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3 - The event set window

The event set window stores a list of events. The set of events represented in this window can be stored in a file, as an event set. The event set window looks like this:

Columns: The columns are self-explanatory. The column headings can be resized and reordered. Furthermore, by clicking on a column heading, you can sort the items based on the attribute indicated in that particular column, for example they could be sorted by name, by date, etc... A column used for sorting is inducated by being underlined in the column heading. For example, the events are sorted by event time in the above example.

Multi-column sorting: Multiple columns can be used for sorting. For example, you could sort the events by time, and from there, any events that occur at the same time could be sorted further by name. This is accomplished by holding down the shift key and clicking subsequent columns.

Menus:

File

New event set

Creates a new event set in its own window.

Open...

Opens an event set file to its own window.

Save

Saves the event set file.

Save as...

Saves the event set to a file.

Remember for delivery

Adds the event set to the list of event sets from which events will be delivered. See the settings window section for more details.

Settings...

Opens the settings window.

About...

Provides information about Scheduler.

Help...

Opens the documentation.

Close

Closes the window for this event set.

Quit to background

Quits Scheduler, but leaves the invisible background companion to wait for the next event to be delivered .

Full quit

Quits Scheduler and removes the invisible background companion. No events will be delivered until Scheduler is launched again, either by double-clicking its icon or when it is launched from the UserBootscript the next time the computer is started up.

Edit

Cut

Cuts the selected event from the list, and stores it in the clipboard.

Copy

Copies the selected event to the clipboard.

Paste

Pastes an event from the clipboard into the event set.

Event

New event...

Creates a new event in the event set and opens an event window for it.

Edit event...

Opens an event window for the selected event.

Delete event

Deletes the selected event from the event set.

View

Mode

Not implemented yet

Display

Checklist to select which columns are displayed for the items in the list.

Event icons

Event time

When the actual event takes place or took place.

Next message time

When the next message will be delivered,be it prewarning, the actual event, or nagging after the event.

Selected handler

Which event handler is selected to deal with the event.

Event status

Saving the event set: Scheduler displays a normal save file panel, with one exception: a check box has been added to allow the event set to be remembered to deliver events from. This saves you the hassle of having to use the Remember for delivery menu item for any set that you want to deliver messages, and conceivably forgetting to remember a set and not having the events delivered. If it was your spouse's birthday....watch out! :)

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