Ie`&TimeManAbout TimeManTimeMan is a collection of varied and useful time related and other utilities, that are all under 1 easy to use shell. TimeMan is SHAREWARE. TimeMan is Copyright ¸ P.K.Spencer 1996-1997 Disclaimer - The author (P.K.Spencer) will accept no liability for any loss or damage as a direct or indirect result of using or attempting to use the TimeMan program, or any other accompanying programs and or files.  Please report any bugs, comments or suggestions to the author as soon as possible. There are 3 ways to do this: 1) E-Mail to Nicko@nildram.co.uk2) E-Mail to 106023,676 on Compuserve3) Snail mail me at: P.K.Spencer10 Prebendal CourtOxford RoadAylesburyBucksENGLANDHP19 3EY If you like TimeMan, please be honest and register it!'BasicsThere are 3 views available in TimeMan: 1) World clocks (Psion-Shift-W)2) No clocks (Psion-Shift-N)3) Large digital clock (Psion-Shift-G) You can switch to them using either their quick keys or with the  key. Clocks can be set with Psion-U, using data from either the World application or with details of your own. All other options/functions can be found on the menu. Pressing [HELP] at any time (even in the middle of most dialog boxes or all menus) should bring up the help. Control-Help will bring up an index. All settings are governed via "Set preferences" There are some disabled features in the unregistered version, please see the link to that topic at the bottom of this page. (How to register!TimeMan is SHAREWARE. This means you can try it before you decide to buy it. IT IS NOT A FREE PROGRAM. You are entitled to use the unregistered copy of TimeMan for 25 days. After that period, if you still want to use it, you MUST register with me, the author. On CompuServe, you can simply GO SWREG 11633. If you have Internet access, then you can use the excellent RegNet service at: http://www.swregnet.com/445p.htm If you are not able to use either of those methods, then you must send œ10 UK ($18 USD) OR the foreign equivalent PLUS 10% to me at: P.K.Spencer10 Prebendal CourtOxford RoadAylesburyBucksENGLANDHP19 3EY WITH EITHER AN E-MAIL ADDRESS OR AN SAE. I'll then send you a special code that is derived from your name using a complex calculation method. This code will stop the nags and also "Unlock" the program so all it's features are available. Using that code, you will also be able to upgrade for free to all future releases of TimeMan on this platform. )Set preferencesThis option (Psion-Q) will bring up a sub menu. Each choice on the sub menu will then bring up a dialog to govern specific settings. The choices are as follows: General preferencesThis dialog allows you to set the following things: 1) Start mode * Which mode TimeMan will start in - World clocks/No clocks/Large digital2) Clock face* The type of clock to be shown - Digital/Analog or "As System". This last option simply makes TimeMan ask the System for the clock settings from the Time application and it uses the same face.3) Check clock offsets* This tells TimeMan to check the offsets are correct either when it first starts up, or when it starts up and also when it is brought to the foreground. This option only applies to clocks which are set via the World data (See "Setting clocks")4) AM/PM on digital* This option allows you to toggle the display of an "AM" or "PM" tag when digital clocks are shown.5) Confrim exit* If this is set to "Yes", TimeMan will ask you to confirm that you wish to exit when you press Psion-X (stops accidental exits).6) Default alarm sound* Simply sets which sound you will be offered as the default when you set alarms from within TimeMan.7) Voice memo length* Governs how long TimeMan will record a "Quick memo" for.Hotkey preferencesTimeMan supports the use of a hotkey for quick, easy access. There are 2 options you can set for it: 1) Hotkey (Control+)2) ESC key does what The first option is quite simple, it allows you to chose what hotkey TimeMan will look out for when it's in the background on your Psion (i.e. when TimeMan is NOT the application you're currently using). The hotkey itself is made up of the Control key PLUS the key you select here. The default is Control-T. Option (2) allows for quick switching away from TimeMan. If you set it so that ESC does nothing, then it will surprisingly (!) do nothing. If it's set to "TimeMan to background", then if you press ESC whilst you're in one of TimeMan's main screens (i.e. World or No clocks or Large digital), then TimeMan will be put into the background and you'll be returned to where you launched TimeMan from (usually System). NOTE: TimeMan can ONLY detect a hotkey if you DO NOT leave the program showing a menu or dialog box when you switch away.Conversions preferencesThis allows you to set: 1) Save last used values2) Decimal places3) VAT/Tax rate. The first 2 only really apply if you have "TMCONV.OVL" installed (see "Optional modules"). Number (1) is a useful feature, in that the last values you enter into the conversions module for each conversion can be saved