Re: Learn programming?

[90taobri@CHASM.SCAR.UTORONTO.CA (Brian Tao)]

The following revelation escaped ustai@g.ms.uky.edu's lips:
> 
> 	I have an idea for a da/init.  Upon boot up and when it crosses
> midnight, it would check a designated appleworks classic/gs db file for names
> and birthdays and stick in either on a line at the bottom of the screen or in a
> window or make a sign somewhere that there's yet again someone you forgot to
> send a birthday card to.

    Basically what the Appointment CDA in Prosel-16 does.  ;-)  Checking
the time once a minute or so isn't difficult and doesn't eat up processor
time.  Menu clocks and NDA clocks do it all the time.  You really wouldn't
need a database file.  A formatted text file should do (just to save you
the hassle of understanding the AW/AWGS DB format).

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