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- [TopClock, Version 1.0: Copyright by HLS/Aachen/1991]
- -----------------------------------------------------
- (NO WARRANTY: see disclaimer below)
-
- TopClock displays the current time (with or without seconds) and, if
- selected, the current date in a small window, which can remain visible on
- top of the screen.
-
- How to install TopClock:
- * copy the files TOPCLOCK.EXE and TOPCLOCK.TXT to the directory where you
- want to have them (for example, your "utilities" directory),
- * add TOPCLOCK.EXE as usual to one of your program groups (only needed if
- you want to start TopClock not only at Windows boot time) and/or to the
- "Load="-, "Run="- or WinLoad list (if you want to start TopClock at
- Windows boot time).
-
- TopClock is: a simple program to display the time (and date).
- ------------
-
- TopClock is not: (and will never be) a full featured calendar nor an
- ---------------- alarm clock.
-
- How to set up TopClock:
- -----------------------
- The best way to change TopClock's behavior is to select the appropriate
- entry in TopClock's system menu. There are 4 switches, which can be
- changed this way. The state of this switches as well as the position of
- the TopClock window are saved in TopClock's profile (see below). The
- switches and their meanings:
-
- "Clock on top":
- If checked, the TopClock window will always remain visible on top of all
- other windows. Otherwise it can be hidden by other windows.
- "Seconds":
- If checked, the time is being displayed with, otherwise without seconds.
- "Date":
- If checked, the display changes every 4 seconds; time (with or without
- seconds) and date are being displayed alternately. Exception: when the
- next minute begins; no date is displayed for the last 4 seconds of the old
- and the first 4 seconds of the new minute.
- "About":
- If checked, the "about" information will be displayed in the caption
- bar of TopClock's window. There is no "about" DialogBox!!
- In Addition, the "about" information will be displayed every 5 minutes,
- when seconds are enabled, or every hour, when seconds are disabled.
-
- Additional information:
- -----------------------
- To keep TopClock as small as possible, TopClock does not contiain any
- additional features. For example, TopClock has no dialog box at all, and
- it doesn't allow you to change date/time formats. Instead, it uses the
- standard country settings, which can be changed by using CONTROL.EXE!
-
- Required settings in WIN.INI
- ----------------------------
- In most cases, WIN.INI will already be o.k. for use with TopClock, and you
- won't have to change it. Here are some hints for advanced users.
-
- TopClock stores it's settings by default in a profile named TOPCLOCK.INI;
- if you want another profile to be used instead, add - if not present - a
- new section [Private Profiles] to your WIN.INI file, which should contain
- a with a line named "TopClock=...", where "..." stands for the name of the
- file you want to use. By default, this section should read:
- [Private Profiles]
- TopClock=TOPCLOCK.INI
-
- If you have other utilities which allow you to select their private profile
- name you can use the same profile for TopClock and all or some of these
- utility programs (if their profile has the standard profile format).
-
- If your WIN.INI is not too big WIN.INI can be used as profile for TopClock
- (if WIN.INI becomes very big, the system performance will decrease).
- If you don't want a profile at all, simply use NUL or NUL.INI as profile name.
-
- Copyright & Disclaimer
- ----------------------
- TopClock is CharityWare. It may be copied and used freely by anyone, as
- long as TOPCLOCK.TXT is copied also and nothing has been changed. If you
- find TopClock useful and continue to use it, please give something for
- charity to an organization you think to be worth it (e.g. 1% of your
- monthly income, or more).
-
- TopClock is nevertheless copyrighted and protected by several laws. It may
- not be sold by anyone except me without my written permission. This also
- includes shareware- and public-domain-software-traders. If they want to sell
- my program or want to charge anything for copying it, they need my approval.
-
- ABSOLUTLY NO WARRANTY FOR ANYTHING!
- Since this program is for free, I do not guarantee anything. Although TopClock
- was developed and tested very carefully, the author cannot be liable for any
- damage caused by any use of the program; if you use the program, it's your own
- risk! TopClock seems to work fine on my machine. I use it every day and it has
- never crashed anything. But if it does so on your computer be aware that you
- use(d) it on your own risk.
-
- Version 1.0: Copyright by HLS/Aachen, 1/11/1991
-