Short: Backlite+Plus V2.1 - multipurpose tool Author: jasonk@palmscape.com URL: http://www.palmscape.com/ Uploader: psion-adm@nic.funet.fi Type: s5/apps/system Backlite+Plus V2.1 User Guide Contents Introduction What's New in this release? Registration information Palmscape Customer Support Disclaimer and License agreement Introduction Backlite+Plus is a multipurpose tool that:- Controls the backlight,switching it on always, between hours, with external power or during sunrise/sunset times. Plays a sound on startup. Allows you to "jot" multiple jot notes with the pen, using it as a quick note taker on startup. Displays battery level status checks on startup in text, dialog or graphical form and can warn you if the batteries are getting low (accurate to 1% of battery voltage) Shows the tasklist on powerup. Allows you to create "Sticky notes". This are re-sizable and are zoomable to 4 levels. Works on C:\ or D:\ drives. Has application keyboard commands for navigating, creating and editing Stickies. Allows you to configure a night clock. You can configure a background image to have behind you sticky notes. Several are supplied, but you can also download more from the web site. Allows you to create and configure Hotkeys and Macros to launch applications and documents as well as run BL+ macro language commands, downloadable for the web site. What's New in this release? Version 2.1 includes the following updates:- Multiple jotpad pages - You can now page forward and backward through multiple jotpad pages. Pages are stored in a selectable folder via the jotpad options dialog. The default is c:\documents\backlite but you can change this setting once BL+ has initialised for the first time. You can use the small page turns in the corner of the jotpad to move forward and backward though the pages, or the left and right cursor keys. CTRL+SHIFT+d will delete the current page, moving all subsequent pages up by one position. Note Each page is stored as a separate MBM file within a specified folder. A jotpad.idx file is also created to manage the pages. Should you delete any pages manually (this is not the correct way of doing so), the index will manage this process by deleting the missing page references. Extra Sticky note commands - by popular request, some new commands have been added to the sticky note menu. Hideall and Unhideall will do pretty much as they say, hide and unhide all the sticky notes. However, a new feature, Stickies On/Off allows you to quickly turn on and off the sticky notes very quickly without actually writing any changes to the sticky note file. This feature is ideal for turning the sticky notes off to access the jotpad when you're in a hurry. Sticky notes ON, restores the notes that were displayed before you switched them off. Note Stickies on/off and hideall/showall can sound similar but they perform two very different functions. For example, if you had 10 sticky notes in a file, and only had 3 showing, then hiding them all would work okay, but unhiding would display all 10. Stickies on/off is a temporary change that is not saved in the settings files and therefore always restore the desktop to show the last sticky notes that were not hidden. Registration information Backlite+Plus is shareware but is unlike many shareware products in that it doesn't impose restrictions that makes it impossible to evaluate it. The unregistered version of Backlite+Plus is not timed, nor does it have any restriction on the number of Sticky notes you can create. The only restrictions are:- You see a registration dialog every time you startup and shutdown the application. You can't have the backlight come on automatically with external power. You can't turn off the Jotpad/Background screen and display your Sticky notes on top of your other applications. And that's it! As a un-registered user, you really are getting amazing value! If you do use Backlite+Plus on a daily basis, and it becomes a useful application to you, then please register. So how much is it? Registration is very easy and very cheap, �12 directly to Palmscape or via REGNET's online ordering system. The full registration details can be obtained from www.palmscape.com or www.kneen.demon.co.uk So why register? Why can't I use it for free? Well you can. With shareware you get 99% of the application for nothing which is something you don't get commercially. Psion shareware is fairly unique in that for a fraction of the price of commercial applications, you get not only the product, but you also get:- priority (and in most case, better ) support direct from the author (commercial applications do not offer this) preview releases of new versions up to 2 months ahead of everyone else! (commercial applications do not offer this) free upgrades to the next major release (up to 2.99). (Need I say more?) How is it registered, to me? my machine? Backlite+Plus will be registered to YOU for your usage. It is not limited to a machine, but only you can use it. I don't believe in Machine specific registrations as they only serve to promote distrust. You can check on updates and other Psion news by visiting the Backlite+Plus web site on www.kneen.demon.co.uk or to see more information on Palmscape and other Palmscape products visit www.palmscape.com Palmscape Customer support If you require further help or information on any Palmscape product you can contact support via any of the following: Internet: The Palmscape Homepage on the worldwide web is located at http://www.palmscape.com. The latest versions of all Palmscape products are available from here, as well as general information relating to EPOC palmtop computers. You can also send requests or questions directly to the author via email: jasonk@palmscape.com Postal support and registrations: The Palmscape address is: 182 Bromham Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4BP FREE Upgrades ! Registered users of Backlite+Plus are entitled to receive free upgrades via the internet or on floppy disk, as they become available. For details on how to get latest version see the Palmscape customer support option from the main menu. If you do not have access to the internet send a stamped addressed envelope with a PC formatted floppy disk to the address shown. Please note that the free upgrades offer excludes postage fees & hardware costs. Disclaimer & Licence agreement Backlite+Plus, including all related program files - may not be altered in any way. Reverse Translation is expressly forbidden without written permission of the author. Registered users may install the software on an unlimited number of machines so long as they are for their own use exclusively. Although Backlite+Plus is shareware, and you are encouraged to pass the distribution .ZIP file to your friends and colleague, registered copies may not be lent sold or rented without the express written permission of the author. Palmscape and the author cannot and does not accept any liability for loss caused by error, defect or failure of the software including any loss of any kind. No guarantee is either offered or implied by Palmscape or the author. Use of this software is entirely at your own risk.