOS but is somewhat useless under

Windows because it fails to show a written message.

In order to accommodate our BatchReminder-users the

BatchLauncher will also launch BatchReminder alarms

thus making the msdos-TSR batalarm.com obsolete.

In this way the lifespan of BatchReminder is prolonged  to

survive the introduction of Windows95.


BatchNotes

The concept of BatchNotes is based upon the famous

yellow sticky notes. BatchNotes basicly creates the notes

and allows you to enter 1200 characters of text on the note.

(if you need more then tell us when you register).

Once you have created a note you can 'stick' it to the

screen by means of the note-launcher 'BatchLauncher'.

BatchNotes allows you to set a pop-up time for the note.

Batchlauncher keeps these notes minimised  until the

pop-up time has been reached.

Interaction with the windows-clipboard helps you to paste

'cut' or 'copied' text from other applications to and from

a note.

You could use this feature to keep portions of standard text

as a note-entry in the note file in order to paste it back

whenever the text is needed.


BatchLauncher

BatchLauncher reads the note file and launches all notes

which are indicated as 'launched' by BatchNotes. *

If a note is not indicated as launched but has a pending

pop-up time for the current day,  it will also be launched in

minimised form (Icon).

When the launcher detects the BatchReminder alarm-file it

will also launch the contents of this alarm-file.

The notelauncher itself runs in minimised mode and stays in

memory to support the launched notes and alarms.

The launcher will automatically detach itself from memory

when it is idle. (no more launched notes or alarms).

It is a good idea to keep the BatchLauncher in your

Windows startup group so you will not miss out on notes

or alarms.

 * BatchNotes launch-indication


Commands

BatchNotes Commands:

New Note

Edit a Note

Launch a note

Delete a note

Undelete a note

Copy  note-text to Windows Clipboard

Print a note

Setting pop-up time and day

Leaving BatchNotes


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    New note

Click this picture to create a new note   (input-form appears).

The description of the note should be a short and unique

indication about the contents of the note.

BatchNotes uses the description as a name-tag when the

note has already been launched to the screen.

The note-text can hold up to 1200 characters of text.

(if you need more then tell us when you register).

If  there's text on the windows clipboard you can choose the

Paste-button to  transfer the text to your note.


Edit Note

Click the text-field with the mouse  and edit your text.

Once you change your text, the drawer of  the files cabinet

should open, thus

When you are done editing , click on the drawer and it will

close.

The changes will be saved  and written to the note if  it is

on screen


Launch a note

Once you have created a note, you may wish to have it 'stuck'

to the screen . This is done by clicking on the Launch-picture.

This immediately will cause the note to be launched to the screen.

If no pop-up time was set, the note will appear in normal size.

If a pop-up time was set, the note will be launched as an icon

on the bottom of the screen.

All notes stay launched and will be launched by the

BatchLauncher until you remove the launch indication*.

A launch indication is removed by clicking on either the

launch-picture or the launch indication.

Closing a note in any other fashion will not remove the

launch-indication in BatchNotes. The launcher will  therefor

launch it again whenever it is activated.

* BatchNotes launch-indication


Delete a note

If you click on the match, the text of the note will be ashed

(greys over). This will cause the match to be extinguished*.

At this time it is still possible to undelete the note.

Undelete is achieved by clicking on the rain-cloud picture.

The text will appear as normally and the match will light up again.

Once BatchNotes is terminated, deleted notes will be discarded

permanently.

*Extinguished match shows deleted note


Undelete a note

Text of a deleted note can be retrieved by clicking on the

rain-cloud picture.

Deleted text can only be retrieved in the same session as it was

deleted. At such a time the text will be grey and the

deletion-match will be out.

Once BatchNotes is terminated by the user, it will discard the

deleted notes permanently.


Copy to clipboard

Copy note-text to Windows clipboard

As it is possible to paste a text from the clipboard when a

note is newly created, it is also possible to copy an existing

note-text to the Windows-clipboard.

Interaction with the windows-clipboard helps you to paste

'cut' or 'copied'  text from other applications to and from a

note.

You could use this feature to keep portions of standard text

as a note-entry in the note file in order to paste it back

whenever the text is needed.

If your application fails to 'see' the clipboard text (the paste

option stays unabled) , you can  trick the application by  first

to copy a certain amount of text to the clipboard from this

application (this will enable the paste-option).

When this is done you replace the clipboard-text with the

note-text by clicking on the 'clip'-picture.

From then on your note-text will be available in your

application.


Print a note

If you click on the printer-picture, the printer dialogue-box

will appear. This enables you to change to a different printer

or change the printer-settings.

After pressing OK the memo-text will be printed.


setting pop-up time and day

BatchNotes may be helpful as a reminder when you attach a

'pop-up' time and day on the note by clicking the timer-picture.

By default the current time and day will appear in the format

Windows is currently supporting.

When the correct time is set , a bell-picture will appear.

If the pop-up time is for today it will be a good idea to launch

the note at once. If the pop-up time is for some day in the

future, you do not need to launch the note.

The NoteLauncher itself will launch any note with a pop-up

time for the current day,  either with or without

lauch-indication.

In order to remove an alarm you just click the timer-picture

again and press the 'NoAlarm' button or delete the note

altogether.

A launched pop-up note will run in minimised form until it

either pops up or is clicked on by the user.


Leaving BatchNotes

Choose the exit when you are done with BatchNotes.

When BatchNotes closes down it will compress the note file

by removing all deleted notes.

When BatchNotes is no longer running the launcher will allow

you to close notes on screen. When BatchNotes is running,

closing of a note should be done by removing the launch

indication.