Handy Reminder Version 1.0 Copyright 1994 Boston, Mass. By Robert F. Novello Shareware Concept -------------------------------------------------------------------- This product is a copyrighted software product. The program and documentation, are Copyright 1994. All worldwide rights are reserved. Usage is subject to license. This product is distributed using the shareware concept. This means that you are automatically licensed without charge to use this Product for the purpose of evaluating its usefulness to you for a period of 30 days from the date of receipt by you. If you desire to continue to use this product after the 30 day evaluation period, you must register it and pay the registration fee ($5.95). If you do not do so you are in violation of the law. You are also licensed and encouraged to duplicate this product and provide copies to others, including posting on public bulletin boards, provided that you distribute it exactly in the form received and that you do not charge for the copy in any way. Under no circumstances may you sell or rent this product in any form or package without the written permission of the author. No one is authorized to accept a fee for registration except the author. System Requirements -------------------------------------------------------- Handy Reminder (HR) will work on any system running DOS. Background ---------------------------------------------------------- If you do any work, or play on your computer, if you value any files you create, you should back them up. Whether it be to floppies or a tape drive, doe's not matter. YOU SHOULD BACKUP regularly. In addition to Backing Up files, you should also Defrag your hard disk on occasion. Defragging your disk makes your system run more swiftly and cuts down wear and tear on your hard disk. In this light, HR was designed. HR will not do the backups or Defrags for you, however it will remind you when they are due. In addition, HR can also be used to remind you of birthdays, anniversaries, appointments etc.. Installation ----------------------------------- Copy the Zip file containing the HR files to the root directory of your boot drive. Unzip the HR files into your root directory. This text file may be moved from the root directory, but the NEXTDATE.DAT file and the HANDYREM.EXE file must remain in the root directory. In addition : The Handy Reminder command line must be added to your Autoexec.Bat file on your boot drive. This can be done using any standard text editor. If you are unfamiliar with this procedure, consult your DOS manual. To add HR to your Autoexec file, simply add a line as follows. HANDYREM This line may be placed anywhere in your Autoexec file, however I suggest that it be placed toward the beginning, before you start other utilities, like Windows for example. This will allow you to receive your reminder info directly following boot up. Once HR is added to the Autoexec File you may enter reminder data using several command options. A command option is as follows HANDYREM ? where the ? is replaced by the command option. For example if you wanted to use command option B, you would type HANDYREM B The following options are valid. A - This option adds a personal reminder. You will be prompted for a date (use the format show when entering). You will then be asked for a description of the reminder. For example Mom's Birthday. The reminder will now be placed in memory and you will be prompted on that date with the appropriate message. Note : In this limited version, there is limited space for Personal reminder data, you may find that you will only be allowed to store 1 or 2 reminders. The registered version of HR allows for unlimited Personal Reminders. B - This option automatically sets your backup reminder to trigger 7 days from the present date. Note : 7 days is fixed for this version. the registered version will allow the user to choose any interval. D - This option automatically sets your Defrag reminder to trigger 7 days from the present date. Note : 7 days is fixed for this version. the registered version will allow the user to choose any interval. E - This Erases Personal reminders that have previously been set. When the E option is used, you will be shown your stored reminders, one by one. You will be allowed to selectively erase or keep each reminder. This option will be used most when a date has passed for that reminder, and you hopefully have acted on that reminder. H - H is for help. When you use this option, you will be given a display of all the command options available and what they are used for. V - V can be used to view all the stored information you have in memory. It will list your next Defrag and Backup dates, along with all Personal Reminders you have entered. 2 - This option is used to set the next Backup and Defrag dates simultaneously. As in the b and D options they will be set to 7 days and 20 days in the future respectively. Note : 7 & 20 days are fixed for this version. the registered version will allow the user to choose any interval for both of these. Advantages of Registering Handy Reminder -------------------------------------------------------------------- The registered version of HR will allow you to choose yourself, the interval to be used for Backups and Defrags. This version fixes them to 7 & 20 days respectively. It will also allow you to input unlimited personal reminders. This version restricts you to only a few at most. Also the registered version will allow you to selectively shut off the displaying of backup and/or Defrag reminders. This feature will allow you to select only the type reminders that you want to use. To Register Handy Reminder ------------------------------------------------ you may send a check or money order for $595 to. Robert F. Novello 176 Bunker Hill St. Charlestown, MA 02129 $7.95 includes all shipping charges If you have an E-mail Address on AOL, Prodigy or an internet address, please specify it. This may help to speed your order if any questions arise. Or the order may even be delivered via E-Mail in some cases. Since Author has many products available be sure to specify which product you desire. in this case specify Handy Reminder. Technical Support ___________________________________________ The Author may be reached as follows Prodigy - AXXE22A AOL - RFN Internet ID - AXXE22A@Prodigy.Com or Robert F. 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