[DXBase] Feature Request

[Peter Dougherty]

At 23:41 31-01-04, Tony Cash wrote:

>But he wants a Special Events Colander that would pop up daily
>I go for days with DXBase running without reloading the program

Yes, exactly the case here as well.

I didn't know about the special events 'colander' (I guess that's the sieve 
that passes for my "wetware" memory, hi hi).

Seriously, what I was aiming for was a way of having something popup once 
every 24 hours reminding me of any events I put in it (DX peditions ongoing 
from x to y date, etc). I would further add, the popup should occur only 
either when DXBase has been started or when the computer has been idle for 
more than a user-definable number of minutes. Essentially, I wouldn't want 
a popup happening if I'm in the middle of trying to enter text or run a 
report or have a pending log entry that I'm waiting to work, etc.

The entry window should have fields for "Event text", "start date", an 
optional "end date" and "advance notice" (3B9C starts tomorrow)(XF4IF 
starts in 3 days).

Now, if you *really* want to get wild...think of this...after you work what 
the log determines is an all-time new one, you get a reminder in 7 days 
that you haven't sent a card!!


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