HARRIDAN (Scolding Old Woman) HARRIDAN Copyright (c) 1993 by Andy Maxey Harridan v1.0 is released as SHAREWARE. This means that all users who find this program useful and continue to use it are required to mail the author $15 to pay for the program and to register their copy. Harridan v1.0 is limited to five files of no more than 3 events each, yes, it's meant to be annoying. Once you have registered, you will receive Harridan v2.0 which will access any number of files of up to 250 events each. Please send your payment of $15.00 U.S. (for overseas shipments please add another $5.00 U.S.) to: Andy Maxey 307 South Berry Street Stillwater, OK 74074-3839 USA Phone : (405) 624-0931 ABOUT HARRIDAN - ............................................. Harridan is an easy to use date reminder program. The user can add, view, edit and delete important events using the Amiga's easy to use interface. Harridan will display any important events that fall within the user selected 'lead-time' by clicking on the 'Check' button, 'Check All' button or by using the '-ck' option from the shell. INSTALLATION - ............................................. Harridan may be installed anywhere on a floppy or hard disk. It is necessary that an ASSIGN statement be added to your User-Startup so Harridan can find your event files. Harridan v2.0 users may use any number of files, but they must all be within the same directory. Example: ASSIGN Events: DF0:Harridan\HarridanData STARTING HARRIDAN - ............................................. From the WorkBench simply double-click on the Harridan icon. From the shell, type in 'Harridan' and press enter. With no options Harridan will display a window to add, view, edit or delete events. When you add the '-ck' option Harridan will open a window and display all events that are due. If no events are due no window will open. This is useful for adding to your User-Startup. Syntax: Harridan or Harridan -ck Harridan can use the Run command to allow Harridan to check and/or display events that are due while your startup-sequence continues. SYNTAX: Run >NIL: Harridan or Run >NIL: Harridan -ck OPERATION .................................... Menu - Project/Open - Selecting 'Open' from the project menu or right Amiga-O will open a file selection window. This window displays all files in the current directory that have the '.har' extension. You can open a file by selecting the file name with a single-click of the left mouse button and clicking on the 'OK' button or by double-clicking the left mouse button over the file name. Project/Save - Selecting 'Save' from the project menu or right Amiga-S will save the file to disk. If no changes have been made to the file since it was opened nothing will happen. If changes have been made and the file already exists on disk a small requester will open asking if you want to replace the file or cancel the operation. If the file had not yet been named a save requester will open. Type in the file name and click on 'OK' with the left mouse button. Project/Save As - Selecting 'Save As' from the project menu or right Amiga- A will open a save requester. Type in the new file name and click on 'OK' with the left mouse button. Project/Delete File - Selecting 'Delete' from the project menu or right Amiga-D will open a delete requester. You can delete a file by selecting the file name with a single-click of the left mouse button and clicking on the 'OK' button. Project/About - Selecting 'About' from the project menu will open a small window that displays the version number of Harridan and other useful information. Project/Quit - Selecting 'Quit' from the project menu will close Harridan and return you to the Workbench or Shell. If the currently opened file has not been saved a requester will open asking if you would like to save it before closing. Sort/Primary Key - Selecting 'Primary Key' from the sort menu allows you to choose which item to sort the current file by, either first name, last name or date. Sort/Sort - Chosing sort from the sort menu performs the actual sort of the file. Main Window - When you first start Harridan the main window opens which has a list gadget, several string gadgets and a row of buttons across the bottom. To open a file choose 'Project/Open' from the menu or right Amiga-O and double-click on the file name or choose the file you want with the right mouse button and click on 'OK.' To create a new file, simply type in a new file name and click on 'OK.' Once the file is open you can display the details of any event by clicking on the event in the list gadget. Editing, Adding and Deleting events - To edit any event, first select the event in the list gadget then click on the 'Edit' gadget or press Right Amiga-E. An edit window will open containing the details of the current event. Make any changes necessary and click on the 'OK' gadget. To cancel any changes, click on the 'Cancel' gadget or the close gadget in the upper left-hand corner of the window. To delete events, choose the event in the main window, click on the 'Edit' gadget and the Edit window will appear. Then choose the 'Delete' gadget to delete the event. To add events, click on the 'Edit' gadget and the Edit window will appear. Then choose the 'Add' gadget. A new event will appear in the 'Edit' window named '(new).' Make any changes necessary and click on the 'OK' gadget to add the event to the list. UPDATES - ............................................. Registered users of Harridan will receive automatic notification of any updates, bug fixes or improvements. Any registered user may request the latest version of Harridan by sending $5.00 U.S. (for shipping & handling only) to the author. To be eligible for the update, you must send your original disk as proof of purchase. PLEASE READ - ............................................. Harridan v1.0 is SHAREWARE. If you find this program useful, you are required to mail the author $15.00 U.S. (for overseas shipments please add another $5.00 U.S.) as payment for the program and to register your copy. If you have the registered version, Harridan v2.0, you MAY NOT FREELY DISTRIBUTE your copy. Harridan v1.0 may only be freely distributed if all original files are included in the archive. The archive should contain the following files: Harridan (dir) Harridan (program) Harridan.info (program icon) Harridan.doc (this documentation) HarridanData (dir) Events.har (sample event file) I am not responsible for any failure of this program, or any missed events or any consequences of the missed event.