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                              WS-TIMER Version 3.52

        WS-TIMER is Freeware for personal, non-commercial use.  You  may 
        freely distribute WS-TIMER, as long as all files from the archive 
        are included.

        June 22, 1995 - Version 3.52

        Corrected a problem when saving the window position on exit.
        Added  a  routine to capture an error when  viewing  the  history 
        logs. If the file was not created yet, you will be prompted  with 
        a message. Before WS-TIMER would just crash.
        Corrected a problem when writing to win.ini on systems with  non-
        standard windows installation.
        Here are the two line that should go in your win.ini if the setup 
        did not do the changes.

        [WSTIMER]
        C:\WSTIMER\

        Replace the drive and directory to reflect your setup.

        June 15, 1995 - Version 3.51

        Corrected a bug in reading the new WIN.INI function.

        June 14, 1995 - Version 3.50

        Added a feature to save the alarm setup.
        Removed the stay-on-top clock when running without the ON switch.
        The log files can now be viewed just by clicking on which log  to 
        view. The file for each selection that will be loaded for you  is 
        based on which letter was use in the command line.
        The  stay-on-top window now also displays which file  switch  was 
        used on the command line.
        The file switch is also displayed in the title above the  current 
        time and date.
        You  no longer require the entry in your autoexec.bat file.  This 
        will  be taken care of by the setup program and  the  information 
        required by WS-TIMER will be placed at the bottom of your WIN.INI 
        file.
        You will have to reset your provider's next period start date, if 
        this function was existing in the last version you had installed.

        June 11, 1995 - Version 3.40

        Changed the spelling of length in the period setup window.
        Corrected a bug for first time users when creating the log files.
        Implemented a start and re-start button. The Start button is  for 
        when  you run WS-TIMER with only the A switch and would  like  to 
        start the timer. This will be handy for those using a TCP Manager 
        that  does  not have a command EXEC, like the one  found  in  the 
        Trumpet Winsock script. This way you will be able to run WS-TIMER 
        before you dial and when you get connected all you have to do  is 
        click on start.


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        The Re-Start button was requested my many users. When  WS-TIMER's 
        clocks  are running you will only see the Stop button. After  you 
        click  on  the Stop button, this will change to two  buttons,  an 
        Exit  and a Re-Start. Re-Start behaves in the same manner  as  if 
        you had just ran WS-TIMER with the ON A switch. This will  create 
        and log a new session.

        June 4, 1995 - Version 3.32

        Changed the color scheme for those with monochrome laptops.

        June 4, 1995 - Version 3.31

        Corrected  a  problem  in the way the  date  was  processed  when 
        updating the DAYHIST?.TXT file.

        June 3, 1995 - Version 3.30

        Changed  the  monthly log file to a user defined period  and  now 
        refer to this log as Period. If you are on a monthly account  you 
        will have to enter 99 (default after installation) in the  period 
        length  variable in the setup. Those users with a  weekly  period 
        will  have  to  enter a 7. If you are on a  monthly  account  the 
        HISTORY?.TXT file will be written with the month and year for the 
        period. If you are on a variable period (every 7 days or 15  days 
        etc.) the date recorded in the HISTORY?TXT file is the first  day 
        of the period.

        May 29, 1995 - Version 3.20

        Added a setup for variable starting period for monthly log  file. 
        The first time you run WS-TIMER you will have to enter this  date 
        in the Period Start. You will find this setup under File,  Setup, 
        and  Period  Start. The date you enter here is the first  day  of 
        your provider's next statement period.

        May 27, 1995 - Version 3.12

        Corrected the title bar in the about box.
        I  am no longer including COMMDLG.DLL and DDEML.DLL, since  these 
        have been nothing but problems during the setup.

        May 1, 1995 - Version 3.11

        Made change in the code for the stay-on-top window. If a user was 
        in  1024X768  mode on some graphic cards the  window  would  slip 
        upwards after every start.

        At the turn of the month, the months total did not get written to 
        the history?.txt file.

        April 28, 1995 - Version 3.10

        Changed  the format of the date in all log files. The  format  is 
        now  appropriate for the country specified in  the  International 


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        dialog of the Windows Control Panel.

        Changed the current time and date window to only one window.  The 
        format  is  now  appropriate for the  country  specified  in  the 
        International dialog of the Windows Control Panel.

        April 25, 1995 - Version 3.01

        Made the History window wider so that you can view the full width 
        of the contents of SESSION?.TXT.

