═══ 1. Task Timer ═══

Task Timer 

Task Timer will do some book keeping for you while you are working on your 
computer. All you have to do, is to tell Task Timer whenever you start working 
on a new project-task. Task Timer will stay minimized on the desktop and show 
the actual project-task in the icon title. 

For more detailed information on certain subjects choose from 

■ Installation
■ New Time
■ Log File
■ Help


═══ 2. Installation ═══

Installing Task Timer 

To run Task Timer, copy the files tasktime.exe and tasktime.hlp to a directory, 
where you usually keep your utilities. 

Now create an icon in one of your favourite folders setting the Minimized 
button behaviour to Minimize window to desktop. I also suggest that you put a 
shadow of the Task Timer object in your startup folder, to have it started 
whenever your system starts up. 

To enable Task Timer to access its help file, either include the directory 
holding tasktime.hlp in the HELP path or specify the path under Working 
directory. 


═══ 3. New Time ═══

The main dialog of Task Timer 

Choose subject from list or click an area of the dialog to get more 
information. 

■ Project List Box
■ Task List Box
■ OK Button
■ Cancel Button
■ Delete Button
■ Help Button


═══ 3.1. Project List Box ═══

Select new projekt 

Select a new project from the list box by clicking it or type the name of a new 
project in the edit field. Selecting another project will change the contents 
of the task list box accordingly. 


═══ 3.2. Task List Box ═══

Select new task 

Select a new task from the list box by clicking it or type the name of a new 
task in the edit field. 


═══ 3.3. Ok Button ═══

Confirm Selection 

By pressing the OK button you confirm the actual selection in the project list 
and task list. The timing for the new selection is then started and any old 
project-task is filed to the log file. 


═══ 3.4. Cancel Button ═══

Cancel Selection 

By pressing the Cancel button you cancel any selection done. Time keeps running 
for the previous project-task. 


═══ 3.5. Delete Button ═══

Delete Selection 

By pressing the Delete button you delete the actual selected task specific to 
the actual selected project. 

A project with an empty task list will be automatically deleted as well. 


═══ 3.6. Help Button ═══

Help on Dialog 

By pressing the Help button you will receive specific help on this dialog. 


═══ 4. Log File ═══

The log file layout 

When closing the program or selecting a new project-task, a log file entry will 
be written to the log file tasktime.dat, in the same directory where 
tasktime.exe resides. 

project name─┐    task name──────────┐
             │                       │
Project [Task Timer] - Task [Building help]
04.07.1993 10:53 - 12:21 =   1:28 h
     │       │       │        └─time spent
     │       │       └─end time
     │       └─start time
     └─start date


═══ 5. Help ═══

Select various help on the system 

■ Help contents
■ General help
■ Help using help
■ About


═══ 5.1. Help Contents ═══

By choosing this menu entry, you can invoke the help file's contents. 


═══ 5.2. General Help ═══

Choosing this menu entry leads to the application's general help panel. 


═══ 5.3. Help Using Help ═══

By choosing this menu entry, you can invoke the system's Help on using help. 


═══ 5.4. About ═══

About the program 

This programm was written after an idea of Les Clarks Time Keeper. His program 
has a few unpleasant features amoung which, the registration fee is the most 
unpleasant. So I wrote my own version which is free of charge and runs as a 
little icon on the desktop .