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- **** DAYS TO ****
- (Ver. 2.4)
-
- DAYS TO ver. 2.x is the QuickBASIC version of the initial
- BASIC program called DAYS.BAS or the compiled form DAYS.EXE. It adds
- another floating holiday (Memorial Day) and fixes a couple of minor
- bugs in DAYS. Version 2.1 fixed a bug in ver. 2.0 which caused
- the "days to end of summer" to be negative if the date in September
- were after the 22nd. Version 2.2 added an enhanced display; version
- 2.3 adds the number of days since the beginning of the year to the
- display and changes the date display format. Version 2.4 adds
- configurability so the user can select the mode of termination.
-
- DAYS TO is a program which is designed to be used in your
- AUTOEXEC.BAT file. The purpose of DAYS TO is to provide you, upon
- boot-up, with today's date as well as the number of days remaining
- to the next holiday. The number of days until Christmas is also
- provided (so you can start shopping early!). If the current date
- is a holiday, it will greet you with the appropriate message.
-
- To run, simply type DAYSTO at the DOS prompt. Edit your
- AUTOEXEC.BAT file to include DAYSTO in order to be greeted daily with
- the upcoming holiday message. DAYS TO also accounts for the "floating"
- holidays, Memorial Day, Labor Day and Thanksgiving.
-
-
- CONFIGURATION
- When the program is run for the first time, you will be
- asked to select one of three options which, when selected, will
- be written to a configuration file, DAYSTO.CFG. The options
- allow you to select the mode of program termination.
- Selecting option 1 causes the program to prompt you to
- press enter after the run is complete. This option can be used if
- you would like plenty of time to read the information before
- proceding. The drawback is that it requires user interaction before
- your autoexec.bat file can continue. The second option inserts a
- 5-second delay at termination to give you time to read the information
- onscreen before autoexec.bat resumes. The third option causes the
- program to terminate immediately with no pause.
-
- COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
- To change your configuration file, delete DAYSTO.CFG at
- the DOS prompt and run the program again. If the program
- terminates improperly, it may be because the DAYSTO.CFG file has
- been corrupted. Simply delete it and re-run DAYSTO.EXE. To
- delete the configuration file, simply go into DOS (black screen
- with flashing prompt) and type: DEL DAYSTO.CFG Be careful NOT
- to delete the DAYSTO.EXE program file.
- You can also override the configuration by typing a 1, 2,
- or 3 after the filename on the command line. For example:
-
- DAYSTO 2 (No delimiters)
-
- In this example the program will terminate after a 5-second delay
- regardless of what the configuration file says. You can eliminate
- the need of having a configuration file by using the command
- line argument on your first and each successive run of the program.
-
-
- This program is Shareware. If you use it, you must register
- it with the author--Jerry Wilson. Send $10 to:
-
- Jerry Wilson
- P.O. Box 73
- Edinburgh, IN 46124
-
- Registered users will receive future updates, the QuickBASIC
- source code, plus additional programs from the author.
- Also, if you register, you may include the names and birthdates
- of up to four people. I will modify the code to include a Happy Birthday
- message on their birthday!
-