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Overview
Events and tasks can be set up to display a
popup reminder window.
To enable a popup reminder, check the "Show a popup reminder"
box in the list of available actions on the
Event Editor window.
This will allow the popup reminder options to be viewed or
modified as described below.
Before Event Start / Before Task Due
- You can specify the amount of time before the event or
task that
the popup reminder window should be first displayed.
- The value can be typed in or selected from a drop-down
list. When typing in a value, the number must come
first, followed by a space and then the unit of time (minutes,
hours, days, weeks, or months). Example: "1.5
hours".
Show a Picture
- If you would like a picture to be included in the
popup reminder window,
check the "Show a picture" box and then select a picture to
be included.
- The path to the picture can either be typed in, or you
can select the "..." button to browse for a picture.
- You can click the drop-down arrow to access a list of
recently used pictures.
- Note that when a picture is displayed, you can also
include music with the reminder, but not a video or web
page.
Play Media
- If you would like a wav file, song, or video to play in the
popup reminder window, check the "Play media" box and then select a media file to be included.
- The path to the media can either be typed in, or you
can select the "..." button to browse for a media
file.
- If you'd like the media playback to repeat until the
reminder is dismissed or snoozed, check the "Repeat" box.
Otherwise, uncheck it for the media to play only once.
- You can click the drop-down arrow to access a list of
recently used media files.
- Supported audio file types end with extensions wav, mp3,
and wma.
- Supported video file types end with extensions wmv and
mpg.
- Note that when a video is selected to display with the
reminder, you will be unable to also select a picture or web
page.
Display Web Page
- If you would like to include a web page in the
popup
reminder window, check the "Display web page" box and then
select a URL to be included.
- The URL can either be typed in, or you can select the
"..." button to browse to your Favorites.
- You can click the drop-down arrow to access a list of
recently used URLs.
- Note that when a web page is selected to display with
the reminder, you will be unable to also select a picture or
media file.
Show the Event Description / Show the
Task Details
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If you would like to include the
event description or task details in the popup reminder
window, check the "Show the event description" or "Show the
task details" box.
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For events, the text, links, and
pictures entered on the Description tab of the
Event Editor will be
included in the
popup
reminder window.
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For tasks, the text, links, and
pictures entered on the Details tab of the
Task Editor will be
included in the
popup
reminder window.
Reminder Sharing
Reminder sharing options will be displayed if the event
belongs to a calendar that is published. These options allow you
to choose whether calendar subscribers will see the reminder.
You can also choose to not have the reminder shown to yourself.
Note, these settings will only affect calendar subscribers that
are using VueMinder 4.1.0 or later. Also, reminder sharing is
only available for events, not tasks.
- Use the 'Show reminder to myself' checkbox to
control whether you want to see a reminder for this event.
For example, if the event is being delegated to a calendar
subscriber, you might not want to see a reminder for it.
- Use the 'Share reminder with calendar subscribers'
checkbox to cause calendar subscribers to see the reminder.
When checked, two additional options will be displayed for
tailoring which subscribers will see the reminder.
- To show the reminder to all calendar subscribers, select
the aptly named 'Show reminder to all subscribers' option.
- To show the reminder to certain subscribers based on
their Windows user login name, select the 'Show reminder to
user names' option. A text box will be displayed where the
user names can be entered. Separate the user names with
spaces or commas.
Preview
- You can preview what the
popup reminder window will look like by clicking the Preview button.
- You can use the preview to test that your media files
will play or that the web page URL has been correctly
entered.
- An example preview is shown below. In this
example, a picture and song were selected for the reminder.
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