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║ The Ultimate Alarm Clock ║
║ for OS/2 ║
║ By ║
║ Scott D. Ganyo ║
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Version 2.0 3 Jan. 1994
This program was written to provide an small, attractive, and easy-to-use alarm
clock for all of those reoccuring appointments none of us can afford to miss!
This alarm clock has been kept purposefully small and simple to allow anyone
to use it right from the beginning. Therefore, the remarks in this file will
brief and to the point...
To put it simply, if you have appointments that reoccur weekly - this is the
program to use! Sure, you could use one of those big, fancy schedualing
programs to keep track of your life (and you still may want to), but for quick
and easy schedualing of one-time, daily or weekly appointments... your ship has
come in! (All the schedualing power you may need and the requirements are just
incredible: only about 40K of hard disk space and a running copy of OS/2 2.0
or better.
Is it quick? Is it easy? You bet! If you've ever used a PM program before
and have an alarm clock at home, you can use this alarm clock! Just put it in
one of your menus, start it up, enter your alarms, and you will always be
reminded of that 1:00 meeting every Tuesday or that special lunch date you are
always late for. Hey, you may never be late again! All that's required is
that the clock program is running at the time!
Okay, so how easy is it really? Well, let's say to have an appointment with
your boss every weekday at 1:00 pm....
1) Click on the system menu or click on the clock with the right mouse
button and select Edit Alarms (or type Alt+A)
2) Click on the ADD button (or type Alt+A again)
3) Enter the time in hours and minutes in the first two fields either by
using your mouse on the arrows, or typing it in directly.
4) Select PM by using the mouse or by tabbing to the PM button and hitting
the spacebar.
5) Click on the Message checkbox and enter a message for yourself... for
example: "Meet with boss in his office." and then click on OK or hit
Enter.
6) Now, click on the Su and Sa checkboxes to turn them off (you only need
to talk to your boss on weekdays) - you may, of course, use the tab and
spacebar here as well...
7) Now let's say it takes you 5 minutes to get ready for this important
meeting. No problem, just hit the up arrow with the mouse on the
minutes early field or type in a 5 in the field directly.
8) Click on OK or hit the Enter key. You will now see your appointment
in the listbox. Make sure it is correct. (If not, just selected the
alarm and click on the Edit button - or just double-click on the alarm
in the listbox.
9) Click on Close to finish (or repeat the above steps to add another
alarm).
That's it! That's all you do! By the way, if that sounds like a lot of steps,
just try it once - and I think you'll agree that this is one of the easiest
alarm clocks to use for repeating alarms. And. . . you still have up to 39
more alarms that can be set!
Okay, here's a quick feature rundown:
Version 1.x
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- You can set the System Time from within the clock.
- By selecting Always on Top, you will always be able to see the clock -
even if another window is placed on top of it!
- You can hide (and redisplay) the system menu to make the clock even
smaller than it already is. To do this, just double click on the time
display to make it go away and do the same to make it come back... or hit
Alt+H (for Hide) to do the same thing.
(Remember, even when the system menu is hidden, you may still get to the
menu by right-clicking with the mouse on the clock).
- The position of the clock, the visibility of the system menu, the Always
on Top toggle, and all Defaults are all saved whenever you close the
program or shut down the system.
- It is possible to have more than one clock running with two sets of
alarms (just in case having 40 different alarms just doesn't satisfy
you!) All you have to do is start each one from different directory.
(Each running alarm clock will create a UACLOCK.INI file in the directory
it is started from.)
- You can bring up pop-up menu by clicking right mouse button on clock.
Version 2.x
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- Can now set alarms defaults (snooze mins, audible alarm, days on which
the alarm occurs, and the number of mins early to sound alarm). The
defaults you set are automatically saved and restored for you.
- When alarm sounds, you now have ability to press:
- OK. Resets the alarm to sound again at the next schedualed time.
- DELETE. Deletes the alarm. (For those one-time appointments.)
- SNOOZE. Puts off answering the alarm for the amount of time
you specify in the defaults. The alarm will automatically sound again
after the specified number of minutes have elapsed.
By the way, there are a number of Shortcut Keys you may want to use:
ALT+A = edit Alarms
ALT+D = open Defaults dialog
ALT+H = Hide/restore system menu
ALT+S = Set system time
ALT+T = always on Top (toggles off and on)
F1 = About Box for Ultimate Alarm Clock
Okay. That's it! If you use this program (and I hope you will), I ask only
two things:
1) Let me know of anything you like or don't like about this program!
As many can attest - I DO respond. (Usually favorably.)
I can be reached by mail at:
Scott D. Ganyo
2272 North Church Street
Decatur, IL 62526
or on the following on-line services:
America On-Line Name: Grimm One
Compuserve ID: 73424,763
2) Make a donation of only $5 and I will do my best to keep you informed
of any new versions of this and other programs that I write. Please
help a starving artist! Support future OS/2 development! Register Now!
Release List:
Version Date Comments
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1.0 6/29/93 First Release
1.1 9/1/93 Now even smaller! (only 29896 bytes!)
Fixed (small) bug in system time setting.
Documented ability to right-click to get menu.
Increased speed of alarm beeps.
2.0 1/3/93 Added ability to set defaults.
Can now delete or snooze alarms when they sound.