EZ-Timer Readme Note from programmer: Well, it's time for the release of version 4.00. Hope you like it, I know I will! There are MANY new features, be sure to read about the below, as I think you'll enjoy them, especially the fullscreen and small features. Anyway, have fun!. Thank You, Adam Smith A NOTE ABOUT LEGAL ISSUES ---------------------------------------------------------- There have been releases of different methods of tricking EZ-Timer into thinking that it is registered. I have just one thing to say about that: You cant make any program crack proof. The people who are going to crack it, no matter how hard we make it, they aren't going to pay for it no matter how hard it is to crack. AND, time spent crack-proofing it, is time spent NOT making new features. Therefore, I say to you, please be honest, and if everyone is honest, it'll mean better features for everyone since I don't have to spend more time working on making it harder to crack! I had to spend a lot of time working on making 4.00 harder to crack, and I could have spent that time working on better features, but I knew if I did then someone would make a crack a lot quicker for it. New Features ---------------------------------------------------------- There are four main new features in EZ-Timer 4.00. 1)If you maximize the main window, the time display will resize and become a lot bigger. You then can change the font/size/style for the bigger display. This would be useful for keeping up with time if you are a considerable distance from your monitor. 2)If you press the button titled "Small" in the top-left hand corner, the main window will go away and a very small window will come up. In this window is a time display showing whatever time is on the time display. Also in this window is a check box. If you check the check box, you can go into another program and work in that program and the window will always stay "On Top" or visible. In addition, there is a button that, upon clicking it, it will take you back to the main window. 3)In the same cataglory as "Timer" and "Stopwatch" is "Clock". Upon selecting this, the time will be displayed in the time window. Using the options, you can choose to either have it display the Data & Time or just the Time. 4)If you go to register now, instead of registering using the old registration method, there is now a handy wizard. This wizard will guide you through the registration process easily and quickly. Operation ---------------------------------------------------------- The operation of EZ-Timer is fairly simple and self-explanitory. To set the time to count down from, click the Set Time button and then click Ok. To start the count down, click the start button. If you want to count up (the stopwatch feature), choose the stopwatch option and either press Start or you can press Start From to start counting up from that point. You can change the properties of the time display (the background color, text size/font/color, etc.) by clicking the Properties button. You can pause/reset the time on the display by pressing the Pause or Reset buttons. Also, you will find all of the buttons mentioned on the menus at the top of the main window. There are five different things you that can happen when the time expires (reaches 00:00:00). In version 3.00, you can have more than one thing happen: 1) Alert me with a sound: Plays a sound. If you don't want it to be the default sound, you can change the wave file that is played using the properties button. 2) Display Message Box: Upon selecting this, when the time runs out, a message box will be displayed. You can customize this message box by using properties button. 3) Launch A Program: If you select this, when the time runs out, a program will automatically be launched. You choose which program you want to be launched using the Properties button 4) Shutdown: If this option is selected, when the time runs out, your computer will automatically shutdown without asking for confirmation. If there is any unsaved data, you will be prompted to save it. You cannot have both the shutdown and the restart option selected at the same time. 5) Restart: This is the same thing as the Shutdown option above, except that it will restart your computer instead of shuting it down. You cannot have both the shutdown and the restart option selected at the same time. Command-line Arguments ---------------------------------------------------------- Version 3.00 of EZ-Timer supports command line arguments. Here is a list of all of the switches you can use and what they do: /m:[t, s, or r] - This will set the mode that the program is started up in. If you put "t" there, it will start up in Timer mode. If you put "s", it will start up in stopwatch mode. If you put "c", it will start up in clock mode. If you put "r", it will start up in the mode it was closed in last time (from the "r"egistry) /t:[time] - This sets the time to put on the clock (either to count up from using the stopwatch or count down from using the Timer). You can put the time in just about any form. Let's say you want 0 hours, 10 minuites, and 35 seconds, you could either put ":10:35" or "0:10:35", but have to have something holding the hours place. If you were to put "10:35", it'd be understood as 10 hours and 35 minuites. /a:[actions] - This switch specifies the actions you wish to be selected. Even if you're choosing to use the stopwatch option, these will still be selected (just not used unless the EZ-Timer is switched to timer mode). The way you specify the actions are as follows: a - Alert me with a sound m - Display a Message Box l - Launch a program s - Shutdown r - Restart You simply put in all of the options you want in there all together in any order. For example, let's say that you wanted to be alerted with a sound, a message box to be displayed, and your computer to shutdown, you would use the switch like this: "/a:ams". If you need more help understanding how to use this switch, you can email our support at: support@viratech.com /s:[state] - You can use this optionally to specify the state in which the application is startup up in (either Normal or Minimized). If you say "/s:m", then it will start up minimized. If you say "/s:n", it will start up in normal mode. If you need any more help, email us at support@viratech.com If you have any suggestions for new features (we love to hear your ideas!), email us at eztimer@viratech.com Support ---------------------------------------------------------- Free support is only offered to registered customers. If you are a registered customer and wish to receive support, please e-mail your question to support@viratech.com along with your name that you used to register so we can verify that you have registered. If you are un-registered, we will offer you limited, basic free support. Updates ---------------------------------------------------------- We offer free upgrades for all future versions to all of our registered customers. All other customers must pay the full registration price before they can get free upgrades. Websites ---------------------------------------------------------- One of our services is web development. If you want to get a website for you or your company, give us a hollar. Email us at webmaster@viratech.com if you want more info! If you have any questions that this Read-Me does not answer about this program, please e-mail us at support@viratech.com Also, please visit our website at: http://www.viratech.com