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^Cby
^CJohn Romero
^C-----Introduction -----
CHIME is a memory-resident utility that displays the current time in the
top-right hand corner of your monitor. CHIME also allows you to schedule
20 different alarms so you don't miss an important meeting, forget to call
your Mom, or miss a meal!
After installing CHIME, a message informing you of its installation
appears on the screen. You can execute CHIME with a number of Command Line
parameters to perform each of the following functions:
/T Toggles the display of the time On/Off
/T- Turns off the time display
/T+ Turns on the time display
/A Toggles alarms On/Off
/A+ Turns alarms on
/A- Turns alarms off
/Sn Changes alarm sound to: 0 = no sound, 1 = beep, 2 = coo coo
/R Removes CHIME from memory
/? Displays these parameters
You can use any of these parameters after CHIME has been installed. For
example, to change the sound to a beep, type CHIME /S1. To turn the time
display off and deactivate all alarms, type CHIME /T- /A-. Type CHIME /R to
remove CHIME from memory, type CHIME /R.
^C----- The Hotkey -----
CHIME has a non-changeable Hotkey that pops up a small menu from which
you can change parameters from within a program. Activate the Hotkey with
<CTRL>-<ALT>-<C>. Five options appear:
1. Toggle Time Display
2. Change Sound Type
3. Toggle Alarms On/Off
4. Edit Alarm Settings
5. Exit CHIME. <ESC> will also Exit CHIME.
Other than #4, Edit Alarm Settings, the options are straightforward.
The Edit function is explained in the next section.
^C----- Editing Alarms -----
After selecting #4, a large data entry screen is displayed. The
highlighted entry can be changed by pressing the <UP> and <DOWN ARROW KEYS>.
Press <ENTER> to select a highlighted entry for editing. The highlight will
disappear. There are six fields in an entry:
1) Time, 2) Am or Pm, 3) Active, 4) Day, 5) Date, and 6) Title.
Move forward in the fields with <TAB>; move backward with <SHIFT>-<TAB>.
Pressing <ESC> at the Text Field (which is after the Title Field but not on
the screen) will end data entry and return you to the highlight-bar mode.
1. Time Field: Type in the time you want the alarm to go off. Type
the time as you would read it: 10:44, 2:13, or 6:59. If you make typing
error, you will be notified. Press <ENTER> to move to the next field.
2. Am or Pm Field: Type "A" for Am; type "P" for Pm. Press
<ENTER> to move to the next field.
3. Active field: Type "D" for daily, "W" for weekly, or "O"
for one time only. Press <ENTER> to move to the next field.
4. Day Field: Type the number (1-7) that corresponds with the day
of the week. Monday is "1" and Sunday is "7". Press <ENTER> to move to
the next screen.
5. Date Field: Type the number of the day of the month (1-31) when
you want the alarm to sound.
6. Title Field: Type up the title of the event for which you are
setting the alarm. Up to 32 characters are allowed in the Title Field.
The title is displayed in the box that appears when the alarm activates.
After making all the field entries, press <ENTER> and a Text Field
box appears. You can enter up to four lines with fifty characters per
line in a message box that pops up when the alarm activates.
^C----- Setting an Alarm -----
You want the alarm to go off daily just before lunch. To set the alarm:
1. Press <ENTER> on an empty entry line or an entry you wish to
change.
2. Type "11:55" and press <ENTER>.
3. Type "A" for Am and press <ENTER>.
4. Type "D" for Daily alarm and press <ENTER>.
5. You will now be on the Title Field. If the alarm was Weekly or
Monthly, you would have been required you to enter the day of the week or
day of the month. In this case, type "Lunchtime!" and press <ENTER>.
This is the complete procedure for setting an alarm!
^C----- Function Keys and Commands -----
The Data Entry Sheet has a Help line at the bottom. <F1> will call up
Help screens any time you are working with the Data Entry Sheet. <F2> will
erase the current entry line so you can start fresh without having to delete
existing information. <F3> will erase all twenty entries; however, you will
be prompted before the erasure takes place. To save the data, press <ESC> to
return to the small menu. Press <ESC> again to exit CHIME. Your alarm is now
saved in the same directory in which CHIME was executed.
If you place the word "CHIME" in the current PATH of the AUTOEXEC.BAT
file, the alarms will be set and ready to go every time you boot up your
system!
^C----- End of Instructions -----
^CTo run this program outside ^1Big Blue Disk^0, type: ^1CHIME^0.
Disk files this program uses:
^FCHIME.EXE