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- FlWorld - Multiple world clocks
- (C) 1997, 2001 David Rushall
- Charityware. All rights reserved.
-
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- INTRODUCTION
-
- FlWorld is an alternative interface for the world time
- functions of the built-in Time application.
-
- Features include...
-
- o Display current time in up to six cities chosen
- from the Time application's database.
-
- o World time-zone map with areas of day and night.
-
- o Photo-realistic moon-phase display.
-
- o Time zone calculator, with alarm feature.
-
- o Automatic summer time (DST) checking.
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- CHARITYWARE
-
- FlWorld is Charityware; free to download and use, for an
- indefinite period, but if you like it you are invited to
- make a small donation to a charity of your choice. See
- online help within the application for more information.
-
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- INSTALLATION
-
- IMPORTANT NOTE
- If you are upgrading from a version of FlWorld prior
- to version 4.0, your existing FlWorld settings
- documents will be automatically upgraded when you
- open them. However, attempting to load the new
- documents in an older version of FlWorld may not
- work.
-
- To install this software on your machine:
-
- 1) Close ALL applications on your EPOC device.
-
- If you do not close all applications before
- installing the SIS package in the next step,
- you may have problems with OPM versions later.
-
- 2) Install the main application SIS file:
-
- FlWorld.sis
-
- 3) If you wish to try the supplied sample FlWorld
- document files, copy them into any document folder
- on your machine. The samples are contained in
- "samples.zip" and named as follows:
-
- Africa
- Americas
- Asia
- Australasia
- Europe
- MiddleEast
- USA
-
- See below for more information about these samples.
-
- 4) Finally, look in the "Extras" draw on the machine
- for the new "FlWorld" icon, in the normal manner.
-
- NOTES:
-
- * Please consult the manuals for your device for
- details of installing applications packaged in SIS
- files. You will require a PC or Mac running your
- EPOC connect software (i.e. PsiWin 2 or equivalent)
- or the "Add/Remove" icon on the control panel of
- your EPOC device. Double-clicking on the SIS file
- either on the EPOC device or on the PC/Mac connected
- to the EPOC device should do the trick.
-
- * The supplied OPXs are for ARM-based machines, such
- as the Series 5, Revo, Osaris, Geofox 1, Series 5mx,
- Series 7, etc. If you wish to run this application
- on the Windows EPOC emulator then please contact the
- respective OPX authors, Symbian Ltd and Neuon (web
- addresses below), for the appropriate versions.
-
- * OPXs are special resources that may be shared by
- many different applications on the EPOC device. If
- these applications do not deliver the OPXs correctly
- in the standard SIS files, they may cause problems
- with other applications when they are installed, or
- even uninstalled. If you find that this application
- fails to start after installing or uninstalling
- another application, perhaps reporting a missing or
- invalid OPX file, please try reinstalling this
- application using the instructions above. This
- should correct the problem.
-
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- UNINSTALLING
-
- If you have finished with this software you can remove
- the application as follows:
-
- 1) Make sure the FlWorld application is not running.
-
- 2) Delete any saved FlWorld settings documents that
- you no longer require.
-
- 3) Using the "Add/Remove" icon on the EPOC control
- panel, remove the "FlWorld" application.
-
- After you have completed these steps, FlWorld will have
- been removed from your machine's memory and "Extras" bar.
-
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- BASIC USE
-
- FlWorld is simple to use. The display consists of up to
- six clocks, displaying the time in different cities.
- Up to five displays are available:
-
- Wall clocks
- Displays one or two rows of clocks with additional
- information for each city.
-
- World map
- A map outlines the time zones of the world, the
- location of the currently selected city and
- (optionally) the areas of the world currently in
- darkness. When screen area allows, the area under
- the map shows the time and details of the currently
- selected city and the current phase of the moon.
- A column of smaller clocks for each city configured
- appears to the left of the screen.
-
- Large clock
- A version of the World map display with a larger
- clock for the selected city.
- Note: This display is not available on large screen
- devices as the standard World map display includes
- a large clock, anyway.
-
- Armillary sundials
- A timeline display, representing the scales of
- armillary sundials. The time in each city is
- represented by a clock and the 'shadow' of the
- sundial. The scales are aligned to allow easy
- comparison of the times in each city, and can also
- show both the working hours and the hours of
- darkness.
-
- Large digital
- An extra large digital clock displays the time in
- the current city, selected from the list of smaller
- clocks to the right.
