                             Calendar Reminder
                     Copyright (c)1995 Kevin Hurewitz
                                  Freeware

Disclaimer:
    This program has NO warranty or anything else, so use it at YOUR own
risk.  This program may be freely given to anyone you know or don't
know.  This is FREEWARE, so enjoy it as it is.  It is not supposed to
knock your socks off, it is just supposed to work.

Intro:
    This is a simple program to remind you of important dates.  I wrote
it to remind myself of yearly dates, ie. birthdays, anniversaries, etc.
This program can be used for many other applications as well.

Usage:
    This program uses a text data file to hold the reminder dates.  The
text file can be any name with any extension.  I use CALEN.DAT as the
data file in the examples and the directory is CALEN in the examples.
To execute the program, the syntax is:
        CALEN <data file> [/Q]
        ex. CALEN C:\CALEN\CALEN.DAT
        ex. CALEN C:\CALEN\CALEN.DAT /Q
The data file must be specified with the directory where it is.  The
switch /Q is the quiet mode.  The quiet mode does not display the
program name and copyright information.

    The data file has a specific format which must be followed for
correct operation.  There is a sample data file included, called
CALEN.DAT.  This is the format:

The first line contains the date that you want to be reminded of and the
amount of days before that you want to be reminded.  The second line
contains a message that you want to be displayed when the reminded date
comes up.  You can have multiple lines for a message.  To do this, make
sure that there is not a blank line between message lines.  A blank line
indicates a new date and message.  Here is an example of a birthday on
March 23 and you want to be reminded a week before hand:
        ex. 3-23 7
            It's a birthday.

The date is 3-23.  The date can be represented either by 3-23 or 3/23.
The 7 indicates to remind 7 days before the event happens.  If you want
to be reminded on the day of the event only, use 0 instead of 7.

Here is an example of a multiple line message followed by another
reminder date:
        ex. 3-23 7
            It's a birthday.
            I wonder what type of gift to get them.

            7-4 0
            Wow!  It's July 4th.  Let's have fun.

That's all there is to it.  Check out the included sample file for more
samples on multiple lines and multiple dates.  The order of the dates in
the data file does not matter.

Tips:
    This program would be a perfect utility to add to your AUTOEXEC.BAT
file when your computer boots up.  Since this program runs quickly, your
boot up time will noticably remain the same.  If you boot directly into
Windows, then this program might not be a good idea to have in your
AUTOEXEC.BAT since the screen would clear before you could read it!  An
alternative, would be to run the program after the WIN command in your
AUTOEXEC.BAT.  So, it would run when you close Windows and then you
could read the screen!

Support:
    This program was written for personal pleasure, but then a few
people suggested that I release it for others to enjoy.  So, here it is.
The support for this product is basically this text file.  If you have
any questions or ideas, I can be reached at:
        E-mail: gt5711a@prism.gatech.edu

Enjoy.
