Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 21:37:04 -0400 From: madodelatptdprolog.net Subject: [VOICENWS] SW: DH_Notify 2.01 From: "Don Hawkinson" I have made DH_Notify 2.01 available for download from my web page. DH_Notify is a simple alarm utility that can be quickly setup to notify you of important events. The install.cmd file will create a destination directory if needed and copy the executable files and the program icon to the destination directory. It will also create a desktop object called DH_Notify. Double clicking on the object will cause a parameters dialog box to open. You then enter a short one line message in double quotes and an optional time in 24 hour format with a ':' between the hours and minutes. Any seconds specified will be ignored. If the time entered is less than the current time or if no time was specified, the DH_Notify window will popup with the message. If a time argument was entered, the DH_Notify window will not popup until the desired time. The alarm time may also be specified as a delta to the current time in minutes. This option requires that a plus '+' sign be entered before the delta. "Go back to work" 12:59 or "CSI is on tv now!" 17:58 or "You have been online 2 hours" +120 When the the window is opened there will be 5 beeps and the title bar and border will flash until the window is closed. The window is 1.3 inches high and a minimum of 5.25 inches long when the video resolution is 800 by 600. The width will be increased if the text is longer than fit in the default window. The maximum message length is 256 characters, but the message length should be limited so that all of it will be on screen. Notify uses the default font and does a query to determine the font information. Notify has an internal timer function that will cause the window to float to the top and beep twice after approximately 30 seconds, if the window is not closed after the inital window display and alarm. The message must be entered as a command line argument and redirection is not supported. If no command line argument is entered, a default "Task Completed" message will be displayed. Since most messages contain blanks, double quotation marks should be placed around the message. I use Notify to tell me when a task running in the background has been completed. I add the following line to a CMD file or makefile and then the message is displayed on the desktop. detach Notify "Your message here" The detach command is used so that the focus of the background task is not changed. Without the detach command, the focus would be changed and the DH_Notify window would need to be closed to terminate the backgound task. Run_At.exe Included in this release is a small command line program that allows the user to execute a program at a specific time. Run_At requires two arguments, the program to be executed and the time to run the program. The program to be executed must be in the search path or a fully qualified program name must be specified. The time must be entered in 24 hour format with a ':' between the hours and minutes. Any seconds specified will be ignored. If the time entered is less than the current time, the Run_At will assume the user wishes to run the program during the next 24 hour period. Run_At internet.cmd 8:09 The run time may also be specified as a delta to the current time in minutes. This option requires that a plus '+' sign be entered before the delta. Run_At internet.cmd +15 One application of Run_At would be to delay execution of a program that requires an internet or lan connection. The install routine that installs DH_Notify also creates a program object on the desktop for Run_At. Double clicking on this program object will cause a parameters dialog box to open. You then enter the name of the program to be executed in double quotes and an optional time in 24 hour format. Don Hawkinson dwhawkatintcon.net -- To unsubscribe yourself from this list, send the following message to majormajoratos2voice.org unsubscribe news end If you have an announcement you would like posted to the VOICE News list, please send it to submitatos2voice.org. Please include a valid reply address and a real contact name. If you wish to comment on this post, please reply to feedbackatos2voice.org