
Chameleon Clock for Windows 95/NT

	A digital clock that uses images with digits 
	and winamp skins for date and time show.

	Version 2.0
	August 16, 1999.

	copyright 1999 Jury Gerasimov. All Rights Reserved.
	http://www.softshape.com
	e-mail: jury@softshape.com


Program description
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      * Chameleon Clock is a digital desktop clock that changes the look 
        of your standard desktop clock. It uses Winamp skins and bitmap 
        digits to make simply clock a real piece of art. 

      * Chameleon Clock 2.0 offers all of the most important clocks features - 

      - Fully customizable clockface using your favorite Winamp skins and 
        digit styles;
      - Builds itself right into the taskbar and doesn't eat any desktop space. 
      - Enchanced alarms - show messages with custom icons, play the MP3, 
        MIDI, and WAV-sounds, and run the programs at specified time; 
      - Show current time worldwide; 
      - Synchronize the computer's clock with Internet Time Servers using 
        fast and reliable SNTP-protocol; 
      - Easy hiding with just one mouse click and restoring with just one 
        mouse movement; 
      - Advanced tooltip - quick access to the most important information 
        at your choice; 
      - Calendar and periods watch. 
      - Transparent background support, blink colon, date and seconds option, 
        and other clockface options; 
      - Multilingual interface support. 


What's new
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      * See History.txt


Installation
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      * Copy the distribution kit content into the temporary directory and run 
	setup.exe.

      * Note: If you've got Chameleon Clock not from its web page, but from
	the other source (magazine CD or some software library), please
	visit its home page at www.softshape.com/cham - you'll probably find 
	the later version.

      * If you need to reinstall Chameleon Clock or Windows and want to save 
	your settings, run batch-file SaveSettings.bat (you'll find it in the 
	Chameleon Clock application directory, usually in C:\Program Files\Chameleon Clock) 
	before. After reinstallation run RestoreSettings.bat to restore 
	previously saved settings and alarms.


Uninstallation
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      * Run Uninstall from Chameleon Clock group.

        Important ! You must exit Chameleon Clock before run Uninstall. 
	Otherwise some files and registry settings could not be removed.


Where to get skins (free, of course)
-----------------------------------

      * If you have Winamp, use its skins. Look, for example, at URL
	www.winamp.com/skins.
	Recommended. As a rule, it results into the smallest and beautiful
	clocks.

      * If you have no Winamp, you still can use its skins. Download them and
	put in SKINS directory.

      * Any images designed for counter applications can be used. These images
	are usually cut into separate pictures. Look for www.digitmania.com -
	there are more than 500 of them. Unpack the downloaded zip-file into a
	separate subdirectory inside SKINS directory. You may also use directly
	gif-files from this site. To do this (like in MSIE 3,4) click the right
	mouse bottom on an image and choose the "Save as..." command. Choose
	SKINS directory. These gif-files contain (inside in comments) the
	information on width of each digit and, therefore, can be used
	independently.


How to find skin (quick way)
----------------------------

      * Click on "Download Skins" button in "Skins" page and choose the site
	you want from the list. This list is a) incomplete (of course)  b) made
	according to the author's taste. If you want to make your addition to
	the list, please email to the author and send URL of a site.

      * If you do not want to spend much time on searching for skins, choose
	in this list "Cham Clock Collection". This site contains the best
	samples for using in Chameleon Clock specially.

      
Help system
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      * Chameleon Clock help system uses latest HTML Help technology
	for easy searching answer for your questions. HTML Help support is
	included in latest versions (at least 4.0) of Microsoft Internet 
	Explorer, Windows 98, Windows NT 5.0, and Visual Studio.

        If you haven't HTML Help installed, you need to download it as 
	standalone component from 

		www.microsoft.com/workshop/author/htmlhelp/

        In others case you can't use on-line help in Chameleon Clock.


Alarm Icons
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      * To use your custom icon in alarm message, copy the icon file
	to 'Icons' directory. Supported file types are :

	.ico	Icon File
 	.icl    Icon Library
	.dll    Windows Dynamic Library
	.exe    Windows Executable
	.bmp    Bitmap
	.cur    Cursor
	.ani    Animated Cursor


System Requirements
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      * 80386/486 based IBM PC compatible computer (or higher)
	4 Mb of free memory
	About 1500 Kb free disk space
	Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0
	A mouse
	SVGA card with High color mode is recommended

Order
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      * Chameleon Clock is shareware. See Order.txt for details.

License
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      * See License.txt


Technical support
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      * If you've got a problem, please contact Jury Gerasimov at
	jury@softshape.com. Please inform me about the following:

  	- program version (from "About" dialog)
  	- program serial number (if you're a registered user)
  	- where did you get Chameleon Clock (http or ftp site)
  	- Windows 95/98/NT version (including service packs and other
    	  fixes installed), US or international, OEM or not
  	- computer information: CPU type and speed, installed memory
  	- description of your problem (as much information as possible
    	  to retrieve the problem)


Jury Gerasimov
www.softshape.com
