WINALARM (c)1993 Nathaniel S. Johnson WinAlarm is a single popup alarm for Windows. This program requires THREED.VBX (included) along with VBRUN200.DLL (not supplied) to be in your Windows System directory. INSTALLING (a) Copy WINALARM.EXE and WINALARM.HLP into a sub of your choice, then (b) Copy THREED.VBX into your Windows System directory (see below for an explanation of this installation procedure). RUNNING (a) Start WINALARM.EXE; (b) Click on Message and type in a message of your choosing; (c) Enter a time (i.e., 09:28:00) when you wish to be prompted; (d) Click on Alarm off. This button becomes Alarm ON and the main screen becomes an icon at the bottom of your screen. (e) At the designated time, WinAlarm pops up over your current application, flashes the message-title bar, beeps, and displays bright colors along with the current time shown as a digital clock. (f) At this point, you can click on Exit to terminate WinAlarm or click the Alarm ON button. Alarm ON becomes Alarm Off and you're ready to enter a new message and a new alarm time (g) Where do you want WinAlarm to pop up? Drag the main screen (as you would any Windows applet) to wherever you wish it to pop up. Click on Exit and then restart WinAlarm. WinAlarm now pops up where you last left it. OtHER There's a very good reason for putting VBRUN200.DLL (in fact, any .DLL or .VBX file) into your Windows System directory. To begin with, that's where Windows will look first for these files. Second, there need only be one copy of these special files on your hard drive if located in the Windows System dircetory. Some people have multiple copies of VBRUN200 and/or VBRUN100 dll's on their hard drive. That's a waste of space. Moreover, some applications will actually load faster if they find these files in the proper place. Another hint: Windows Help files (.HLP) want to live in your Windows main directory/subdirectory. That's where the principal Windows help file system resides anyway. = = = = ** WinAlarm is FreeWare - No charge may be made for its use ** WinAlarm (C)1993 by Nathaniel S. Johnson - All Rights Reserved