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Chameleon Clock for Windows 95/98/NT
Version 2.12
January 16, 2000.
Copyright (C) SoftShape Development. All Rights Reserved.
http://www.softshape.com
Program description
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* Chameleon Clock is a digital desktop clock that changes the look
of your standard desktop clock. It uses Winamp skins and bitmap
digits to make simply clock a real piece of art.
* Chameleon Clock 2.0 offers all of the most important features a system
clock may have:
- It replaces Windows system tray clock and thus doesn't eat any desktop
space. If you don't like it in the system tray, you can always make it
float on your desktop somewhere else.
- The time/date display can appear in thousands of different ways using
the popular Winamp "skin" format. The clock comes with a number of
sample skins. Besides, a large number of skins are distributed freely
via the Internet and may be downloaded directly from the program.
- The time synchronization with major Internet Atomic Time Servers
will be done on demand or on a regularly scheduled basis.
- With the alarm feature you can make messages using MP3, WAV, MIDI,
and CD-Audio sounds, open applications/documents, and shut down your PC
at the specified time. However, if you need just a simple reminding
message (like to make a call or turn off the oven) without spending
time on options, Quick Reminder feature will set it for you in three
mouse clicks.
- You will have a quick access to a enchanced calendar in the Tooltip
or floating.
- Any number of different time zones are quickly accessible in the Tooltip.
Daylight savings time is properly considered.
- The feature of ladies' periods watch and forecast can be hidden, if you
don't need it or don't want others to see it.
- Interface is multilingual.
What's new
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* See History.txt
Installation
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* Copy the distribution kit content into the temporary directory and run
setup.exe.
* Note: If you've got Chameleon Clock not from its web page, but from
the other source (magazine CD or some software library), please
visit its home page at www.softshape.com/cham - you'll probably find
the later version.
* If you need to reinstall Chameleon Clock or Windows and want to save
your settings, run batch-file SaveSettings.bat (you'll find it in the
Chameleon Clock application directory, usually in C:\Program Files\Chameleon Clock)
before. After reinstallation run RestoreSettings.bat to restore
previously saved settings and alarms.
Uninstallation
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* Run Uninstall from Chameleon Clock group.
Important ! You must exit Chameleon Clock before run Uninstall.
Otherwise some files and registry settings could not be removed.
Where to get skins (free, of course)
-----------------------------------
* If you have Winamp, use its skins. Look, for example, at URL
www.winamp.com/skins.
Recommended. As a rule, it results into the smallest and beautiful
clocks.
* If you have no Winamp, you still can use its skins. Download them and
put in SKINS directory.
* Any images designed for counter applications can be used. These images
are usually cut into separate pictures. Look for www.digitmania.com -
there are more than 500 of them. Unpack the downloaded zip-file into a
separate subdirectory inside SKINS directory. You may also use directly
gif-files from this site. To do this (like in MSIE 3,4) click the right
mouse bottom on an image and choose the "Save as..." command. Choose
SKINS directory. These gif-files contain (inside in comments) the
information on width of each digit and, therefore, can be used
independently.
How to find skin (quick way)
----------------------------
* Click on "Download Skins" button in "Skins" page and choose the site
you want from the list. This list is a) incomplete (of course) b) made
according to the author's taste. If you want to make your addition to
the list, please email to the author and send URL of a site.
* If you do not want to spend much time on searching for skins, choose
in this list "Cham Clock Collection". This site contains the best
samples for using in Chameleon Clock specially.
Help system
-----------
* Chameleon Clock help system uses latest HTML Help technology
for easy searching answer for your questions. HTML Help support is
included in latest versions (at least 4.0) of Microsoft Internet
Explorer, Windows 98, Windows NT 5.0, and Visual Studio.
If you haven't HTML Help installed, you need to download it as
standalone component from
www.microsoft.com/workshop/author/htmlhelp/
In others case you can't use on-line help in Chameleon Clock.
Alarm Icons
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* To use your custom icon in alarm message, copy the icon file
to 'Icons' directory. Supported file types are :
.ico Icon File
.icl Icon Library
.dll Windows Dynamic Library
.exe Windows Executable
.bmp Bitmap
.cur Cursor
.ani Animated Cursor
System Requirements
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* 80386/486 based IBM PC compatible computer (or higher)
4 Mb of free memory
About 1500 Kb free disk space
Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0
A mouse
SVGA card with High color mode is recommended
Order
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* Chameleon Clock is a trial software. It's fully functional during
trial period, but some settings won't be saved between sessions.
See Order.txt for order details.
License
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* See License.txt
Technical support
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* If you've got a problem, please contact Jury Gerasimov at
jury@softshape.com. Please inform me about the following:
- program version (from "About" dialog)
- program serial number (if you're a registered user)
- where did you get Chameleon Clock (http or ftp site)
- Windows 95/98/NT version (including service packs and other
fixes installed), US or international, OEM or not
- computer information: CPU type, installed memory
- description of your problem (as much information as possible
to retrieve the problem)
Jury Gerasimov
www.softshape.com