Days To Go by Jason Anderson
�1995 Beyond Midnight Software (v1.0.1 March 1995)
Freeware
About It
Are you someone who gets really annoyed at those people who always
seem to know how many days it is until a certain event (ie: ?Hi John,
did you know it?s only 278 more days to my birthday? Better make sure
you buy me a present!?). Well, if you can?t beat them, join them.
This handy little control panel will let you do just that. Every time
you start (or restart) your computer, a little box appears
approximately 3/5ths down the screen, telling you how many days there
are until the date you specified (if the date has already passed it
will give you a nasty little note to say that you have missed it!) Use
it to annoy your friends, count down to Christmas, or to know how much
longer that someone special in your life is going to be away.
Requirements
Days To Go requires a Mac Plus, running System 4.2 or later.
Installation
Days To Go is very easy to install. Simply place the control panel in
the System folder (pre System 7) or the control panels folder (System
7 or later).
Setting It Up
The control panel allows you to set up one date to count down to, a
message to display while counting down to that date, and a message to
display when that date is reached and passed. All this information is
entered in the appropriate text boxes when the control panel is
opened. The messages can be up to 255 characters long, although in
practice a message that long probably wouldn?t fit on the screen at
startup (the messages aren?t wrapped, so would go off the screen
either side).
When entering the date in the control panel, there are a few hidden
?features? that aren?t apparent:
? If a day or month is entered that is outside the allowed range, it
is replaced with a 1 when you close the control panel (note that the
control panel doesn?t make checks for particular months, so you can
enter the 30th of February if you so desire - the control panel will
simply interpret it as the 2nd of March if it isn?t a leap year, or
the 1st of March if it is).
? If the year entered is outside the allowed range, it is replaced
with 1995.
? If the year you enter is below 95 (but not 0), it is interpreted as
being in the next century (ie: 20xx, where xx is between 1 and 94
inclusive).
? If the year entered is between 95 and 99, it is interpreted as being
this century (ie: 19xx, where xx is between 95 and 99 inclusive).
? If you enter 0 for the year, the date is interpreted as a re-
occurring event (so you could enter 25/12/0 as the specified date, and
the control panel will always give you a countdown to Christmas
without you ever having to touch it again).
