W E E K V I E W - Version 1.2b  -- Week-at-a-glance View from Pimlico Software

OVERVIEW

   WeekView brings a one or two week-at-a-glance view to the 3Com PalmPilot (and V-1.0 USR Pilots). Unlike the built-in week view in the datebook application, WeekView displays the text of the appointments (and optionally the time) in a fixed format that makes it easy to see all the appointments at once.

   The only restriction on the un-registered version of the program is that it can only view weeks in the current month or any prior month. When registered, weeks in future months can also be viewed.

INSTALLATION

   Follow the standard PalmPilot installation procedure for WeekView:
   In Windows, run the PALMPILOT INSTALL TOOL program which will be in the same group as your PalmPilot Desktop application. When the dialog appears, click on the BROWSE button and navigate to the directory where you unzipped the WEEKVIEW.PRC file. Select that file by double-clicking it in the FILE OPEN dialog and then click on the INSTALL button. On the next HotSync, the WEEKVIEW application will appear in your list of applications

OPERATION

   When started, WeekView will either remember the previously displayed week(s) or will automatically display the current week (See PREFERENCES). WeekView always remembers whether you were last displaying one or two weeks at a time and brings up the Weekly View.

   WEEKLY VIEW

   In the Weekly view, the title line shows the month and year of the week being displayed followed by the week number (see preference item)
   To move forwards and backwards, use the UP and DOWN buttons on the PalmPilot or click on the Left or Right arrows in the title line. When displaying two weeks at a time, the buttons will move two weeks in either direction, but the arrows will only move one week (that way you can display two weeks starting with any week).

   To jump quickly to a specific date, click on the CAL button on the title bar and the standard PalmPilot Date Picker dialog will appear.

   To jump quickly to a specific week, select the Goto Week Number item in the OPTIONS menu (or stroke Command/W in the graffiti area) and then press the button corresponding to the week you want to go to. In the Week Number dialog, the current week number is in bold, and the currently displayed week has a bold border around it.

   To jump to today's date, you can either stroke the letter 't' (or 'T') or a period ('.') on the graffiti area. The period is convenient because it is just a double tap (easy to do even with a finger). On V-2 PalmPilots, if the Datebook button is "overloaded" to launch WeekView instead, you can press that button while WeekView is running to go to today's date.

   To jump forwards or backwards by a number of days, select the GO FWDS/BKWDS BY DAY option in the OPTIONS menu. A dialog appears where you can type in a number of days (use a minus sign to go backwards). For example, you can easily move to a week that is 125 days before the current week by typing in -125.

   The two buttons on the title bar indicate whether you want to display 1 or 2 weeks at a time.

   Today's cell will have the first appointment set in bold type. If there are no appointments for today's date, the legend "Today" will appear in a box in the middle of the cell.

   If there is only one appointment on the day, there is a preference option to wordwrap the text to the cell to show as much text as possible (normally this preference is checked). If there are too many appointments to display in the cell, the last appointment will end with a round bullet as a signal that there are more appointments.

   To view all the appointments for a day (up to 16), just click anywhere on the cell for that day to bring up the DETAILS view.

   To display the week number and number of weeks from the current week, just tap the date in the title line. The display will toggle between showing the Month and Year and the week number. by default, the week number displayed matches the week number displayed in the Datebook application (but this can be changed with a preference item - see Preferences). The Pilot appears to adhere to the ISO specification for Week Numbers (the first week of the year is the first week in which there are four or more days of that year in that first week). This may not necessarily match your usage of week Numbers (for example, the Psion series PDA's use a different algorithm and their week numbers differ by 1 throughout 1998).  Note that the initial setting for the title can be set as a preference item.

   To jump to a day in the datebook application, click on the inverted date in that day cell (i.e. that has the day of week and day of month displayed in white on black). If there is only one appointment on that day, the cursor will be placed in that appointment (provided it is not a repeat appointment), otherwise, the cursor will be placed in the first hour of that day.

   DETAILS VIEW

   To return to the WEEKLY view, just click below the last appointment line or the Done button. In the one case where there are 16 or more appointments you will have to click on the Done button.

   If the current item has a note, the note symbol will appear at the end of the line. You can tap the note symbol to bring up the note in a read-only window which will display up to 16 lines of the note. Just tap anywhere on the screen below the title line to return to the details view, or tap the EDIT button to jump to the datebook application with that note displayed so you can modify the note.

   To jump to a specific appointment in the Datebook application (where you can edit, make changes, etc.), tap on the appointment. NOTE: for repeat appointments, the cursor will be placed on the first occurrence of the repeat appointment that is on, or follows, today's date (not necessarily the date that you tap on in WeekView's details view). Repeat items are flagged with the standard Repeat symbol (V-2 PalmPilots) or a diamond (V-1 Pilots) after the time, so if you want to go to that specific day with the repeat appointment, it would be better to tap the NEW button instead.

