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  PearHoliday v.2.0

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Description

PearHoliday is a large database of the most popular holidays from all over the world. You can easily move from one country to another using friendly program interface and export holidays into MemoPad and DateBook. Besides there is a special section in program which includes only religious holidays so it is very comfortable to work with them. Most of holidays have descriptions so you can learn more about their history and features. Make a wonderful journey with PearHoliday!

System requirements

  • Supports all handhelds running Palm OS 4.0 or later.

  • Supports Standard (160x160), Hi-Res (320x320), Hi-Res Plus Portrait (320x480) and Landscape (480x320) mode displays.

  • Supports 1/2/4/8/16-bit displays.

Installation

To install this application you should synchronize "PearHoliday.prc", using your hotsync program and then launch it.

 

General

At first you should select the year, country and religion. Then the list of holidays which are respondent to these settings will appear. In Demo version of the program holidays of 2008 year are only available. To get holidays up to 2015 year, you should purchase the program.

Main window


      The main program window shows a list of holidays. You can sort this list in three orders: by Date, by Name (alphabetically) and by Remain days (this option shows how much days remain until the holiday). To sort holidays you should tap this and you'll see this list:

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Choose option you prefer.

If you want to make group selection of the holidays, you should tap this and you'll see this list:

If you want to change the year for which holidays are shown you should tap this:    

There are also two arrows at the bottom of the window, use them to scroll the holidays.

 

Year selection

      You can change the year for which the holidays are shown by selecting it in the popup list.

 

Country or/and Religion selection

     

You can choose both Country and Religion or only one category. If you don't want to select one of the categories, choose None.

 

Exporting into Memo (Memos) and DateBook (Calendar)

      You can export holidays into Memo for more comfortable reading and into DateBook where you can set alarm to each holiday.

Before holidays export you should tap the check buttons which are in the left side of holidays' names. If you want to make group selection you can use this button. Then you should tap Install button and you'll see Install holidays window. You can select in it where holidays will be exported (in Memo or DateBook or in both places), simply check the necessary button. Then tap the Save button. Now al the selected holidays are installed and they are marked with yellow color. If you want to remove these holidays from Memo and DateBook select them again and then tap the Remove button.

 

View Holiday Description

      After tapping holiday name in the list of the main window you'll see the window with its description. You can move to another holiday by tapping arrows in the top right corner of the window.

 

View Holiday Date

      After tapping holiday date in the list of the main window you'll see the window with detailed information about its date.

 

Creation and Editing Countries

     

After tapping Edit Countries item in the system menu you'll see the Edit Countries window. There are four buttons in it:

Ok - this button will return you to the main window

New - after tapping this button a dialog window will appear in which you should input the name of the new country, you want to create

Edit - this button will help you to edit the name of the selected country

Delete - tap this one if you want to delete the country.

Note: Religions can't be edited or deleted!

 

 

Creation and Editing Holidays

     

After tapping Edit Holidays item in the system menu you'll see the Edit Holidays window. You should choose country or religion in which you want to edit or to create holidays, then you'll see the list of holidays sorted alphabetically. There are four buttons in the window:

Ok - this button will return you to the main window

New - after tapping this button a dialog window will appear in which you should input the information which is necessary for holiday creation

Edit - this button will help you to edit the holiday

Delete - tap this one if you want to delete the holiday.

Note: You can select only one category: country or religion to edit!

 

Edit Holiday window

Fixed Holiday

Day Relation Holiday

Easter Relation Holiday

     

After tapping the New/Edit button in Edit Holidays window you'll see Edit Holiday window. Here you can create holidays of three types as you see in screenshot. They are: Fixed, Day Relation, Easter Relation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed Holidays: The holiday belongs to the Fixed type if it is celebrated at the same date every year. In the line Really you can set holiday frequency. It can be a holiday For all years (the holiday repeats every year) or Fixed year (the holiday is celebrated only once). In the lines Day and Month you should set the date of the holiday.

Example: the 12th of February (President Lincoln's Birthday)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day Relation Holidays: These holidays are attached to the day of the week. They are not bound with definite date. In the line Month you should set the month when the holiday is celebrated. In the lines Day of week and Every you should set the day (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday...) and the week number (First, Second, Third...) in the month (number of the week when this day lies) when holiday comes.

Example: Fourth Sunday of November (Advent)

 

 

 

 

 

Easter Relation Holidays:  These holidays are attached to the number of days before Easter or after it. In the line Religion Type you can set two parameters: Easter or Orthodox Easter. Then in the line Status you should set how this holiday is celebrated before Easter or after Easter. The line Through days helps you to set how much days before or after Easter this holiday lies.

Example: 1 day after Easter (Easter Monday)

Besides in Edit Holiday window you can see such button as Edit Descr., after tapping it you'll see the Edit Description window. You can edit the description or create new one there.

 

 

 

System menu

      There are three items in the program system menu:

Edit Countries - to open the Edit Countries window

Edit Holidays - to open the Edit Holidays window

Uninstall PearHoliday - to remove completely all the information that was installed into Memo (Memos) and DateBook (Calendar)

Registration - to open the Registration window if you want to input the code you have got after purchase

About PearHoliday - to open About window which will tell you information about the program Developers.

 

About

      About window shows support email, you should write there if you get any difficulties in program usage. Information about Product Homepage is also in this window. You can open this window tapping About PearHoliday item in the system menu.

 

Registration

       

You can purchase the application here:  http://www.pearmobile.com/

Once you purchase PearHoliday the registration code will be send to you by email. After you receive the code you should enter it in the Registration window. To open this window, you should tap Registration item in the system menu.

 

Note! All minor updates are free of charge for registered customers!

 

Free usage of PearHoliday is limited by 14 days.

You can purchase it here:
http://www.pearmobile.com/

Product Homepage:
http://www.pearmobile.com/

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