------------------------------------------------------------- ROUNDCLOCK HISTORY ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.22 (August 13, 1998) ------------------------------------------------------------- * Bug fixed: The size of the clock face was automatically adjusted to the size o the background image on startup. * Bug fixed: Sometimes a beep was played if you clicked the tray icon (it was forgotten in the code after a debug session) ------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.21 (August 8, 1998) ------------------------------------------------------------- * Added option to automatically adjust the size of the clock face to the size of a new background image. * The dialog page for the Tray Icon/ToolTips was redesigned. It is now possible to display the seconds in the ToolTip of the main window. * RoundClock will now accept only real quadratic images for the background. * Fixed wrong and added missing help topics. * Exchanged some of the sound and bitmap files that come with RoundClock. * Bug fixed: In AM/PM 12-hour format it was not possible to enter 12:xx AM or 12:xx PM as time for an alarm. ------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.20 (July 5, 1998) ------------------------------------------------------------- Starting with this release RoundClock requires a new registration key to transform the Shareware version into the registered version. As a registered user you may request a new code for free by sending an e-mail message with your previous registration details to "newkey@fkware.com". * RoundClock will now automatically add the ".bmp" extension if the filename of a background image was entered without an extension. * RoundClock will no longer load non-quadratic background images. Non-quadratic background images caused sometimes problems. * Small adjustments/bug fixes to the display of background images. * Bug fixed: A background image was sometimes ignored if it was dropped on the clockface from Windows Explorer. * Bug fixed: A wrong error message was displayed if the background image was not found. ------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.20 beta 3 (June 9, 1998) ------------------------------------------------------------- * Bug fixed: The hour and minute hands didn't move. ------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.20 beta 2 (June 8, 1998) ------------------------------------------------------------- * Bug fixed: The filename for the half hour chime was not saved correctly. * Bug fixed: On opening the browse dialog of a chime sound displayed an invalid filename. * Bug fixed: The Apply-Button was not activated after changing the sound options of a chime. * Bug fixed: Problem with setup program and user rights on Windows NT solved. ------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.20 beta 1 (Mai 15, 1998) ------------------------------------------------------------- * Hourly chimes are now implemented. You may select a diff. sound file and repeat rate for each quarter of an hour. * New calendar dialog to select date for alarm. Requires at least COMCTL32.DLL 4.70, see Readme.txt. * If the "repeat" sound option is checked on the sound page of the alarm edit dialog will play the sound file until you press the "stop" button or uncheck the repeat option. * Bug fixed: The weekday combobox on the alarm edit page didn't worked. ------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.14 (Mai 2, 1998) ------------------------------------------------------------- * The code for resizing the clock window was completely rewritten. This results in a much "smoother" resize and the ability to resize the clock in round mode! * Some work was spend on the drawing of the clock face: + The clock face should look better now on some systems, especially some problems with not accurately painted frames should now be solved. + You may now select the size of the outer border of the round clock face (see Preferences...|Display). * There is a new option to repeat the alarm sound until the alarm message window is closed. * You may now safe the additional settings of an alarm as default for new alarms. * You may now force RoundClock to use the 24-Hour clock format with any time display or time input (see Preferences...|Options). * If you test an alarm sound on the alarm sound page you may now stop the playback. * Reworked parts of the online check feature to work around some differences between Windows 95 and Windows NT. * Added an "enable/disable" menu item to the menu of an alarm on the alarm list. * The alarm sorting code was completely reworked. You may now sort the alarms separately by time, date or title. * The sort type and direction is now displayed with a little arrow in the header of the alarm list. Requires at least COMCTL32.DLL 4.70, see Readme.txt. * The initial timeout for Online Checks is now 60 seconds to support automated dial-up connections. * Changed some text of the "fuzzy" time displayed as ToolTip. * Bug fixed: If an repeating alarm was tested the alarm date was advanced to the next day * Bug fixed: Alarms that were already present while starting RoundClock were not executed. * Bug fixed: Sometimes a Quick Reminder dialog popped up if you launched RoundClock twice. ------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.13 (March 14, 1998) ------------------------------------------------------------- * The Apply-Buttons from both the alarmlist and alarm edit dialogs were removed. They don't make real sense there. * You may now sort the alarmlist by time/date or title. * If you edit a repeating alarm the date and time displayed is the moment when the alarm will expire the next time. * ToolTip from main window will now stay on top of *every* other window like the Taskbar or other toolbars. * Parts of the Online-Check feature of RoundClock reside now in an extra DLL. This may solve problems with some ill-behaving WinSock implementations. * Bug fixed: All alarms entered as 'PM' in twelve-hour time format were stored as 'AM'. * Reworked part of the code for the internal alarm storage and removed some bugs with causes sometimes disappearing alarms or lost options of an alarm. * Bug fixed: RoundClock occasionally crashed with a runtime error while using the "Update Check" feature. ------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.12 (March 6, 1998) ------------------------------------------------------------- * Bug fixed: It was not possible to edit existing alarms. * Bug fixed: The 'Browse'-Button on the Bitmap page of the preferences dialog didn't work and had no Bitmap. ------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.11 (March 5, 1998) ------------------------------------------------------------- * Our web site at http://www.fkware.com was completely revised. You may now download additional sounds and additional background images there. * New About dialog with online check for new releases of RoundClock. * You may now drop bitmap files from Explorer or other programs on the clock face to change the background image of the clock. * A double-click on the Tray icon now hides or shows the main clock window. * The popup menu now contains an item to set the window size to the size of the background image. This prevents the background image from being stretched. * The title option for the main clock window was removed. * New option: RoundClock may now shift its Tray icon to the right short after RoundClock is loaded. This will ensure