
Thank you for using this EVENTMAN shareware package from TASCS.
We sincerely hope you find this program useful and elect to
continue using it.

EVENTMAN is a menu-driven event manager that helps you maintain 
your personal dates and events on your computer and print
lists of those events in any of several formats including weekly,
monthly, or to cover any period of your choosing.  Using its
companion program WHATSUP, you can list all upcoming events
quickly on your computer screen.  If you use your computer daily,
add WHATSUP to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file and you will never forget
that birthday or anniversary again!


OVERVIEW

EVENTMAN saves data in a format that includes a primary heading
that can be thought of as a file folder with a series of individual
events filed in it.  The entries are stored as a single line
followed by a date consisting of month, day, and year.  For an event
that cycles from year to year, the year may be left blank to signify
an annual happening.

This version of EVENTMAN permits 200 separate categories and up to
8 events per category for a total of 1600 individual events per file.
Using separate files, a virtually unlimited number of entries can be
maintained on your personal computer.


Starting Out

EVENTMAN is based on our own TASCSWIN application environment that
uses "drop-down" menus to select features or settings.  The
environment settings are adjusted via the 'Environment' menu item.
When EVENTMAN starts, the 'Files' entry is initially highlighted
(represented in inverse video).  To change the entry that is
highlighted, use the left or right arrow keys on your computer's
keyboard until 'Environment' is selected, then press 'Enter'.  If
you use a mouse, move the mouse cursor on top of the 'Environment'
entry then press and release the left mouse button.  These actions
are simply repeated to access any of the other features of EVENTMAN.

Environment Menu

Blank screen time  Sets the time limit for inactivity before the       
                   screen blanker activates                            
Mouse click speed  The rate at which a continuously pressed mouse      
                   button repeats a key press.                         
mOuse cursor       Selects the shape of the mouse cursor               
Toggle clock       Activates/deactivates the time and date display     
Sound ...          Sets the sound for key click, open window, close    
                   window, and error.  Also sets the overall pitch     
                   and dwell for the sound effects.  Sound is de-      
                   activated for an effect by setting it to OFF.       
Colors ...         Select colors for the various elements of the       
                   screen.  Both foreground and background can be set; 
                   Only foreground affects 'highlight' and 'inactive'. 
saVe settings      Stores the environment settings for future sessions.

Files Menu

The Files menu is your entry to disk storage
and retrieval of EVENTMAN files.

Load       retrieves a file from disk                            
Save       saves the current active file to disk                 
Copy       copies one disk file to another with a different name 
Delete     deletes an existing disk file                         
Import[*]  load a file with a foreign format into EVENTMAN format
comBine[*] combine a disk file with the current active file      
New        delete all entries in the current active file and     
           start anew                                            

[*] indicates features scheduled for the next release of EVENTMAN

View Menu

This is where the action is.  Unless your active file is empty
(such as after selecting 'Files'+'New'), you must enter a view
to edit data.  To add a heading to a new file, see 'Modify'.

Headings     Shows a list of all the headings that have events      
             filed under them in the file                           

Events       Lists the events filed under the currently selected    
             heading                                                

Calendar     Displays a monthly calendar with the currently selected
             event's date located.  If the event is an annual event,
             the current year is selected.                          

View Menu (continued)

Any view can be requested while any other view is on the screen.
There are three ways to select another view:

1.  Press 'Alt' and release.  This activates the menu bar.  Move the
    highlighted entry to the 'View' item, press Enter, highlight the
    desired view and press Enter again.                             
2.  Press 'Alt' and then 'V', then release both keys to directly    
    activate the View menu.  Proceed as above to select a view.     
3.  Use the mouse to activate the View menu and select the desired  
    view.                                                           

Pressing 'Enter' from Headings activates the Events view; pressing 'F5'
from Events activates the Headings view to select new headings.

Modify Menu


The Modify menu selects editing options for the current file.  Edit
and Delete can be accessed only from a view (Events of Headings) and
operate on the currently highlighted entry.


Edit entry        Edit the current entry                        

Delete entry      Delete the current entry                      

Add new heading   Add a new heading.  Select the Events view and
                  edit to add events under this new heading.    

Print Menu

Several types of event lists are available.  Before printing,
be sure your printer setup is correctly identified.

by Heading      List all entries without sorting, as filed under their 
                headings.                                              
by Date[*]      Select a start and end date and list events within that
                window sorted by date.                                 
by Month        Select a month and list events for that month sorted by
                day.                                                   
by Calendar[*]  Select a week or several weeks and print a calendar for
                that period with events noted.                         

[*] indicates features scheduled for the next release of EVENTMAN

Print Menu (continued)

Setup options:

printer Port      Select between LPT1, LPT2, COM1, COM2, COM3, and COM4
printer Type      Select printer driver from disk files                
printer Setup     Set font, characters/inch, lines/inch                
printer Reset     Reset the printer                                    
printer marGins   Set margins for printing                             

Info Menu

As implied, this menu provides access to features of global
importance.

Information   View pertinent information for EVENTMAN       
Memory status Provides display of event resources in use and
              an estimate of remaining resources.           
Dos shell     Enter DOS commands at the command prompt.  It 
              will fail if there is insufficient memory.    
Screen Saver  Blank the screen and display a moving clock   
              until a key (or mouse button) is pressed.     
eXit          Quit EVENTMAN.  Have you saved your changes?  

NOTES for version 2.0

Dates must be after the year 1582.  This is the year
Pope Gregory III declared the modern calendar revision.
This will be corrected in version 2.1

Files menu, Import and Combine features are inactive.
Scheduled for version 2.1.

Print menu, by Date and as Calendar features are inactive.
Scheduled for version 2.1.
