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Internet Timer 3.1

Distribute to everyone everywhere!

Internet Timer is a little utility created by Ben Zell with help from Josh Whiting to help you know how long you've been using your SLIP or PPP account service.  This utility is great for monitoring your time surfin' the 'net!

To get help, click on the part of the window you need help with:

All of the data for this program is stored in the [InternetTimer] section of WIN.INI.  It is recommended that you NOT edit it as it will only make your life a notch harder.

More Information on Auto Mode

Ideas for the Future

Known Glitch:

Do not have the Internet Timer on for over 24 hours.  This will make the timer go nuts because it hates Internetaholics.  If it is important that Internet Timer be able to stay on for more than 24 hours, leave me an email and I'll try to put it in the next version of Internet Timer.  I didn't put it in this time because I thought it wasn't worth the work, since most people won't have Internet Timer open that long.

Ben Zell (bzell@unix.swcbbs.com)

with help from Josh Whiting (jwhiting@unix.swcbbs.com)

Thank you for trying this program!  If you use this and like this, please send an e-mail to bzell@unix.swcbbs.com and tell me what you think, also ask to be added to the mailing list.  This program is Freeware!


MOREAUTOMODE
Internet Timer 3.1

More information on how Auto Mode works

Internet Timer can benefit users of Trumpet Winsock by adding lines to LOGIN.CMD and BYE.CMD to turn Internet Timer on and off.  Clicking "Set up auto mode" adds the following lines to the end of LOGIN.CMD and BYE.CMD:

LOGIN.CMD

EXEC "C:\INTERNET\INTRTIME.EXE ON"

BYE.CMD

EXEC "C:\INTERNET\TIMEROFF.EXE"

If you do not use Trumpet Winsock, these are the lines that do the job; somehow get them to run at the right times to have auto mode with other TCP/IP stacks.  Otherwise, you could always run Internet Timer manually, clicking the on and off button at the right time.

Q: I want to set up auto mode but the auto mode button is greyed!  What do I do?

You must go and make sure the configuration is set up to know exactly where Trumpet Winsock is.  The auto mode button will be greyed if it cannot find LOGIN.CMD in the directory specified.

More information of Configuration


CONFIGURE
Top Half

This will set up where Trumpet is.  This information is needed to modify the login and logoff scripts to use auto-mode.  You can use the browse button if you need help finding the path.  The TCPMAN.EXE can be there if you want it or you can omit it and just type the path as shown above.

Lower Half

The checkbox enabled mid-month billing, which should be used if your Internet Provider bills you at a certain day of the month, and not the beginning of the month.  Once you click the enable button, an up/down control will appear which will allow you to set the day of the month you get billed.  If this checkbox is off, then you will get the monthly report at the beginning of the month, otherwise you will get it on or after the day that you have set (depending whether or not you have Internet Timer open on your billing day).


FUTURE
In future versions of Internet Timer I plan to add auto mode support for the following TCP/IP programs:

•	Chameleon Netmanage

•	Windows 95 Internal TCP/IP Stack

•	Compuserve Internet Dialer


ABOUT
This will show information regarding the Internet Timer.


ALWAYSONTOP
This toggle will set whether the Internet Timer window will always be visible.  It is good to have this on.


AUTO
This will add lines to your LOGIN.CMD and BYE.CMD files to automatically start and stop the internet timer for the most accurate and convenient way to keep track of your time.  It is recommended that you use this feature.  NOTE: You only need to click this button once and then it will be set up forever, therefore you won't need to click this button ever again.


EDITTIMEDAY
This will bring up a window where you can manually edit how much time you've been today.  This is useful if for some reason some time wasn't accounted for by Internet Timer.


EDITTIMEMONTH
This will bring up a window where you can manually edit how much time you've been this month.  This is useful if for some reason some time wasn't accounted for by Internet Timer.


EXIT
This will close the Internet Timer


HELP
The help button brings up this file.


LASTSESSION
Clicking this will show the time you spent online last time Internet Timer was on.  This does the same thing as if you clicked "Yesterday".


MONTHLYLOG
This will open ACCOUNT.TXT in a Notepad window.  This file shows how much time you've spent online each month.


MONTHMINIMIZED
This option will make Internet Timer show the time for this month when you minimize it.


ONOFF
This togglable button turns the timer on and off.  This is important if you don't use auto-mode.


RESET
The R button resets the time for this session back to 0.


SESSIONMINIMIZED
This option will make Internet Timer show the time for this session when you minimize it.


TODAYMINIMIZED
This option will make Internet Timer show the time for today when you minimize it.


YESTERDAY
Clicking this will show the time you spent online Yesterday (or the last day that Internet Timer was on).  This does the same thing as if you clicked "Last Session".