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Phone Message version 1.2 is a memory resident program designed to
take phone messages. Simple press the hotkey combination and a popup
will appear prompting for "TO", "FROM", "PHONE" and "MESG" fields.
This information is saved in an ASCII file for later viewing or
printing.
Version 1.2 includes more space for messages and a utility that
automatically separates each person's messages. Thanks to S. McConnel
for her suggestion.
Phone Message was designed for receptionists or secretaries or anyone
who hates to listen to the phone ring while fumbling for a pen and note
pad while editing a document.
To run Phone Message:
From DOS enter "PM" with no arguments.
Phone Message will then be installed in memory and can be invoked
by pressing the LEFT SHIFT and ALT keys simultaneously.
Phone Message will create a file called "C:\PHONE.MSG" and append each new
phone message to this file. If the hotkeys conflict with other TSR programs
you have the ability to make some limited changes. You can also remove Phone
Message from memory if you run out of memory. In order to remove Phone
Message, it must be the last memory resident program installed. To change
the drive where the phone messages are stored use "-d" option explained
below.
The phone messages stored in "c:\phone.msg" look like the following:
TIME: Wednesday 09:28 pm
TO: Dave
FROM: Jim
PHONE: 555-1212
MESG: call back about the
: Davis transaction
: ASAP
:
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You may be better off using initials only in the TO: field for
speed purposes.
After printing the phone messages, delete the file "c:\phone.msg" to
start fresh. To extract phone messages for individual persons in the
office run the program "pmget". Pmget will extract the messages for
those individuals whom you select. Pmget will also put out a form
feed after every 54 lines for convenient printing.
CAVEATS
If you have any experience with using different memory resident programs
commonly known as TSR programs, you should be aware that TSR programs don't
often cooperate with each other. It is a literal jungle in RAM memory where
many TSR programs are competing for interrupts and memory - hopefully not
the same memory. If you have problems loading other programs, try removing
Phone Message from memory. If the machine crashes, try changing the order
in which you install your TSR's or use one of the shareware TSR management
programs to selectively remove and install TSR's.
Phone Message - as it is written in the C language is somewhat of a memory
hog - it gobbles up 80 K of RAM. Since it was designed primarily for
receptionists and secretaries this shouldn't be too much of a problem.
Phone Message will not come up if the screen is in graphics mode - it
will simply beep the bell.
Phone Message is provided AS IS, with no warranty expressed or implied.
Edmund L. Trujillo specifically disclaims any and all warranties included
but not limited to fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall
Edmund L. Trujillo be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial
damage, including but not limited to special, incidental, consequential
or other damages.
SHAREWARE
If you use Phone Message at home or in your business on a regular
basis, I would appreciate a $10 donation. Send to:
Edmund Trujillo
PO Box 23052
Albuquerque, NM 87192-1052
Donations help pay the rent and keep shareware authors interested in
upgrading and maintaining their products. Thanks for your support.
EXAMPLES
To change the default destination drive enter the following (use a
lower case 'd'):
> pm -d a <- phone messages will be
stored in A:\phone.msg
> pm -d d <- phone messages will be
stored in D:\phone.msg
To change the hotkey combination enter (use a lower case 'k') :
> pm -k 3 - Right Shift & Left Shift
> pm -k 5 - Right Shift & Ctrl
> pm -k 6 - Left Shift & Ctrl
> pm -k 9 - Right Shift & Alt
> pm -k 10 - Left Shift & Alt (default)
> pm -k 12 - Ctrl & Alt
To change the hotkey combination and the default drive enter:
> pm -d a -k 6
To remove Phone Message from memory freeing up space for other
applications (lower case 'r') :
> pm -r
To get a usage message displaying command syntax:
> pm -?
To separate phone messages for different people and store into separate
files for later printing:
> pmget c:\phone.msg Dave > dave.msg
Each message with a "TO: Dave" line that matches will be stored in the
file "dave.msg".
To send Dave's messages directly to the printer:
> pmget c:\phone.msg Dave > prn
You will be prompted for a person's name if you don't enter the search
string:
> pmget c:\phone.msg
Enter name to search :
The search is not case sensitive, meaning that upper case will match
lower case. Also the name need not be an exact letter for letter
match, only the first characters need to match. For example:
DAVE matches with DAVE, DAVE L. and DAVE LOWRY
DAVE does NOT match with DALE LOWRY