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                           The Ultimate Alarm Clock    
                                   for OS/2            
                                      By               
                                Scott D. Ganyo         
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Version 2.0                                                     3 Jan. 1994

This program was written to provide an small, attractive, and easy-to-use alarm
clock for all of those reoccuring appointments none of us can afford to miss!
This alarm clock has been kept purposefully small and simple to allow anyone
to use it right from the beginning.  Therefore, the remarks in this file will
brief and to the point...

To put it simply, if you have appointments that reoccur weekly - this is the
program to use!  Sure, you could use one of those big, fancy schedualing
programs to keep track of your life (and you still may want to), but for quick
and easy schedualing of one-time, daily or weekly appointments... your ship has
come in!  (All the schedualing power you may need and the requirements are just
incredible:  only about 40K of hard disk space and a running copy of OS/2 2.0
or better.

Is it quick?  Is it easy?  You bet!  If you've ever used a PM program before
and have an alarm clock at home, you can use this alarm clock!  Just put it in
one of your menus, start it up, enter your alarms, and you will always be
reminded of that 1:00 meeting every Tuesday or that special lunch date you are
always late for.  Hey, you may never be late again!  All that's required is
that the clock program is running at the time!

Okay, so how easy is it really?  Well, let's say to have an appointment with
your boss every weekday at 1:00 pm....

    1)  Click on the system menu or click on the clock with the right mouse
        button and select Edit Alarms (or type Alt+A)

    2)  Click on the ADD button (or type Alt+A again)

    3)  Enter the time in hours and minutes in the first two fields either by
        using your mouse on the arrows, or typing it in directly.

    4)  Select PM by using the mouse or by tabbing to the PM button and hitting
        the spacebar.

    5)  Click on the Message checkbox and enter a message for yourself... for
        example: "Meet with boss in his office." and then click on OK or hit
        Enter.

    6)  Now, click on the Su and Sa checkboxes to turn them off (you only need
        to talk to your boss on weekdays) - you may, of course, use the tab and
        spacebar here as well...

    7)  Now let's say it takes you 5 minutes to get ready for this important
        meeting.  No problem, just hit the up arrow with the mouse on the
        minutes early field or type in a 5 in the field directly.

    8)  Click on OK or hit the Enter key.  You will now see your appointment
        in the listbox.  Make sure it is correct.  (If not, just selected the
        alarm and click on the Edit button - or just double-click on the alarm
        in the listbox.

    9)  Click on Close to finish (or repeat the above steps to add another
        alarm).

That's it!  That's all you do!  By the way, if that sounds like a lot of steps,
just try it once - and I think you'll agree that this is one of the easiest
alarm clocks to use for repeating alarms.  And. . . you still have up to 39
more alarms that can be set!

Okay, here's a quick feature rundown:

   Version 1.x
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    - You can set the System Time from within the clock.

    - By selecting Always on Top, you will always be able to see the clock -
      even if another window is placed on top of it!

    - You can hide (and redisplay) the system menu to make the clock even
      smaller than it already is.  To do this, just double click on the time
      display to make it go away and do the same to make it come back... or hit
      Alt+H (for Hide) to do the same thing.
      (Remember, even when the system menu is hidden, you may still get to the
      menu by right-clicking with the mouse on the clock).

    - The position of the clock, the visibility of the system menu, the Always
      on Top toggle, and all Defaults are all saved whenever you close the
      program or shut down the system.

    - It is possible to have more than one clock running with two sets of
      alarms (just in case having 40 different alarms just doesn't satisfy
      you!)  All you have to do is start each one from different directory.
      (Each running alarm clock will create a UACLOCK.INI file in the directory
      it is started from.)

    - You can bring up pop-up menu by clicking right mouse button on clock.

   Version 2.x
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    - Can now set alarms defaults (snooze mins, audible alarm, days on which
      the alarm occurs, and the number of mins early to sound alarm).  The
      defaults you set are automatically saved and restored for you.

    - When alarm sounds, you now have ability to press:

      - OK.  Resets the alarm to sound again at the next schedualed time.

      - DELETE.  Deletes the alarm.  (For those one-time appointments.)

      - SNOOZE.  Puts off answering the alarm for the amount of time
        you specify in the defaults.  The alarm will automatically sound again
        after the specified number of minutes have elapsed.

By the way, there are a number of Shortcut Keys you may want to use:

    ALT+A  =  edit Alarms
    ALT+D  =  open Defaults dialog
    ALT+H  =  Hide/restore system menu
    ALT+S  =  Set system time
    ALT+T  =  always on Top (toggles off and on)
    F1     =  About Box for Ultimate Alarm Clock

Okay.  That's it!  If you use this program (and I hope you will), I ask only
two things:

    1)  Let me know of anything you like or don't like about this program!
        As many can attest - I DO respond.  (Usually favorably.)
        I can be reached by mail at:

            Scott D. Ganyo
            2272 North Church Street
            Decatur, IL  62526

        or on the following on-line services:

            America On-Line        Name: Grimm One
            Compuserve               ID: 73424,763

    2)  Make a donation of only $5 and I will do my best to keep you informed
        of any new versions of this and other programs that I write.  Please
        help a starving artist!  Support future OS/2 development!  Register Now!


Release List:

Version   Date      Comments
-------   -------   ---------
1.0       6/29/93   First Release

1.1       9/1/93    Now even smaller! (only 29896 bytes!)
                    Fixed (small) bug in system time setting.
                    Documented ability to right-click to get menu.
                    Increased speed of alarm beeps.

2.0       1/3/93    Added ability to set defaults.
                    Can now delete or snooze alarms when they sound.
