Copyright: Win Daily Organizer Help File, Version 1.1


Contents
Contents of Win Daily Organizer Help

Version 1.1

Win Daily Organizer

To learn how to use Help, press F1

How to...

Registering This Software

Install Program

Enter Reminder Data

Reminder Colors

Playing Sound "WAV" Files

Exit WinDo

References:

Tool Bar

Keyboard Commands

Reminder Types

Start Up Options


Win Daily Organizer is simple Windows based program designed to remind the user of various events such as birthdays, anniversarys, appointments, and things to do.  Each reminder type can be set up as Single day, Daily, Weekly, Bi-weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Semi Annually or Annually.  There are two special reminder types for birthdays and anniversarys that will calculate the person's age or years married.  Once a reminder is entered, the program will automatically keep track of updating and display its data as the days, weeks and months go by.  There are several start up options that enable the user to run the program once per day regardless of how many times Windows is re-started.  The program can also play up to four "wav" sound files when a reminder is due.


WinDo Help Index

Installing Program

Entering Reminder Data

Keyboard Commands

Tool Bar

Mouse Operations

Playing Wav Files

Setting An Alarm

Viewing All Reminders

Startup Options

Exiting WinDo

Registering Your Software


Installing the Program

Copy the files required by WinDo to the appropriate directories.  If your copy of WinDo has the file "SETUP.EXE" on the distribution disk then run "SETUP.EXE" to install the program and disregard the instructions below.

1.	WinDo was written using Visual Basic 3.0 and requires the "VBRUN300.DLL" to operate.  The following VBX & DLL files are enclosed in the original zip file and needs to be moved to your WINDOWS \ SYSTEM directory.

MSMASKED.VBX

PICCLIP.VBX

SPIN.VBX

THREED.VBX

MCI.VBX

MSAFINX.DLL

The "VBRUN300.DLL" file may already be located in your "WINDOWS \ SYSTEM" directory.  If it is not, it can be found in many CompuServe and America OnLine forums, as well as on many local BBS's.

2.	Copy WINDO.EXE and WINDO.HLP to the directory of your choice.  These files must be located in the same directory.

3.	The first time WinDo is run it will automatically create WINDO.DAT, WINDO.BAK and WINDO.INI.  These files contain the reminder data and options you have selected.


Entering Reminder Data

1.	Click the "add" button on the tool bar or use the menu by typing "Alt-E" & "E".  The "Add Reminder" window will now be visible.

2.	Select a reminder type that you wish to use from the list.

3.	Enter the date you wish the reminder to be displayed.  You can either enter the date directly or navigate with the "Pop Up Calendar" to select the required date.

4.	Select the number of days in advance you wish the reminder to be displayed. Zero will cause the reminder to display only on the day it is due.

5.	Enter the reminder message.  If the reminder type is a birthday or anniversary, the program will automatically add the appropriate heading.  (i.e. if you enter "John"  the program will display "John's 33rd Birthday").

6.	If you wish to save copies of old reminder dates, place an "x" in the "Save Old Message" check box.  This will save the reminder, but will not continue to be displayed on future dates.  You must search back to the date that the reminder was due in order for it to be visible.

7.	If you wish an alarm to sound at a specific time of day of the reminder, place an "x" in the "Enable Alarm" check box.  You can now select a time for the alarm to sound.  You must have a sound card and a "wav" file selected in the options menu for this option to work.

8.	If you wish your reminder to be persistent, place an "x" in the "Manual Delete" check box.  Persistent reminders will never automatically delete themselves.  They will be visible when the due date arrives and display in red after the due date has past.  You must manually "Re-Date" the reminder using the Re-Date button on the tool bar or using the keyboard command "Alt E" & "R"

9.	Press the "Enter" key or click "OK" when finished.  WinDo will check what you have entered and store the reminder.

Note:  You must have something entered in the "Reminder Message" field or you will receive an error.


