Chapter 6. Developer's Guide to KAlarm

KAlarm provides an interface to allow other applications to request the following functions:

Each of the above functions is implemented both by a DCOP call and by the command line. DCOP calls should be used in preference if KAlarm is already running.

DCOP interface

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cancelEvent - cancel an already scheduled alarm.
triggerEvent - trigger an already scheduled alarm.
handleEvent - trigger or cancel an already scheduled alarm.
scheduleMessage - schedule a new alarm message.
scheduleFile - schedule a new alarm which displays the contents of a text or image file.
scheduleCommand - schedule a new alarm which executes a shell command.
scheduleEmail - schedule a new alarm which sends an email.