Jarada's Time Keepers V2.2
Build 2.2.0

Created by Jarada Productions 2007

<<Features>>
<>Up to 9 Timers, Stopwatches, Clocks or Alarms running/set at any one time!
<>Any Timer or Alarm can be set to Play a Sound Alarm, or just be silent instead!
<>You can set your own alarm sound (wave file), time zone, snooze time and time type (AM/PM or 24H) for each time keeper!
<>Multi Start/Stop functionality so you can start/stop multiple time keepers (or all of them) at the same time!
<>The ability to save/load individual time keepers so you never have to remember that time again!
<>Auto-repeat function for Timers (although this function does not support message dialog alerts).
<>Shortcuts! Learn them and you will be controlling the main functions of this program with no mouse!

<<Installation>>
Doesn't matter where you put everything, just extract everything in the .zip file into a directory of your choice and run Timer.exe to start the program.

<<A Note about Options>>
The Default Options (available from the Tools menu at the top of the program) manages any time keepers that have not been customised. This options does not include the time zone setting, that is managed by your computer's system clock. To change the default time zone you must have administrators access on your computer. Simply close Jarada's Time Keepers, right click on the clock in the bottom right hand corner of the screen (on your taskbar) and click on Adjust Date/Time. Click on the time zone tab at the top of the screen and choose your time zone. When you restart the program your default time zone will have been changed.

Each of the individual time keepers has their own options menu, accessible from their drop-down box. Here, you can customise each time keeper so that you can give them different alarm sounds, snooze times, time zones or time types. If you uncustomise these features, regardless of what they say the default options will override anything in the individual time keepers, where as it's the opposite way around if you do customise them.

<<Setting your Own Alarm Sound>>
This is as simple as loading up the Options button. First, find the .wav file you want to use as your alarm sound and paste it into the folder where Jarada's Time Keepers is installed. Next, if you want to make all non-customised time keepers use your alarm sound, go to Tools > Options and change the file name at the top of the options dialog, before clicking on OK. If you want to make an individual time keeper use that .wav file, then click on the drop down box on the time keeper and click on (Options), and change the file name at the top of the options dialog there.

<<Troubleshooting>>
This program requires the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6. If you do not have this library, the program will ask you to download it when you run it. If you are having other problems, feel free to visit the Forums at my website (listed below) and I will try to help you.

<<Where's That Feature?>>
Want something in the program that you don't see there? Have an idea for that really cool feature that you want to see in this program? Then don't hold it in, TELL ME! Visit my forums at my website (listed below) and post in the Feature Request forum, or contact me directly (visit my Contacting Jarada thread in my forums).

<<Website>>
http://jarada.co.uk/Productions/

<<Disclaimer>>
This program is freeware and as such you may distribute it freely, providing this document travels with the program. 

Special Thanks go to DevWizard's JavaExe (http://devwizard.free.fr/html/en/JavaExe.html) which helps turn Java's .jar file into a nice .exe file. Thanks!

<<Changelog>>

{Version 2.2.0}
Added in feature to save and load dialogs so that they include the name of the Time Keeper to be loaded into or saved from.
Added in feature that, when saving, the program confirms overwriting existing files.

{version 2.1.0}
Java doesn't support the way this program saves for long term storage - XML is now used instead (which is supported)

{Version 2.0.2}
Fixed minor bug that prevented alarms being set in 24H time

{Version 2.0.1}
Minor change in the loading messages

{version 2.0.0}
Added in a Tools > Options option, which allows the setting of default options (alarm wave file, snooze time, time type)
Added in a Options option on each time keeper in the drop down box, which allows the customisation of options of each time keeper
Completely changed the way time keepers are saved and loaded to allow of the adding for new features while allowing for backwards compatibility
Added in a button on each time keeper to test individual alarms
Added in an update checker
Fixed various minor bugs
Added various minor enhancements

{Version 1.1.002}
Fixed a Snooze bug
Added an Help > About menu option

{Version 1.1}
Added the ability to save/load individual time keepers
Added the auto-repeat function
Added in shortcuts and a menu bar

{Version 1.0}
Original Version