Dialogs


Find City

This dialog selects a new city from the database, and may be opened by tapping the Find City toolbar button or 'Find...' from the 'Cities' Menu.

First select the type of search using the pushbuttons to the left of the screen: All finds all cities in the database, Recent finds the last 10 selected cities, Country finds all cities in the same country as the current city, and the remaining buttons find all cities within the specified distance of the current city. Next select a city from the list on the right of screen (typing a graffiti character will move to cities beginning with that letter).

OK : Select the city in the map and city windows.

Cancel : Close the dialog without changing the selected city.


Edit City

This dialog facilitates entering new or editing existing city information.

To edit an existing city first select it in the City Window then select 'Edit Current...' from the 'Cities' Menu.

To add a new city select 'Add New...' from the 'Cities' Menu. The latitude, longitude, time zone and country will be automatically set to that of the currently selected city.

Name : Name of City

Country : Name of country containing city

Lat : Latitude in degrees and minutes

Long : Longitude in degrees and minutes

Timezone : Time zone for the city

OK : Save changes and exit

Cancel : Abandon any changes and exit


Interface Options

This dialog sets assorted preferences related to the user interface of Planet and is opened by selecting 'Interface...' from the 'Options' Menu.

Equator / Date Line / Prime Meridian : Whether these lines are displayed on the map window

Max Zoom : Maximum scale factor of the map window

Units : The units for displaying distances. Options are kilometers (km), miles (mi), and nautical miles (nm)

Tap Timebar : 'Menu' means tapping the time bar will open the menu bar. 'Date' means tapping the time bar will briefly show dates instead of times

Scroll : Behaviour of the scroll keys

Direction : Behaviour of the direction keys on a Palm 5 Way navigator

Select : Behaviour of the select key on a Palm 5 Way navigator

OK : Save changes and exit

Cancel : Abandon any changes and exit


Behaviour Options

This dialog sets assorted preferences related to the operation of Planet and is opened by selecting 'Behaviour...' from the 'Options' Menu.

Home City : The home city displayed in the Home Window

Time Zone of Palm Clock : Determines how Planet should derive GMT from the handheld clock. 'Fixed' assumes the handheld is set to the specified time zone. 'Home City' assumes the handheld is set to the same timezone as the home city. On PalmOS 4.0 and above 'Palm Prefs' means use the time zone specified in the Palm Preferences application.

Expand city on select : When checked the city window will automatically switch to expanded format when a new city is selected

Respond to Palm find : Planet will search for cities and countries in response to a Palm find operation. Note that Planet will not respond to a Palm find from outside the program unless registered

Wrap Zoom Selection : When checked zooming out at 1X scale will give 4X scale, and zooming in at 4X scale will give 1X scale

OK : Save changes and exit

Cancel : Abandon any changes and exit


Toolbar Options

This dialog selects five buttons for the toolbar and is opened by selecting 'Toolbar...' from the 'Options' Menu.

Button 1 - Button 5 : Select the button for each position in the toolbar. Button 1 is at the top, button 5 is at the bottom

OK: Save changes and exit

Cancel : Abandon any changes and exit


Info Window Options

This dialog selects the current info window and determines whether each type of info window can be selected using the 'Next Info Window' menu commmand. To open the Info Window Options select 'Info Windows...' from the 'Options' Menu.

Check each info window type to make it selectable. Select the current info window using the 'Current' drop down.

OK : Save changes and exit

Cancel : Abandon any changes and exit


Timer Info Window Options

This dialog configures up to five timers for displaying bar graphs in the Timer info window. To open this dialog tap the spanner icon on the Timer Info Window.

Name : Name of the timer. Timer will not be shown if name is blank

Start Date : Date on which the event being timed began

End Date : Date on which the event being timed will end

Left Arrow : Display settings for the previous timer

Right Arrow : Display settings for the next timer

OK : Save changes and exit

Cancel : Abandon any changes and exit