MegaHolidays 4.2
 
Megasoft2000 Ltd.
Palm OS Software Division (PSD).


Description
    Now all the holidays up to 2015 are available on your PDA!

    There is a fair chance you waste your time if you happen to be in a foreign country on business during local or national holidays. MegaHolidays program will let you effectively schedule your trip to any country of the world. This application will remind you of the upcoming holidays, and what's more, it will let you enhance your cultural awareness by researching the origin of a holiday and comparing it to other holiday customs of the world. You can also add any selected holiday to Date Book for further reminder, or export the necessary holiday information into your Memo Pad for reference.

    MegaHolidays includes:
     
  • Holidays and memorable events schedule up to 2015
  • 18 religions holidays (Christian, Islamic, Jewish, Orthodox, ...)
  • 469 countries (states, areas, regions, districts) holidays (America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia)
  • Over 4400 holidays
  • Over 2700 unique holidays

System requirements
     
  • Supports all handhelds running Palm OS 5.0 or greater
  • Supports Hi-Res (320x320), Hi-Res+ (320x480) and Landscape (480x320) displays
  • Supports 16-bit color displays.

Installation
    To install this program you should synchronize MegaHolidays.prc to your device. Files can be installed by using the Desktop S/W or just any other application.

Main window
     
    To start your work, you sould select:

  • Year
  • Country
  • Religion

    The figure on your left displays the example of the joint representation of all Christian holidays and the USA holidays in 2006. If you require the USA holidays only, select "None" in the "Religion" bar. If you require displaying Christian holidays only, you should select "None" in the "Countries" bar correspondingly. In this way you can simultaneously display one country and one religion information.

    For more detailed holiday examination press any holyday. Please note that not all holidays have descriptions, but you can always add your own description to any holiday.

    If you touch the date of the holiday, in the window appeared you can see the more convenient format of date displaying.

Interface elements


      - When pressing this button there appears the menu:

      , that enables you to select holidays for installing and uninstalling.
      - This column enables you to sort the displayed holidays according to the date or the number of the days left/passed:

       

To install holidays
     
    Select Year/Country/Religion, tick the checkboxes of those holidays that you want to install (the checkboxes are on the left of each holiday). Press the "Install" button. The following window will appear on the screen.

    Select the desired adjustments and press the "Install" button.

    To perform group operations with holidays, it is recommended to use the button, as this button will save your time to install and uninstall a big number of holidays.

     
    Please pay your attention that all installed holidays are marked with the special symbol "" on the left of the holiday. The nearest holiday is marked with the bold type.

View holidays
     
    The MegaHolidays program enables you not only to add holidays into "Date Book" (Calendar) and export them into "Memo Pad" (Memos). You can also read and study practically all universal and religious holidays. To do this, select the desired country/religion and press the required holiday title. In the lower part of the screen you will see the date information of the selected holiday. To view the further holiday in the selected country/religion, use control.

    To return to the main window, press the "Ok" button.

Today Holidays
     
    This service enables you to find out what holidays are being celebrated in any part of the world today. The current holidays are displayed on default. To study and analyze other days’ holidays, just set a different date. The built-in filtering (All, Countries, Religions) enables you to narrow the search and study list.

    So, select the date, set the desired filter and select the checkboxes of the desired countries and/or religions.


     
    To select all countries and /or religions at a time, use the "Select All" and "Deselect All" options.


     
    After the "View" button is pressed, the holidays of the selected countries and religions will be displayed for the specific date.

    - This icon indicates a holiday belonging to a country

    - This icon indicated a holiday belonging to a religion

    - This icon indicated description availability.


     
    For more detailed examination press the icon (if available).

Menu - Table
     
    Select not installed - Set the checkboxes for all holidays not installed.
    Select all - Set the checkboxes for all holidays.
    Deselect all - Delete all checkboxes.
    Switch last column - Change the displaying of information in the last (right) column.

Menu - Tools
     
    Install holidays – Install all holidays marked with the checkboxes.
    Remove holidays – Deinstall all holidays.

Menu - Edit
     
    Edit Holidays - Add new holidays and edit all the holidays in the base.
    Edit Countries - Add new countries and edit all the countries in the base.
    Edit Religions - Add new religions and edit all the religions in the base.

Menu - Options
     
    Registration - MegaHolidays Registration Window.
    About - Information about the program developers.

Edit holidays
    Press the Edit holidays item:



    Select the country, e.g. the "USA"



    Select the holiday that you want to edit, e.g. the "New Year", and press the "Edit" button.



    In the window appeared, you can correct the entire information about the selected holiday.

Registration
    How can you buy and register MegaHolidays?

    You can buy this application at: http://www.palmgear.com

    Once you have purchased MegaHolidays you will be e-mailed the registration code that you should enter in the Menu/Option/Registration.

    Note! All updates are free of charge for registered customers!

    All the holidays in 2006 are available to make free examination of the program.



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