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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