*** warning student at work ***

This is my first attempt at programming  using VX-REXX.  It is freeware
 and I will not be held responsible for any problems or satisfaction that it brings for
 you or your system.  When you execute this program it will run with the window being
invisible to you for 30 minutes. ( approx. )   At that point it will display a friendly ( I
hope ) message stating that you need to take a break.  I wrote this for myself 
because of all those long hours I spend in front of the PC not paying attention to
time( I hate those PC clocks running on the screen.  ).
   The buttons to be selected when this window becomes visible are: EXIT program
and HIDE window for another thirty minutes.  To display the window any other time,
just open the window list and double click on the REMIND.EXE program name. To
reset the delay and hide the window again, just click on "HIDE" .

This program uses a VX-REXX  dynamic link library vrobj.dll ( version 2.1b ). 
If you choose to use this do the following:

1. ) copy the vrobj.dll into the  (drive): \ OS2\DLL  directory ( or any library that is 
      defined to your LIBPATH statement in the config.sys file.  

   a) If you have VX-REXX (older version) or at least one of their DLL's and you 
         get an error message.  You can do one of two things:

      i) Put this  vrobj.dll into a  directory that is defined earlier in the LIBPATH 
         statement.
      ii) Rename  your existing file as vrobj.bak and then move  the vrobj.dll 
          contained within this zipped file into your (drive):\OS2\DLL directory. 
          I do believe that the later versions of  Watcom's DLL's are backwards
          compatiable. .  


     **NOTE**  remember to make backups of any files that you are working with
       such as:  config.sys and vrobj.dll before attempting to install/change  any software
       these  files.    

  2.)  Using the directions from the OS/2 manual, create a program object 
       with the REMIND.EXE file.  Place the  .ico,  .txt, .bmp and .exe  files in the same 
       directory.  HINT: If you do not care for the bitmap that I used, you can supply one
       ( or change them periodically ) by naming them the same as the base executable's
       file name.    i.e.  if  REMIND.EXE then bmp is REMIND.BMP.    I did not test alot of
       bitmaps using this, but the ones on my system seem fine.   

  3.)  Place a "shadow" of the program object in your startup folder, so you can
        continue to enjoy :)   those friendly reminders!  

 ** ASIDE **

         There is a beta version( 6 ) of the EPM editor that contains a toolbar and 
         some other nice features.  Its pretty stable and a nice step up from the 
          version 5s that I  have worked with. I found it on the following OS/2 
          BBS 703.385.4325  and the file name is, EPMBETA6.ZIP

    If you have any questions or comments, I can be reached on Compuserve as follows
      john garton    73474,2434 
