With ReminderApp (Reminder), no more forgetting!
Rest assured, this program is there to remind you of everything that is important thanks to reminders such as (eg: take your medication, don't forget an appointment or someone's visit, with the baby-minder, domestic help, nurse, etc.).
Even birthday reminders!
We've all experienced this embarrassing moment at least once in our lives: forgetting a loved one's birthday! It must be said that it is not always easy to remember the birthday dates of all the people you are used to knowing (especially when you come from a large family or are part of a large group of friends).
You enter the birthday dates of the whole family and the program will remind you of them every year with an alarm, including reminders of a anniversariy!
This program also contains an address book and much more to discover!
To learn more and configure this program Please read this documentation in its entirety. Thanks.
This program which is a combination of an agenda and an address book developed by myself, I called it ReminderApp (internal name) but in reality the program window and in the status bar system appear with the name "Reminder".
The ReminderApp program is portable and can be configured to minimize and run automatically when Windows starts.
This program is very intuitive and does not require much explanation, however I will give you some guidelines to follow.
If you obtained the ReminderApp.zip file, extract it for example in the path:
C:\Program Files\ReminderApp
You can also extract it to the root of disk C:\, example:
C:\ReminderApp
or you can place it wherever you want.
Once extracted, this file contains the following elements:
The ReminderApp.zip file, once extracted, will contain its executable called ReminderApp.exe, which will be declared false positive by your antivirus when running it for the first time!
This happens with Windows Defender antivirus for example.
How do I allow Windows Defender Antivirus to run the program anyway?
To allow the program to still run with Windows Defender, you must click on "Additional information". A "Run anyway" button then appears, simply click on it to start running the program on Windows.
This needs to be done every time the new ReminderApp.exe executable file is installed in the ReminderApp folder.
In the main window of the program at startup we will find the following six menus with their respective commands.
In this first menu we will have the following options:
Export contacts File name Type : Text files (*.txt) JSON files (*.json) Save Note! Contacts exported successfully! Select a file to import File name File Types: JSON Files (*.json) Open Note! Import completed successfully! OK button, A new dialog box appears with the name: Choose how to proceed By choosing Yes, the contacts will be overwritten. By choosing No, they will only be added to existing ones. JSON files in the case of this program are structured as a list of data, for example: ["...", "...", "..."] and are more convenient for the program to manage, while text files they are structured with a new line marker, for example line\nline\nline etc which are more human readable. In this second menu we will have the following options:
In this third menu we will have the following options:
Note:
When you create/edit a reminder, you will also notice 2 recurring types: (Recurring appointment and Recurring medicine)
These two types of reminders can be set with recurrence: (Daily, Weekly, Yearly), depending on the week for Weekly, choice of day and choice of month will be activated for Yearly.
You can set from 5 to 60 minutes, you will be notified in time and you will have the opportunity to, I don't know, change, get ready, and when the warning expires the real alarm will go off.
Recurring reminders are smart, they move to the next equivalent date when they expire. For example, a recurring daily reminder, you will always find it the next day too, and so on.
I haven't added the option to delete recurring reminders (for obvious reasons), but you can see them from the View menu. If you want to delete one, just set the date you see by activating it from Settings, Show the first "Date" column in displayed lists, (Excluding appointments and medications) Then view the type of recurring reminder you want to delete via the menu item of the same name in the "View" menu and note its entry date now visible in the first column on the left. Finally, set this date in the main selector so you can see and delete it.
Press Enter on the desired option to display it in a list.
Press the applications key or shift+f10 to display the available options.
Press Tab and then click the Close button or press the Escape or Enter key to close this dialog box and then return to the main program window.
In this fourth menu we will have the following options:
Number of repetitions: 3 Interval between repetitions (seconds): 8 Use alarm: Alarm 01 Enables reading of hours in 24-hour format Enable date reading in European format In this fifth menu there are some languages, which will be enabled if the translation is available in the local folder) otherwise they will be disabled.
You can choose the interface language by checking among the languages currently available:
A dialog box appears informing you that the language has been changed and then that the program must be restarted for these changes to take effect.
In this sixth and final menu we will have the following options:
When you change the date in the main window selector, if the selected date matches a reminder, a sonar sound will sound.
However, the focus may shift to the list if a reminder has previously been selected.
To avoid this inconvenience, you can deselect the reminder before proceeding, or enter the date directly following the order day, month, year or month, day, year, depending on the system language settings (and not those of the program ).
In the selector you can navigate using the horizontal arrows.
For users of screen readers such as NVDA, it is important to note that the latter does not speak the current position in the selector. We recommend pressing a vertical arrow: NVDA will communicate the date you set and provide updates as soon as you type a full day, month, or year.
Sonar solves the problem of setting the initial date, instead of moving the focus to the list of reminders when there is one on that date, you hear the sound that notifies you and you can play with your date without problem :)
Access to:
Edit Menu Submenu Alt+ e
then:
Address book... F4
When you press Enter on this option, a dialog box opens with the name:
Address book
This dialog box will contain the list of your contacts if you have added one, otherwise this list is empty.
When you open the context menu in this dialog box by pressing the applications key located next to the right control key on most keyboards. On a keyboard without an applications key, press shift+f10 instead.
Please note that some options are unavailable in the contact list depending on the context. You can press Enter on the option you want, so here are the options:
Please note that you can send an email to the contact if the contact's email has been entered in the edit field separated by a space at the beginning (and if necessary at the end), when editing the name of contact, for example. Otherwise, if there is no email in this edit box, this option will not be available to send it.
If you have not set a default email program, the system will automatically display a dialog box allowing you to select the application to use to send the email.
When the context menu comes up, You can use the arrow keys to navigate the menu, and the enter key to activate any of the items listed below.
Thank you for reading this documentation!
I wish you good use of the program ReminderApp (Reminder) 😉
I would like to sincerely thank Rémy Ruiz for writing this documentation and translation of ReminderApp into French, English, Italian and Spanish and for his feedback and suggestions.