        April 23, 1995 - Version 3.00

        Added the multimedia alarm clock.
        Added a new log file called "SESSION?.TXT". This file keeps track 
        of all your individual logons. The contents of this file includes 
        the  logon session number, the logon time, the logoff  time,  and 
        the total time for the session.

        April 4, 1995 - Version 2.20

        The  location of the stay-on-top window is now recorded when  you 
        exit WS-TIMER.

        April 2, 1995 - Version 2.12

        1.  Rewrite  of  the code that updates  the  timer.  In  previous 
        version  some time was lost when the disk drives where  accessed. 
        If this happens now the time will correct itself.

        2.  Added an autosave feature, which will same your on-line  time 
        every five minutes. This way if you have a total crash of Windows 
        or your machine you will only loose five minutes at the most.

        March 29, 1995 - Version 2.02

        WS-TIMER now requires the environment string in your  AUTOEXEC.BAT 
        file:

        SET WSTIMER=C:\WSTIMER

        Replace  the directory and drive to reflect your setup. You  will 
        have to reboot your computer for this change to take place.

        March 27, 1995 - Version 2.00

        1.  Added a new timer in the main window to keep track  of  total 
        daily  time.  This timer is reset each day. A  new  history  file 
        called DAYHIST?.TXT will be updated daily.

        2.   The today clock will now run on top, so you can  watch  your 
        time  on-line while using any applications. You can  choose  from 
        <This Call>, <Today>, and <Month> clocks or <None> to stay on top 
        with  the  setup  option under files. When you  exit  setup  your 
        choice will saved to SETUP.INI for future reference.


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        3. You can now view the history file from within WS-TIMER.

        4. Changed the font style and size to reduce the window size.

        5.  If you have more than one provider as the case was  for  many 
        users  you  will  now  be able to keep  track  of  each  provider 
        separately. Just add a letter from A - Z to your command line  in 
        your  login  script. The command line line should now  look  like 
        this:

        EXEC "c:\wstimer\wstimer.exe ON A"

        Where ON is to turn the timer on and A is to add to the  filename 
        for the three files created by WS-TIMER. Both commands have to be 
        part  of the command line. If you omit the A or any other  letter 
        all file names will end with an N.

        Note: If you are upgrading from a previous version you will  have 
        to  copy the two HISTORY files (in some older case just  one)  to 
        the  WS-TIMER  directory and the WSTIMER.INI file. All  three  of 
        these file will have to me renamed adding an A as the eight digit 
        in the name (e.g. WSTIMER.INI -> WSTIMERA.INI). This letter  must 
        be  the same as the one on your command line. You will also  have 
        to modify your command line in your login script to reflect these 
        changes.  You  will also have to modify the WSTIMER.INI  and  add 
        three rows with zero for the daily time above the others. Her  is 
        an  example  of the contents of my WSTIMER.INI I have  added  the 
        description  on  the right so you can understand the  meaning  of 
        each  numbers. In previous versions of WS-TIMER, before  it  kept 
        track of daily time the first three numbers where not saved. That 
        is  why  if you are upgrading you must modify your  INI  file  as 
        describe above, or you will loose your accumulated time.

         0   Daily Hours 
         16  Daily Minutes
         22  Daily Seconds
         73  Monthly Hours
         36  Monthly Minutes
         32  Monthly Seconds
         266 Lifetime Hours
         26  Lifetime Minutes
         24  Lifetime Seconds
         29  Last day on-line
         289 Number of calls

        March 23, 1995 - Version 1.23

        1. WS-TIMER will now start-up minimized.

        March 22, 1995 - Version 1.22

        1.  Added  the command line switch ON so that WS-TIMER  could  be 
        started without the clock running.



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        2.  EndTimer  will now stop and exit WS-TIMER from  an  minimized 
        state. You no longer have to keep WS-TIMER running in a window.

        3. Added this file UPDATE.TXT to the archive.

        March 13, 1995 - Version 1.21

        1.  Corrected a bug in the about box. Thanks to Nancy Cedeno  for 
        finding this one.

        March 11, 1995 - Version 1.20

        1. Added EndTimer program to stop WS-TIMER from the BYE script in 
        Trumpet Winsock.

        February 16, 1995 - Version 1.10

        1. First release to Internet users.

        2. Fixed a few minor bugs.

        3. Added the HISTORY.TXT file



































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