Alarm Clock is a utility that enables you to set up to six voice alarms on your PC. You can connect the alarms to any .WAV file on your PC, including those made from your own voice!

 

The first time the program runs, and whenever its data file is empty, the program will display its main form. After that, it will always start “minimized”, that is, with an icon appearing at the bottom. To display the form, simply click the icon.

 

Just so the program does not hog your CPU, alarms are checked only every 60 seconds. If you watch your system clock, and it changes to a time when an alarm should go off, just wait. It might take up to 60 seconds after that point. This is not a program bug.

 

The Main Form

The menu has the standard file (open, save, save as… et cetera) and help options.

 

Time                 Enter a time in either format: standard (hh:mm am) or military (24-hr) format.

 

Sound File        If you double-click on the sound file box, the program will bring up a dialogue so you can choose a .WAV file from those on your system.

 

Repeat             When the alarm sounds, it will repeat the sound that you chose… over, and over, and over again, until you turn it off, or you select snooze.

 

Alarm Text       This is text that will display when the alarm screen pops up.

 

Active              If you check this box (this can be toggled with the space bar), the alarm is considered “active”. If it is inactive, the program will simply ignore it. This way, you can inactivate any given alarm without deleting it.

 

Alarm is On      Hitting this button will toggle it between turning the alarm program on and off.

 

Quit                  Quits the program

 

INI File

Alarm Clock maintains its settings in an .INI file that is kept in the current directory, and not in the Windows directory, so everything for the program stays together.

 

Alarms

1.      If more than one alarm is set for the same time, they will go off after the one before it is acknowledged.

2.      Currently, if an alarm is repeated, it will never shut off.

 

Program Notes

The program must be run on a local PC, or where the current drive is mapped to a drive letter.

 

Program Modification Log

Version  Date               Modification

1.0         3/13/2000       Original release

1.1       8/24/2000       1) Fixed the program so the alarm pops up over all currently-running applications.

                2) The program was fixed to display properly on monitors that were set at a resolution of 640X480.

1.2       6/10/2001       Minor internal corrections

1.3       11/17/2002       Minor internal corrections

 

Planned Enhancements

1.      If an alarm is repeated, it will never turn off. We are looking into limiting the time that a repeated alarm can be left playing.

2.      Put the icon in the system tray (in the lower-right-hand corner of the window)

End of Alarm Clock User Manual