Whenever invisotime is run it checks the time and determines if the files in its records are supposed to be visible. If the files' visibility is incorrect, invisotime switches it. invisotime is not an init so if you want to use it ALONE (without invisonit) you should put a copy in your startup folder and/or use a utility like Quickeys™ for automation.
invisonit -
invisonit is an init that will update invisotime's files at bootup and on the hour. You do not have to use it, but it sure beats running invisotime every hour manually (assuming you do not have Quickeys™ or an equivalent program).
Concerning the init/program relationship -
1)DO NOT CHANGE THE NAME OF invisonit 1.5. Doing so will render it useless.
2)If you are not going to use invisonit you might want to set invisotime's preferences (found in the "set the invisotimer" dialog box) to require you to hold down the command key when you start it up in order to enter the interface. This way when you run invisotime automatically with some other program it will just update the files and quit (i.e. it won't open up and require you to quit from it).
What you do -
Add or delete files from invisotime's records and change the invisotime invisibility periods to suit your needs. Note - all files in the record are affected the same way at the same time.
Updating -
In the "set the invisotimer" dialog there is a button labeled "Update", which will allow you to import your previously and strenuously gathered inviso-records (file names and times of invisibility) from an old copy of the application to the latest version. No fuss, no bother.
Password-
To accommodate requests I have added password protection to the invisotime interface. This does not mean, however, that no one can find out about files on your drive that you have made invisible. In fact it is incredibly easy with many common utilities to get to that data. Invisotime was created for convenience, not ultimate protection. That said, I can assure you that someone would have to do some serious hacking to break the password and that for casual security concerns (keeping your quicken files out of the hands of your not exactly computer-wizardish kid) invisotime should do fine. I can indeed make invisotime more secure, it mainly depends on interest (cash) received.
Origin -
I wrote invisotime because my phone bills were getting out of hand. I use my modem a fair amount, and I have a deal with the phone company where I can call certain areas at certain times for a lower rate. Unfortunately I never bothered much to consult the little sheet informing me of the happy cheap phone times and so up went the bill. So I figured - get me a program to make my settings files for various BBS's visible only during the happy cheap phones hours and I won't use them except during the happy cheap phone hours. Sure enough it worked.
Pitch -
invisotime is shareware. For $5 you can sleep with a clear conscience.
send $5 to:
Gregory Babior
22817 14th st.
Newhall, CA. 91321
send thoughts to:
gbabior@pro-palmtree.socal.com
Other Stuff -
invisotime 1.5 may be freely distributed but must include this document and invisonit 1.5. Anyone using any version of invisotime or invisonit does so at his or her own risk. The programmer does not accept any responsibility for any damage caused by or related to the use of any version of invisotime or invisonit.
Changes -
1.2 - 4/12/93
1) added a better interface for adding to the inviso-records.
2) added the ability to import records from older invisotime apps.
3) fixed bug encountered when adding detached aliases.
1.3 - 5/22/93
1) the birth of invisonit.
2) added command-key-startup-option to Prefs (also added Prefs).
