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Cron the Clock Daemon
Distribution files:
CRON.EXE Cron - Scheduling program for Windows.
CRON.HLP Documentation for Cron.
FILE_ID.DIZ Description In Zip file for BBS operators.
FILE_ID.TXT Copy of FILE_ID.DIZ, with TXT extension.
KILLWIN.EXE KillWin - Windows program to close an active window.
KILLWIN.TXT Documentation for Killwin.
LOGMSG.EXE LogMsg - DOS program for updating a log file.
LOGMSG.TXT Documentation for LogMsg.
PRODUCTS.TXT Descriptions and prices of our other products.
README.TXT This tidbit of information that ties it all together.
Copyright 1994-1996, Software Engineering, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Upgrading from Version 1.7
--------------------------
Cron versions prior to 1.8 kept a working schedule file in the Windows
directory. There are several methods by which you can retrieve your
old schedule file.
1. Run the old version of Cron and select File|Save As to save your
schedule in a file with a .CRN file extension.
or
2. Locate the file CRON.TAB in your Windows directory and rename the
file using your favorite file renaming utility.
and then...
3. Run the new version of Cron and select File|Open to load your old
schedule file. Once opened, Cron will remember the file and
automatically reload it each time it is run.
Revision History
----------------
Version 1.8
o Fixed renegade "Windows shutdown" messages when "Log All Events" was
active.
o Fixed problems associated with running Windows from a read/only
network share.
o Removed "Exit Windows To Run" option. The Windows API function
ExitWindowsExec() has fallen by the wayside. Logic tells you that it
makes sense. Consider the difficulty of maintaining an OS function
that exits the OS to execute a task. It's interesting that the
function ever existed in the first place.
o Elimination of active clock on Cron icon...alas. This was an
unfortunate side effect of migrating to Microsoft Visual C++. It
seems the undocumented window message WM_PAINTICON no longer works
the way it used to. If anyone has any suggestions, send them this
way. I kind of miss the little guy.
o The name of the Cron schedule file can now be passed on the command
line.
o The name of the last used Cron schedule file is automatically saved
in the profile. When Cron is run without command line parameters,
the last used Cron schedule file is loaded.
o The name of the Cron log file can be configured on the Settings
dialog.
o The cron schedule file is no longer updated automatically. The user
must use Save or Save As to save the schedule. Cron will query the
user to save a modified schedule before New, Open, Exit, etc.
o Switched from Borland Turbo C++ to Microsoft Visual C++ development
systems. There was nothing wrong with the Borland system. We switched
in the interest of standardization. Cron was the only product of ours
in distribution that was developed using Borland so it lost out.
o Miscellaneous minor restructuring.
o Documentation updates.
Version 1.7
o History is only maintained in our revision control system up to this
point. No concise history is available. This was the first good
public release of the program so the development history prior to
this version is irrelevant anyway.
Thanks to some of the good folks who have pointed out some of these
problems to us.