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PERSONAL CALENDAR 96

 A computerized calendar that can also print a nice monthly calendar for home planning.  Birthdays, anniversaries, or any event can be memorized and displayed. Official holidays, moon phases, and daylight savings time changes are automatically calculated and displayed.   Anniversaries and birthdays are indicated by icons and the anniversary number. Annual events allow you to choose your own icon.  Multiple event databases are supported.

WINDOWS INSTALLATION

SETUP

Holidays

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Annual Events

Monthly Events

Special Monthly Events

One Time Events

USAGE

Selecting Months

Conflicting Events

Printing

Event Databases

 SHAREWARE NOTICE


SHAREWARE NOTICE

PERSONAL CALENDAR 96 is shareware, and unregistered versions will function for a 30 day trial period.  To receive a registered version ( 3.5" disk),  send $12.50 along with your name, address (postal and e-mail) and telephone number to the address below.  Please note that you are registering PERSONAL CALENDAR.

If you would like to save the cost of postage and handling,  send a check for $10.00 .  You will receive a a registration code by E-mail.

Joel Graffman

1879 SW Windcross Run

Palm City, FL 34990

JGraff@aol.com

102773.764@compuserve.com


Text Box

A computer interface that enables the user to input text to the computer.  Text boxes can also be used to display text.


installation
WINDOWS INSTALLATION

PERSONAL CALENDAR and the installation program require VBRUN300.DLL to run.  This file is not included with the program or with Windows 3.1.  It is supplied with Windows 3.11 and Windows 95.

For easiest installation:

1. Locate the install program drive and directory using Microsoft Windows File Manager or Windows 95 Explorer.

2. Double-click file INSTALL.EXE, follow instructions.

If you decide to uninstall this program, simply delete the icon, the program directory and all of its files.  None of your system or Windows files were modified during installation.


BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES

  Birthdays and anniversaries are displayed along with the anniversary number for every year following the initial event.  For example, if a birthday is recorded for January 1, 1990,  it will be displayed in every January beginning in 1991.  The zero year birthday or anniversary is not displayed.

Adding Birthdays and Anniversaries

Click [image]  (EDIT CALENDAR) and select either Birthday or Anniversary from the category list.  Select the birth/wedding year, month and day.  Type a name in the Event Caption text box.  Click ADD.

Deleting Calendar Events

Select an event from the list of Memorized Events, click DELETE.

Eliminating Birth or Anniversary Numbers

If you do not desire to display anniversary numbers, select 1901 (the first calendar year) as the year when recording the event.


ANNUAL EVENTS

   Annual events are similar to birthdays or anniversaries except that they will appear in every year, and that you can customize the event icon.  There are three different annual events each of which can be used as many times as desired.

Adding Annual Events

Click [image]  (EDIT CALENDAR) and select Annual A, B, or C from the category list. Select the event month and day.  Type a name in the Event Caption text box.  Click ADD.

Deleting Calendar Events

Select an event from the list of Memorized Events, click DELETE.

Customizing Icons

Select the desired Annual Event and click CHANGE ICON.  Use the file select controls to select the icon file (ico extension) of your choice.  Click OK.   Use of the selected Annual Event will display the new icon.   Additional icon files are not supplied with this program, but are available as freeware from most download services.

Retrieving the Default Icon If you desire to return to using a default Annual Event icon,  you must delete all calendar events using the Annual Event icon to be retrieved, and then restart the program.


Monthly Events

Monthly events will appear in every monthly calendar.  There is no icon associated with monthly events.

Adding Monthly Events

Click  [image]  (EDIT CALENDAR) and select Monthly from the category list.  Select the month and day.  Type a name in the Event Caption text box.  Click ADD.

Deleting Calendar Events

Select an event from the list of Memorized Events, click DELETE.


Selecting Months

 GO TO MONTH button

When you start PERSONAL CALENDAR, it will display the current month.  To display a different month, you may click the NEXT MONTH or PREVIOUS MONTH arrows. You can also directly select the month and year of your choice by clicking the GO TO MONTH button.


Printing

Select the month of your choice and click [image] (PRINT CALENDAR).  Calendars will be printed in the landscape mode to optimize calendar for home planning use.


Conflicting Events

If an event containing and icon, such as a birthday, falls on the same day as an offical holiday, the holiday icon will appear reduced in size in the upper right hand corner.   This will also occur if more than one event caption is displayed.

A maximum of four event captions can be displayed in any one day.


ONE TIME EVENTS

One time events will appear in only one monthly calendar.  They can be used for items that you wish to appear only once.  There is no icon associated with a one time event.

Adding One Time Events

Click  [image]  (EDIT CALENDAR) and select One Time from the category list.  Select the year,month and day.  Type a name in the Event Caption text box.  Click ADD.

Deleting Calendar Events

Select an event from the list of Memorized Events, click DELETE.


event database
Event Databases

The Event Database is the file that stores your calendar events.  The default database file is calendar.dat. If desired you may store events in different databases in order to make different calendars.

Making a New Event Database

Click [image] (Open Database), then click NEW.  Type a name in the text box and click OK.  This new database will be the default (program start-up) database.   You may now add events to the new database.

Selecting a Different Event Database

Click  [image] (Open Database).  Select a database from the list.  Click OK.

Merging Event Databases

To add all of the events from a database to the current database,  select a database from the list. Click MERGE.


Special Monthly Events

Special Monthly events will appear in every monthly calendar on the same day of the week and in the same numerical count.  For example, the 2nd Tuesday of every month.  There is no icon associated with these events.

Adding Special Monthly Events

Click  [image]  (EDIT CALENDAR) and select Special Monthly from the category list.  Select the week and day.  Type a name in the Event Caption text box.  Click ADD.

Deleting Calendar Events

Select an event from the list of Memorized Events, click DELETE.


Holidays

 All US federal and many unofficial holidays will normally be displayed.  You may choose not to display any or all of these holidays.

Selecting Holidays for Display

Click [image]  (EDIT CALENDAR) and then click HOLIDAYS. Select your choices and click  SAVE.