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- README.TXT - WORLDTIME FOR WINDOWS
- VERSION 2.10e
- _______________________________________________________________
-
- Please take the time to review this file before installing and
- running WorldTime 2.1.
-
-
- VERSION 2.1E INTERIM RELEASE NOTE
- ---------------------------------
- Version 2.1e constitutes the fifth in a series of interim
- releases to WorldTime 2.1, implementing a number of minor
- refinements to existing program functions.
-
- WorldTime 2.1e automatically places the current local time
- inside its program icon when the program window is minimized.
- This replaces the "Iconic Time Display" option which was
- available in earlier versions, but lead to conflicts with
- Windows screen savers. The iconic time display is
- automatically without defeating any active Windows screen
- savers.
-
- WorldTime Version 2.1e implements an adjustment to the local
- time zone listings that now provides separate GMT+12 and
- GMT-12 time zones. If you have been using the shareware
- version of a WorldTime release PRIOR to version 2.1d, and then
- install the registered version of WorldTime 2.1d or 2.1e, your
- local time zone selection may need to be reset.
-
- You can check this simply by opening the "Configuration"
- dialog via the menu bar "Options/Configuration..."
- command. If your correct local time zone does not appear
- in the drop-down listbox control, you should reset it to
- the correct time zone and then close the dialog box with the
- "OK" pushbutton.
-
- Version 2.1e offers the option of toggling the date display
- (in the status window) between MONTH/DAY/YEAR and
- DAY/MONTH/YEAR formats. Controls for setting this selection
- are provided in the Configuration dialog box.
-
- Finally, Version 2.1e saves its most recent screen position
- (X and Y coordinates) into the WTIME21.INI file. Whenever
- WorldTime is run, the program window will position itself
- according to its previous screen location.
-
- NOTE: The current position is saved only when the program is
- closed while in its "maximized" or "restored" state. The
- screen position is not saved if the program is closed from
- its iconic state.
-
- The first time the program is run, the WorldTime window may
- default to a centered position on your Windows desktop.
-
-
- INTRODUCTION
- ------------
- WorldTime 2.1 is an easy to use international clock utility
- for the Microsoft Windows operating environment. WorldTime
- can display six different international locations and their
- current local times -- selected from a database of over 170
- metropolitan and geographic locations worldwide.
-
-
- NOTES FOR USERS OF PREVIOUS VERSIONS
- ------------------------------------
- If you are familiar with previous major-version releases of
- WorldTime, please take note of the following new features
- implemented in version 2.1:
-
- WTIME21.INI File Location
- -------------------------
- Unlike previous releases, WorldTime 2.1 now creates and
- maintains its initialization file (WTIME21.INI) in the
- default Windows directory. This change was implemented to
- make the program easier to use on local area network (LAN)
- systems. Previous releases kept the .INI file in the
- WorldTime directory.
-
- For the benefit of users who prefer keeping the WorldTime
- .INI file in the WorldTime default directory, the program
- can be run with the Private Mode command line switch (/P).
- This forces the program to create and access its .INI file
- in the WorldTime default directory (i.e., wherever the
- WTIME21.EXE file is located), and also allows multiple
- copies of WorldTime (stored in separate directories) to
- be run with their own configuration settings.
-
- Configuration Dialog
- --------------------
- All configuration settings are now managed from within a
- Configuration dialog, accessible via the menu bar
- "Options/Configuration..." command.
-
- Point-and-Shoot Mouse Support
- -----------------------------
- The international location selection dialogs can now be
- opened by placing the mouse pointer over the selected location
- display and double-clicking the left mouse button. This
- feature duplicates the functions of the six buttonbar
- controls (which can now be disabled and removed from the
- program window -- see "Show/Hide ButtonBar").
-
- Larger International Location Database
- --------------------------------------
- The number of standard locations accessible from WorldTime's
- International Location Selection dialog boxes has been
- increased, and includes generic time zone selections
- representing all standard time zones (labeled according to
- hours plus or minus Greenwich Mean Time). This facility,
- coupled with the Custom Location Name feature, enables
- virtually any location to be entered and displayed in the
- WorldTime program window.
-
- Custom Location Names / Half-Hour Time Support
- ----------------------------------------------
- WorldTime 2.1 now allows the configuration and selection of
- custom locations based on WorldTime's default or standard time
- (STD) location listings. Any custom location can also be
- configured as a "half-hour" time zone.
-
- Show/Hide ButtonBar
- -------------------
- The buttonbar controls can now be disabled and removed from
- the program window, useful if your international location
- fields are set and you wish to decrease the size of
- WorldTime's program window. This toggle option is accessible
- via the menu bar "Options/Show/Hide ButtonBar" command.
