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The actual examen can be found at http://www.ccel.org/ccel/ignatius/exercises.xii.iii.html
Here it is in its simplicity.
METHOD FOR MAKING THE GENERAL EXAMEN
It contains in it five Points.
First Point. The first Point is to give thanks to God our Lord for the benefits received.
Second Point. The second, to ask grace to know our sins and cast them out.
Third Point. The third, to ask account of our soul from the hour that we rose up to the present Examen, hour by hour, or period by period: and first as to thoughts, and then as to words, and then as to acts, in the same order as was mentioned in the Particular Examen.
Fourth Point. The fourth, to ask pardon of God our Lord for the faults.
Fifth Point. The fifth, to purpose amendment with His grace.
Our Father.
This is part of the Ignatian 30 day retreat. It is one method of completing the examen which is one of the first steps of Night prayer, (in the Divine Office, also called the prayer of the Church, from the Breviary). It is recommended to be taken daily for 15 minutes.
THE PROGRAM
The idea is to have a computer program that will remind someone to take the examen and then as a tool to write their examen down, this can greatly aid the person to reflect and work out what is going on within their soul and help them discern God's will in their life.