TrayDay v6.1b: by MJM Software (UK) for Windows 95 / NT 4 (see end of this readme.txt for version history) DESCRIPTION: TrayDay - date, calendar and counter utility for the Windows 95 or NT 4 tray. 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. Left-click the icon and a pop-up menu appears showing the date in various formats - including up to ten user defined formats. Click one and it will automatically be inserted into your application (or copied to the clipboard, depending on the option checked in the right-click menu). You can select your favorite date format to be available by double-clicking the TrayDay icon. The user formats can include the date, time, and counters - particularly useful for date-stamping messages or files. ******************** NEW! From version 6.1 TrayDay also has a calendar option; you can choose to have the new monthly calendar "on top" all the time for quick reference. Navigate months and years using the mouse or keyboard - or the Microsoft IntelliMouse® wheel - and copy any date to the clipboard in the format of your choice. The calendar shows Sunday as first day of the week, but this can be changed to Monday in the Advanced options dialog. To display the calendar, left-click the TrayDay icon and select Show Calendar. Or start TrayDay with "/c" in the command line. Note that TrayDay remembers the window position and whether the calendar is displayed from one session to the next. When the calendar is displayed, an extra icon, which looks like a small calendar, appears in the tray. If the calendar has been lost behind other windows, click this icon to bring it back to the top. This icon is not displayed (because not necessary) if "on top" is selected. To move from month to month or year to year refer to the following list. Note that the calendar needs to be the active window if the keyboard or IntelliMouse® wheel is to be used. Clicking [<], pressing left cursor key, or rolling the IntelliMouse wheel away from you, moves back a month. Clicking [<<], pressing up cursor key or "Page Up", or rolling the IntelliMouse wheel away from you with Ctrl key down, moves back a year. Clicking [•], pressing "Home" key, or clicking the IntelliMouse wheel with the mouse pointer over the calendar, goes to the current month. Clicking [>>], pressing down cursor key or "Page Down", or rolling the IntelliMouse wheel towards you with Ctrl key down, moves forward a year. Clicking [>], pressing right cursor key, or rolling the IntelliMouse wheel towards you, moves forwards a month. Clicking [T], pressing "t", or selecting appropriate menu items switches "on top" on or off. For fastest navigation, press and hold the up/down cursor key or "Page Up/Down" to move quickly through the years. To close the calendar (without exiting from TrayDay) click the close button on the title bar, press "Esc" when the calendar is the active window, or select Hide calendar from the TrayDay left-click menu or calendar right-click menu. ******************** The TrayDay right-click menu shows the various items used to configure TrayDay, and Exit. Selecting Options... brings up a dialog box which lets you choose different tray icons, define user formats, etc. From there click Advanced... to bring up advanced options; these include setting the first day of the week to Sunday or Monday for the calendar, selecting what will be displayed on the tooltip which appears when the mouse cursor is moved over the TrayDay icon - and whether to reset any counters at midnight and startup. You can also select from the right-click menu the action to be carried out when a date is selected on the left-click menu - the current action is marked with a tick. The three possibilities are: Copy - the date will be copied to the clipboard. Insert - the text will be inserted at the insertion point of your active or foreground window by simulating keyboard input. And Paste - the text will be copied to the clipboard AND automatically pasted in at the insertion point. [Note that if Insert is selected but the date includes character(s) which cannot be typed by a single combination of keystrokes, the Paste action will occur automatically.] By placing a shortcut to TrayDay.exe in your startup folder, you can have the date always available. See Help (run TrayDay, right-click the icon in the tray and select "Help...") for detailed instructions. Also see context-sensitive help in the Options dialog box - click [?] on the title bar, then the area of the box you require help for. *** This program requires Windows 95 or Windows NT4. *** *** When a date is being inserted (typed) into an application, you can stop it by clicking the TrayDay icon. *** LIMITATIONS: Inserting or pasting text to an MS-DOS window is not supported. Inserting or pasting text to a combo-box (edit control with a down arrow at the right to open a list) may not produce the required result. See Help for more information. TO INSTALL: TrayDay is distributed in two forms; as a self-extracting .exe (which may be called trayd61b.exe), or as a .zip file (which may be called trayd61b.zip). If you have the .exe version, simply double-click it to run, and follow the setup instructions. If installing from the .zip file, copy all the files in the .zip file (TrayDay.exe, TrayDay.hlp, TrayDay.cnt, readme.txt, order.txt and file_id.diz) to a new folder; for convenience you could call this folder "TrayDay". To run, double-click TrayDay.exe. To set TrayDay to run at startup, either choose "Yes" when given this option if installing from an .exe file, or create a shortcut for it in your StartUp folder. (Hint: Using the Explorer, right click and drag TrayDay.exe; drop into the StartUp folder; choose "Create Shortcut Here" from the popup menu.) TO UNINSTALL: TrayDay copies no other files, so to uninstall, simply remove the folder