-
- Window/Icon Topmost Display
- ---------------------------
- WorldTime can now keep its program window or icon "topmost"
- among any other active applications on the Windows desktop.
- This option is accessible from the Configuration dialog box.
-
- 12-Hour/24-Hour Time Displays
- -----------------------------
- WorldTime can now be display all times in 12-hour or 24-hour
- format. The user's selection of either option is then
- reflected not only in the main program window, but in the
- iconized time display and in the Set System Time dialog box.
-
- Adjustable Text Display Color
- -----------------------------
- The on-screen color of each of the six international location,
- day of week, and time fields can be selected from the
- International Location Selection dialog box (within the "Text
- Display Color" control group).
-
-
- PROGRAM FILES
- -------------
- The WorldTime 2.1 package consists of 5 files:
-
- README.TXT
- NETWORK.TXT
- WTIME21.EXE
- WTIME21.HLP
- WTIME21.TXT
-
- A sixth file, WTIME21.INI, is automatically created when the
- program is first run, and is located in the default Windows
- directory (e.g., C:\WINDOWS or C:\WIN). This file contains
- all WorldTime configuration information.
-
-
- READ ALL ABOUT IT
- -----------------
- Full product documentation is contained in the WTIME21.TXT
- file. This is an ASCII text file which can be easily loaded
- and viewed with Windows Notepad, Windows Write, or any word
- processor or text editor that supports the ASCII text format.
- This file includes a program description, instructions, and
- technical notes.
-
- Specific information regarding the use of WorldTime 2.1 in a
- network environment is contained in the ASCII text file,
- NETWORK.TXT. It is STRONGLY recommended that this file is
- read before installing WorldTime 2.1 on a local area network.
-
- Hypertext program documentation is supplied in the WTIME21.HLP
- file. This is a Windows Help System format file, which can be
- loaded and viewed with Windows Help -- and is directly
- accessed from within WorldTime via the menu bar
- "Help/Contents..." command.
-
- Both of these files contain all the information you need to
- install and run this program. The Windows Help System
- includes the provision for easily printing any topic or topics
- from the WTIME21.HLP file. This handy feature can be used to
- turn your "manual on disk" into hard copy for future
- reference.
-
-
- QUICK & DIRTY START-UP
- ----------------------
- We recommend that you make a backup copy of the master program
- disk(s) before installing or running WorldTime. We also
- recommend that this program be installed to, and run from, a
- hard disk.
-
- To get WorldTime loaded and running with a minimum of fuss,
- simply create a new directory or subdirectory on your hard
- disk (e.g., C:\WTIME21) and copy the entire contents of your
- master disk to that new directory.
-
- WorldTime 2.1 does not access or require any files from
- previous versions. As a result, you may safely delete all
- installed files from any previous version of WorldTime prior
- to installing WorldTime 2.1.
-
- From Microsoft Windows, you can run this program from File
- Manager by "double-clicking" the WTIME21.EXE file entry or by
- selecting the WTIME21.EXE file entry and issuing the menu bar
- "File/Run" command.
-
- Of course, WorldTime's icon can be easily installed into a new
- or existing Program Manager group for quick, one-step running.
-
- Once running, all configuration controls are accessed from the
- WorldTime menu bar and/or buttonbar controls. A complete
- summary of all commands is provided in the WTIME21.TXT file
- and within the WorldTime help system.
-
-
- WARRANTY INFORMATION
- --------------------
- Warranty information regarding this product is provided in the
- ASCII text file, WTIME21.TXT and in the Windows Help file
- WTIME21.HLP.
-
-
- PRODUCT REGISTRATION
- --------------------
- WorldTime for Windows (version 2.1) is shareware, not freeware.
-
- The single-user registration fee for this product is $16.00
- (U.S.). Registrations ordered from outside the continental
- United States or Canada should include an additional $2.00 for
- shipping and handling.
-
- Multiple-user site licenses are available for this product.
- Site license registrations are a cost-effective way of
- registering several end-users for a substantially lower
- per-copy cost than individual registrations.
-
- Complete registration information, including printable
- registration forms, is provided in the WTIME21.HLP file
- shipped with the shareware version of WorldTime. The
- WTIME21.HLP file is accessed via the Windows Help System
- -- menu bar command "Help/Contents." Registration information
- is also provided in the ASCII text file, WTIME21.TXT.
-
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-
- WORLDTIME FOR WINDOWS (Version 2.10e)
- Copyright (c) 1993 Pegasus Development
-
- The information contained in this documentation is subject to
- revision and/or alteration without prior notice. This
- documentation represents no obligation, expressed or implied,
- on the part of the author or Pegasus Development.
-
- Microsoft(R) is a registered trademark and Windows is a
- trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks
- mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of
- their respective corporations, and are hereby acknowledged.
-