i need little time countdown program

[Dominik]

anyone knows freeware app that count down the time ? something small, can be on the desktop (transparent) or even better,in system tray next to clock. you know, only 3 weeks to my gf arrival :woot:

(i found TONS of apps like this on google but all of them are sh*tty)

[Dominik]

working great... thank you...

[jingarelho]

great prog thanks XgD

PS: systray option would be great :woot:

Edited June 14, 2004 by jingarelho

[tang_tito]

thanks :D

love it

[tang_tito]

i have another little suggestion

look at the picture

there's always the icon there when I press ALT+TAB

it's kind of annoying (for me at least)

so, if it's possible to remove that, it would be great

thanks :D

[tang_tito]

so? anything please?

[Storm]

I was looking for this the other day :p

[Dominik]

XgD - any news?

[XgD]

I've been looking through example code for hints on how to send text to the clock area, no success yet. I have fixed a few bugs, and the latest version is up.

As for the Alt-Tab thing, I have not found a way of doing it without starting again, although the prog does not appear on the al-tab list when it is unlocked for some reason

Im reading through TClock's source code at the moment, but its in C(++) and I dont really understand it too well. I'll keep trying though, and let you know if I find anything that works.

Thanks

XgD

[blueshirt]

Dude what's the difference between countdown-src.zip and countdown.zip?

[Dominik]

  blueshirt said:

Dude what's the difference between countdown-src.zip and countdown.zip?

src= source code

[blueshirt]

Thanks man. So stupid of me.

[tang_tito]

  XgD said:

I've been looking through example code for hints on how to send text to the clock area, no success yet. I have fixed a few bugs, and the latest version is up.

As for the Alt-Tab thing, I have not found a way of doing it without starting again, although the prog does not appear on the al-tab list when it is unlocked for some reason

Im reading through TClock's source code at the moment, but its in C(++) and I dont really understand it too well. I'll keep trying though, and let you know if I find anything that works.

Thanks

XgD

yeah

i noticed it that the alt+tab thing doesn't appear when you have it unlocked

oh well...

just let us know if you figure it out, with the alt+tab thing too

thanks :D

[RCube]

  XgD said:

I've been looking through example code for hints on how to send text to the clock area, no success yet. I have fixed a few bugs, and the latest version is up.

As for the Alt-Tab thing, I have not found a way of doing it without starting again, although the prog does not appear on the al-tab list when it is unlocked for some reason

Im reading through TClock's source code at the moment, but its in C(++) and I dont really understand it too well. I'll keep trying though, and let you know if I find anything that works.

Thanks

XgD

Text to the clock area...Tclock does this by using a DLL to hook into windows and intercept all the messages. Now you can do your own drawing and stuff.

[XgD]

OK, several days later:

I have a test app, which writes text to the clock area

It's nothing special yet, and it's very alpha :p

Can some of you please test it is working?

http://www.josolyne.demon.co.uk/ch.exe

Thanks

XgD

[Matt]

funny as i was looking for a proggy like this today.

[Dominik]

it's working,shows the seconds in tray!

[blueshirt]

Very cool XgD.

[XgD]

OK, original app updated with code from that demo, i'll keep working on it and improve it.

The countdown window doesn't disappear when the taskbar mode is activated yet because otherwise there will be no wayto access the settings page.

I will also clean up the settings page soon.

http://www.josolyne.demon.co.uk/countdown.zip

thx

XgD

[Patrick_]

Here's a good one, written in Visual Basic.

Linkage.

[XgD]

Hey, I know its been a while:

I've done a bit more on it now. Tray support is working better

-the background should match better now

-the size should fit better

I added a few more features such as form shape and changed the lock thingy coz it annoyed me

Can't think of anything else so here:

http://www.josolyne.demon.co.uk/countdown.zip

Thanks

XgD

[tang_tito]

what about "removing the Alt+Tab" thing?

is it possible?

[+unabatedshagie Subscriber¹]

Is there any way of making it have an option to minimise to a tray icon with a tooltop telling the time left. What about an option to play a wav file when the timer reaches zero.

Apart from those ideas this program is cool and definately a "keeper", keep up the good work. (Y)

[NtOrZor]

It would be even cooler if it displayed milliseconds as well, kind of like those count down scenes in several movies. Just a suggestion though, overall it's a great program, very useful!

[ozgeek]

Great program! XgD! I like it. I was looking for a countdown timer for the Halo 2 launch. Yours does the job extremely well!

Just wanted to show you your program in effect on my computer:

[XgD]

OK, im working on the sound effect and tray icon, i might add milliseconds but this will increase cpu usage, should be done within the next day or too, but Im still trying to find a way to hide the app from alt-tab. The only way to do it is to have the form style as a tool window (which is what it is when unlocked - hence the disappearance from alt-tab when unlocked)

If anyone has any code in any language to accomplish this then please share it! the solution is eluding me!!

Thanks

XgD