WinMinder can be your best friend by keeping you out of the doghouse!
Use WinMinder to remind you of all those important dates that you can't
remember. Use it to remind you of your wife's birthday, your bosses
birthday, to get your car inspected, to pay your rent on the first of
each month. Use WinMinder to remind yourself to back up your system on
Fridays, take the kids to practice on Tuesdays. Use WinMinder's Business
day features to run that report on the 10th business day of the month or
that personnel report on the 1st business day of the month. What ever it
is that you need a reminder for, Winminder can help.
HOW WINMINDER WORKS.
Winminder is a two part program. One portion is the Editor.It allows you to enter your reminders, edit them and delete them. The other half is the daily reminder portion. It should be added to the Startup group of the Program manager. Then when Windows is started, WinMinder will check the reminders you have entered. If one is set for that day, then WinMinder's reminder window will remain on the screen. If there are no reminders, then Winminder closes itself and removes itself from memory.
SETTING UP WINMINDER
The first step is to copy all of WinMinder's files to a directory of your choice. Then, open the Program Manager. If you do not have a Startup group, then select File - New. Click on the Program Group option then OK. Enter Startup for a group name. Next, click on the newly created Startup group. Windows 3.1 runs any program that is in this group when Windows is loaded. Select File - New then select the Program Item option. Enter WinMinder for a description and C:\WINMINDR\WINMINDR.EXE assuming you put WinMinder's file in a directory called \WINMINDR on the C: Drive. An icon of a hand with a ribbon on it's finger should appear in the group window.
The next step is to add WinMinder's editor to another group of your choice. Open a group and select File - New on the Program Manager's menu. Select the Program Item option and then enter WinMinder Editor for a description. In the Command Line box, enter C:\WINMINDR\WMDREDIT.EXE again assuming you placed all of WinMinder's files on the C: drive in a directory called \WINMINDER. An icon of a hand with a pencil should appear in the group's window.
RUNNING WINMINDER
When you run WinMinder, a brief message will appear notifying you that WinMinder is checking for reminders. The first time WinMinder runs, it should find at least one reminder to let you know that Christmas is in x number of days. There may also be some other reminders. If after you have changed Winminder's data and there are no reminders for that day, then a brief message will let you no there were none and the program will close automatically. Across the top of the form are the menu buttons. They are:
REGISTER - Allows you to enter your registration number when received.
RESET LIST - After using the Editor to change WInMinder's Data, you may want to reset the list to reflect the changes made.
EDITOR - Calls WinMinder's Editor
DELETE ENTRY - After seeing a reminder, you may want to delete it. First select the entry, then click on delete.
HELP - HELP - Help on using WinMinder.
USING THE EDITOR
The editor may be called either from the reminder window or run from the Program Manager. Running the program will cause a couple of brief messages to appear, then you will be taken to the main screen. The left side of the screen is covered by a listbox that list all the reminders you have entered. To the right are several buttons - ADD, EDIT, DELETE, VIEW FILE and EXIT.
The ADD button lets you add new reminders.
The EDIT button lets you change an existing reminder after one has been selected from the list box.
The DELETE button lets you delete a reminder from you data file after you have selected one from the list box.
The VIEW FILE button lets you view all of the reminders and print a listing.
The EXIT button ends the program.
The ZOOM option toggles the zooming window effect on or off.
MENU OPTIONS
FILE - HOLIDAYS - Allows you to enter NON-WORK days for business day caculation only.
FILE - RESET SYSTEM DATE - Allows you to rest your systems date.
FILE _ DATA FILE - Allows to enter the path and name of your data file.
FILE - PRINT REMINDERS - prints a list of all reminders.
FILE - EXIT - Ends program.
EDIT - ADD - Same as the ADD button.
EDIT - EDIT - Same as the EDIT button.
EDIT - DELETE - Same as the DELETE button.
VIEW FILE - Same as the VIEW FILE button.
HELP - HELP - Tips on using the editor.
HELP - USING WINMINDER - General Information.
HELP - AUTOMATED ORDER FORM - An automatic order form generation routine.
HELP - ABOUT - Information on WinMinder's Creator.
ADDING REMINDERS
To add a new reminder, select the ADD button. A new window will appear with several list boxes and matching text entry boxes. This window provides you a quick and convenient method to add entries. Your reminder can be for any specific date, weekly, monthly or annually or for business days.
For example, the rent may be due the first of each month, a Monthly reminder could be used to give you several days advance notice. Your wife's birthday or your anniversary could be entered for an annual reminder. The rent reminder could be entered as Monthly and Annually so that every month of every year, you will be reminded.
First, select an item from the Month list box, then from the day list box. Next make a selection from the Year list box and finally, select how many days notice. The list box list entries from 0 for no advance notice to 365 days advance notice. You may also enter in the text box any value you want.
If you want a Weekly reminder, then select the WEEKLY option box. The other options will be unenabled. Select the day of the week you want to be reminded.
If you only want the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th, weekdays (such as the 1st Saturday or 3rd Monday), then next select the corresponding number option below the days of the week.
For Business Days, click on the BUS. DAY option. Again, the other options will be unenabled. Select the number of the business day you want.
After you have selected the method of notification, the next step is to enter the reminder's caption. The other thing you should be aware of here is that the program will attach a short phrase to the end of it when the reminder is presented later. The phrases are : IN # DAYS, TOMORROW, or TODAY. So when you word your reminder, remember that one of the three phrases will be added.
After entering your reminder, select SAVE to save your entry or you can select CANCEL to abort the entry anytime. You can also click on ADD ANOTHER and enter another reminder without returning to WInMinder's main window.
Editing works the same as adding a reminder except the list boxes and text entry boxes will be preloaded with that reminder's information. Make your selections to change the entry and then select SAVE.
Deleting a reminder can be done after a selection has been made from the list. You will be asked to confirm your deletion by pressing a either YES or NO buttons in a message box.
Viewing the file can be done by selecting VIEW FILE. This will persent you with a list of all the entries and give the option of scrolling through them by clicking on the scroll bar to the right of the window. You may also print this list by clicking on the PRINT button.
Exit the program by selecting EXIT.
I hope you enjoy WinMinder. And I hope you register. I'm not asking very much as I do not wish to get rich, only for a small compensation for the hours it took to design and write WinMinder. Enjoy it and drop me note telling me what you think. If you run into any problems running WinMinder, Please send a description of the problem and details of the equipment you're using it on. I can also be reached on America-On-Line under CarlP12.
