Windows Alarm Utility (WinAlarm v.1.12)
by Matvey Karpushin (mat@orient.rcupi.e-burg.su)

Brief overview
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The WinAlarm sends the sound signal and shows dialog box at the user defined
time. The dialog box contains user defined text and associated with the event
icon. When not used, the program can minimize into system tray, and will
pop up onto the screen when the defined time has arrived. 

You can define any frequency of the events (daily, weekly - on specific 
weekdays, monthly - on specific dates, yearly and once). This allows for
a great flexibility in defining your business (or leisure:) time.

The program is very small in size (130 kb) and works very fast even on 486SX33.
You can define up to a thousand events (if you really need this:)

The program has very simple and friendly interface, compatible with Windows
Explorer (including keyboard functions).


Compatibility
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This program is for Windows 95 only (theoretically should work on 
Windows NT 4.0 too. As a matter of fact, it uses Win95 GUI and, therefore
doesn't work with Win32s).


Installation
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You should unzip the program into some appropriate directory (e.g.
C:\Program Files\WinAlarm), and run the executable from the Explorer 
or from command line. To remove the program, simply delete the directory
with it from system.


Using WinAlarm
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-About program

	To view information about WinAlarm simply choose option "about" in
	system menu on the main dialog box. 

-Adding an event

	To add an event, push "Add ..." button in main dialog box or push
	right mouse button over event list and choose "Add" option in
	popup menu. After this WinAlarm will show "Add event" dialog box.
	To change the event icon simply double-click on it. You can enter
	event name (up to 64 characters), which briefly describes the event.
	If you don't enter this name, WinAlarm automatically will use the
	name in form: EventNNN, where NNN is unique event number.
	For more detailed information about the event you can type in the
	event subject in the "Subject" field (up to 512 characters long).
	But only the first line of the event subject will appear in the event
	list. To change event time you can push "Set time" button or simply
	double-click on the event time in the "Add event" dialog box.

	The following modes of event frequency are available:

		-DAILY - event occurs every day on specific time;
		-WEEKLY - event occurs every week on specific weekdays and
		 	  at specific time within chosen weekdays;
		-MONTHLY - event occurs every month on specific dates and
			  at specific time within chosen dates;
		-YEARLY - event will occur every year on specific date and
			  at specific time;
		-ONCE - event will occur only once; after this all information
			  about the event will be automatically erased.
-Editing the event

	To edit an event you need to choose an event in the event list and
	push the "Edit" button. Also editing is available through pushing
	right mouse button over the event icon (or event name) and choosing
	the "Edit" option in popup menu. You can also double-click on the 
	needed event.

	After this WinAlarm will show "Add event" dialog box with the filled 
	event properties. For more information about editing event properties.
	see "Adding an event" section.

-Deleting an event

	To delete an event you need to choose an event in the event list and
	push the "Delete" button. Also editing is available through pushing
	right mouse button over the event icon (or event name) and choosing
	the "Delete" option in popup menu.

-Keyboard acceleration

	In main dialog box some keyboard shortcuts are available:
	
	Shift+F10	shows popup menu (as the right mouse button 
				does);
	Insert		"Add" button synonim;
	Delete		"Delete" button synonim;	
	Alt+Enter	"Edit" button synonim.

-System tray icon
	
	The "Hide" button in the main dialog box minimizes WinAlarm into
	system tray.

	Right mouse button over the WinAlarm system tray icon opens the popup
	menu, and simple double-click over the icon opens main dialog box.

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I hope WinAlarm will help you better organize your time.


I will be very happy to receive any comments and suggestions about WinAlarm.

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Matvey Karpushin (mat@orient.rcupi.e-burg.su)