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CornerClock v1.7
by Bill Catambay
Changes since v1.6:
- Added a new clock style for black on white
- Added a new option to Preferences for clock style
Changes since v1.5:
- Created a Preferences dialog for handling all default values
- Added a choice for chiming once, or chiming number of hours
Changes since v1.2:
- Added a File menu item for choosing the default display (date or time).
- Chime and default display selections are now saved in a Preference file.
- Application now handles an AEQuit so that it properly exits when asked to quit from another app.
Changes since v1.1:
- Added a toggle under the File menu for disabling the chime.
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CornerClock is a pascal program based upon Masafumi Ueda's MBarClock C program.
MBarClock was a program which displayed the time or date in the menu bar to the left
of the Apple menu. CornerClock uses that same feature, and adds new features.
I converted Masafumi's MBarClock from C to Pascal, and then began forging it into
a chime replacement program. Currently, if you have long chimes activated with your
clock which comes with system 7.5, you may experience a very annoying distorted
sound which interrupts your chime. This is a known bug with the system, as it does not
appear to lock the sound handle when it plays it (it should lock it because it plays it
asynchronously). CornerClock plays the hourly chime asynchronously, but locks the
handle so you get a smooth play.
CornerClock will play a grandfather clock chime on the hour (3 chimes as 3:00, 4 at 4:00, etc.).
When you place the cursor over the time, it will change to the date for 2 seconds, then change back
to the time (same feature in MBarClock except now there is sound). I've also added some menus
to CornerClock so that you can toggle the date and time, and force a chime.
There are many enhancements which can be made, like changing the chime sound, changing the
volume, etc., but I'm releasing it as is to provide the Pascal community with some more sample
Pascal code. Feel free to send me any questions or notes of thanks.
CornerClock ©Bill Catambay, 1996, catambay@aol.com
All rights reserved worldwide.