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Rawle/!Counter/!Help
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| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Acorn User » AU 1998-03 B.adf » StarInfo |
| Filename: | Rawle/!Counter/!Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 07EF bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Counter � Jonathan Rawle 1997 Counter can count the time until an important event, such as the millennium, or the time after an event, such as your birthday. It can count in several different units, ranging from seconds to years. Double click on the !Counter icon to start the program. By default, it counts down in seconds to the millennium. To change this click the middle button over the window and select Setup... 1. Enter the time (24 hour clock) and date of the event, and whether you want the count in seconds, minutes, hours, days or years 2. Next select if you want to count down to the event, or count the time since the event happened 3. Enter a descriptive piece of text to appear in the window, for example "Seconds until the millennium" 4. Click on OK If you click OK with the adjust (right) mouse button, the setup window remains open. This allows you to try different settings without having to re-open the window each time. If you select 'Save setup' from the menu, the current details from the setup window are saved to disc, so that they will already be set next time the program is started. The position of the window is also saved. Of course, the program is only a accurate as your computer's clock. Use the Alarm program supplied with the computer to set this clock. Counter can count to or from ANY date of the common era (CE/AD) in the Gregorian calendar, and is NOT restricted to the usual 1900-2248 year range. Examples -------- Description Time Date Units Count Seconds until the 21st century 00:00 1st January 2000 Seconds Until Your age in seconds (Time and date of birth) Seconds After Days until Christmas 00:00 25th December 1997 Days Until Minutes until lunch 12:00 (Today's date) Minutes Until Hours under the current government 06:00 1st May 1997 Hours After Age of this !Help file 11:25 1st September 1997 Years After Jonathan L Rawle 1st September 1997
00000000 43 6f 75 6e 74 65 72 0a a9 20 4a 6f 6e 61 74 68 |Counter.. Jonath| 00000010 61 6e 20 52 61 77 6c 65 20 31 39 39 37 0a 0a 43 |an Rawle 1997..C| 00000020 6f 75 6e 74 65 72 20 63 61 6e 20 63 6f 75 6e 74 |ounter can count| 00000030 20 74 68 65 20 74 69 6d 65 20 75 6e 74 69 6c 20 | the time until | 00000040 61 6e 20 69 6d 70 6f 72 74 61 6e 74 20 65 76 65 |an important eve| 00000050 6e 74 2c 20 73 75 63 68 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 |nt, such as the | 00000060 6d 69 6c 6c 65 6e 6e 69 75 6d 2c 0a 6f 72 20 74 |millennium,.or t| 00000070 68 65 20 74 69 6d 65 20 61 66 74 65 72 20 61 6e |he time after an| 00000080 20 65 76 65 6e 74 2c 20 73 75 63 68 20 61 73 20 | event, such as | 00000090 79 6f 75 72 20 62 69 72 74 68 64 61 79 2e 20 49 |your birthday. I| 000000a0 74 20 63 61 6e 20 63 6f 75 6e 74 20 69 6e 20 73 |t can count in s| 000000b0 65 76 65 72 61 6c 0a 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 |everal.different| 000000c0 20 75 6e 69 74 73 2c 20 72 61 6e 67 69 6e 67 20 | units, ranging | 000000d0 66 72 6f 6d 20 73 65 63 6f 6e 64 73 20 74 6f 20 |from seconds to | 000000e0 79 65 61 72 73 2e 0a 0a 44 6f 75 62 6c 65 20 63 |years...Double c| 000000f0 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 21 43 6f 75 |lick on the !Cou| 00000100 6e 74 65 72 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 73 74 61 |nter icon to sta| 00000110 72 74 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 2e 20 |rt the program. | 00000120 42 79 20 64 65 66 61 75 6c 74 2c 20 69 74 0a 63 |By default, it.c| 00000130 6f 75 6e 74 73 20 64 6f 77 6e 20 69 6e 20 73 65 |ounts down in se| 00000140 63 6f 6e 64 73 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 6d 69 6c |conds to the mil| 00000150 6c 65 6e 6e 69 75 6d 2e 20 54 6f 20 63 68 61 6e |lennium. 