

   C O N N E C T I O N   T I M E R   1 . 1 0



Introduction
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This program measures the time you have spent connected to internet. It may be very useful 
when discussing the telephone bill with your parents :). I hope you will find it useful, and
if you like it please send me an e-mail; knowing that someone really uses my program will 
maybe encourage me to develop version 2.0 :>.


Installation
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is very simple: 

 1. Run INSTALL.BAT [windir]; where [windir] is your windows directory (example:
    INSTALL.BAT C:\WINDOWS\). This will copy files contime.exe, contime.cfg and contime.log
    to your windows directory.
 2. Run CONTIME.EXE from your windows directory. Insert title of the window that appears 
    when you connect to internet - usually it is "Connected to "+name of your
    internet provider - to the edit field "Window title" (whenever a window with this 
    title will appear, Connection Timer will assume you are connected). Example - when 
    I connect to Internet, a window "Connected to Isternet Bratislava" appears, so I have
    to use this title. 
 3. You should add Connection Timer to your startup folder, in order to start it whenever
    Windows starts - add a link to the file CONTIME.EXE with the parameter h (in order to 
    hide it on startup - i.e. CONTIME.EXE h) to the C:\WINDOWS\STARTUP directory.


Usage
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is simple too:

Every time you connect to internet, a line with current time, date, total time spent on 
internet and window title is written to the log file C:\WINDOWS\CONTIME.LOG. Every time 
you disconnect from internet, another line is written. If you have checked the checkbox 
"Show statistics" and the main window is hidden, a small window will appear in upper right
corner of the screen with lengths of this connection and total time spent connected. 

If you have hidden the main window and want to display it, press Alt+Tab to switch to the 
Connection Timer, then press Ctrl+Alt+M+H to display the window. If you want to hide the 
main window again, press the "Hide" button.

If you want to reset the timer (e.g. in the begining of new month), press the "Reset" 
button in the main window.


History
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Version 1.10 (29.6.1998)
 - second official release
 - changes: version 1.0 displayed log file as it is written on disk, so you had to scroll
            the whole file to see last connections. This version displays the newest 
            connections at the top of list and oldest at the bottom.

Version 1.01 (29.6.1998)
 - was never uploaded to my homepage :)
 - fixes a bug in version 1.0 which caused that the "Show statistics" checkbox sometimes 
   went unchecked alone ...

Version 1.0 (24.5.1998)
 - first official release


Author
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Matus Horvath  (Ctrl+Alt+M+H:)
Salviova 28              ^ ^
821 01 Bratislava
Slovak Republic

e-mail: m_horvat@geocities.com
www: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/9483