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- ReadMe file for !TaskMon
-
- Have you ever wondered how long you spend on your computer, or out of that time how long you spend on DTP, creative art, accounts or playing games?
- This application will tell you.
-
- © Geoff Williams 1995
-
- Copyright Notice
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- This program is Freeware. The author retains copyright.
-
- Permission to use, copy and distribute this software
- is granted, provided that this complete permission
- notice together with all files appears intact in all copies and
- supporting documentation.
-
- This software is provided "as is". The author disclaims
- all warranties with regard to this software, including all
- implied warranties of merchantability and fitness, in no
- event shall the author be liable for any special, indirect
- or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever
- resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether in an
- action of contract, negligence or other tortuous action,
- arising out of or in connection with the use or
- performance of this software. The author does assure you
- that the software in its current form contains no
- deliberately destructive content, no viruses or worms,
- harmless or otherwise.
-
- Comments and suggestions for improvement will be gratefully
- received at the address below.
-
-
- !TaskMon monitors the use of tasks (applications and modules)
- and records the time during which each is active. For a complete
- record it should be installed in your Boot file. Provided that you
- shut down in the approved manner (i.e. <CTRL/SHIFT F12> or by
- selecting <SHUTDOWN> from the Task Manager menu) data will be saved
- automatically from session to session.
-
- The Menus:
- Clicking on the icon bar icon with the middle button will show the
- following menus:
- Info:
- The usual information about the program.
- List Options: This leads to a sub-menu allowing you to choose to
- list current applications, modules or both.
- Full List: Clicking on this will open a window showing the date
- !TaskMon was first started (or the last reset) and the length of time
- each task has been running since that date, plus the total time
- your machine has been in use since that date. NB these times do
- not include data for the current session. These will be added
- when you shut down.
- If you wish to remove a task from your record, click <SELECT> on
- the icon on its right. The task name will be greyed out and will
- be deleted from the list next session.
- If you wish to remove all tasks and reset the start time, click
- <ADJUST> on the Reset icon. The will delete all previous data
- and the new start time will be the time you next boot up your
- machine.
- Current List:
- This will open a window listing current applications and the time
- they have been active. The list will contain applications,
- modules or both depending on which option you selected. By
- default it lists applications only. The window also shows the time
- since your machine was switched on.
- Help:
- Will remind you of some of the above.
- Quit: quits the application, saves data from the current session and
- adds it to data from previous sessions.
-
- Other features:
-
- Warning:
- TaskMon will record up to 50 tasks. If you already have 43 or more you
- will be warned to remove some existing tasks. If you wish to record more
- than 50, you can increase the value of the first element of the array <full$>
- in line 50 of !RunImage. Then change the value of limit% in line 90 to
- something appropriate.
- You may then need to increase the size of the Wimpslot in the !Run file.
-
- Log:
- A separate record of start time, finish time and the length for each session
- is kept in a text file in the !TaskMon directory. To read it open the
- directory and double click on "log".
-
- Reset:
- As stated above, clicking on the Reset button will delete data for all
- previous sessions. To avoid losing data by mistake you have to use
- <ADJUST> to do this. If you click on Reset with <SELECT> a reminder
- will appear.
-
- Geoff Williams
- 18 The Greenway
- Pattingham
- Wolverhampton
- WV6 7DD
-