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From: sce@runx.ips.oz (Simon Evans)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Patch for Smart Alarms - disables incessant beeping
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Date: Fri, 9-Oct-87 18:52:11 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct  9 18:52:11 1987
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Recently Brion Feinberg posted a patch to Smart Alarms that stopped
its "incessant beeping". I thought I'd point out a couple of things
that make this unnecessary (BTW Smart Alarms was developed in Australia,
here at JAM Software and is sold in USA by Imagine Software)
		1. Smart Alarms will not put up a reminder if the screen
		is dimmed by a screen saver.
		2. Smart Alarms will not put up a reminder if a dialog is
		the current front window.
Both these suggest methods of preventing incessant beeping if you
are not in front of your Mac - if you know that you will not
be at your mac for some time, put up a dialog (eg a FKEY, or a DA
that uses a dialog) before leaving the mac. Alternatively, install
a screen saver that automatically darkens the screen and then you
son't even need to remember to do something actively to prevent the incessant
beeping.
In either case, as soon as the screen saver or dialog is dismissed, the alarm 
will appear.

Note that the screen saver that installs itself as MacsBug and uses the
alternate screen will probably not work for this, as SA just checks if
an area of the menubar on the screen is dimmed - not the alternate screen.

I hope this helps. Any queries or complaints about JAM Software or Smart Alarms
may be posted to me here if you can't get an answer in the USA.

			Simon Evans.

Simon Evans 			 ISD: +61 2 953-7031 or +61 2 799-1888
JAM Software Pty Ltd	  	 STD:  (02) 953-7031 or  (02) 799-1888
27A Nowranie Street		 ACS: sce@runx.ips.oz
Summer Hill NSW  2130           UUCP: seismo!munnari!runx.ips.oz!sce
AUSTRALIA                       ARPA: munnari!runx.ips.oz!sce@SEISMO
Disclaimer: I work for JAM, I don't make any money from Smart Alarms.