and files mentioned above. Or if you have installed using an .exe file, go to Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs, and select TrayDay; or select the Uninstall icon in the TrayDay program group. TO REGISTER: TrayDay is a shareware program. When first run the welcome box displays: "Evaluation Version"; after 28 days it automatically becomes the "Unregistered Version". The only change to the program's function at that point is that the welcome box which appears at startup may also appear at other times. If you wish to continue using TrayDay after 28 days, you should register. You can convert to the Registered Version at any time by entering the registration number you will be given by mail or e-mail. Benefits of registering are: · The 'Shift icon' functions are enabled. · The welcome box which appears at startup (and more often after 28 days) can be turned off. · A sincere "Thank you" for supporting our efforts to develop quality software and offer it at a reasonable price. Registration covers this and any future version of TrayDay. Note that one registered copy of TrayDay may be used by a single person who uses the software personally on one or more computers. Site licenses are available, as well as quantity discounts. You can register online using a credit card; the cost is 10 GB pounds - approximately 15 US dollars. For details go to the following World-Wide-Web page: http://www.mjmsoft.com/trayreg.htm You can also register via Compuserve; the cost is 15 US dollars. GO SWREG and quote Registration ID: 11021. Alternatively send: 10 GB Pounds (sterling/GBP) as cash, cheque, Eurocheque, (International) Postal Money Order or American Express Travellers Check, or 15 US dollars (USD) as cash or check drawn on a US bank, or if none of the above is possible, please calculate the equivalent of 15 GB Pounds and send as cash or check in your own currency; unfortunately the cost is greater because of high bank charges. Please make any checks payable to Martin McKean. You may use the form "order.txt" for convenience; include with the payment your name, address, and e-mail address (if applicable), and mail to the following address: Martin McKean 3 Johnsburn Road BALERNO Edinburgh EH14 7DN United Kingdom Whatever way you choose to register, upon receiving payment, a registration code will be sent or e-mailed to you. Select Register... from the right-click menu to enter the code. FOR SUPPORT, FEEDBACK and FURTHER INFORMATION: For technical support, or further information, send e-mail to: support@mjmsoft.com or MJM_Software@compuserve.com. This support is available to both registered and unregistered users. Or visit the MJM Software (UK) home page on the World-Wide-Web at: http://www.mjmsoft.com/ You will find there the latest version of TrayDay, and the "companion" product to TrayDay, TrayText: autotext from the tray - for all applications. 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 or .exe file. If TrayDay is to be distributed on a read-only medium such as CD-ROM, then it is strongly recommended that the self-extracting .exe file with Setup routine is used (it may be called trayd61b.exe), rather than the .zip file or individual uncompressed files. This can be downloaded via http://www.mjmsoft.com/trayday.htm. CREDITS: Special thanks to Jeremy at RTV Software for advice and testing. LICENSE - DISCLAIMER: Please see the accompanying file "license.txt" for details. Martin McKean MJM Software (UK) Copyright 1996, 1997 Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, and IntelliMouse are registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation. -------------- VERSION HISTORY: 5.0 Added choice of date icons 5.0a Corrected a problem some users (with 256 color display or less) experienced with the color of the help box 5.0b Enhanced non-English language support 5.1 Changed the way insert date works: from copying to and pasting from the clipboard, to simulating keyboard input (applies only to single byte character set languages). This means that the user's clipboard data is preserved, and insert date now functions in dialog boxes and wherever keyboard input might be expected. Added choice of delay for "Shift Icon After Startup"; some users had reported that 1 minute was not long enough. Enhanced right-click menu and Options dialog box. Added counter, time, new line and tab options to user format. Added combo box to give recently used user formats. Altered Options Help box to reflect these changes. 6.0 Menu structure changed to give new left-click menu and make insertion of the date easier. Regular shifting of the TrayDay icon to the clock added, as requested by many users. New welcome box - removable on registration. Gray icons changed to match TrayText; transparent icons changed to give numbers only, per user feedback. Insertion ("typing") of date speeded up. Paste option added as an alternative to inserting (inserts by copying to clipboard then automatically pasting - quicker!) 6.1 Calendar feature added. Advanced options dialog added. Many users have asked for an easy way of checking the day / week of the year of the current date; these can now be shown (by going to Advanced options) in the tooltip which appears when you move the mouse over the TrayDay icon. They can also be used in a user date format with the letters 'a' for day of year and 'w' for week of year. Option *not* to have any counters reset at midnight and startup added. This has been included in advanced options, and means that counter values can be preserved from one session to the next. 6.1a Bug (new in 6.1) affecting regular shifting of the icon fixed. 6.1b On the calendar, some non-English language users had day letters and months appear in English. Now fixed, so that they are displayed in the user's own language. appear in English