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@DATABASE DClock.guide
@NODE Main "DClock - The guide"
DClock V1.5 - The ultimate, menu driven Workbench-Clock
=======================================================
Table of Contents
-----------------
@{" Introduction " link Intro} DClock - The introduction
@{" Installation " link Installation} DClock - The installation
@{" Menus " link Menus} DClock - The magic menus
@{" Legalities " link Legals} DClock - The legal stuff
@{" Author Info " link Author} DClock - The author
@{" History " link History} DClock - The story
@{" Commercial " link Commercial} DClock - The t-shirt
@ENDNODE
@NODE Intro "DClock - The Introduction"
Introduction
------------
DClock is a digital clock program for the Amiga Workbench.
Features include:
- DClock has it's own small window which can be placed
anywhere on the Workbench screen.
- DClock comes with a completely menu-driven GUI. No
commandline options are necessary.
- Timer and alarm clock function with the ability to
run user-defined Shell commands (including ARexx-
scripts if you use the RX command, and Shell-scripts
with the Execute command).
- Date function
- Fore- and background colors of the window are user-
defineable.
- All settings can be saved and will automatically be
loaded upon startup. This includes the position of
the DClock window, the colors, and the settings of
the alarm clock.
@ENDNODE
@NODE Installation "DClock - The installation"
Requirements and Installation
-----------------------------
DClock makes use of the reqtools.library, which is not part
of this distribution. It is available on Aminet or on the
Amiga software library (fish) disks. Thanks to Nico Francois
for his great product.
You need Kickstart 2.04+ to be able to run DClock. If DClock
immediately returns after startup, check whether you have
Kickstart V37+
reqtools.library V38+
a public screen called 'Workbench'
enough free memory
Installation is very simple: Simply drag the DClock icon to
the WBStartup drawer of your system partition/disk or to any
other drawer, if you don't want DClock to be started automa-
tically after booting.
@ENDNODE
@NODE Menus "DClock - The magic menus"
DClock Menus
------------
While the DClock window is active, you can select the follo-
wing menu items:
DClock menu:
Seconds (toggle) : Display seconds on/off
24H (toggle) : Toggle between 24 hour mode or 12 hour
AM/PM mode, and, if Date is on,
between DD.MM.YYYY and MM.DD.YYYY
Date (toggle) : Turn date on/off
Alarm on (toggle): Turn alarm function on/off
Timer on (toggle): Turn timer function on/off
Set alarm clock : Set the alarm time
Set timer : Set the timer
Alarm command : Enter a Shell-command which will be
executed when the alarm went off.
RUN your command if if it takes longer
and you don't want to block out the GUI.
Timer command : dito for the timer.
Save Preferences : Save all the settings to
ENVARC:DClock.prefs
About... : Information about @{" The Author " link Author}
Quit : Call the Terminator
Window menu:
Foreground Color : Set the foreground (text) color
Background Color : Set the background color (who would
have guessed...)
Dragbar (toggle) : Turn the window dragbar and title on
and off. The state of the checkmark
will be saved in the preferences file.
Activate (toggle): Activate DClock window after startup/
reopen.
When you select `Save Preferences' from the Project menu, the
state of the alarm clock will be saved, too. The alarm will
then be automatically turned on after startup (if it was on when
you saved the prefs, off course). I e.g. set the alarm to 1.00
AM, switched it on and selected `Save preferences'. I now get
reminded every day that it's time to go to bed without having to
set the alarm again and again.
@ENDNODE
@NODE Legals "DClock - The legal stuff"
Legal section
-------------
This program is Freely Distributable, as opposed to Public
Domain. Permission is given to freely distribute this
program provided no fee is charged, and this documen-
tation file is included with the program. All rights re-
served.
(c) 1994 by Karl Lukas
@ENDNODE
@NODE Author "DClock - The author"
Info about the author
---------------------
Send bug reports, compliments and such to
kalle@gis.geogr.unizh.ch
Send postcards, money and other gifts to
Karl Lukas
Konradstr. 51
CH-8005 Zuerich/Switzerland
These addresses are valid until Feb. 1995. Send snail mail
to
Karl Lukas
Hinterzweienstr. 91
CH-4132 Muttenz
after this date. I don't know if I'll have an email
account by then :( (God, how can one live without?)
Send threatening letters, letter bombs a.s.o. to
NIL:
@ENDNODE
@NODE History "DClock - The story"
History
-------
V1.0 Apr 1994 o Initial release
V1.1 Jun 1994 o DClock now runs three independent tasks:
- User interface (DClock)
- Updating of the DClock window, timer etc.
(DClockTask)
- display information when alarm went off or
timer is finished (DClockInfo).
Advantage: Clock and timer won't be stopped tem-
porarily while a window/requester is open. You
can get informed now when the timer/alarm went
off while a window/requester is open.
o Bug: The alarm and timer symbols were drawn with
incorrect offsets, so that the display got mes-
sed if big screen fonts were used.
o The settings are now stored in ENVARC:DClock.prefs
You can copy your old DClock.prefs file from S: to
ENVARC: if you want to use your old settings.
V1.2 Nov 1994 o You can now enter a Shell command, which will be
executed when the alarm or the timer went off. The
command can be saved to the preferences file. If you
don't want to execute a command, just enter an empty
string.
o The current time is now displayed with two digits
in the alarm/timer requester (i.e. 18:08:12 instead
of 18:8:12). Hey, there is an ANSI function for
this. Why didn't anybody tell me? ;)
o You can now turn the titlebar and dragbar off with
the menu option "Dragbar". Off course you cannot move
the window anymore when the dragbar is turned off.
You can save the state of the "Dragbar" menu item to
the preferences. THIS ONLY TAKES EFFECT WHEN YOU QUIT
AND START DCLOCK AGAIN.
V1.3 Nov 1994 o OK, the dragbar switching was not very elegant. Now
you can turn the dragbar on and off without leaving
the program.
o Got rid of the `Snapshot position' menu item. Now
`Save preferences' saves the current position, too.
o I rearranged the menus to a somewhat more logical
order.
o `Alarm command' and `Timer command' now use the
SystemTagList() function. A console window is opened
as stdin/stdout for the executed program, so you can
actually _see_ it's output if you started DClock from
the Workbench. Nice, isn't it?
V1.4 Dec 1994 o 12 hour AM/PM mode added.
V1.5 Dec 1994 o (I should actually be preparing for my exams... :)
o Little bug fixed: You could deadlock DClock by
immediately quitting it after startup (this was
only theoretical as you had no chance to immediately
quit DClock because the window was not activated).
o OS3.0+ users now get white menus.
o Date function added. If the 24H mode is active,
the date is displayed as DD.MM.YYYY. Otherwise day and
month are swapped (i.e. MM.DD.YYYY). I hope this suits
your needs.
o New menu item `Activate' added.
o New menu shortcuts added
@ENDNODE
@NODE Commercial "DClock - The t-shirt"
Just kidding ;)
@ENDNODE