TrayDay v5.0b: by MJM Software DESCRIPTION: TrayDay places an icon showing the date (day of the month) in the system tray (the part of the taskbar which includes the clock). The icon resembles a page of a "tear-off" calendar. You can therefore see the date at a glance - often quicker and easier than resting your mouse over the clock, searching for an "Insert Date" menu, or having to reach for your diary. Move the mouse over the icon and the day of the week will appear. By placing a shortcut to TrayDay.exe in your startup folder, you can have the date always available. (Hint: Using the Explorer, right click and drag trayday.exe; drop into the startup folder; choose create shortcut from the popup menu.) Double click on the icon with the left mouse button to copy the date to the clipboard, ready for pasting into an application. The format can be short or long date as defined in the Regional Settings of your Control Panel, or user-defined. Select "Options" from the menu dis- played by right-clicking the icon; select "Help" from the Options dialog for further information. Note the user-defined character unique to TrayDay: include "D" in your user format to give the ordinals "1st", "2nd", "3rd" etc. This copy function is also available by selecting "Copy Date" from the menu which appears if you right-click the icon; this also enables you to select the date format without changing the options. If the "Auto-Insert" option is selected, the date is copied to the clipboard AND pasted into your application at the insertion point - when you double-click the TrayDay icon or select "Insert Date". So with your favourite word processor running, simply double-click the icon and the date is "typed in" for you. [Note that this does not function in a dialog box, or in a window with no "Edit/Paste" menu item. If the date does not appear, press Ctrl-V to paste it from the clipboard manually.] *** New since version 5.0 is a choice of icon background. Select "White" and the calendar "paper" will be white, "Gray" for pale gray, or select "Transparent" for the colour of the tray itself to show through. If "Transparent" is selected, icon text changes to black; this option may be particularly useful if you have chosen a non-gray taksbar. *** Because other applications may add icons to the system tray, the TrayDay icon may move further away from the clock (assuming that you have your taskbar either at the top or bottom of the screen). Select "Shift Icon" from the right click menu, to move the icon to beside the clock. Under options - startup behaviour - you can choose to have TrayDay shift the icon automatically 1 minute after starting. This is particularly useful if TrayDay is in your startup folder with other applications: the order in which icons are added to the tray is diffi- cult to determine. Choosing this option gets round this by moving the icon to the clock after other applications have loaded. [Note that this paragraph applies only to the Registered version.] Other menu items are Register (see below), and Exit. *** This program requires Windows 95. *** TO INSTALL: Copy TrayDay.exe and this Readme.txt to a new folder; for convenience you could call this folder "TrayDay". TO REGISTER: TrayDay is a shareware program. If you like TrayDay and wish to use it for longer than 28 days, you should register; this will also enable the "shift icon" function mentioned above. To register you should send 15 US dollars or 10 UK Pounds (sterling) as a cheque payable to Martin McKean. Upon receiving payment, a registr- ation code will be sent or e-mailed to you. Include with the payment your name, address, and e-mail address (if applicable). Mail payments to the following address: Martin McKean 3 Johnsburn Road BALERNO Edinburgh EH14 7DN United Kingdom Alternatively, register via Compuserve; GO SWREG and quote ref: 11021. FOR SUPPORT, FEEDBACK and FURTHER INFORMATION: email: martin@mckean.demon.co.uk Compuserve: 101351,2115 Or visit one of the following pages on the World-Wide-Web: http://www.demon.co.uk/rtvsoft/trayday.htm http://www.clearlight.com/~rtvsoft/trayday.htm Versions in French and German are available; follow links on the above WWW pages to download. Other languages may follow. DISTRIBUTION: Distribute the unregistered version freely, but please make sure that TrayDay.exe and the Readme.txt are kept together - preferably in the original .zip file. CREDITS: Special thanks to Jeremy at RTV Software for advice and testing. DISCLAIMER: Martin McKean and MJM Software take no responsibility for any damage to goods or lives through misuse of this program. This program has been tested to be free of bugs to the best of our capabilities. We disclaim any responsibility for any damage your computer or your data may incur through the use of this program. Martin McKean MJM Software Copyright 1996