Topic Buttons WIndow
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Welcome to Buttons-PIM !


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I have written the 'BUTTONS Program Suite' for my fellow Senior Citizens ,
BUTTONS (FAVS , PIM and SORT) .
In my programs you will find only BUTTONS...
NO MORE searching thru endless arrays of drop-down menus .
Keeping it simple , intuitive and hugely useful , is my goal .

Buttons-PIM is actually two programs , PimClip which runs in stealth mode collecting information , and PimFind which is the Search Engine portion of the Buttons-PIM Suite . Buttons-PIM Suite is a powerful , easy to use , Clipboard based 'Personal Information Manager' (pim) . PimClip builds a freeform information database of text files , and PimFind is a fast 'Search & Display Engine' .
See also : PimFind-Help.html

PimClip is always watching the Clipboard .

Whenever the user 'Copies-Text' to the Clipboard , PimClip opens up a 'Topic Buttons Window' . The user can optionally click the 'CANCEL COPY' Button . OR , the user can click on a Topic Button ; this tells PimClip which Topic to save this 'Copied-Text' into . In this sense a Topic is like a File Folder .

PimClip comes with default Topic-Button-Names .
But You should Add , Change or Delete your own Topic-Button-Names .

Click on the Edit Topic List Button to open up the TopicsBtnList.txt File .
Save the file , and then ReStart PimClip program .
At program ReStart and StartUp , PimClip configures the Topic Buttons Window' based on this 'TopicsBtnList.txt' File .
I recommend keeping your 'Topic Button Names' in alphabetical order (easier to find) , one 'Button Name' per line .

Special Search Buttons

PlmLog is programmed to look for three 'Special Search Button Names' ,
' BibleSearch , BING , and Google ' . If you create Buttons with one or more of these names , and click on one of these Button Names , PimClip will open up a webPage with that ' Search Engine's ' results , and Save your search args under that "Topic Button Name" . I find this feature very useful .

Another useful Topic Button name is LAUNCH . You can create Windows ShortCuts in this same Folder . If you Copy the name of a ShortCut , and then Click the LAUNCH button , PimClip will Launch that ShortCut .

PimClip is typically started up at Windows Startup time , by putting a shortcut to PimClip.exe into the Windows StartUp Folder . Typically here :
"C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" .

PimClip/PimFind are downloaded as a single .zip file named PimClip.zip which contains the following files :

File: PimClip-Help.html : Which is the file you are now reading .
File: PimClip.exe The PimClip executable program itself .
File: PimFind.exe The PimFind executable program itself .
File: TopicsBtnList.txt Contains a list of User created Topic Buttons .
File: PimClip_PimFind-Images.html Contains screenShot images .
Files the PimClip files (named like this '2020-04-17.txt' , one File for each day) .
Files: PimFind also creates files and saves the most rescent for each type of FIND request .
File: 2020-04-17.txt : This file is provided for testing out the PimFind program .
       It contains some examples under the Button Name GUITAR .
File: Listings.txt Contains a list of selected file names from the most recent FIND request .
File: CollectedTopicHits.txt Contains results of last Search/Find request , sorted in descending order .



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Getting Started : Here is a rundown of program Buttons and what they do :

Start-Up Screen :

Run Stealth Mode   PimClip can run in visible mode , or hidden (Stealth Mode) .
A Single-Left-Click on this Button , causes PimClip to be removed from the desktop , and hides it in the TaskTray .
To make PimClip visible again , Left-Double-click on PimClip's Icon in the TaskTray .

Find   A Single-Left-Click on this Button , opens up the PimFind program .
'PimFind How-to' can be found here : PimFind-Help.html

Exit   A Single-Left-Click on this Button , causes PimClip to stop running (End of Program) .

Help   A Single-Left-Click on this Button , will open up PimClip-Help.html file in your default Browser .

Restart PimClip   A Single-Left-Click on this Button , will close the current PimClip program and re-Start it .
This feature is useful , if you want to 'Add or Edit' the Buttons on PimClip's "Topics List Screen" .

Topics List Screen :

There are two places where you can turn On/Off the "Prompt for Topics List Screen" Check-Box      . One is on the "Start-Up Screen" , and the other is on the "Topics List Screen" .
Whenever you do a Windows Copytext function (ie., "Select-Text" , Cntrl-C) , PimClip will prePend a Topic (ie., Button-Name) to your "Copied-Text , according to which "Topic Button" you clicked .

If the "Prompt for Topics List Screen" is Checked , then PimClip will popUp the "Topics List Screen" to allow you to Click on a Topic Button . Then whenever you do a 'Windows "Copy-Text" function' , up pops the 'Topics List Screen' .

If "Prompt for Topics List Screen" is NOT Checked , then PimClip will NOT display the "Topics List Screen" .

When the "Topic List Screen" pops-up , You then have several options :
1) Left-Click on one of the 'Topic Buttons' .
2) Left-Click the CANCEL COPY   Button , (perhaps you changed your mind about the Copy) .
An easier way to [CANCEL COPY] (versus moving the cursor , then clicking on [CANCEL COPY] button) is to simply Press the Enter-Key . This will also [Cancel Copy] .
3) OR my favorite: You can Enter a Topic-Description and then Left-Click on one of the 'Topic Buttons' . This will cause PimClip to prePend your typed "Topic-Description" , onto your CopiedText . Personally , I use this for example , for keeping Bible study notes . I do a Windows Copy-Text for a given verse . Then I prePend the Book name I am copying from .

Another useful feature of PimClip is that it can SPEAK the Copied-Text . Just click on the SPEAK Button . PimClip then Saves the spoken text with a prePend of ~~SPEAK~~ .

On occasion you may want to Change the 'Topics List Screen' (Perhaps Add or Remove Topic-Buttons ) . Simply Left-Click Edit Topic List   . This will open the TopicsBtnList.txt File for Editing .
Remember that The 'Topic Butons' will display on the 'Topics List Screen' in exactly the same order as they are placed in the TopicsBtnList.txt  file .
I recommend setting them up in alphabetical order (one 'Button Name' per line) .
Remember that After you have Edited and saved   the ' TopicsBtnList.txt ' , you need to Left-Click Restart PimClip   Button (on the "Start-Up Screen") to show these new ' Topics Button ' changes .



Download / Install

Download PimClip.zip from sourceforge.net
Install Instructions:
Once you have downloaded PimClip.zip  , you can unzip/install it anywhere .
PimClip/PimFind are totally 'portable' , they do not alter the Registry .
For simplicity and ease of access , I planted it here: "C:\Buttons\PimClip" .
If you have questions about ' PimClip/PimFind ' and/or PureBasic , Contact me (vmars316) at the ' purebasic.fr/english/index.php ' or at the ' portablefreeware.com/forums/ ' .

Happy Trails :)