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Dw-+JAjy###auw63lN+Z$'3gCrWE}//gOr3! VBirthday Deluxe 4 is intended
to remind you about annual events you always want to remember.
You will not forget the birthday of your friend and the
anniversary of wedding of your brother. Simply bring in all your events to
the database and VBirthday Deluxe 4 won't forget about
them! VBirthday Deluxe 4 consists of
two parts: The two programs are tightly integrated
with each other to provide an easy to use interface for you. The First program (VBirthday Deluxe 4 Browser) shows all your events as the list. It makes finding required birthdays fast, shows how many days until
the birthday of your friend and how old they will be. The Second program (VBirthday Deluxe 4 Today plug-in)
places on your Today page a new section that shows
upcoming events during the period chosen
by you. It is possible to set a period not only
some days in the future, but also in the past. If there is no event during the indicated period, VBirthday Deluxe 4 Today plug-in displays the
line «No events from «date1» to «date2»», where
«date1» is the date of the last
occurred event, «date2» is the date
of the following event (by the way, very convenient function). VBirthday Deluxe 4 gathers events from three sources: Thus, you have three ways how to keep your holidays. However, there are events which we keep in our bases,
but we don't want them to be reminded. For this situation in VBirthday Deluxe 4 the attribute of event «Included in reminder» can be stipulated. Simply switch off this attribute
(see below) and event will be remote from the list of reminder (however, it can
be returned in it any time). VBirthday Deluxe 4 stores the data in it's own VBDB format. The file is stored in «\My
documents\VBirthday\VBirthday.vbdb». You can copy the file or make backup copies by any possible means. VBirthday Deluxe 4 gathers events from three sources: Here are the necessary conditions that events from these sources
would be included in database: From Contacts database all contacts with the birthday or/and anniversary fields completed are selected. From Appointments database all events having the following attributes are selected: The Type of event (anniversary/birthday) is determined on the set of keywords indicated in browser options (Options->Anniversaries/Options->Birthdays).
If none of the keywords are found then the event is assigned the «other» type. There are situations when the same event, for example -
birthday, is registered in two databases at once in Contacts
database and in Appointments database. Unfortunately,
standard Outlook database does not contain the information
permitting unambiguously to connect such duplicated records. To eliminate
duplication in VBirthday Deluxe 4 the following searching algorithm is
applied. Entries in the
contacts database and appointment database are considered to be the same event if: To get access to options of VBirthday Deluxe 4 Today plug-in you need to do one of the following: Today plug-in options take two pages. You can find the following options on The First page: To open the the second page of today plug-in options select «More...» button on this page. The Second Today plug-in options page contains the following options: VBirthday Deluxe 4 Today plug-in shows only events collected by VBirthday Deluxe 4 Browser. Do not forget after installation VBirthday Deluxe 4
start VBirthday Deluxe 4 Browser that scans your databases
for birthdays, anniversaries and other happy days. To active the popup-menu, simply tap on today plug-in. The menu with the following sections will be opened: If you tap the displayed event in the today plug-in,
three more menu items will appear: The Options for the VBirthday Deluxe 4 Browser contain following tabs: Let us look at the tabs in detail: The «General» tab contains the following settings: «Birthday keywords» - add/delete keywords that will identify
events in the appointments database, if the subject of the event in the
appointments database contains one of these words then the event type will be
set to «Birthday». The «Display» tab has the following settings: The Example of operation of this option: the name «Bruce Walter Willis» will be shown in browser
as Bruce Willis, that does not reduce self descriptiveness (so it is clear who you are talking about), but allows to use small Pocket PC screen better. On this tab you can set which icons are to be used by the VBirthday Deluxe 4 by default. Simply press on the icon which you want to change and the icons choice window will open. Choose an icon and press «OK» button. VBirthday Deluxe 4 enables to use additional file with icons. The file should be GIF, JPEG or PNG format. Icons in the file should be ranged horizontally one by one. You can use several lines in one picture, but in this case you should use icons that have the same height as icons in your Pocket PC. VGA-screen models should have 32x32 icon size, the other models - 16x16 icon size. If the file with icons contains only one line, you can use "Scale icons to required size" special option. In this case if you, for example, have VGA Pocket PC and file with 16x16 icon size, VBirthday Deluxe 4 automatically scales icons to 32x32 size. You can see if the additional icons are in use in "Library info" field. There are three possible ways to open the event editing form: The form of editing has the following fields: If you want to delete some event you need to remove all sources of this event, that may be in Contacts database, Appointments database and VBirthday database. If the event needs to be taken away only from the reminding list, but not from the database, the best way is to use the «masked events» special feature. There are two ways to delete event: The dialog with the following items will be open: If you select «Mask this event», the event will be «masked». If you select «Primary delete event», the event will be permanently deleted from the indicated sources. The program enables to import/export events from/to VBirthday database. Import/Export uses comma-delimited (.CVS) format, that could be open by MS Excel. .CVS file format: (the fields are separated by «;») There are two variant of export: "Export all events" and "Export from own Database only". In the first case, all database events are exported. In the second case, only VBirthday events are exported (i.e. not imported from Contacts/Appointments Databases events). Select
"Tools->Export->Export all events" or "Tools->Export->Export from own DB only" from the main menu and choose the file to import data. The whole process is completely automated. The installation process is described in detail below. On the PC you start «VBirthdayDeluxe4Setup.exe» file. First it outputs the information about the program, then the license
agreement. If you agree with the license agreement, installation proceeds.
