WinChimes ver 1.3
copyright 4/99 - Jerry Dunn

Email - jdunn@ddd.communitech.net    Website - http://www.ddd.communitech.net

Requirements:

A Windows operating system (95 minimal). At PC with at east a 486 processor,
a sound card and of course speakers. WinChimes does not work through the PC speaker.

Packing list:
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In this archive you should find the following three files:

README.txt   - This file you are reading
WinChimes.exe - Executable for WinChimes
WinChimes.ini - WinChimes Configuration file
halfchime.wav - plays on the half hour
quarterchime.wav - plays on the quarter hour
threequarterchime - plays on the three / quarter hour
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About WinChimes:

"WinChimes" was designed to enhance your system's clock. It sits quietly in your 
System Tray monitoring the time. On the hour it will chime in "grandfather" clock
fashion, tolling each hour. It also chimes each the half and quarter hours, 
each with a different melody.

You change the default configuration. Each time "event" can be turned on or off.
For example you might prefer to hear only the hour and half hour.
In addition you can set the hourly chime to toll only once, rather than to 
hear the entire count. You can also mute the all chimes with a single setting.

Both the WinChimes.exe and the WinChimes.ini file are necessary for operation.
You can place these files in any directory of your system. I would recommend 
creating a directory called "WinChimes" under your "Program Files" directory 
and placing the files there, but it's up to you. WinChimes makes no changes to
your system registry. If you decide to remove the program from you system,
simply delete the files.

Operation:

To start WinChimes, go to the directory you placed it in and click the alarm clock icon. 
A better way would be to create an icon on your desktop and start the program from 
there. The alarm clock icon will appear in your System Tray, and you should hear
the passing of the next quarter hour. An even better way is to add WinChimes to your 
"Start Up" menu so that it starts automatically every time you boot your computer.

Configuration:

With WinChimes running, right click the alarm clock icon in your System Tray.
A "Configure" menu will appear. Click this menu, and the options screen appears.
 Here you have all the configuration options that WinChimes offers.

Quiet All - All Chimes off. WinChimes keeps running, but no chimes play
regardless of the time.

Hourly Chime On/Off - Enables the chime that plays on the hour.

Strike Total Hours / Strike once each hour - If set to "Chime Total Hours",
WinChimes will chime once for each hour of the current time.
If set to "Chime Once Each Hour, you'll hear only one chime each hour.

1/4 - If selected you'll hear a distinctive chime 15 minutes after the hour.

1/2 - If selected, you'll hear a distinctive chime 30 minutes after the hour.

3/4 - If selected, you'll hear a distinctive chime 45 minutes after the hour. 

Next to each chime setting is a "Test" button. Press any button to hear 
the corresponding chime. This is a good way to acquaint yourself with the
various chimes as well to see if WinChimes is working properly. 

Once you have the settings the way you like them, press the "Save" button.

Press the "Close" button to close the Configuration Panel.

To "unload" WinChimes (meaning to stop the program completely) press the
"Quit / Unload" button.

All configurations are stored in the "WinChimes.ini". If this file should 
accidentally be deleted, a new one will be created (with default settings)
the next time WinChimes starts up. You'll have to reconfigure the option 
settings to your preferences again, but operation will continue as normal after that.

Trouble?

Is your sound card functioning? Are your speakers connected? Is your Windows
main volume control turned too far down? Is your Windows "wave" volume muted
or turned too far down? Check your Windows sound settings by clicking the
speaker icon in your System Tray. Are the .wav files i the same directory as the
WinChimes.exe file?



Enjoy!
I hope that you enjoy WinChimes. I won't flatter myself into thinking that someone
would actually be fool enough to pay good money for the program, but if you use it,
enjoy it, and have $2.50 burning a hole in your pocket, I won't refuse it. 
Remember that you're not obliged to pay anything for it's use, and this program may be
distributed freely as long as you don't try to make money off it.
My contact info is at the top of this file.

Jerry Dunn
(TT1, US Coast Guard - Active)








