README.TXT
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TrayDate V1.2

Mike Fidler
Cambridge, Ontario
April 3rd, 1996

Thankyou for downloading TrayDate!

TrayDate is an almost-freeware program that displays the current date in the 
Windows95 icon tray.

*** PAYMENT ***
If you use TrayDate, please send an e-mail message to devmf@rdn.com
providing your name, city, state/province, country. Full address
is *not* required as I do not plan to visit you. :)

USAGE
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(A) To start TrayDate, double-click on the executible and click OK.

(B) You may wish to place a SHORTCUT in your startup directory
    so that TrayDate is started automatically at bootup.

    * If you want to start TrayDate _without_ the splash dialog:

		1) Right-click on the TrayDate SHORTCUT
		2) Select "Properties"
		3) Select the "Shortcut" tab
		4) Add /q after traydate.exe in the "Target" input field. 

    * If you want to start TrayDate _with_ a BLANK space to the left
	  of the date:

		1) Follow steps 1), 2), & 3) above if you haven't already.
		2) Add /b after traydate.exe in the "Target" input field.

    * If you want to start TrayDate without the splash dialog _and_
	  include a BLANK space to the left of the date:

		1) Follow steps 1), 2), & 3) above if you haven't already.
		2) Add /qb after traydate.exe in the "Target" input field.


(C) To exit TrayDate:

    1) Move your mouse cursor over any of the date info in the icon tray.
    2) Right-click
    3) Click the Exit button
    
(D) Easter Egg

    TrayDate has more that one pithy saying. See if you can figure out
    how to get the rest of them. How many are there?

(E) Constraints (Futures - for you optimists in the crowd)

    1) It is currently available in English only.
	2) Colour of background and digits is not modifyable (yet).


WHAT'S NEW
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Version		Description
-------		---------------------------------------------------------------
  1.1       - Original
  1.2       - Added 8 new (hand picked) pithy sayings
			- Added support for LeftButton-DoubleClick to cause regrouping
				of the date elements without having to bring up the control 
				(splash) dialog. (This was done because on system startup, 
				occasionally the date elements get interspersed with 
				tray icons.) 
				Also added a "Regroup" button to perform the same task.
			- Added support for a BLANK position to the left of the date
				elements. (Includes command-line parameter and checkbox.)
				Per the request of Walt Petlevich.
			- Added support for update at midnight.
			- Corrected a bug in the section that parses command-line parms.


TrayDate has been reported to run on WinNT 4.0 Beta 1.


The TrayDate Club
=================

I would like to thank the following people for trying TrayDate (and 
admitting it to me!)

Gary Guest					Frankfort, Indiana, U.S.A.
Philippe Marsollier			France
Walter J. Petlevich			Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Peter Vines					Virginia, U.S.A.


SERVICE
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Sorry. Service is not provided for TrayDate. 

However, send a description of your problem to:  devmf@rdn.com
You cannot be guaranteed a reply, unfortunately.

REQUESTS FOR UPDATES/NEW FEATURES
=================================

TrayDate is supported on a "best effort" basis. If you have
a feature in mind, or if you have a pithy saying you'd like to
see added to the TrayDate internal library, send an e-mail
message to:   devmf@rdn.com
You cannot be guaranteed a reply, unfortunately.

LEGAL STUFF
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*** You use TrayDate at your own risk.***
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TrayDate is made available to you, free of charge. You may copy it to
as many systems as you like. You may give it to as many people
as you like.

It has been scanned for viruses using the latest available data files.

TrayDate may be used on an "as is" basis. Service will not be provided.

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*** You use TrayDate at your own risk.***
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