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X World Clock Vers. 0.95 11/04/1991
World Clock with eXtended setup for all time displays, time zones and
alarms to any city or country in the world.
Install
Copy XCLOCK.EXE, XCLOCK.CFG and XCLOCK.DAT to a directory with the
VBRUN100.DLL for Visual Basic Applications.
You need this file to run this application, it is also available
on CompuServe (MSLANG Forum /VB).
Start the Windows Program Manager and install XCLOCK.EXE like other
Windows applications: choose New and use Browse feature to select
directory and XCLOCK.EXE file.
On Runtime Error ("File not found") make shure, that XCLOCK.CFG file
is in the same directory as XCLOCK.EXE file.
Setup
Choose Set from menu of X World Clock.
Set Local : Set the Local Time to a certain Time Zone.
This is stored in XCLOCK.CFG file and
restored on next start of XCLOCK
Set Clock : Set System Clock by Windows Control Program.
Mouse DblClick on a timer : Set local time to this time zone
(if enabled in Special Menu) for temporary use, not saved to config file
Local Time Zone is displayed by a different color of date and time.
Name of City / Country is signed by an asterisk.
Edit Time Zones
1. Select Normal or Special Setup
Normal Setup: Select time difference in hours only for ordinary use.
Special Setup: Additional selection for minutes.
2. Mouse DblClick on City Label:
In SETUP Window:
- Insert or select City, Country, Company Name .... (max 14 Char.)
- Select time difference to Time Base
(default London Time = Greenwich Mean Time)
"Add new entry" saves new entry to XCLOCK.DAT (set time difference before !).
"Delete entry" deletes selected entry from pulldown list and data file.
You must know the time difference / time zone (pay attention to date) if
you choose others than defaults. (see example in setup window)
This feature is also very usefull to edit time zone / time difference
changes for summer and winter times.
For this release you have to look for those time zones. Users of XCLOCK
are invited to support this world clock with their own XCLOCK.DAT Files or
messages to Windows Forum at CompuServe.
Please send also time settings for different cities and countries in the
world to the author (see About Window). Settings will be available in next
release as a list of cities and countries you select in setup window.
Edit Time Base
If you prefer any other basic time zone than London Time, you can edit this
in a setup window (use special menu, set time base).
For example, set New York Time as Base Time Zone. Let New York Time 10:00 so
Time in Los Angeles is 07:00, you have to set time difference as -3, Time in
Paris is 16:00, set time difference to 6.
Time Display at Icon
Mouse Click on City Label and minimize xclock to icon shows City and related
time at icon. City and time display are saved on exit (if conf.)
XCLOCK is loaded in Windows as an icon with time display if you edit
WIN.INI file using notepad or sysedit:
load=c:\windows\utils\xclock.exe
(if you have xclock.exe in a subdirectory "utils" of the windows directory
on drive C:)
Alarm Setup
Mouse Dblclick on Alarm Clock: Set Date, Time, City and Alarm Message in
Alarm Window.
Alarm settings will be written to config file (if confirmed) for use in next
Windows session.
If alarm times has passed between two Windows sessions, you will get the
alarms when XCLOCK starts.
Reset
Reset sets XCLOCK to default time settings (see Reset Window)
Help
Summary Help Window, also certain help windows for setup
About X World Clock
This application was written as a first project in Visual Basic.
Please send a short message via CompuServe, if you detect some bugs in
this program or if you would like to develop it.
Give a copy of X World Clock to anyone you like, it's freeware.
Author
Wilfried Kienemund
CompuServe 100015 , 2550