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************************ CHANGES TO CLOCKMAN **************************
To see ClockMan's new features for yourself, load the SAMPLES.ALR
file. Then select each alarm and click on the "Test" button!
VERSION 1.1 (05/22/92)
======================
THE INFOBARS --
--> NEW! DateBar - Displays today's date on the active window's
caption bar. TimeBar was so popular, we thought we'd keep it
company!
--> IMPROVED! Both DateBar's and TimeBar's formats are controlled by
the International settings from the Control Panel.
--> NEW! DateBar & TimeBar are both hotspots. Right-click on them to
quickly bring up the ClockMan system menu. Left-click on them to
go directly to the Set Alarms dialog. You can even run ClockMan
hidden, and yet still have full access to its dialog boxes!
MORE ALARM OPTIONS --
--> NEW! TimeSquare message type. Your alarm message scrolls across
the active window's caption bar. Choose from several scrolling
patterns. "It's NEAT-O!"
\ /\ / /\ \ /
--> NEW (Win31)! Audible alarms can now play \/ \/ /--\ \/ files!
See Help: "Audible alarms/WAV files".
LAUNCHING PROGRAMS & SENDING KEYSTROKES --
--> NEW! Send keystrokes to a DOS APP! You can send _any_ key to a
DOS app in a DOS box. (It can't be iconized or full screen.)
Read Help: "Sending Keystrokes To A DOS App".
--> NEW! You can now put a datafile in the program line instead of
having to specify the program name itself (if there's an associa-
tion for it in WIN.INI).
--> NEW (Win31)! Exit Windows, restart Windows, or reboot the system!
With the {#exitwindows} command you can also return an errorlevel
back to DOS, as in {#exitwindows 4}. Use it to automate DOS
processes that can't run when Windows is running!
--> IMPROVED! More nonstandard keys have sendkey names. If you use a
122-key keyboard, Olivetti, or Nokia, then sending those strange
extra keys should be much easier!
--> IMPROVED! ClockMan is even more tenacious in sending keystrokes to
the correct window.
INTERNATIONAL --
--> NEW! The date formats respond completely to your WIN.INI [intl]
settings. Change the long and short date formats, & the dates
change accordingly in the Set Alarms listbox, When dialog spin-
fields, Now dialog spinfields, DateBar, and icon title.
--> NEW! ClockMan now supports foreign names for days of the week and
months. Just adapt one of our "language customization" files to
your needs! See Help: "Power User's Secrets/Different Countries
& Languages".
MISCELLANY --
--> NEW! F1 context-sensitive help available from whichever dialog box
you're in.
--> NEW! Customize the icon's title bar. Add date, day of week, alarm
filename, etc. Make it short - make it long; it's all up to you.
See Power Users' Secrets for more details.
--> NEW! If you want ClockMan to run hidden, you can now choose it
directly from the Options dialog instead of having to add a
CLOCKMAN.INI entry.
--> NEW! If you try to start another instance of ClockMan with the
same alarm file, you now get a File|Open dialog to choose a dif-
ferent or a new alarm file.
--> NEW! The Set date/time dialog now starts with focus on the minutes
field, to make it even simpler for you to correct clock drift.
--> FIXED! Countdown alarms no longer count down 3 times per second.
--> FIXED! LAN users should experience fewer SHARE violations when
running many ClockMans in (C)lient mode with the same alarm file.
--> NEW (Win31)! You can drag & drop a ClockMan alarm file onto the
ClockMan icon to load another instance of the program with that
file.
--> IMPROVED! Each field in the date & time spinfields now carry over
to the next higher field if you spin to the end of the range. (i.e.
spinning past March 31 bumps up the month to April.)