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- # Days Off Read Me #
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- # Days Off Version: 2.01 (Itl) #
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- 1. Introduction
- 2. Copyright - License
- 3. Installation
- 4. Version History
- 5. Foreseen Enhancement
- 6. Thanks
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- INTRODUCTION
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- Days Off computes legal holidays for several European & North America countries
- (Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, USA, etc...). Computation is available for any
- year, until 2031. Days Off can also import the computed dates in the Pilot Agenda.
- Moreover, Days Off is bilingual(French, English). This software is Y2K bug free !
- :-).
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- COPYRIGHT - LICENSE
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- DaysOff may be distributed as long as this file is included unmodified. In using
- this software, you understand and agree that this software is provided 'as is'
- without warranty of any kind. The author do not make any warranties, either
- expressed or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of
- merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, with respect to this soft-
- ware. In no event shall the author be liable for any consequential, incidental, or
- special damages whatsoever (including without limitation, damages for
- loss of critical data, loss of profits, interruption of business and the like)
- arising out of the use or inability to use this software.
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- DaysOff is a postcardware. It means it's a freeware, but if you find it useful,
- you should send me a postcard to the following address:
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- Jean-Franτois GILLOT
- " Les Pradelles " CD 40
- 81500 GARRIGUES
- FRANCE
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- This software may not be sell to anyone without the author agreement.
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- The software belongs to Jean-Franτois GILLOT. Some lines of DaysOff code are derived
- from DateBook C code (Copyright ⌐ 1995 - 1998, 3Com Corporation or its subsidiaries.
- All rights reserved). The Easter computation algorithm sources are " Astronomical
- Algorithms " by Jean Meeus; " Man and the Stars " by Robert Hanbury Brown.
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- INSTALLATION
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- Install DaysOff as any other PRC file.
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- VERSION HISTORY
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- Version: 2.01
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- Bug correction version:
- - Correction of misspelling errors
- - Addition of readmes
- - Correction of bug for mobile days off computed as " 3rd Monday in the month " or
- " last Thursday in the month "
- - Addition of Easter and Good Friday for US
- - Modification of Canada Days Off
- Modification Date: July 1999
- Size: 19 k
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- Version: 2.0 (formerly called RelΓche)
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- Available Countries: A, B, CA, F, GB, D, I, L, NL, E, CH, USA
- Available Languages: English, French
- Modification Date: June 1999
- Size: 18 k
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- Version: 1.0 (RelΓche)
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- First Franco-French Version
- Only French Days Off
- Modification Date: May 1999
- Size: 16.7 k
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- FORESEEN ENHANCEMENT
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- In next version, you'll find:
- - Remembrance of the selection (Country / Language)
- - Country in DateBook event (e.g. " Easter [USA] " or " FΩte Nationale [F] ")
- - Selection of the date format depending of the prefs of the pilot.
- - Separation of French and English version. Language choice will be Franτais/Local
- or English / Local.
- - Translation for Dutch and Austrian Days Off.
- - Addition of Swedish days off.
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- In future version, you'll find
- - Removing of Days Off DateBook events
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- Suggestions are still welcomed.
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- THANKS
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- Thanks to all of you who send me comments, bugs, or ideas of enhancement.
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- My special thanks goes to:
- - Odd Gripenstam, for the list of legal holidays in Sweden,
- - Guido Makor, for the Dutch translation of Dutch Days Off,
- - Martin Paul, for the German translation of Dutch Days Off,
- - and to all those who respected the rules and sent me the postcard !
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- Jean-Franτois GILLOT
- jfgillot@free.fr
- 21 Juillet 1999
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