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Timer Options
There is just one command line option, /s
for silent mode. This causes the Timer to not
show the timer dialog after start.
Timer Registry Values
The values should be self-descriptive, however, here is the description of
all values.
| ExeDescription |
Up to 100 characters. |
| ExePath |
Up to 255 characters. |
| ExeParameters |
Up to 255 characters. |
| ExeWorkDir |
Up to 255 characters. |
| StartNextDate |
'yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss', 24-hour format, leading zero. |
| StartEverySec |
recurring time in seconds, 0 = not recurring (if StartNextDate empty then after
logon takes precedence). |
| StartSecAfterBoot |
If not 0, this value will be processed, takes precedence. (boot = launch of
Timer = after logon if in Startup). |
| StartActivated |
1 = activated, else deactivated. |
| StartDeleteAfter |
1 = delete after starting once, else only deactivate. |
| StartWorkingOnly |
1 = recurring on working days only, that is, Monday through Friday, else run
every day. |
| StartBell |
1 = play sound on action, else no sound. |
| WindowState |
0 Normal, 1 Min, 2 Max, 3 No Activate, 4 Min No Activate, 5 Hidden. |
| PriorityLevel |
0 Realtime, 1 High, 2 Normal, 3 Idle. |
Example Registry File
Here's an example Registry file you can simply double-click to import it
into the registry. Copy the following lines and paste them into a new text document. Save
it with the extension *.reg.
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PACT Software\Timer\myNewTimer]
"ExeDescription"="This is an example reminder"
"ExePath"=""
"ExeParameters"=""
"ExeWorkDir"=""
"StartNextDate"="1998/03/12 10:20:00"
"StartEverySec"=dword:00000000
"StartSecAfterBoot"=dword:00000000
"StartActivated"=dword:00000001
"StartDeleteAfter"=dword:00000000
"StartWorkingOnly"=dword:00000000
"StartBell"=dword:00000001
"WindowState"=dword:00000000
"PriorityLevel"=dword:00000002
Programming to the Registry
If you feel comfortable programming to the registry, you'll certainly want
use the following functions.
Create a new subkey below HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PACT Software\Timer\,
for example HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PACT Software\Timer\MyTimerSet001\. In this key set
all values, or only those you need.
Here is a ready to use C source code
program to do just that. First you find the type definition, second the function to create
a new timer set, third, the function to write it to the registry, and fourth, a function
to execute PacTimer.exe to get the newly added subkey re-checked.
From your Visual Basic
program you can also access the registry by declaring the WINAPI functions RegCreateKeyEx,
RegSetValueEx, and RegCloseKey.
// --- Declarations for PACT Timer 98 -----
#define APPREGKEY ("Software\\PACT Software\\Timer")
typedef struct _TimerSet { // ts set for one timer
information
char SubKeyName[MAX_PATH];
char ExeDescription[101];
// max 100 (+ \0)
char ExePath[MAX_PATH];
char ExeParameters[MAX_PATH];
char ExeWorkDir[MAX_PATH];
char StartNextDate[20];
// 1998/03/12 10:20:00 max 20
(= 19 + \0)
UINT StartEverySec;
UINT StartSecAfterBoot;
DWORD StartActivated;
// default: 1 = yes
DWORD StartDeleteAfter;
// default: 0 = no, only deactivate
DWORD StartWorkingOnly;
// default: 0 = run every day
DWORD StartBell;
// default: 1 = yes, play sound
DWORD WindowState;
// 0-5
default: 0, normal
DWORD PriorityLevel;
// 0-3
default: 2, normal
} TIMERSET;
void main();
BOOL SetTimerSet(TIMERSET *pts);
void StartPacTimer();
// --- Example on how to init and save a new timer -----
// Copyright ⌐ 1993-1998 PACT on all examples and
materials. All rights reserved.
// The examples provided here are NOT guaranteed to work. No warranties, no liability, no
guaranty for fitness of code.
// --- main -----------------------------
void main()
{
TIMERSET ts;
SYSTEMTIME st;
lstrcpy(ts.SubKeyName, "MyTimerSet0001");
lstrcpy(pts->ExeDescription, "Test Timer");
lstrcpy(pts->ExePath, "Notepad.exe");
pts->ExeParameters[0] = '\0';
pts->ExeWorkDir[0] = '\0';
pts->StartEverySec = 0;
pts->StartSecAfterBoot = 0;
pts->StartActivated = 1;
// yes
pts->StartDeleteAfter = 0;
// no
pts->StartWorkingOnly = 0;
// no
pts->StartBell = 1; //
yes
pts->WindowState = 0; //
0-5 default: 0
pts->PriorityLevel = 2; //
0-3 default: 2
GetLocalTime(&st);
st.wMinute += 5;
if(st.wMinute > 59)
{
st.wMinute -= 60;
st.wHour++; // and so on...
