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RE: [ECS] Another item for the wish list Martin Terry Fri, 12 Nov 1999 05:47:42 -0800

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Mark, I'm doing this in ECS now. I can post the code if you like.

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From: Mark Sekelsky [mailto:Mark@sekelsky.com]
Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 4:54 AM
To: ECS List
Subject: [ECS] Another item for the wish list


Mark,

The TVL event and items gives me a thought for another wish list item.  I
have a large number of items that are reminders (text items) for things like
birthdays and such.  I then have a pretty lengthy reminder event.  Could ECS
handle reminders in a similar way to how it reads tvl.txt?  Here's an
example of how this might look (in a reminders.txt file):

11/01/****	Mark's birthday is on November 5th.	11/05/****
Wednesday	Don't forget to tape Star Trek		Wednesday
11/10/1999	You have haircut appointment tonight	11/10/1999

When ECS checks reminders (initiated by an event or the user) it reads
"reminders.txt."  The first line would be spoken (TTS) if the date is 11/1,
11/2, 11/3, 11/4 or 11/5 of any year.  In the second case the reminder is
spoken if it is Wednesday (any month, any year).  In the third example the
reminder would only be spoken on 11/10/1999.

Any time I want to add, change or delete a reminder I simply edit
reminders.txt

I do not know how hard this would be to do, or more importantly if it would
have broad appeal to other, or I guess even more importantly, new customers.

Mark S

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