Apple Newton Programmer’s Newton 2.0 (for Newton 2.0) - Manual (Page 21)

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Using Alerts and Alarms 17-11
Using the Notify Method to Display User Alerts 17-11
Creating Alarms 17-11
Obtaining Information about Alarms 17-12
Retrieving Alarm Keys 17-12
Removing Installed Alarms 17-13
Common Problems With Alarms 17-13
Using the Periodic Alarm Editor 17-14
Using Progress Indicators 17-15
Using the Automatic Busy Cursor 17-15
Using the Notify Icon 17-15
Using the DoProgress Function 17-16
Using DoProgress or Creating Your Own
protoStatusTemplate 17-18
Using protoStatusTemplate Views 17-18
Using the Power Registry 17-24
Registering Power-On Functions 17-24
Registering Login Screen Functions 17-25
Registering Power-Off Functions 17-25
Using the Battery Information Functions 17-26
Summary of Additional System Services 17-27
Undo 17-27
Idlers 17-27
Notification and Alarms 17-27
Reporting Progress 17-28
Power Registry 17-29
Chapter 18 Intelligent Assistant 18-1
About the Assistant 18-1
Introduction 18-1
Input Strings 18-2
No Verb in Input String 18-2
Ambiguous or Missing Information 18-4
The Task Slip 18-4
Programmer’s Overview 18-5
Matching Words With Templates 18-8
The Signature and PreConditions Slots 18-10