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             Size (recs) CRC   Version    Author/Latest Issue      Disk
               5k (40)   3FB7  1.4        Terry Hazen 7/91         Z3COM18

  1- Syntax/Options  2- Notes  3- Help File  4- REMIND.HLP                    


   REMIND is an appointment reminder utility for  ZCPR3 and  ZSDOS with clock.
It displays  [and can print]  a sorted  and  paged  list of  dated appointment
reminder lines,  with optional time entries,  from a text  datafile,  starting
with any currently dated reminders.  Can write a new sorted datafile.  Include
REMIND in your startup  alias to  automatically  display  today's appointments
and/or upcoming reminders.  Vs 1.0 (05/01/91) by Terry Hazen.

   See REMIND.HLP for details on usage.
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    Syntax   REMIND [[dir:]datafile] [/options]  
     
   The default datafile name is  REMIND.REM in  the  current  directory.   The
distribution default is to display today's reminders only.  

   You may specify a maximum of two options.   If you  specify three  or  more
characters, REMIND will assume that they are a datafile name.   

   Options   U - Include all upcoming reminders 
            1-12 Upcoming reminders for specified month only
             P - Print reminders
             D - Don't page screen display
             S - Sort datafile

   If the S option is specified, all other options will be ignored.
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 REMIND Notes - 1/3 

   a. Vs 1.4 updates (7/19/91, Terry Hazen):
      - Added calendar display at startup.  
      - Use of '/' option flag is now mandatory.
      - Defaults to datafile filetype  of  'REM'  if the specified datafile is
        not found and the  datafile  filetype is blank,  allowing the  user to
        enter just the datafile filename for datafiles.  
      - Added screen paging option to allow turning  off  paging  when sending
        reminders to the printer.  
      - Now does another printer check at the  '[More]'  message so the system
        won't hang if the printer is turned off at that point.  
      - Added the  option  (/1-12)  to  display  a  calendar and the  upcoming
        reminders for a specified month only.
   
   b. Vs 1.3 updates (05/25/91, Bruce Morgen):
      - Added rudimentary  maxdrv/maxusr test,  found about a  dozen  bytes of
        code to save to help "pay" for it.   The new test  prevents users with
        file patcher access  from  reaching  files  beyond  these  environment
        limits.
 REMIND Notes - 2/3 

      - Also modified "prsopt" and its calling code to allow  specification of
        short datafile names as long as they don't include any option letters,
        the  "prsopt"  algorithm is now a  tad  more  rigorous  with regard to
        leading slashes as well, at the cost of a few bytes.
      - Put the slash in help message.	
      - Changed message at "noclk" since the DSLIB calls aren't ZSDOS-specific
        -- they work with DateStamper and CP/M+ too.  
      - Got rid of the single use of the alternate HL register since it seemed
        unnecessary and had only a miniscule  speed  advantage  over a conven-
        tional push/pop sequence.
      - REMIND will no longer  waste  paper if  options  S and P  are selected
        together, or if there are no reminders.

   c. Vs 1.2 updates (5/19/91, Terry Hazen):
      - Fixed some remaining  display  bugs and  a branching error in the code
        causing lack  of  command-line 'U'  option  control  of  the  upcoming
        reminder display if there were no reminders for the current day.
      - Added a TPA check to avoid  hanging  the  system if a file larger than
        the available TPA were accidentally read in.   The TPA is also checked
        during index building and when building a new sorted file.
 REMIND Notes - 3/3 

   d. Vs 1.1 updates (5/11/91, Terry Hazen):
      - Fixed bug involving proper display of 2-digit user numbers in ZPRDFN.  
      - Now allows any number of spaces between date and time entries.	
      - Added CFG flag for  automatic  display of upcoming  reminders if there
        are none for today.  
      - Changed printer initialization to  length-prefixed string to allow hex
        0 bytes in string.
      - Increased length for default filename fields from 12 to 16 bytes.
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                                REMIND.HLP 

             Size (recs) CRC   Version    Author/Latest Issue      Disk
               9k (70)   EC5A  1.4        Terry Hazen 7/91         Z3COM18
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   Z3 help file on usage of REMIND.COM vs 1.4.
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