to a data file. The next time you run the conversions, the data is loaded and your last values are offered to you straight away. This is useful for repetative conversions. Number (2) simply governs to how many decimal places results are displayed for conversions. Number (3) simply tells TimeMan the VAT/Tax rate you wish to use with the "VatMan" feature.File manager preferences	These options only apply if "TMFILES.OVL" is installed (see "Optional modules"): 1) Default "From" directory* Allows you to set the default directory to be offered in all file operations which use "From:"2) Default "To" directory* Allows you to set the default directory to be offered in all file operations which use "To:"*Setting clocksTo set the clocks, use Psion-U. TimeMan is very versatile in the way it allows you to set clocks, and there are 2 methods: Using World to set clocksIf you chose this option, TimeMan offers you a dialog with the following options: 1) Search name2) Display name3) Message All you need do is enter part or all of the name of the city you want in the "Search name" field, and TimeMan will try and find that city from the World application. If it is present, then TimeMan will extract the offset from the city and other details, and then use that data for the clock you selected. The "Display name" allows you to use a different text value to the search name. The display name is the actual text which will be displayed on screen, so is included to allow you to abbreviate from the full name. Display names are limited to 14 letters in length due to the width of the clocks. Finally, "Message" is the small line of text which can be displayed at the bottom of each World clock. This can be a reminder of a person in that city, or perhaps some other detail you wish to recall about the city of that clock.Providing your own data for clocksThis way of setting clocks gives you a bit more power! It has been included so that you can have a clock based on a small town for instance - something which would not appear in the World database. The options which are available are: 1) Display name2) Offset3) Message "Display name" is the name of the city/town which will be shown on the clock. The "Offset" is the number of hours the place is FROM HOME TIME (i.e. the time of the Psion). So for a place 5 hours ahead, enter 5, and for 2 hours behind enter -2. Finally, the "Message" is a small piece of text which can be displayed under the city name for each clock.+Set reminders$This option allows you to define and set active or inactive reminders. There are 2 types of reminder and these are: 1) Hourly - The same reminder is activated EVERY hour at a certain number of minutes past the hour 2) Daily - The same reminder is activated each day at a user defined time. For each reminder you have the ability to play all the standard Psion alarm sounds. You can find out all of the current settings by Psion-Shift-R or Menu, Settings then Reminder status You can have up to a maximum of 5 reminders active/set. If TimeMan is in the background at the reminder time, then it will be brought to the foreground. From the initial dialog box, you can do 3 things: 1) Set all reminders Inactive (MENU Key)2) Set all reminders to default (DELETE Key)3) Alter/Set selected reminder (ENTER Key) (1) and (2) are quite simple, and self explanatory. To carry out (3) you must select the reminder number to change and then press enter. From the next dialog, set the type, if it's active or not and the sound to play. Then press enter. In the next dialog, set the time and what the message to be displayed is. From this, you can then confirm the settings, cancel or return to the first set of options. THE ACTIVITY OPTION MUST BE "YES" FOR THE REMINDER TO WORK. Reminder statusThis option will display the status of all reminders for TimeMan. It shows: a) If it's active or notb) It's type (Hourly or Daily)c) It's time of activationd) The sound it will playe) The message it will display To set/change the reminders you see, use Psion-Shift-S OR Menu, Settings, Set reminders.,Optional modulesTimeMan is quite a large application, so 2 of it's biggest functions were made into optional modules - you can chose to install them or not. The 2 modules in question are: File ManagerThis module has all of the basic features you expect of a file manager. You can: Copy, Move, Delete, Rename files/directories, Create directories, Remove directories, Set the date of files/directories, Set the attributes of files, and also copy files from the ROM of the 3a/3c! All of these features follow the same pattern, usually a "From:" file selector and a "To:" file selector. Some file operations support multi-tagging (you can tell which ones because they will say "file(s)" instead of "file"), and to carry out such operations, use the file selector and hold down shift as you move down through the file names (a small  will appear next to each tagged file). For more details on tagging files, refer to the Psion's manual. All you need do is select