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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Introduction ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This program is a substantial revision of Charles Petzold's Clock program,
- which can be found in his book, "Programming the OS/2 Presentation Manager". It
- displays an analog clock, updated once per second.
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- For Frank's Nursery, this program has been modified to monitor system task
- count or processing load and to change its border color according to the
- current level.
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- The help facility is active, as you've already seen, and those program commands
- that exist may be accessed via the window's system menu. The following
- commands are available:
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- Save Defaults
- Reset Defaults
- Hide Controls
- Configure...
- About...
- Auсer den schon beschriebenen Vorrichtungen akzeptiert das Programm auch
- Kommandos von den OS/2 2.0-Programmen zur Farb- und Schriftartpalette.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Save Defaults (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- When you select this menu option, the program saves its current position and
- the status of the Hide Controls option. The next time the program is started,
- it will be started with that position and with the controls hidden (or not)
- according to the saved state.
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- Note: The short-cut key for this command is F2.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Reset Defaults (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Selecting this menu option will reset the program's font and color attributes
- to their default values.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Hide Controls (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This menu option, when selected, will cause the program's frame controls (the
- system menu, the titlebar and the minimize button) to be hidden. This option
- can be toggled with a double-click on either mouse button. Also, since I saw it
- as very useful to be able to move the window while the controls were hidden,
- the window has been set up so that you can drag it with either mouse button.
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- Note: The short-cut key for this command is Alt+H.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Configure (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This menu option, when selected, will cause the program's configuration dialog
- to be displayed.
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- Note: The short-cut key to this option is Alt+C.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Configure (Dialog) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This dialog allows you to change all configurable aspects of this program's
- operation. To escape without effecting any changes, press the ESCAPE key or
- click on the Escape pushbutton. To save the changes you've made, press the
- ENTER key or click on the OK pushbutton.
- The configurable items include the following:
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- Clock Type The clock face can be either analog (with hands) or digital. When
- the clock is iconized, the face is always analog.
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- 24-Hour Clock The digital clock can display time either as a 24-hour
- military-style time, from 00:00 to 23:59, or as a 12-hour civilian time, with
- 'am' and 'pm' appended to the numeric time.
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- Hide Controls When the clock is not iconized, it can be show with or without
- the usual title bar, system menu and minimize/maximize buttons. If you chose
- to hide these controls, the sizing border remains. The window may be
- positioned by dragging its center area. It may be resized by dragging any of
- the four borders or the corners.
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- Chime This button activates an hourly chime function. When this button has
- been check-marked, the clock will beep twice at the top of every hour.
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- Float to Top This button activates an window's float-to-top function. When this
- button has been check-marked, the clock will float to the top of the window
- stack, making itself visible all the time.
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- Animate This button activates the window open close animation feature. When
- this is active, the program window will open and close in the same way as the
- folder objects do: with sound and motion. As with folders, animation will not
- occur unless it has been enabled at the system level.
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- Alert Type The clock's border changes color according to system load or task
- count. You may select which item it will monitor.
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- Alert Levels You may adjust the task counts or CPU load levels at which the
- clock's border will change from green to yellow and from yellow to red. Use
- the up or down arrows to adjust the values, or use the mouse to press the up or
- down buttons to the right of the values.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. About (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This menu option, when selected, will cause the program's About dialog to be
- displayed.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. About (Dialog) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This dialog box displays the program name, icon and copyright information. To
- exit the dialog, press the ENTER key, the SPACE bar or the ESCAPE key.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Keys Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The following function keys have been defined for this program:
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- F1 - Help
- F2 - Save Defaults
- F3 - Exit
- Alt+H - Hide Controls
- Alt+C - Configure
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Set Profile Path ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This dialog is displayed when the program cannot find its profile (INI) file,
- and asks you where the file is or where it is to be created.
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- Only a valid existing directory name will be accepted. Once you have entered
- the name, press the ENTER key or click on the OK button for the program to
- continue.
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- If you wish to abort the program's initialization sequence, press the ESC key
- or click on the escape button.