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- NewDate 1.0
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- ©1993 by Alejandro Garza
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-
- A small util to set the system date on those machines unlucky
- enough not to have a battery backed-up clock.
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-
-
- WHAT IS IT?
- ================
- Err... I thought I mentioned that already.
-
-
- WHY IS IT?
- ================
- Well.. I'm on an A1000 (yes, the few! The proud! The underpowered!) and I
- never got around to buying a clock/calendar for it. So one day I just
- decided I'd write a nice window interface to set the system date. Neat,
- huh?
-
- This program will also be of use for all of those who have A1200s without a
- built-in clock. Just place in your WBStartup drawer!
-
-
- FEATURES
- =============
- Well, apart from having basically the same syntax as the AmigaDOS 'date'
- command (see below) it has a font-sensitive interface, so no matter what
- your taste in fonts, this program will adapt to it.
-
-
- USAGE
- =============
-
- Just type from your shell:
-
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- > NewDate [RETURN]
-
-
- or double-click on the WorkBench icon. You can also place on the System
- 'WBStartup' drawer and have automatic date requests on startup (which is
- the preferred thing to do.)
-
- Just type the date in the string gadget (which already contains the current
- system date) and either CLOSE the window to exit without changing the
- system's date, or press the "Accept" button to save the date.
-
- If the date is set incorrectly, the screen will flash (using the
- DisplayBeep() function). You must enter a correct date an accept it, or
- close the window.
-
- You can also type the following: the date and time, only the time, or
- nothing at all. Whatever you ommit, will be left as it was.
-
- The font used to render the window is the 'WorkBench screen font' used for
- window titlebars, etc. You cannot change this.
-
-
- BUGS
- ============
-
- So far, NewDate has a problem with REALLY BIG fonts... bigger than 30
- points. But fonts this size won't be appearing on you WorkBench screen font
- settings, I think. :) At most, you won't be able to see the entire output..
-
- No GURUs so far. I haven't tested for Enforcer hits, but there's no reason
- it should provoke any (everything is std. intuition calls).
-
- Another problem, although not a bug at all, is that if you want to run some
- date-dependent programs (like Reminder-1.20, etc.), you cannot run these
- programs from WBStartup, even if you do the same for NewDate. This is
- because the date to these programs is still the original system date
- (Somewhere around 01-Jan-1978). To get around this, you could insert the
- following statements in you user-startup::
-
- c:NewDate ; or wherever you put the NewDate executable
- c:ReminderCheck ; or wherever your date-dependent program is
-
- This way, the startup script will pause until you've set the date, and then
- it's OK for the date-dependent prog. to execute.
-
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-
-
- TODO
- =============
-
- Features I'd want to implement::
-
- - Support for battery-backed-up clocks
- - Save latest date to file, so there'll be little to change if a GURU
- occurs, etc.
- - ToolTypes definition of window coordinates
-
-
- ETC.
- ================
-
- Many thanks to all those at IRC patient enough to help me thru this simple
- proyect, which is my first real attempt at producing something really
- useful. (=^)
-
- ..maybe I should've called it CaveDate(TM)... (|^)
-
- And also, thanx to the original Amiga 'Lorraine' team (Mr. Miner and
- such...) which dreamed up the computer of my dreams, which I still use on a
- daily basis.
-
-
- WHO MADE THIS?
- =====================
-
- This program and docs are ©1993 Alejandro Garza. This program may be
- distributed freely as long as the Docs and binaries are kept intact. You
- are not forced to send me any money, free computers, etc. but instead
- E-Mail me for comments, bug reports, etc.
-
- I can be reached at the following addresses:
-
- Alejandro Garza González
- Rio Rhin #514 pte.
- Col. del Valle
- Garza García, N.L. CP 66220
- MEXICO
-
- E-Mail: jano@men_at_work.mty.itesm.mx
- IRC: JanusMan
-
- Be free to drop a note saying hi anytime! Also, check out my gfx work at
- AmiNet (look for stuff 'made by JanusMan') :)
-
- Bye for now!
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