Find Ignore Hack is a small HackMaster extension program for the Palm Computing Platform. It allows you to specify programs on your Palm device that will not be searched using the global Find utility.
This can be useful in four different ways:
- Reduce Searching Time
- If you have some large databases on your Palm that you do not need searched, then excluding them with Find Ignore Hack will greatly speed your searches.
- Reduce Clutter
If you do not use some of the built-in applications, such as Mail or Expense, you can exclude these applications from your searches and prevent their headers from cluttering up your search results screen.
- Eliminate Duplicate Searches
If you use certain 3rd-party replacements for the built-in Palm applications, such as DateBk3, then a global Find will search the built-in database twice: once with the built-in application, and once with your 3rd-party replacement. Excluding the built-in application with Find Ignore Hack will avoid this duplication.
- Bypass Program Bugs
Sometimes you will find a 3rd-party application that, while useful, has a bug in it that can cause crashing when responding to the Find command. Excluding this program using Find Ignore Hack allows you to keep using the program without giving up the Find functionality for other programs.
