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- Alarm Clock version 2.9
-
- Alarm Clock is SHAREWARE. You are allowed to try the program for 60 days.
- If you find it useful you may register the program with WalkerWerks for
- $25.00 U.S. Run the program for details.
-
- Alarm Clock is also listed the the Compuserve Shareware registration
- database. You can register the program on line using your Compuserve
- account. To register type GO SWREG at any ! prompt and follow the
- menues to register. The Alarm Clock Registration ID is 1164.
-
- You may distribute the SHAREWARE version of this program on any legal
- Bulletin Board for the purpose of trial distribution as long as this
- notice is included and no contents are altered. You may not sell
- this program or a disk containing this program for personal profit.
-
- Bryan Walker
- WalkerWerks
-
- To run Alarm Clock place the DLLs in a directory in your LIBPATH= statement.
- This can be found in your CONFIG.SYS file.
- Place ALRMCLK2.HLP in a directory in the SET HELP=
- statement from your config.sys. Finally use view for the INF file.
-
-
- Inventory List for Alarm Clock
- README This file.
- The 32 bit OS/2 2.9 files
- ALRMCLK2.EXE The program file.
- ALRMCLK2.DLL ALRMCLK2.DLL in English.
- ALRMCLK2.HLP ALRMCLK2.HLP in English.
- ALRMCLK2.INF The Help screens in a form usable with VIEW.EXE.
- DBPROCS.DLL The Database functions for Alarm Clock.
- APMISC.DLL The lockup hook and misc. functions.
- APUPGRAD.EXE Utility to update event databases that were created with
- Alarm Clock prior to 2.9 revision. Run the program
- and include the file name to convert on the command line.
- Run for each event file to be converted.
- ACREAD.ME This file.
- ACINST.CMD Utility to install Alarm Clock.
- ACUNINST.CMD Utility to remove all Alarm Clock settings from your
- OS2.INI file if you remove Alarm Clock.
-
- <The following files come with the registered version only>
-
-
- STRT_VDM.EXE Command line utility for starting DOS sessions or
- DOS image files from the command line. Allows you to
- set the DOS settings for the application when launched.
-
- STRT_VDM.TXT The instructions for using STRT_VDM.EXE.
-
- EXIT_VDM.COM Exits Dos Image sessions like typing EXIT at a normal
- OS/2 or OS/2-DOS session. Built from sample debug
- program placed on Compuserve by IBM. Also provided
- with OS/2 2.1 Beta.
-
-
- Revision History
- March 1992 Version 1.0 First Release of program.
-
- March 1992 Version 1.1 Correct errors in midnight logic.
-
- March 1992 Version 1.2 Still problems with midnight logic.
-
- April 1992 Version 1.4 Adds Calendar and corrects error with
- database storage.
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- May 1992 Version 1.6 Adds hourly chime and named directory.
-
- June 1992 Version 1.8 Places all text in external DLL for possible
- international support and event handler placed
- in its own thread for efficiency. Corrects
- problem with database storage that returned
- in version 1.6.
-
- June 1992 Version 1.81 Correct Bug for saving events during the
- midnight hour. Also added ability to clear
- the controls from the screen. Alarm Clock
- now remembers if it was minimized or maximized
- when closed and returns to that state.
-
-
- June 1992 Version 1.9 Add digital clock option with 24 hour format
- and international date format options. Last
- 16 bit OS/2 1.x version.
-
- July 1992 Version 2.0 Port of version 1.9 to 32 bit. Also improves
- the graphics for the Analog and Digital clocks.
-
- August 1992 Version 2.01 Fix error in launching applications. Add Spanish
- screens and help.
-
- August 1992 Ver 2.01b Fix reversal in Calendar for November and December
- Add Dutch screens.
-
- October 1992 Ver 2.5 Move events to a flat file database and index,
- increase daily events to 200, add return or snooze
- feature to reminders.
-
- December 1992 Ver 2.6 Added desktop lockup. Added shortcut keys for
- scheduling dialog. Improved placement of dialogs
- on screen. Added ability to choose font for
- displaying the digital clock. 24 hour format is
- available with the 12 hour analog clock.
-
- January 1993 Ver 2.7 Printing of the Schedule database is now available.
- Also the clock respects the OS/2 color pallete so
- all those crazy colors are available.
-
- March 1993 Ver 2.8 Adds the ability to play melodies with reminders.
- Alarm Clock can play the melodies created with the
- OS/2 PMTune editor.
-
- April 1993 Ver 2.8 Revision c fixes the program to work correctly with
- the newest release of the OS/2 2.1 Beta.
-
- July 1993 Ver 2.8 Revision e is a rebuild with the new IBM Cset for
- OS/2.
-
- Sept 1993 Ver 2.9 Reworked interface with improved useability. Stabler
- system with improved WPS interface.