}
wsprintf(ts.StartNextDate, "%04i/%02i/%02i %02i:%02i:%02i",
st.wYear, st.wMonth, st.wDay, st.wHour, st.wMinute, st.wSecond);
SetTimerSet(&ts); // save to reg
StartPacTimer(); // restart Timer
return;
}
// --- save timer to registry -------------------
BOOL SetTimerSet(TIMERSET *pts)
{
HKEY hkNewKey;
char szFullKeyName[MAX_PATH];
DWORD dwDummy;
DWORD dwReturn;
lstrcpy(szFullKeyName, APPREGKEY);
lstrcat(szFullKeyName, "\\");
lstrcat(szFullKeyName, pts->SubKeyName);
// Open/Create Key for write access
dwReturn = RegCreateKeyEx(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, szFullKeyName, 0, 0,
REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, NULL, &hkNewKey, &dwDummy);
if(ERROR_SUCCESS != dwReturn)
{
SetLastError(dwReturn);
myErr("Error writing to registry! Can not
open application key.");
return FALSE;
}
// Set SZs
RegSetValueEx(hkNewKey, "ExeDescription", 0, REG_SZ, (CONST
BYTE *) pts->ExeDescription, lstrlen(pts->ExeDescription) + 1);
RegSetValueEx(hkNewKey, "ExePath", 0, REG_SZ, (CONST BYTE *)
pts->ExePath, lstrlen(pts->ExePath) + 1);
RegSetValueEx(hkNewKey, "ExeParameters", 0, REG_SZ, (CONST
BYTE *) pts->ExeParameters, lstrlen(pts->ExeParameters) + 1);
RegSetValueEx(hkNewKey, "ExeWorkDir", 0, REG_SZ, (CONST BYTE
*) pts->ExeWorkDir, lstrlen(pts->ExeWorkDir) + 1);
RegSetValueEx(hkNewKey, "StartNextDate", 0, REG_SZ, (CONST
BYTE *) pts->StartNextDate, lstrlen(pts->StartNextDate) + 1);
// Set DWORDs
RegSetValueEx(hkNewKey, "StartEverySec", 0, REG_DWORD, (CONST
BYTE *) &pts->StartEverySec, sizeof(DWORD));
RegSetValueEx(hkNewKey, "StartSecAfterBoot", 0, REG_DWORD,
(CONST BYTE *) &pts->StartSecAfterBoot, sizeof(DWORD));
RegSetValueEx(hkNewKey, "StartActivated", 0, REG_DWORD,
(CONST BYTE *) &pts->StartActivated, sizeof(DWORD));
RegSetValueEx(hkNewKey, "StartDeleteAfter", 0, REG_DWORD,
(CONST BYTE *) &pts->StartDeleteAfter, sizeof(DWORD));
RegSetValueEx(hkNewKey, "StartWorkingOnly", 0, REG_DWORD,
(CONST BYTE *) &pts->StartWorkingOnly, sizeof(DWORD));
RegSetValueEx(hkNewKey, "StartBell", 0, REG_DWORD, (CONST
BYTE *) &pts->StartBell, sizeof(DWORD));
RegSetValueEx(hkNewKey, "WindowState", 0, REG_DWORD, (CONST
BYTE *) &pts->WindowState, sizeof(DWORD));
RegSetValueEx(hkNewKey, "PriorityLevel", 0, REG_DWORD, (CONST
BYTE *) &pts->PriorityLevel, sizeof(DWORD));
RegCloseKey(hkNewKey);
return TRUE;
}
// --- Start PacTimer.exe -----------------
void StartPacTimer()
{
HKEY hKey;
DWORD dwDummy = MAX_PATH;
char pszInstallPath[MAX_PATH] = {0};
char pszProgPath[MAX_PATH] = {0};
char pszTemp[MAX_PATH] = {0};
GetTempPath(MAX_PATH, pszTemp);
// get install path from Registry
if(ERROR_SUCCESS != RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, APPREGKEY, 0,
KEY_QUERY_VALUE, &hKey))
return;
if( ERROR_SUCCESS == RegQueryValueEx(hKey, "InstallPath",
NULL, NULL, (LPBYTE) pszInstallPath, &dwDummy) )
{
lstrcpy(pszProgPath, pszInstallPath);
lstrcat(pszProgPath,
"\\PacTimer.exe");
ShellExecute(NULL, NULL, pszProgPath, NULL,
pszTemp, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
}
RegCloseKey(hKey);
return;
}
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