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    Phone Alarm! for Windows

Intro to Phone Alarm!

Setting Up Phone Alarm!

Registration Information


Intro to Phone Alarm

Phone Alarm was created primarily to replace those outrageously priced 1-900 and 976 number  phone alarm  calls. You know, the ones that charge you $2 to $5 a call just to call at the time of your choice. Well.. if you have two phone lines and you need a little wakeup call to get you up in the morning, then Phone Alarm is just what you need! Phone Alarm will call any number of your choice, any time during the day you choose(up to 999 calls in a row).

Also, you can set more than one time during the day by running another instance of the program! Just run the program again, and that's all it takes to set another time. I wish I could tell you how many times this program has been a lifesaver getting me out of bed!

Phone Alarm can also be used to play a practical joke or prank. Let your imagination run wild!(Note: we do not advocate such activity and present such an idea for entertainment purposes only!)


Setting Up Phone Alarm

Setting up Phone Alarm is so easy. It's basically intuitive, but here are some general steps for beginners.

1)Press the setup Modem Button to configure Phone Alarm to your modem settings. This info will be saved in a file called pa.ini in the same directory that Phone Alarm is set up.

2)Type in the person's name. This is optional. (In future versions, the name as well as phone numbers will probably be available in a list box and stored in a file. For now, this information is not saved.)

3)Use the scroll bars to set the hours, minutes, and numbers of times to call. Set the A.M. or P.M. time of day option button. You can use the mouse or arrow keys for this and the scroll bars. Note: for keyboard users, you use the tab button to move through the controls.  (As a programming note for VB programmers, the DestroyCaret API procedure was used in the GotFocus for getting rid of the caret(or cursor) on the scroll bars. This procedure can also be used to get rid of the caret in text boxes, so use it if you want to give the "professional" appearance of a read only text box without the caret in it. First put this declaration in your global declarations section: Declare Sub DestroyCaret Lib "User" () . Next, Put  DestroyCaret in the GotFocus event of each control you want the caret to disappear for and you're all set. However, this still doesn't get rid of the inputting of text or the text select feature of text boxes. You'll have to do that yourself with a little code!)

4)Press Set and the alarm is active. All other controls are shut off. If you want to change something then press reset and the alarm is off.

Other Important Notes:

When the alarm is set, you can iconize the program and just let in stay in the backround. The time information, the set status information and the name of the person the alarm is set for is displayed as the icon's caption.

When the alarm goes off, the program is maximized and is immediatedly shown.

Phone Alarm will either call as many times as you have it set to call, or until you manually stop it, so be careful with the number of times you have it set to call a number(just in case you can't stop it if you need/want to!).

FEATURE FOR REGISTERED VERSION: You can have more than one alarm at a time, by running more instances of the program. Just make sure that one program's calling time doesn't coincide with another running instance of Phone Alarm.


Registration Information

With your registration you'll receive....

     ...a copy of Phone Alarm without a nag screen. Also, the user will be able to run multiple instances of Phone Alarm at the same time(meaning, be able to set multiple alarm times).

PLUS...with your paid registration you'll receive: A FREE copy of our jam-packed monthly newsletter, "CyberBiz", an in-depth monthly guide to cutting-edge ideas & technology for entrepeneurs, business owners, and executives. CyberBiz contains monthly articles on topics such as: doing business on the Internet, profitable techniques for running an information-provider BBS, how to start a BBS with order taking capabilities, how to start a 900 or 976 number, how to get money(capital) for business, how to accept Visa and MasterCard for you business(even mailorder!) ALSO...details the best "big money" entrepeneur ventures to go into (not just "so-called" entrepeneurial businesses and franchises, that are actually "paid-for" jobs), information on the hottest new technologies for business: such as fax-on-demand and automated voice mail systems that accept touch tones and speech recognition, business uses of artificial intelligence(such as in investment software),

PLUS...information on how and where to get free things, where and how to get bargain stuff(like real bargain vacation deals, NOT "phony" rip-off "free-travel-BUT-you-pay-for-the-hotel" memberships), articles on "smart drugs"(intelligence enhancing drugs), alternative health, and much much more!

    To stay ahead in business today, cutting-edge information is a MUST...so get your FREE copy of CyberBiz by registering Phone Alarm TODAY!(or if you would just like a copy of CyberBiz, then send $4.95 to the address below. 12 issue subscription is only $34.95(unlike similar monthly publications which are charging over $200 for a year for their subscriptions!).

COST: Phone Alarm is only $12.95

+  shipping & handling:

$2.50 in the USA

$3.00 in Canada/Mexico

$5.00 everywhere else

Automatically register on Compuserve by going to the Shareware Registration forum and following the registration instructions. Phone Alarm's registration ID# is 3703.

OR, also register by...

Sending your check or money order to:

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P.O. Box 59549

Chicago, IL 60659

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