Daxtar's Shutdown Timer v1.0.3   -   Apr 03, 2003
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Contacting Author
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  Email : mb@daxtar.de
  INet  : http://www.daxtar.de/


Changes
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v0.3 :   - fixed bug with the calculation of hours

v0.4 :   - removed icon-blink feature 
         - last enabled timing settings will be saved as default settings in your registry 
         - command line paramter [--enable, -e] will enabled timer at startup 
       
v1.0 :   - shutdown now works on every Win32 Platform (Win2k and XP included)
         - added two different Shutdown methods : PowerOff and Shutdown
         - switched used Registry Calue from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
         
v1.0.1 : - Fixed bug with second timer method : at a certain localtime. this caused the
           application to disable all widgets

v1.0.2 : - On some boards PowerOff and Shutdown made no difference
         - Added "Reboort Now" and "PowerOff Now" to the TrayIcons's contextmenu
         
v1.0.3 : - Fixed bug of automate startup with shutdown at a certain time
           Problem occured at times with less then one digit, which where stored
           wrongly in the registry (ThanX to Henry)
           



Installation
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This program is a stand alone exe, so copy it in your favorite
tool's place and create a link in your startup folder.


Description
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The Application docks at your system tray, just look for the
shutdown icon nearby the time on the taskbar. Left-klick it to
open the user interface, right-klick it to enter the user menu,
hold mouse to view the current status as hint.


User Interface
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The user interface is divided into the sections OPTIONS and ACTION.
- First you have to choose weather you want to shutdown, reboot or
  logoff your windows system. Next you select the time of that action.
- Either you choos to exit windows in a specified amount of minutes or
  hours (0 will lead to instant exit !!!) or to exit windows at an 
  spezial time.
- You can choose to destroy those processes which don't respond
  the friendly sent terminate signal at shutdowntime with the
  force option (enabled by default :-)

Once you enabled the Timer, the current settings are stored in your registry at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Redox\Shutdown, the following values are created : 
- action (0=PowerOff, 1=Shutdown 1=Reboot, 3=Logoff) 
- force (0=force active, 1=don't force) 
- command (e.g. "a1000" means "at 10:10 localtime", "i2h" means "in two hours") 


Command Line Parameters
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  [--enable, -e] : Timer is enabled immediately 

 
User Menu
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Choose to
  - Poweroff Now
  - Reboot Now
  - Destroy this Application
  - Start / Stop timer
  - Get an Info Window