Keyboard Commands

Menu

"Alt F" & "S"	Save Changes to file

"Alt F" & "X"	Exit

"Alt E" & "A"	Add Reminder

"Alt E" & "E"	Edit Highlighted Reminder

"Alt E" & "D"	Delete Highlighted Reminder

"Alt E" & "R"	Re-Date Highlighted Reminder

"Alt O" & "V"	View Old Reminders when View All Reminders button is selected

"Alt O" & "W"	Select "wav" file to play

"F1"	Help

Main App Window

"H"	Highlights top Reminder in window.  Increment to next Reminder.

"D"	Change Date of Main window (Opens Date Window).

"ESC"	Cancels highlighted reminder, Keyboard date entry window , or exits program.

Date Navigation

"T"	Today's Date

"M"	Beginning of month, then decrements by month (Month).

"H"	End of month, then increments month (montH).

"Y"	Beginning of year, then decrements by year (Year).

"R"	End of year, then increments by year (yeaR).


Tool Bar

Click the icons for more information about each item.

Save

Add Reminder

Edit Highlighted Reminder

Re-date Highlighted Reminder

Print

 	View All Reminders

Today

Calendar

Spin Button

Empty trash can

Full trash can


Saves any changes you have made to the disk.  The program will also prompt the user to save changes when exiting.


Opens the "Add Reminder" window.


Opens the "Edit Reminder" window for the highlighted reminder.  The user may also double click any reminder to open the edit window..


Redate

Used to re-date the highlighted reminder.  Re-dating means incrementing the reminder to its next date type (i.e. a monthly reminder on 12/5/95 changes to 1/5/96)  The display is then cleared and the reminder is reset to the next date.  This operation also works with reminders that have the "Manual Delete" option set.


Print Reminders
Feature not implemented at this time.


View All Reminders

This button toggles between "View All Reminders" and "Normal View".  It allows the user to view all the reminders in WinDo, regardless of their date.  This is the easiest way to locate a reminder in the program.

Note:  If you have the "View Old Reminder" option checked,  WinDo will display your saved old reminders first.


Resets the main screen to today's date.


Opens the "Pop Up" calendar to change the date of the main screen.  Use the mouse to select the year, month and day.  This allows the user to see reminders in the future or saved reminders from the past.


Increase / Decrease the date of the main screen.


Empty trash can.  No reminders were deleted in this session.


The trash can is full if a reminder(s) was deleted.  Pressing the save button will also empty the trash can.  The only way to retrieve a deleted reminder(s) is to not save changes upon exiting the program.


Mouse Operations

Right click any reminder (Main App Window) to view "Pop-up" menu of commands.

Double click any current or future reminder to edit it.  Old reminders can not be edited.


Setting An Alarm

Note: To use the "Alarm" you must have a sound card and a "wav" file selected in the "Options" menu.  When selecting a sound file, keep in mind that the file will be played up to five times.

1.	Open the "Edit" window for the reminder you wish to add an alarm.

2.	Enable the "Alarm" check box.

3.	Enter the time you wish the alarm to sound.

Note: WinDo must be running for the alarm to sound.


Viewing All Reminders

It allows the user to view all the reminders in WinDo, regardless of there date.  This is the easiest way to locate a reminder in the program.

Note:  If you have the "View Old Reminder" option checked,  WinDo will display your saved old reminders first.


Startup Options

WinDo was designed to be placed in your Windows "Start Up" group.  This way you will be reminded of whatever you have stored in WinDo when you turn on your computer.

The easiest way to add WinDo to your "Start Up" group is to drag it from the File Manager directly to the "Start Up" group in the Program Manager.  Consult your Windows manual if you are not familiar with this procedure.

WinDo has several command line arguments you can manually add to customize it to your needs.

/FT	Run (First Time Only) once a day regardless of how many times computer is rebooted.  Handy if WinDo is run from the "Startup Group" in Windows.  If you start up your computer several times a day, you may not be interested in seeing the same reminders again or hearing the same "wav" file play.  This solves that problem.

/AUTO	WinDo will only run if you have reminders to display.

To set the command line arguments,

1. Open the "Start Up" folder.

2. Hold down the "ALT" key and double click the WinDo Icon.

3. At the end of the Command Line window enter either or both arguments with one space after the file name and between arguments (i.e. C:\WINDO\WINDO.EXE /FT /AUTO).