   To create a new entry, tap the NEW button which will switch to the Datebook application and put the cursor in the first time slot for the day.

PREFERENCES

   To change the appearance of the view, select the PREFERENCE item in the OPTIONS menu or stroke Command/P in the graffiti area. In the preference dialog you can change:

   TIME FORMAT. The drop down list box allows you to omit the time or display the time in 12 or 24 hour formats with/without the minutes.

   WORDWRAP. If checked, a single entry will be wordwrapped to multiple lines.

   WORDWRAP ALL IN DETAILS. If checked, all entries in the Details dialog will be wordwrapped. This is probably the preferred setting unless you often have a very large number of appointments in each day.

   CONDENSED FONT. If checked, a condensed font is used which will display more text but with a corresponding loss of legibility.

   REMEMBER DATE/GOTO TODAY. On startup, WeekView either remembers whatever date was being displayed the last time it ran, or will automatically go to today.

   MONTH & YEAR/WEEK NUMBER. On startup, WeekView will display either the Month and year in the title line or the Week number and the number of weeks +- from the current week. Note that this setting can be toggled on a temporary basis by tapping on the left portion of the title bar. The title is also toggled by the program to the Month & Year when first accessing the Details screen, and to the WeekNumber after selecting a Week to jump to.

   PILOT WEEK#/CUSTOM WK#. Normally, WeekView will display week numbers which match the numbers used in the PalmPilot's datebook application (which appears to follow the ISO standard). However, if you click on CUSTOM WK#, a date picker dialog appears where you can set any week of the year to be week 1. All Week numbers will then be calculated from the starting week number. This will be useful if you use a different method of specifying week numbers, or if you use week numbers based on a fiscal year.

REGISTRATION

   To register the program, you will first need to obtain a registration ID by sending us your HotSync ID name and the $15 shareware registration fee to:

   Pimlico Software
   2031 Lowery (Old Loving) Rd
   Morganton, GA 30560   USA

   Fax: 706-374-4491

   If you send a check, IT MUST BE DRAWN ON A US BANK (Dollars draw on a Non-US bank cannot be accepted). Payment may be made in US Dollars ($15) or in UK Pounds (10). Surface mail to the US can take as long as 2-3 months (!), so send by airmail if possible. If you have an email address, make sure you include it so we can reply by email. If you write longhand, please, please write VERY LEGIBLY !!

   Note that you must provide us with your HotSync ID to register this product. If you are not 100% sure what it is, bring up the PalmPilot Desktop Application and select the USERS option in the TOOLS menu. Your HotSync ID will be listed there. If you provide us with an incorrect User ID, your registration code will not work. The ID is case sensitive, so clearly indicate upper and lower case letters.

   If you are a Compuserve user, you can also register through Compuserve using SWREG with ID #16121. Make sure that you send us a SEPARATE email specifying your HotSyncID as there is nowhere in the CIS form to provide that information.

   If you wish to register via the InterNet, you can navigate to: http://www2.viaweb.com/pilotgearsw/weekview.html which handle the registration through PilotGear. PilotGear handles secure transactions and credit cards.

   Alternatively, you can register through REGNET which has a registration service on the Web that accepts payment in ALL currencies, using ALL methods of payments (including credit cards). There is a premium for using this method of registration, but for some users, the convenience and reliability of this service may well outweigh the higher cost. To register via RegNet, point your browser at:

   http://www.swregnet.com/1316p.htm

INSERTING REGISTRATION CODE

   When you have your Registration ID, select the REGISTER WEEKVIEW item in the OPTIONS menu or stroke Command/R in the graffiti area and enter that ID# into the field and click on OK. If the registration ID is rejected, make sure that you (a) put the number in correctly and (b) provided us with the correct HotSync ID. If you still have problems, contact us for assistance.

SUPPORT

   If you have any problems or questions about this product or suggestions for improvements, please send them in an email to cesd@gorilla-haven.org

   CESD travels a lot so attempting to reach him by phone will likely prove unsuccessful, whilst email is checked several times each day.

   Pimlico Software has a web page at: http://www.gorilla-haven.org/pimlico which will always have the very latest version of all Pimlico programs. You may wish to check that page from time to time for updates to WeekView.

FUTURES

   Currently planned/being studied/already done for the next version of WeekView:
	Optional inclusion of dated/undated Todo's at or above a specified priority level in all/selected categories.
	Some hack or patch to the existing V-2/V-2 datebook applications to run WeekView as a 4th view under that application
	Adding a specially designed condensed font to display more text without the current loss of legibility
	A List View that displays a scrolling/paging list of up to 16 appointments/Todo's with date/times

	<<<<<Email Us with your ideas!!>>>>

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

   Many thanks to Jeremy Laurenson for his assistance in solving a thorny problem (i.e. thorny for me - not for Jeremy!) with the Palm O/S!

   The Shareware Registration fees go to support the Dewar Wildlife Trust's Gorilla Haven project (http://www.gorilla-haven.org)