that the RoundClock icon is always the right most icon. * Changed the method for displaying ToolTips for the main clock window. Should work on all systems now. * Bug fixed: RoundClock occasionally loosed some memory or other system resources. * Bug fixed: Some irregular behavior of the alarm edit and quick reminder dialogs fixed. * Bug fixed: The time for an alarm was sometimes stored wrong if the system was configured for 12 hour time format. * Bug fixed: Fixed an error with Quick Reminders which were reaching into the next day. ------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.10 (November 24, 1997) ------------------------------------------------------------- The alarms are now saved in a slightly different format, so all alarms defined in a previous version of RoundClock are lost. Sorry. * The new support e-mail address for RoundClock is "roundclock@fkware.com". * Snooze: You may now repeat an alarm after 1 to 99 minutes. * The list of alarms was moved to an extra property sheet. To display the list of alarms select "Display alarms" from the popup menu. * Added a few new menu items to the context menu to allow easy access to the register and about dialogs and to start your default web browser with the fkWare homepage. * You may now press to get a short help for any item of the popup menu. * A new alarm will now default to the next minute and not to the next hour. * The popup menu of the Tray icon is now disabled if an configuration dialog of RoundClock is open, instead the dialog becomes the foreground window if you click the Tray icon. * Updated the help file, the setup program and the uninstall program. * The setup program now saves the current target directory for following installations. * Bug fixed: The Code for saving and loading alarms was completely rewritten to get rid of a nasty bug which sometimes corrupted the alarm data. * Bug fixed: The apply button of an alarm property sheet was not enabled if changes were made on the application page. ------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.00 (October 5, 1997) ------------------------------------------------------------- * You may now use selectable bitmaps for the background of the clock window. * Added new option to the context menu to hide the clock window temporarily. * Changed the text from the browse button of the sound options page from '>>' to a bitmap. * Updated the setup and uninstall programs. * Added two new alarm sounds: 'DING.WAV' and 'ALARM4.WAV'. * Bug fixed: In some cases the date was not displayed in the ToolTip of either the main window or the Tray icon. * Bug fixed: Sometime configuration info was not properly read. ------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.30 (September 13, 1997) ------------------------------------------------------------- * You may now save the sound configuration of an alarm as the default sound configuration for new alarms. * It is now possible to "glue" the clock into the nearest corner of the screen. The clock will keep the same distance to this corner even if the screen resolution changes. * RoundClock has now a slightly different icon. * Done some cosmetic changes to the setup program. * Updated the uninstall program. * Bug fixed: The Apply-button was not enabled after changes are made to the sound page of an alarm. * Bug fixed: The position of the clock was not saved if Windows shuts down while RoundClock was still running. ------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.23 (August 18, 1997) ------------------------------------------------------------- * Removed the unnecessary "Launch programs"-flag from the Application page of an alarm. * The application of an alarm are now displayed with their icons. * If an alarm is repeated every hour a new message window will not appear if an old message window from that alarm is still on the screen. * Bug fixed: Sometimes the main clock window was moved slightly by a simple mouse click. * Bug fixed: Applications were started with a wrong window state (minimized/maximized) if launched from an alarm. * Bug fixed: Sometimes the date of an alarms was not correctly updated if selected from the combobox. ------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.22 (July 22, 1997) ------------------------------------------------------------- * RoundClock will now switch back to the window which was active before the alarm was launched if you close the message box of an alarm. * Added a "fuzzy style" time display for ToolTips like "It's nearly ten past eight". * Rearranged the controls for setting the ToolTip options. * Rearranged the page order of the main property dialog. * Added a button to the alarm page of the main property dialog for testing alarms. * German version only: Quick Reminders doesn't worked at all. This has been fixed. * Fixed some bugs which prevents RoundClock from running correctly with Windows 98 (Memphis). Tested with Memphis build 1543. * The clock window will now stay square if you resize the window (it makes no sense to display a round clock face in a none square window). * Fixed a bug which caused the ToolTip for the main clock window to be displayed behind the clock window. * Fixed some other minor bugs. ------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.21 (July 10, 1997) ------------------------------------------------------------- * RoundClock will now recognize changes in the display resolution and will no longer disappear from the screen if the display resolution is lowered. * Some slight visual enhancements of the display of alarms in the alarm list. * RoundClock will now use a new naming scheme for its distribution archives. The language ID ("e" for english and "g" for german) will now appear in front of the version number to avoid any confusion with parts of the version number itself. * Bug fixed: Sometimes the minutes of a quick reminder got screwed up. ------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.20 (July 1, 1997) ------------------------------------------------------------- * Added Quick Reminders * Changes are now documented in the file CHANGES.TXT. ------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.10 (June 25, 1997) ------------------------------------------------------------- * Rearranged some parts of the configuration and alarm property sheets to simplify the usage of these dialogs. * Added a combobox to the date selection of an alarm to allow the quick selection of a weekday and to display the weekday of the selected date. * You may now enter a "title" for each alarm to make identification of alarms in the list of alarms easier. The title is also displayed as the title of the dialogbox if the alarm expires. * Added a ToolTip to the RoundClock main window itself which displays the current date and/or time. * Enhanced the display of alarm details in the list of alarms. * Added some more small sound files. * Help file is now compressed and about 20 KByte smaller. * Bug fixed: There was an error which caused the clock window to disappear if the clock windows was moved on Windows NT. * Bug fixed: It was not possible to enter more than on line of message text for an alarm. ------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.00 (June 15, 1997) ------------------------------------------------------------- * Initial release ------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (c) 1997/98 by fkWare. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------------------