Necessary files will be copied on your Pocket PC. After that
the installation program will display a message
on the screen saying:
«Congratulations! VBirthday Deluxe 4 has been successfully installed on your Pocket PC unit.
Don't forget to read help! Thank you for using our programs! ©
Xoddy, Inc». This now means that the
installation process has successfully
completed. To close this window press «OK» button. If you want to read
help beforehand, press «Help» button in this window. To uninstall the program it is necessary to make the following: The activation is needed for the program to be continued after 15-days evaluation period. The Serial code is required for the activation. You can buy it at http://www.xoddy.com/. To start activation, the activation dialog should be opened. There are three ways to do it: While activating, the Activation Code is generated. It enables «VBirthday Deluxe 4 Browser» to function on your device. The activation includes the following steps: «VBirthday Deluxe 4 Browser» activation dialog has two ways of activation: This mode is intended to make the activation easier. If your PDA connected to the Internet (for example, you put it in cradle connected to the Desktop PC connected in tern to the Internet) , the program will automatically get the Activation Code for your PDA using your PDA Device ID and Serial Code you get while purchasing «VBirthday Deluxe 4». To activate the program in this mode you need the following: In this mode you need to get the Activation Code through our site «www.xoddy.com/activation.cgi». To activate the program in this mode you need the following: If there are some troubles with activation, please send e-mail to support@xoddy.com Q: I have duplicated records of the same event
A: Because this event is recorded in two bases (contacts and
calendar). For example, you have in contacts the record «Bruce Willis» with the filled field
«birthday: 05/19/1995». Outlook on your PC automatically creates record in calendar base
with filled field Subject: «Birthday Bruce Willis», date «05/19/1995»,
attributes «All day recurring» and «occurs yearly». VBirthday has the special mechanism for searching such dupes. To start
working this mechanism needs the keyword «Birthday» to be
included in the list of VBirthday Deluxe 4 Browser keywords (usually it is
necessary for non-English version of Outlook). To enter the keyword in the
list, it is necessary to start VBirthday Deluxe 4 Browser, go in
Options-> Events and add key field in necessary section (in birthday
or in anniversary). Q: I have some contacts that I don't want to be reminded. What should I do? A: for this purpose in VBirthday Deluxe 4 the special mechanism of
filtering is stipulated. If you want that VBirthday Deluxe 4 did
not remind of such events check on attribute «Masked»
in VBirthday Deluxe 4 Browser. Q: Where is the database stored? A: VBirthdayDeluxe4 stores the data in it's own VBDB format. The file is stored in \My documents\VBirthday\VBirthday.vbdb. You can copy the file or make backup copies by any possible means.VBirthday Deluxe 4 Help
VBirthday Deluxe 4 Overview
Collecting events
Contacts database
Appointments database (Calendar)
VBirthday Deluxe 4 Today plug-in options
VBirthday Deluxe 4 Today plug-in
VBirthday Deluxe 4 Browser options
General
Anniversary
«Anniversary keywords» - add/delete keywords that will identify events in the
appointments database, if the subject of the event in the appointments database
contains one of these words then the event type will be set to «Anniversary».
Birthday
Display
Icons
Files
Edit events
Delete events
Import/Export events
12/27/1948;"Depardieu, Gerard";"Gerard";"";"Depardieu";"";B;0;FALSE;FALSE
11/17/1944;"DeVito, Danny";"Danny";"";"DeVito";"";B;0;FALSE;FALSEImport:
To import events (in .CVS format) you need to select
Tools->Import menu item in VBirthday Browser. After the file selecting dialog appears select the file you want to import. Data import will be done then and the results will be shown (how many events are in the file and how many events are new in the current database).
Export:
Installation
Uninstalling VBirthday Deluxe 4
The whole process is completely automated.
Activation
Automatic activation mode:
Manual activation mode:
FAQ: