Version 2.0 ... August
10, 1997... SURPRISE! We're late (sorry 'bout that). But
we've got a brand new Multimedia Edition of Softwrights
Reminder along with a brand new Lite Edition.
Some of you asked for multimedia features, others
wanted to keep the program as small as possible. Instead of compromising,
we decided to provide two separate programs to satisfy the needs of both
types of users.
The changes are substantial, hence we're calling both of these products
Version 2.0. Both versions retain the ease-of-use of the
old version. Both were also designed to be as fast and compact as
possible.
Some of you wanted us to add graphics and/or sounds... That's why we
made the Multimedia Edition that displays a graphic on the day
of a scheduled event (39 different graphics) and plays
sounds for various types of events, alarms, etc. (26 sounds
available to choose from) ... For those who want custom sounds, 6
.WAV file sounds can be edited/replaced.
Others wanted to keep the program as small as possible... That's why we
made the Lite Edition which has all the same fundamental
features without the graphics and sounds.
Here are some of the new features in both editions:
- Changed screen colors so important information "sticks
out" more. Medium gray is used for the background
of the Events-List (main screen).
- Main window size changed to just fit the
Events-List instead of filling (maximizing) the whole screen.
- An Alarm option for non-holiday events that lets
you set an alarm for an event. A dialog box appears with details about
the event along with an optional continuous or single sound (several
sounds available in Multimedia Edition) that plays until you
shut it off. The alarm time appears on a new column of the Events
List.
- A Run in Background option that lets you work on
other programs while Reminder waits until you bring it back to
the foreground yourself, or until an optional time you specify
(automatically comes to foreground).
- A Startup Group installation option that lets you
automatically run Reminder whenever you start (boot) your
computer.
- A current-time display that is updated every
second. If the date changes, the events list is automatically updated
(including removing expired events and changing the status line and
graphics).
- An Event List Window Size Options option-menu
command that lets you see 5, 7, or 10 events at once on the Events
List.
- A Sound Options option-menu command that lets you
choose sounds for 6 different events, alarms, etc.
- A Select (Check) All and Un-Check All
button to let you quickly select or delete all 28 holidays at once.
- A Save Event and Add Another command button that
lets you save several events in a row without having to go back and
forth from the Events List screen. An Events-Saved
Counter shows you how many events you've saved so far.
- A Remove (uninstall) Softwrights Reminder help-menu
command that shows you have to remove the program.
- A Sound Options - Built-in and Using Your Own
help-menu command that shows you how to select built-in sounds and
customize other sounds.
- Version 1.1 ... May 9, 1997 ... Free-trial now,
retail later. Here're the details:
- In response to a free-trial user, a Save Event & Add
Another button was added to the Add Other Event dialog
to allow the saving of several events at once without leaving the
dialog. The OK...Save Event button was renamed Save
Event & Go Back.
- To give feedback to users who add several events at one time, an
Events Saved number was added to the above dialog.
- Changed name of executable file from REMIND.EXE to
S_REM.EXE and changed name of data file from REMIND.DAT
to S_REM.DAT ... To avoid conflict with other
programs that are name REMIND.EXE (like the program
installed with Iomega's ZIP drive)
- Edited Help and NerdInfo information to
reflect the above changes.
- Changed SETUP program to reflect above changes.
- Added an option in SETUP program to automatically
start Reminder whenever you start or re-boot your computer
by including Reminder in Windows' StartUp
group.
- Version 1.0 (16-bit version only so far) ...
Free-trial version released on April 30, 1997. Retail
version will be held for a few weeks just in case bugs are
discovered by free-trial users.
Nobody's Perfect ... Everyone makes mistakes
... But Softwrights is one of the few companies that refuses to release
software with known bugs in it. And we're one of the few that doesn't hide
our mistakes. They're all listed below:
- May 9, 1997 ... Not really a bug ... But a download user couldn't
start the program. Thanks to his technical expertise and persistence, he
discovered the problem. His computer was set up to automatically load a
program with the name ... You guessed it ... REMIND.EXE (the
same name as our executable). So ... Version 1.1 includes a change.
Reminder's executable file is now S_REM.EXE (data file
is now S_REM.DAT) ... Thank you! ... User wants to
remain anonymous. The \ZIPTOOLS\REGISTER\REMIND.EXE file on his computer
was installed with his Iomega ZIP drive.
- April 30, 1997 ... First release of 16-bit free-trial version ...
No known bugs yet.
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