I use a pScript to automatically move tasks due today from the Memo Pad into MindManager Mobile. The important thing about this pScript is that it not only automatically copies the task from the Memo Pad, deletes the Memo Pad note that contained it, and copies it into MindManager Mobile, but it even moves it into the correct branch of the MindManager Mobile mind map based on the context of the task. Without this type of automation, it would be far too tedious for me to utilize this technique for managing my day's activities.

Should I use pScripting?
If you find yourself performing the same multi-step tasks each day on your Palm handheld and wish that somehow it was smart enough to do this routine work itself, then pScripting may be just what you need. Even if you've never written any type of computer program before, if you start slowly you can master enough of pScripting to make it very valuable to you quite quickly.

Where can I get more pScripting information and support?
A huge help in learning how to create your own pScripts is the excellent support available on the Internet. First, there's a Yahoo Groups mailing list devoted to using pScripting. It's available at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peditors/. Novices as well as experts regularly participate in this mailing list, and the experts are happy to answer beginners' questions on pScripting.

Second, there's a Web site devoted to pScripting. It's located at http://peditors.com. It contains tutorials on using pScripting as well as example pScripts.

How about documentation?
The documentation is quite good. Almost half of the peditPro manual is devoted to pScripting. Every single feature of the scripting language is discussed in detail with lots of examples being used. Using the manual and the supplementary material discussed above, just about anyone should be able to pick up the pScripting language.

Conclusion
Installing LapTopHack and peditPro together on your Palm handheld will enable you to utilize a very powerful scripting language, pScripting, to automate almost any Palm OS operation you regularly perform. The full use of this very powerful tool is limited only by your imagination. Good documentation and a wealth of supporting material should enable just about anyone with an interest in automating activities on their Palm OS device to utilize pScripting.

Steve Niles is Senior Editor for ZATZ Publishing. He is also an independent filmmaker and freelance writer. For more information, visit http://www.sn-films.com.