SelectAll V1.0    for NOS2 only
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Function:

This extension adds an item to the routingbutton when
you are in the overview mode of Names, Calls or Notes.

This item lets you select all entries in the active folder.
Also the entries you do not see (eg if you have more then
8 notes in a folder, you will only see 8 in overview -
portrait mode), but maybe 120 entries are selected.

When tapping the routingbutton in the overview mode an
item in the form "Select 1 entry" or "Select 54 entries"
will be visible in the picklist. The number will indicate
the total number of entries in that folder.

If a folder is empty (as is possible in Names), either a
notification will pop up or eg "Beam My Card" shows, but
not the SelectAll option.

For the technically unchallenged:

This extension normally selects all entries in a folder. If
this is giving you memory problems when doing DELETE or
DUPLICATE, you can limit the number of selections.

This needs to be done with a seperate package: SelectAllPrefs:Gert

This package install a preference for Select All in the built in
Preferences application.

Here you can give a number between 0 and 9999. By default this value
is 0, which means "no limits". You can give other values like 56 or
189 by picking the appropriate digits.

If you set the value to 50, and you have less entries in a folder,
the item in the routingbutton list will look like
"Select 45 entries". If, on the other hand , there are 65 entries
in that folder, you would see "Select 50 of 65 entries".

There is also a reset button.

SelectAll does NOT need the preferences-package to be installed to
work. If you are happy with always selecting all entries, then just
install SelectAll. If you plan to change the maximum number of
selections, then also install SelectAllPrefs.

SelectAll should be installed in the internal store.
SelectAllPrefs can be installed on a card.


!! This is freeware. !!

This also means that any damage resulting from it's use is
your own responsibility. I will NOT be held accountable for
it.

You are allowed to give this package to your friends,
distribute it via electronic means of any kind. If it is
included in a commercial product (eg collection CD or something
of the sort), then contact me. This is my New Years gift to the
Newton community. I would be gratefull if anyone would post
this package and readme file on AMUG, since I keep getting
problems FTP'ing to it. If you do, just send me a mail to
inform me that you did so.

Acknowledgements

This package was built with Steve Weyer's NewtEnvDev, the best
native Newtonscript compiler around ! It was transferred to PC
using TOSS 1a (also by Steve). For questions about Steve's
design tools, send a mail to weyers@netaxs.com or have a look at

http://www.netaxs.com/~weyer/newton/

I would like to thank Sean O'Shaughnessey for asking questions
about the previous version of SelectAll (a button for the Names
statusbar - limited to visible entries though). It made me rethink
this code, and he also beta-tested the new stuff.


Have fun !

Gert Sanders
100612.1053@compuserve.com


in this ZIP file:

- README.TXT		This file
- CHECKALL.PKG		The SelectAll:Gert package
- CHECKPRF.PKG		The SelectAllPrefs:Gert package
- Checkall.bit		Source for bitmap, Slurpee format
- Checkall.nic		Source for bitmap, NEWTICON format
- Checkall.nwt		Source for SelectAll:Gert package
- Checkprf.nwt		Source for SelectAllPrefs:Gert package
- Packtype		For Mac users

For Macintosh users:

You wil need to run Packtype on the pkg-files so that NBU can recognise
them. Packtype is included in this archive.