the menu option and then follow the dialog to complete the operation. ESC will cancel any dialogs and abort all file operations. ESC, Psion+X or the menu option to exit from within the menu to close the module and return to the main section of TimeMan.Conversion module/This module allows you to convert values between many common units. These include: 1) Area (Psion-A)2) Currency (Psion-C)3) Energy (Psion-E)4) Fluids (Psion-F)5) Length (Psion-L)6) Mass (Psion-M)7) Number types (Psion-N)8) Pressure (Psion-P)9) Speed (Psion-S)10) Temperature (Psion-T)11) Volume (Psion-V) All follow the same basic interface so they're all easy to use. Once you have selected a set of conversions, you will be shown a dialog box with 2 choice boxes (press tab to see the whole list of choices) and a number input box. Simply select which value you wish to convert to, and what you wish to convert from, and then enter the value to be converted. A press of ENTER will carry out the conversion. A press of MENU uses another very useful feature and will swap round the current conversion. Couldn't be easier! My Tip for this is: * Press the first letter of the unit you want to convert for fast access to it. E.g. pressing "K" on the "To:" (or "From:") boxes while in Mass Conversion, will take you to Kilograms.  The exception to the above layout is the "Currency" conversion. This is nearly the same, except you have 2 text edit boxes and 3 number boxes. The text area is simply for you to enter the names of the 2 currencies you want to convert between. The first number box is for the amount you wish to convert and the second box is for the rate. The final box allows you to set a special number of decimal places which will only affect the rate. This has been included to allow for the "swapping" of high exchange rates (eg if you "swap" a rate of 1000, then the resultant rate may not fit within the normal number of decimal places and 0 would be shown). As with the other conversions, ENTER will carry out the current conversion and MENU will swap the values over. All very simple!View/Edit .PIC'This option allows you to display and/or edit a Psion .PIC file of your choice. It will show .PIC's with grey panes and also those without (e.g. older Series 3 "Classic" .PIC's). At first, you will be shown a dialog from which you can select the .PIC file you wish to be displayed. The default directory is \PIC but you can set it to one of your choice with the option at the bottom of the dialog. If you wish, you can also select a .APP/.OPA/.IMG/.ALS/.GRP file to show the icon it holds. Once you have selected the file from the dialog and it's been displayed, the program may do 2 things. If the file is a normal .PIC file, you can use 6 hotkeys, menu or help (see below). If you chose a program file, then you will only be able to view it and chose whether you wish to save it or not. The hotkeys/menu choices for non-program files are: * View Another (Psion+A)* Display .PIC's name and path (Psion+N)* Display .PIC's dimensions (Psion+S)* Edit .PIC (Psion+E)* Get .PIC from .APP (Psion-G)* Exit (Psion+X) All very self explanatory really, but the points to note are that "Exit" will exit the "View .PIC" part and return you to the main TimeMan area. The edit function will search for a copy of Rick Andrew's excellent Draw program for the Psion. If a copy is detected, then it will be launched with the current .PIC file you have displayed for editing. Get .PIC from app will show a file selector in \APP and allow you to pick a program file and view it's icon. Once the icon has been shown, you get the option to save it. Simply say "Yes" or "No"! MANY, MANY thanks to John Boyce of JBSoft for his code and help in launching the Draw Application.-Quick applicationsTimeMan provides several small but quick applications which can prove very useful. They can all be found under the "Quick Apps" menu and are: .Voice memoFor speed this can be accessed by simply pressing "V", although pressing Psion+V also has the same effect. That effect is: Start a special record application. THIS WILL START RECORDING IMMEDIATELY! The duration is determined from the "Preferences" option, but the default is 3 seconds. This function will allow you record a quick voice and then be returned to the main application. The name of the file is pre-determined so don't worry about that. Just hit "V" and then record. This works best in if you're in a meeting and leave TimeMan running so that you can simply turn on the Psion, press "V" and record a memo, then switch off again. Tidy memos/notesIf you use the Quick Voice Memos or Quick Notes features a lot then it's more than likely that you will soon build up quite a reserve of the relevant files in the \WVE or \WRD directories. To help you keep track of these and also ensure your Internal drive doesn't get too full, there is a tidy option for each.  