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HYPER DIALER Version 1.0
© 1989 David Plummer
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Firstly....
Hyper Dialer is NOT Public Domain. It IS shareware, and as
such may be freely distributed with a shareware option, with
a suggested contribution of $15. Full source code is
available for $25. See the ABOUT menuitem for the address.
Permission is granted to copy Hyper Dialer provided that all
copyright notices and credits are left intact, including but
not limited to this documentation file. Copies may not be
distributed for profit, although a reasonable fee may be
charged for on-line time or media costs.
Express permission is hereby granted to Fred Fish to include
this program, documentation, and support files in his
freely distributable software library.
It may only be uploaded to BBS systems or included on public
domain distribution disks in the un-altered form with all
files intact:
HDial
HDial.doc
HDial.config
HDial.phones
req.library
Install
DeInstall
The requester library is copyrighted by Colin Fox and Bruce
Dawson. The library is a freely distributable, although not
public domain library. Deepest appreciation is extended to
these authors whose contribution to Amiga software authors
is irreplaceable. Thanks for the prop gadget sizer, of all
things!
Here's the quote from the req library docs:
" Req.library was written by Colin Fox (of Pyramyd Designs)
and Bruce Dawson (of CygnusSoft Software). Req.library is a
freely distributable library that may be used in commercial
products without paying any royalties. We encourage you to
use the requester library in all of your programs, to make
them easier to write, and to use.
Req.library is not public domain. The requester
library and all documentation and example programs are all
copyright 1989. "
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What is Hyper Dialer?
Hyper Dialer is a "black-book" database for the names,
addresses and phone numbers of all your best friends and
worst enemies. It is completely Intuition-based, and will
dial your modem (if attatched) to initiate the call of your
choice. Other than to enter names, you need never hit a key
(although I have included keyboard equivalents for most
functions).
Installation
File Directory
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HDial (personal preference, usuallly C:)
HDial.phones S:
HDial.config S:
req.library LIBS:
The file Install handle all of this for you.
Starting Hyper-Dialer
Hyper dialer takes only one command line option, that being
the ICON option, which enables you to have Hyper-Dialer
begin life as a small icon on your Workbench title bar.
This is to enable you to place it in you startup-sequence if
you so desire. Other options are set with the config file.
Commands: HDial (start now)
HDial ICON (start as an icon)
Usage
To use Hyper-Dialer, hit the Insert icon to insert a blank
entry, which will appear as 'Empty'. Click on the 'Empty'
and edit the name, address, and phone number lines to
reflect the data you require.
Delete will remove an entry, unless it is the last remaining
entry. In this case you must edit that entry to change it.
Search will search for any substring in the entry list. It
looks through all data fields, starting at the current
entry. To search for the next occurance, click on Search
again and simply select OK.
Sort will sort all entries according to their alphabetical
order of the name field.
Load will load a HDPhones file. It starts looking in your
S: directory. Opon startup, the file always looks for the
file HDPhones, although you are free to use any other name
for alternate phone books.
Load will truncate a file if it is longer than your maximum
number of entries. It always leaves two open slots for you
to work with, so if you have 100 as your maximum entries,
only 98 can be loaded. Memory is dynamically allocated from
the public heap, so it will use fast memory and only as much
as you require.
Save saves the file. What more do you want?
Quit exits (wow!)
Shrink closes Hyper-Dialer down and places a small icon on
your workbench title-bar. You can re-activate Hyper Dialer
by clicking on this icon, picking up exactly where you left
off.
You can turn off all the Are You Sure? prompts by
deselecting the Ok Prompt? in the menu.
DIAL1 dials the first phone number, DIAL2 the second, and
HangUp disconnects after you have picked up the phone.
HDial.Config
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There are several entries on this file which will enable you
to slightly customize Hyper Dialer. The comments are not
necessary, but you should keep them no further left than the
20th column (use spaces, not TABS!)
The file appears as follows:
HDial Configuration File
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532 | Icon X Co-ordinate
0 | Icon Y Co-ordinate
0 | 1 = expert mode
50 | Maximum number of entries
0 | Entry to auto-select
2 | Icon Block Pen
3 | Icon Detail Pen
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There is some limited error checking on the parameters, but
if you want to be an idiot I'm sure you could probably crash
your system with some wild entries. Currently, I have set
the upper limit at 5000 entries (for no good reason). If
you have more than 5000 friends, give me a call.
The icon co-ordinates, predictably, refer to the position of
the Dial icon. Expert mode, if selected, will automatically
disable all of the Are You Sure? prompts.
The entry to auto-select will automatically highlight your
girlfriend (or whatever) on startup.
The two color options must be in the 0-3 range and specify
what colors to use in drawing the icon.
Finally....
This is my first Amiga program, so please excuse any gross
shortcomings or problems. The only way I have been able to
crash the program is to go wild with the right mouse button
while playing with the menu items, and my code for them is
really straight-forward, so I have no idea why this can
occur. It's not something you should experience under
normal usage. I've done my best to try to crash it under
almost every low memory condition possible, and it always
returns a pseudo-polite message, and no gurus!
I have included the option (see above) for complete source
code. Although it is hardly elegant being my first attempt,
it does serve as a good example of how to:
- Deal with windows
- Deal with gadgets
- Deal with events
- Simple drawing and images
- A cute recursive quicksort
- Search routines
- Handle the mouse buttons
- Dynamically allocate memory for structures
...and everything else I had trouble learning from books.
My file-requester-type listing is done totally manually,
without every line being a gadget, and I find it quite fast.
I also allow you to just hold the button down on the arrows
to scroll, instead of having to click repeatedly (I couldn't
find Intuition support for this, so it's manual too). I
also update the listing as you drag the scroll bar around
instead of waiting for you to release it. All in all, if
you're trying to learn C on the Amiga, it might be a good
thing to learn from.
I realize 35K is a bit large, but over half of that is
images for the gadgets and HyperDialer logo that I thought
just made it look a little nicer.
Coming soon (or not).... the next release:
- Optional toll-minding, keeping track of expenses
on long distance calls.
- Optional seperate screen
- Speaker tone dialing for those of you with no
modem?
- Whatever else anyone thinks might be handy.
- Smaller more efficient code!