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- Time Version 1.0
- by George T. Talbot
- Special thanks to: Kendall Redburn for really cool artwork!
-
- Time came about over a period of a couple of lunch-times when I got
- sick of the built-in Alarm Clock DA that comes with the computer. It
- started out as a simple black-and-white analog clock. After I got that
- to work, I said “Gee, I hate the flashing hands.” What you see now is
- the result of getting a little carried away with a lunch-hour project.
-
- Instructions:
- SETTING THE TIME/DATE:
- Time can be set from the Alarm Clock or from Time's own dialog. To get
- to Time's dialog, pick "Settings…" from the Time menu when Time is the
- front-most window or click in the little box on the right. (the one with
- the "T" or "7" in it, I don't know what it is either) The time is set by
- clicking on one of the fields and using the arrows to the right of the
- field to change the number. The date is set the same way.
- NOTE: Time is always in 24-hour mode. (because it was easier to write
- this way, I know I'm lazy.)
-
- SETTING THE ALARM:
- IMPORTANT NOTE: Time's alarm is only active when its window is
- visible! This is because I didn't know how to use the Alarm Clock's
- alarm and I had to implement it myself using the Notification Manager.
-
- To activate the alarm, click in the Alarm Settings checkbox. You can
- pick the sound from the Sound: popup menu. This menu will list all
- sounds in the system file. If you want it to display a dialog box with
- a message when the alarm goes off, click in the Message checkbox and
- type your message in the box below. Clicking OK will change the alarm
- to your new settings.
-
- CHANGING THE FACE:
- Due to extreme carried-away-ness I added the ability to have different
- clock faces, both in black and white and in color. Time will look in the
- System File for resources of type FACE and put their names in its menu.
- To select the face you want, pick one of the faces from the menu.
- NOTE: Time will remember the position of its window, all of the alarm
- settings, and its current face when it's closed. One of the things
- I like to do under MultiFinder is to open Time, put it where I like
- it, and set the face to my favorite face, then switch to Finder
- (with Time still open) and use Set Startup to open Time every
- time I start up. This way Time becomes sort of permanent.
-
- MAKING YOUR OWN FACES:
- To make your own clock face, draw the face in your favorite drawing
- program (Kendall Redburn, who drew all of the fancy faces that came
- with it, used Studio/8). Please be careful to make the new face the
- same size as Time's window. You also should draw the close box and
- the settings box in their proper places. Time will draw the hands and
- the markers for the hours itself.
-
- After you draw the face, use the selection tool to copy it out. Make sure
- you select an area the same size as the clock face. Copy your face into
- the scrapbook. After you do that, run ResEdit and open a new file. Paste
- the new face from the scrapbook into ResEdit. You will now see a
- resource of type "PICT". To be able to use your picture, you will need a
- resource of type "FACE" to paste into the system file. Create a new
- FACE resource and use Get Info to give it a name. To add the picture to
- this resource, open the "PICT" resource by double clicking on your
- picture WITH THE OPTION KEY HELD DOWN. You will see a window full of
- hex numbers. Go back to the FACE resource and open it. You will see a
- blank window with "0000:" on the first line. Go to the PICT resource
- and select all of the hex numbers and copy them into the FACE resource.
- You've just made your FACE resource. To get it to appear in the Time
- menu, copy it into the System file and restart.
-
- I'm releasing Time as shareware, if you like it, send ten bucks, or a bug
- report or a six-pack of Guiness Stout (BeerWare! Now we'll see just how many people took Scott Watson seriously!) to:
- George T. Talbot
- 24 Judy Avenue
- Franklinville, NJ 08322
-
- If you want the source code (In Think C 4.0), send twenty-five, or a
- CASE of Guiness to the same address.
-
- NOTE: I'm kidding about the BeerWare bit. I think it's illegal to
- transport that sort of thing across state lines. I would
- appreciate you guys honoring the shareware fee, though. I would
- like to see how many people like this sort of thing (so I could
- maybe write more) and, of course, ten bucks can really help a
- starving college student!
-