Pressing a lower case "t" or Psion+T will send you to the "Tidy Voice Memos" option. Upper case "T" or Psion+Shift+T will get you to the "Tidy Quick Notes" option. From these you can highlight a file you may not need and delete it. If you're not sure you also have the option to play a .WVE file or view a .WRD file. After that you can then delete it or keep it! Take care though because once it's gone, it's gone!/Quick notesTo gain access this feature you can either press "M" or Psion+M. This is very similar to the voice memo, in that it will send you to the Word Processor for you to note down a quick memo. Again the file name is automatically determined. The best use for this is as in the voice memo - simply press "M" when you're in a meeting to take some quick notes and then save and exit. Edit notesThis option allows you to edit any existing "Quick Notes" that you have created. Just select the file you want to edit and Word will be launched for editing!Quick playbackFor speed this can be accessed by simply pressing "H", although pressing Psion+H also has the same effect, ie it will have the effect of starting a .WVE player. You are then presented with a file selector dialog that allows you to select the .WVE file (usually one of the pre-recorded Voice memos) you want to hear. Once selected it will play from within TimeMan and leave you back at the normal TimeMan screen. Can't be simpler.Quick dialPressing "P" or Psion+P will put you into a dialog box from which you can enter a number. After you press enter this number will be dialled using the standard 3a/3c DTMF dialling tones. The option can also be accessed via the menu.Quick calc"This option (Psion+L or just "L" on it's own) will bring up "Quick Calc v1.35". This is a mini calculator and is supposed to be used for those quick sums when you don't want to open or find a proper calculator. Quick Calc handles all the basic functions and the normal 3a keys of "+" and "-" and "/" and "*" are used to do addition, subtraction, division and multiplication respectively. The numeric keys all carry their normal values. Quick Calc also supports the use of brackets and power functions in calculations, eg. 2**3 (obtained by pressing "2" "*" "*" then "3") will display the result of 2 to the power of 3. (1+2)+5 will show the result of 8. The "Enter" key has the function of carrying out the calculations you specify. To work with an answer just carry on your calculation as if the answer is the first number, eg: 1+2 ENTER and 3 will be displayed as the result, so press +5 and you will see the answer of 8 (which is 3+5) Many thanks to Alex Wilbur (Author of P-Shell) for the code for Quick Calc.VatManThis is a VAT calculator and it can be used to calculate VAT (or Tax in other countries) in 2 ways. For the first way, you enter a price with NO VAT ADDED to it and also the current applicable VAT rate. Then select the "VAT Excluded" option and VatMan will then show you 3 things: a) Original Priceb) VAT Payablec) New Total Price The second "mode" is that of "Including VAT". To use this, you enter a price INCLUSIVE of VAT and then the current VAT rate. Select the option "VAT Included" and VatMan will again show 3 things: a) Original Priceb) VAT That has been added to itc) What the price would be WITHOUT VAT added In both cases, after the calculation, press enter to work out another or escape to return to TimeMan.Link to apps	This feature allows you to launch applications. You pick if you want a standard application (one from the Psion's ROM) or an application from disk. You also select if you want to open an existing file or create a new one. TimeMan then examines that application, and if a file is needed, you will be given a dialog to select the file to be opened/created. If no file is needed, or once a file has been specified, the program will then be launched.System settingsThis is a very useful little feature! It will get most of your System Settings and save their values into a file (name is chosen by you, but the default is "SYSCONFG.TMN" or SYStem CONFiGuration from TiMemaN). After a reset or if the settings have been changed, you then have all the old values to restore. This module will handle both the saving and the restoring of these settings. Once you have selected a file name, you can press ESC to stop and return to TimeMan, MENU to restore any settings found in the selected file or ENTER to save the current System Settings to the selected file. If you try to save the current settings to an existing system configuration file, then all the old data will be erased and replaced with the current System Settings. MANY thanks to Brendan Breede for SARCon. It is this program that the "System Settings" section is from.Stopwatches!This comprises of 2 types of stop clocks. In v3.6F they were re-worked to be highly accurate by using the FRC:: device timer of the Psion. Upon selecting the Stopwatch option (Psion-S), you are given a dialog with the choice of 2 options: 1) Countup timer2) Countdown timer If you had selected option (2), then you are given a second dialog to enter a timer to count down from. After a valid time has been entered, then you're