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DX TIME
(Version 1.0)
Overview -
This program will give you the current time in time zones
around the world. It will also tell you if it's morning or
evening and show the proper date. If you've been following
current events and wondered what time it was in Baghdad, or
maybe you were thinking about calling that mail order house in
New York, or a relative in Chicago, or your office in Tokyo,
or if you listen to the BBC out of London, or if you have any
other reason to know the time in another part of the world,
then this program is for you.
Installation -
You will need to copy DXTIME.EXE and DXTIME.DAT to the
Windows directory on your hard disk. DX Time is written with
Visual Basic version 2.0 and will require that you have a copy
of VBRUN200.DLL in your Windows system directory. VBRUN200.DLL
is available on Compuserve and should also be on your local
computer bulletin board. After the necessary files have been
installed you can use the new program option in Program Managers
file menu to display an icon.
Basic Setup -
When DX Time is running you will see a window with six
clocks and the current computer clock time displayed in the title
bar. Clicking on any of the clocks will open a second window.
At the bottom of the second window is a button labeled "Configure".
Press the "Configure" button.
After the configuration window is open select a city in your
time zone from the list of cities. If you can't find a city in your
time zone you can edit the location box and the two time offset
boxes to match your local time zone.
Now select "Save Configuration" from the configuration window.
The selected city should now appear in the title bar of the clock
window. If you would like for your own city to appear on the title
bar you can edit the location box and press "Save Configuration".
You will also have to set for daylight savings time (summer
time) or standard time by using the button on the bottom left of the
cities window. The tile bar should now show a city in your time
zone and the correct local time. Close the configuration window.
DX Time will save your location so you won't have to enter it again,
unless you move to a different time zone.
Once you've got DX Time properly configured for your location
you can instantly change any of the clocks by clicking on the clock
of your choice and then selecting a city from the options window.
It is also possible to change the clock label without changing
the time. If you live in, say, Florida you can select New York to
get the proper time zone and then edit the location box to read
"Miami" or "Disney World" or "Eastern Time". When you close the
cities window the new label will be saved as the name for that clock.
Advanced Use -
DX Time uses a data file called DXTIME.DAT. This is a
standard ASCII file and can be edited with any text editor. If you
do edit the data file you must save it in ASCII (plain text) format.
Before you start messing around with the data file it would be a
good idea to make a back up copy. Do not add any quotation marks
or commas.
The data file consists of sixty lines. The first line is the
local time zone. The next 50 lines are the locations listed on the
cities menu. The last two numbers on each line are the standard
and daylight savings hours offset from GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
If you edit these lines you must be very careful that the offsets
are correct. The accuracy of the program is up to you. The next
six lines hold the information for the six clocks and are changed
each time a new time zone is selected. The last three lines are
used to hold configuration information and are probably best left
alone.