Note: You should create a second Icon of WinDo without the command line arguments so you can run the program if no reminders are present.  Consult your Windows manual for creating an additional program icon.


Exiting WinDo

Exiting WinDo can easily be done with the "ESC" key or pressing the "Exit" icon in the bottom right corner of the main screen.

If changes were made to the file, a screen will display a final option to save on exit or loose changes.


Playing Sound Files

1.	Select "Wav Select" under the options menu.

2.	Select either the standard, birthday, anniversary  or alarm menu.

3.	Select the "wav" file you wish to play by navigating through the file menu.  The window will only display files ending with the "wav" extension (*.wav).

4.	When a file is selected, the 'Wav Enabled" check box becomes available.  Place a check in this box to enable the sound file.  If you no longer wish to play the sound files, remove the check from this box.  When a "wav" file is selected, a check will also appear next to the appropriate menu option under Wav Select.

WinDo will play the sound file when that type of reminder becomes due.


Standard
Standard Wav

This is the "wav" or sound that will play for all reminder types that become due, except birthday and anniversary.


Birthday
Birthday Wav

This is the "wav" or sound that will play when a birthday reminder becomes due.


Anniversary
Anniversary Wav

This is the "wav" or sound that will play when an birthday reminder becomes due.


Alarm Wav

This is the "wav" or sound that will play when the alarm is set.  The program will play the regular sound for that type of reminder first.  Then when the alarm goes off it plays the alarm sound.


Registration Form

Win Daily Organizer is Shareware.  If you find the program useful, please register it by completing this form and enclosing $5.00 to:

John Mead

949 W. Cooley Dr.

Gilbert, AZ 85233

To print this form, select File and Print Topic from the help window menu bar.

Name	________________________

Company	________________________

Street Address	________________________

________________________

City, State Zip	________________________

E-Mail Address	________________________

When Win Daily Organizer is registered,  you will receive a registration number by E-Mail (postal if no E-Mail address was provided) which will disable the "Request for Registration" screen.

If you have any questions about this program, I can be reached at the following E-Mail addresses:

America Online	meadjm@aol.com

Internet	meadjm@ix.netcom.com


Registering This Software

This program is Shareware.  It has not been disabled in any way and there are no annoying nag screens within the 60 day evaluation period.  If you find WinDo useful, please register it by completing the registration form and enclosing the registration fee of $5.00.

Registering this software will entitle you to one free upgrade and notification of new versions by E-Mail.

Feel free to distribute as you wish and send any comments regarding this program to meadjm@aol.com.

This program is provided as is, with no warranties provided or implied.


Reminder Types

Single date

To be reminded only once for date specified.

Daily

To be reminded of this daily.

Weekly

To be reminded of this once a week.

Bi-weekly

To be reminded of this every two weeks.

Monthly

To be reminded of this once a month.

First of month

To be reminded of this every month during the same week relative to the start of the month, and on the same day of the week (i.e. the 1st Thursday of the month). (NOTE: The date must be within the first 28 days of the month.)

Last of month

To be reminded of this every month during the same week relative to the end of the month, and on the same day of the week (i.e.. the last Monday of the month). (NOTE: The date must be within the last 28 days of the month.)

Yearly

To be reminded of this once year.

Birthday

Calculates birth date and reminds person once a year.

Anniversary

Calculates anniversary date and reminds person once a year.


Reminder Colors

WinDo displays reminders in different colors depending on the reminders status.

Blue indicates that the reminder is coming up.  It will remain blue for the number of days you have specified for its advanced notice.

Black indicates that the reminder is due.  If a sound file or alarm is selected it will play when WinDo is started.  Reminders displayed in black will automatically be updated for the future.

Red indicates that the reminder has recently passed without the user seeing it.  This will happen if WinDo was not run on the day the reminder was due.  WinDo will automatically update the reminder to its next date if it is not a "Single Day" type or delete it if it is.  Reminders with the "Manual Delete" option set will display reminders in red until they are manually deleted or Re-Date.

Gray indicates that the reminder is from the past.  Reminders with the "Save Old Message" option set will be displayed if the main screen date is less then today's date or the View All Reminders button is set.