presented with a graphics window centered on the screen. This window is essentially the same in appearance for both (1) and (2). The Countup timer is a standard stopwatch. It will countup from zero seconds until it is stopped by you. From this, you can press "L" to show a lap time at the bottom of the window. Pressing "S" or ESC will stop the timer. Once it's been stopped, it remains on the screen so you can see the end time, until you press any other key. The Countdown timer simply does that - counts down from the time which you specified in the dialog box! Pressing "S" or ESC will again stop the watch. NOTE: These counters use the super accurate FRC:: device. If you turn the Psion machine off whilst this either of these timers are in use, they WILL BE RESET. This is becaues the Psion actually resets the FRC:: device every time it turns on. As a result, these 2 counters atually DISABLE the auto-off function of the Psion.Other modulesTimeMan provides many other functions to the ones covered specifically in this help file. However, all of them are simple and very easy to use, so should require very little explanation. The best way to learn how to use them is to try them!Technical supportI am willing to give as good a technical support as I can. If you have a question, suggestion, problem or wish to report a bug, I welcome E-Mail on: Nicko@nildram.co.uk or 106023,676 on CIS OR Snail-Mail at: P.K.Spencer10 Prebendal CourtOxford RoadAylesburyBucksENGLANDHP19 3EY Regular updates of TimeMan and also beta copies will be available for download from my web page at: http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~nicko/index.htm Versions will be posted as they are ready.Thanks to...My thanks go to the following people (in no real order!): * Steve Litchfield - all his guidance and suggestions* John Boyce - Draw Launching code and support of it!* Alex Wilbur - Code for Quick Calc* Brendan Breede - For SARCon which he has let me use for the "System Setings" section. And also a HUGE thank you to him for the more efficient settings file format he showed to me.* Alan Clifford - For helping me get a working, efficient access system to the World data and also with some tricky date/time functions.* Steve Godfrey - showing me the new way to draw clocks in OPL (not gCLOCK)* Bill Belfield - For the numerical bases convertor* Roger Muggleton - For the code to "Touch" the time/date for a file (in File Manager)* Tom Dolbilin - Who supplied most of the excellent application launching code.* Francis Creese (Datalink BBS) - Memory Checker Code* Pelican Software - code mainly related to the File Manager* My Beta Testers - Great Work Guys (and Gals)!* Mystery Person - For the conversions code that I found in a file of misc. codes* All my registered users* Anybody else who helped me with TimeMan :-))Fuel useThis module can be used to calculate the fuel usage for a car journey. It supports distances of both Miles and Kilometres, and also fuel use of Gallons and Litres. To use it, enter the value for the amount of fuel used and then select the unit you require - i.e. if you travelled 23 Miles, you'd enter 23 and pick "Miles". The same applies to the fuel used - if you used 2 Gallons then you'd enter 2 and pick "Gallons" from the choice. The results will then be shown in the form of both Miles and Kilometres per Gallon and per Litre. It's as simple as that!  ESC from either dialog will return you to TimeMan's main mode.Disabled featuresThe unregistered version of this program has some features disabled as an incentive to get frequent users to register. The disabled features are: 1) The clock type can't be changed to digital 2) You can not use the "Large digital clock" There are nags on startup and exit, and nags will appear each time you refresh/change modes or switch to TimeMan, but ONLY after the 25 day evaluation period is up! You are entitled to use the unregistered copy of TimeMan for 25 days. After that period, if you still want to use it, you MUST register with me, the author.Version detailsThis dialog (Psion-Shift-V) will show all of the important details about TimeMan's files. It will tell you: * The full program version* The versions of the optional modules (if present)* The expected and actual versions of the conversions data file (if present)* If TimeMan is registered, the dialog shows who it's registered to. If TimeMan is unregistered, it will who for how many days the program has been in use, and how many days of the evaluation period are left. This information is useful and should be reported to the author when discussing any problems.Time calculatorThis is a very useful little function! It acts as a calculator of times and dates, by letting you add days, hours, minutes, or seconds (or all 4) to a start time and date. It should be very simple to use, all you have to do is select a start date and time, enter the number of days, hours, minutes and seconds and select "Add" or "Subtract" for each.

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