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--- Personal PhoneDirectory --
Version 2.0
Copyright Hallvard Korsgaard 1994
Preface
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The program and files in this distribution are copyright Hallvard
Korsgaard *, but can be freely distributed as long as no more than a
nominal fee i charged to cover time and copying costs, and as long as
all files remain unchanged and all files are distributed.
No commercial usage is permitted without written permission from the
author. Everything in this distribution must be kept together, in original
unmodified form.
The above is generally known as freeware.
(* exept ReqTools.library which is copyright (c) Nico François.)
If you have suggestions for improvements or remarks about this
program, or if you find any bugs, please let me know.
Write to the following address:
Hallvard Korsgaard
Mellom Bøkeligt. 4
3256 Larvik
Norway
Personal Phonedirectory needs Kickstart 2.04 (v 37) or above to run.
I take no responsibility for whatever this program is used for.
Contents
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1. An introduction
2. Installation
3. How to use
4. Program history
1. An Introduction
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Personal Phonedirectory (PPD) was designed to remember addresses and
phonenumbers for you, and also dial the numbers automaticly. Its
window can be hidden, and shown again by selecting from the Workbench
Tools menu.
2. Instalation
--------------
* Copy reqtools.library to the libs directory on your harddrive by
using the DOS command COPY, or by any other suitable tool.
* Copy the file Phonedirectory to any directory by dragging its icon
or by one of the metodes described above.
* Copy this documentation file to the directory in which you store
your documentationfiles.
When you have copied the files you should singel-click on the
phonedirectory icon and select Information... form the Icons menu, or
press right Amiga+I. (If you have any questions about the Information
program you should read about it in your Workbench documentation
first.) The Stacksize should be set to a minimum of 5000 bytes.
There are five different Tool Types:
PPDFILE - Full path to your Phonedirectory data file.
TONE - The length of which the tones should be dialed.
DELAY - The length of the delay between the tones.
DONOTWAIT - Use this if you have put the icon in the WBStartup drawer.
HIDDEN - The window will be hidden at startup.
IMPORTANT: The TONE and DELAY must be specified with four
digits.
The number is: (number/50) seconds.
eg. 0003 = 3/50 second
Example1
--------
PPDFILE=MyDisk:Different/Phone
TONE=0004
DELAY=0003
Example2
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PPDFILE=dh0:UsefulStuff/Tele/MyPhone
TONE=0005
DELAY=0005
HIDDEN
DONOTWAIT
The default values for TONE and DELAY are:
TONE=0004
DELAY=0004
3. How to use
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The menus
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Project
--------
New - Erases the current phonedir (in memory) and let you start over
with a new (blank) one.
Open - Opens a new phonedir. Erases the current phonedir in memory.
Save - Saves the current phonedir to the file form which it was
loaded.
Save As - Saves the current phonedir to a new file.
About - Shows some info about the program.
Hide - Hides the window. To show the window select Phonedirectory form
the Workbench Tools menu.
Quit - Ends the program.
Phone
------
Dial number - Displays a requester in which you can enter a number
to dial.
Length of...
Tone - The length of which the tones should be dialed.
Delay - The length of the delay between the tones.
Sort - Sorts the records (by surname only).
The gadgets
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The Scroller - By pressing the downarrow you display the next record.
By pressing the uparrow you display the previous record.
You can also drag the knob in the scrollbar up and down.
Add - Adds a new record to the list.
Delete - Deletes the record displayed.
Search - Search for records. Not casesensitive. Uses standard
wildcards.
Exit - Exits the search mode.
Dial - Dials the number shown in the box to the left.
Sort uses the location you have selected (preferences) to sort.
Different countries' special characters will therfore be sorted
corectly. The locale settings will, however, not influence the program
itself. Only surname is sorted.
Standard wildcards
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? Matches a single character.
# Matches the following expression 0 or more times.
(ab|cd) Matches any one of the items seperated by '|'.
~ Negates the following expression. It matches all strings that
do not match the expression (aka ~ (foo) matches all strings
that are not exactly "foo".)
[abc] Character class: matches any of the characters in the class.
[~bc] Character class: matches any of the characters not in the
class.
a-z Character range (only within character classes).
% Matches 0 characters always (useful in "(foo|bar|%)").
* Synonym for "#?", not avabile by default in 2.04. Avabile as
an option that can be turned on.
"Expression" in the above table means either a single character
(ex: "#?"), or an alternation (ex: "#(ab|cd|ef)", or a character class
(ex: "#[a-zA-Z]").
Program History
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Version 1.0: First release.
Version 2.0: Next/Last buttons is replaced with a scroller gadget.
Font adjusting is fully supported. Hide option was
added. Improved file handling. New Look menus for
OS3.0. Displays the recordnumber and the total number
of records. You can now search on all field at the
same time. Pause removed.
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(c) Hallvard Korsgaard
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