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The | 00000460 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 |position of the | 00000470 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 69 73 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 73 |window is also s| 00000480 61 76 65 64 2e 0a 0a 4f 66 20 63 6f 75 72 73 65 |aved...Of course| 00000490 2c 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 69 73 |, the program is| 000004a0 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 61 20 61 63 63 75 72 61 74 65 | only a accurate| 000004b0 20 61 73 20 79 6f 75 72 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 | as your compute| 000004c0 72 27 73 20 63 6c 6f 63 6b 2e 20 55 73 65 20 74 |r's clock. Use t| 000004d0 68 65 0a 41 6c 61 72 6d 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d |he.Alarm program| 000004e0 20 73 75 70 70 6c 69 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 | supplied with t| 000004f0 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 74 6f 20 73 |he computer to s| 00000500 65 74 20 74 68 69 73 20 63 6c 6f 63 6b 2e 0a 0a |et this clock...| 00000510 43 6f 75 6e 74 65 72 20 63 61 6e 20 63 6f 75 6e |Counter can coun| 00000520 74 20 74 6f 20 6f 72 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 41 4e 59 |t to or from ANY| 00000530 20 64 61 74 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d | date of the com| 00000540 6d 6f 6e 20 65 72 61 20 28 43 45 2f 41 44 29 20 |mon era (CE/AD) | 00000550 69 6e 20 74 68 65 0a 47 72 65 67 6f 72 69 61 6e |in the.Gregorian| 00000560 20 63 61 6c 65 6e 64 61 72 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 69 | calendar, and i| 00000570 73 20 4e 4f 54 20 72 65 73 74 72 69 63 74 65 64 |s NOT restricted| 00000580 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 75 73 75 61 6c 20 31 39 | to the usual 19| 00000590 30 30 2d 32 32 34 38 20 79 65 61 72 20 72 61 6e |00-2248 year ran| 000005a0 67 65 2e 0a 0a 0a 45 78 61 6d 70 6c 65 73 0a 2d |ge....Examples.-| 000005b0 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 44 65 73 63 72 69 70 |-------..Descrip| 000005c0 74 69 6f 6e 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |tion | 000005d0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 54 69 6d 65 | Time| 000005e0 20 20 44 61 74 65 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | Date | 000005f0 20 20 20 20 20 55 6e 69 74 73 20 20 20 20 43 6f | Units Co| 00000600 75 6e 74 0a 0a 53 65 63 6f 6e 64 73 20 75 6e 74 |unt..Seconds unt| 00000610 69 6c 20 74 68 65 20 32 31 73 74 20 63 65 6e 74 |il the 21st cent| 00000620 75 72 79 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 3a 30 30 20 31 73 |ury 00:00 1s| 00000630 74 20 4a 61 6e 75 61 72 79 20 32 30 30 30 20 20 |t January 2000 | 00000640 20 53 65 63 6f 6e 64 73 20 20 55 6e 74 69 6c 0a | Seconds Until.| 00000650 59 6f 75 72 20 61 67 65 20 69 6e 20 73 65 63 6f |Your age in seco| 00000660 6e 64 73 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |nds | 00000670 20 20 20 28 54 69 6d 65 20 61 6e 64 20 64 61 74 | (Time and dat| 00000680 65 20 6f 66 20 62 69 72 74 68 29 20 53 65 63 6f |e of birth) Seco| 00000690 6e 64 73 20 20 41 66 74 65 72 0a 44 61 79 73 20 |nds After.Days | 000006a0 75 6e 74 69 6c 20 43 68 72 69 73 74 6d 61 73 20 |until Christmas | 000006b0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 | 00| 000006c0 3a 30 30 20 32 35 74 68 20 44 65 63 65 6d 62 65 |:00 25th Decembe| 000006d0 72 20 31 39 39 37 20 44 61 79 73 20 20 20 20 20 |r 1997 Days | 000006e0 55 6e 74 69 6c 0a 4d 69 6e 75 74 65 73 20 75 6e |Until.Minutes un| 000006f0 74 69 6c 20 6c 75 6e 63 68 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |til lunch | 00000700 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 31 32 3a 30 30 20 28 | 12:00 (| 00000710 54 6f 64 61 79 27 73 20 64 61 74 65 29 20 20 20 |Today's date) | 00000720 20 20 4d 69 6e 75 74 65 73 20 20 55 6e 74 69 6c | Minutes Until| 00000730 0a 48 6f 75 72 73 20 75 6e 64 65 72 20 74 68 65 |.Hours under the| 00000740 20 63 75 72 72 65 6e 74 20 67 6f 76 65 72 6e 6d | current governm| 00000750 65 6e 74 20 30 36 3a 30 30 20 31 73 74 20 4d 61 |ent 06:00 1st Ma| 00000760 79 20 31 39 39 37 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 48 6f 75 |y 1997 Hou| 00000770 72 73 20 20 20 20 41 66 74 65 72 0a 41 67 65 20 |rs After.Age | 00000780 6f 66 20 74 68 69 73 20 21 48 65 6c 70 20 66 69 |of this !Help fi| 00000790 6c 65 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 31 |le 1| 000007a0 31 3a 32 35 20 31 73 74 20 53 65 70 74 65 6d 62 |1:25 1st Septemb| 000007b0 65 72 20 31 39 39 37 20 59 65 61 72 73 20 20 20 |er 1997 Years | 000007c0 20 41 66 74 65 72 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 4a 6f 6e 61 74 | After.....Jonat| 000007d0 68 61 6e 20 4c 20 52 61 77 6c 65 0a 31 73 74 20 |han L Rawle.1st | 000007e0 53 65 70 74 65 6d 62 65 72 20 31 39 39 37 0a |September 1997.| 000007ef
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