vMEMO Version 1
Copyright: Gary Belcher 1998
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INDEX

1	Installation
2	Introduction
3	vMEMO Functions
		- Alerter
		- Agenda
		- Alarm
		- Email
		- Hot key
4	Contact me
5	Disclaimer
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1	Installation
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To install vMEMO please follow the instructions below:

a. Create a directory \System\Apps\vMEMO\

   To do this you may need to access the system directory. You can set this in the system 
   preferences. A list of essential files and non-essential files are detailed below !!

b. Essential files (In c: or d: drive):
	- gb.mbm	\system\apps\vmemo\
	- vMEMO.app	\system\apps\vmemo\
	- vMEMO.aif	\system\apps\vmemo\
	- alerter.opo	\system\apps\vmemo\
	- agenda2.oxh	\system\opl\
	- agenda2.opx	\system\opx\	
	- sysram1.opx	\system\opx\
	- message.oxh	\system\opl\
	- message.opx	\system\opx\
	- alarm.oxh	\system\opl\
	- alarm1.opx	\system\opx\

   Please note that if one of the above files with the extension .opx already exists on your 
   Series 5, in the OPX directory, there is no need to re-copy it into the OPX folder.
   
c. Non-essential files (In the same directory and same drive as the vMEMO.app file above):
	- alert.mbm	\system\apps\vmemo\
	- gbspl.mbm	\system\apps\vmemo\
	- tune		\system\apps\vmemo\
	- vmemo.hlp	\system\apps\vmemo\

   The first two files are picture files, designed to make vMEMO look good! You can by all means
   not install these files, but the end result will not be very nice :-(( Even though these 
   files are considered non-essential, I recommend you install them as they certainly make vMEMO
   more user friendly :-))


2 	Introduction
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vMEMO is what I like call, "A Reminder program with a difference !!" Instead of writing ANOTHER
stand alone jotter-type program I decided to write a program which integrates itself directly
with the core application on the Series 5 - Agenda. It puzzled me how many other jotter programs
were being written for the Series 5, which involved you, the user, having to launch the
relevant program, type your note, close the program, and then have to open the program again to 
see if there is anything important waiting for you.

This is where vMEMO excells. vMEMO does not let you forget anything, from agenda entries, voice 
memos to email messages that need replying to. Hell, you can even write emails from within vMEMO,
as well as play your voice note file!! 

Best of all vMEMO is FREEWARE !!!!!!!!!

3	vMEMO Functions
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	- Alerter
	  
Alerter is a small utility that resides in memory waiting for you to switch on your Psion. When 
the psion is switched on, Alerter will automatically come to the foreground, search for your 
voice note file and check to see if it contains a voice memo. If it does, Alerter will then 
display a dialog box, or a snazzy splash screen (Depending on your configuration) asking you to 
either play the voice note, or just press ENTER to place Alerter in the background again, so that
you can go about your normal psioneering.

* Please note that Alerter will only look for voice notes at this point in time. In the future I 
will add other features into Alerter which will show unread emails, as well as pending to-do's at
switch on.

	- Agenda

As mentioned above, vMEMO integrates itself fully with the Agenda application built into the 
Psion Series 5. You can compile an agenda note, and send it to your agenda file as a Day entry, 
To-do entry or even an Event entry with or without an alarm. The transfer, unlike other similar 
programs, is virtually instantaneous, and at the end of the day, you can be sure that your 
important appointments are never forgotten !!

	- Alarm

As with Agenda, vMEMO also has full integration with the Psion's Alarm facility. Here you can Add
alarms as well as delete them, and you also have a choice of which alarm sounds to use as well 
as the duration of the alarm (ie:Daily, weekly etc)

	- Email

vMEMO's email capabilities do not stop at writing emails! No way!! vMEMO is able to retrieve any 
unread email from your Message Suite Email program, and display them in an easy to use list for 
you to select and read at your convenience. vMEMO's email functionality does not stop there 
either - If you suddenly noticed (Whilst looking at the unread email listing generated by vMEMO) 
that there is an important unread email that requires a reply, you can send details of this email
 directly to the Agenda file to remind you. The automatic reminder generated by vMEMO will be 
something like this 

"Remember to reply to 'Email' - belcher@africaonline.co.zw - 'Subject' OPL Tutorial"

This is a standard reminder generated by vMEMO, but you will be able to edit this as and where 
you feel necessary. As was said above, you can also write and send an email directly from within 
vMEMO. 

	- Hot key

vMEMO has a pre-programmed hot key to bring it into the foreground, whenever you like, instantly.
This feature is particularly handy in the following situation:
 - You load vMEMO and use it, but you want to do some other work on lets say a spreadsheet. So
   you load up your spreadsheat and start working on it. Later on you have to write jot
   something down in vMEMO. Instead of clicking on vMEMO on the Extras bar, all you do is hold 
   down the following sequence of keys		Ctrl+Fn+v		vMEMO is now brought into
   the foreground ready to resume it's duties.
   
4	Contact me:
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If you find any bugs or have any suggestions for future versions of vMEMO, mail me at:

belcher@africaonline.co.zw

New versions of vMEMO will be available from my site:

http://gbpsionzone.cjb.net or
http://members.xoom.com/gbpsionzone/psion.htm

5	Disclaimer:
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The software is protected by copyright law and international treaty provisions. You acknowledge 
that no title to the intellectual property in the software is transferred to you. You further 
acknowledge that title and full ownership rights to the software will remain the exclusive 
property of Gary Belcher, and you will not acquire any rights to the software except as expressly
 set forth in this license. You agree that any copies of the software will contain the same 
proprietary notices which appear on and in the software.

I do not warrant that the software is error free. I have tested vMEMO extensively and have found 
no problems. There is no liability for consequential damages. In no event shall I be liable to 
you for any consequential, special, incidental or indirect damages of any kind arising out of 
the delivery, performance or use of the software, even if I have been advised of the possibility 
of such damages. 

Furthermore, vMEMO makes extensive use of third party OPX (OPl eXtension) files. I cannot be held
 responsible for damages of any kind arising from the use of these files.