-
- Note that the displays adapt to the available screen
- area on your device. Some features will be different or
- unavailable on some machines.
-
- All displays respond to the pen. Try tapping things and
- see what happens.
-
- You can configure the displays using the "Preferences..."
- and "View preferences..." menu options and select
- different cities from your machine's built-in world
- database, with the "Choose cities..." option.
-
- See the online Help (available from the menu) from more
- information.
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- SAMPLES
-
- When first started, FlWorld attempts to find a selection
- of cities from around the world, which you can then
- tailor to suit your needs. However, the ZIP distribution
- includes some additional sample FlWorld document files,
- each containing a (pretty arbitrary) selection of cities
- in a general geographical area. If you install these
- files, you can simply click on the document on the
- System screen to display the set of cities you wish to
- display.
-
- You can use FlWorld documents to organise different sets
- of cities in any way you wish. For example, you could
- create one document for work and another for friends and
- family.
-
- NOTE: The samples use the English (UK) spelling of city
- names and so some cities may fail to display on
- other language machines. If this happens when you
- open the sample file, simply correct the spelling
- for your own language, or enter a different
- city name.
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- CHANGES
-
- Version 4.41:
-
- * Default alarm sound preference setting.
- * Alarm sound test button.
- * Partial Russian translation.
-
- Version 4.4:
-
- * Italian and Danish translations added to French and
- German.
- * Date shown on wall clocks display.
- * Avoids crash when given bad command string by some
- application launchers.
- * Fixed MM/DD/YY format bug.
-
- Version 4.31:
-
- * Fixed bug that sometimes prevented auto power off.
-
- Version 4.3:
-
- * Large digital clock display.
- * AM/PM indicators on Wall clocks display.
- * User-defined hot key.
- * Recent files menu.
- * Packaged to use shared FlLib OPM.
- * Fixed minor bug in city choice dialog.
-
- Version 4.2:
-
- * Digital/analogue clock selection for Wall clocks
- display.
- * Select sound when setting a new alarm.
- * Switch to Time application menu option, hot key
- and tool bar button.
- * Open file/program list menu option and hot key.
- * Samples packaged in separate ZIP file for clarity.
-
- Version 4.1:
-
- * Major display improvements for large screen and
- colour devices.
- * Improved dialogs for Osaris displays.
- * Additional preferences for sundials display.
- * Minor display improvements for smaller screens.
- * Global alarm sounds setting.
- * Sort cities by name, country, longitude or latitude.
- * Main battery status indicator.
- * Installable on drive E:
- * Colour application icon.
-
- Version 4.0:
-
- * New "Armillary sundials" display.
- * Set alarms to sound when it is a certain time in
- another city.
- * Improved time zone calculator.
- * Improved city and country finder.
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- DISCLAIMER AND COPYRIGHT
-
- 1) FlWorld is Charityware and copyright; it is not
- public domain. The rights to this package remain the
- property of the author.
-
- 2) You may use this software, free of charge, for an
- indefinite period and at no obligation to the
- author.
-
- 3) Permission is given to publicly distribute this
- software provided the distribution contains all, and
- only, the unaltered files of the original
- distribution, the ownership of the rights to this
- software is clearly stated and any fee charged is
- extremely nominal.
-
- 4) Use of this software is entirely at the user's own
- risk. The user must accept responsibility for any
- direct or indirect loss or damage arising from the
- use (or misuse) of the package. This software is
- supplied "as-is".
-
- 5) Note: The OPX files employed by this software (and
- included in this distribution) are the copyright of
- Symbian Ltd and Neuon. Please see their respective
- WWW sites,
-
- http://www.epocworld.com/
-
- and
-
- http://www.neuon.com/
-
- for more details.
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- CONTACTS
-
- If you have any problems, comments or suggestions about
- this software, you can contact me at the following email
- addresses:
-
- dave@freepoc.org
-
- dave@piecafe.demon.co.uk
-
- Please write in English, if possible. My knowledge of
- other languages is poor and whilst I could probably
- work out the gist of your message using books and
- tools, I would be unlikely to be able to construct a
- complex reply. If you do write in another language
- then please be patient for an answer.
-
- If you would like to help translate this application
- into another language then please contact me.
-
- This application is distributed in association with
- FreEPOC:
-
- http://www.freepoc.org/
-
- For the latest news of this an my other software, also
- visit:
-
- http://www.piecafe.demon.co.uk/
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- Dave Rushall, 2001
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