Automachron Beta

Changes

  • Beta 2 - October 6, 1998
    • The current Date and Time, including seconds, are displayed when one points at the Automachron systray icon.  The format of the Date and Time strings can be changed in the Regional Settings Control Panel applet.
    • Automachron now accepts a default host on the command line.  If the host does not exist in the Automachron host list it will be added using the defaults (SNTP v2 port 123).  If the host already exists it is set as the default time host.
    • The annoying About dialog is only shown the first time Automachron is run.
  • Beta 1 - Sept 23, 1998
    • Automachron Beta 1 works under NT4, see below.  Some strange problems remain with resources (icons and bitmaps) but the program works otherwise.
    • The original release did not work under NT4. The routines that try to determine whether the computer is online or not rely on the existance of the file rasapi32.dll.  If this file is not in the windows system directory the program will ignore the 'Wait for dialup connection' option. I'm looking into other ways to do this for NT4.
    • The systray icon is still hideously ugly but it now properly detects whether the computer is connected or not at startup.
    • The system log correctly records negative time changes.
    • If the log file is not displayed when the 'View log' button it is clicked it is most likely because the .log extension is not associated with any text editor.  To associate the log, open explorer in the window where you've opened the log and double click on the file.  Choose your favourite text editor (I use TextPad by Helios Software) or Notepad in a pinch.