Introduction
Did you ever forget the birthday of your friend/wive/husband ? Well I did !
So I wrote a program that reminds me of important events. The program starts
warning 1 to 30 days in advance so you have ample time to buy a present or
send a letter.
Birthday is the name of that program, it is a "reminder" for birthdays.
It runs under W95/98/00/NT/Vista/Windows-7 RC. The Demo version can be downloaded
free and is fully functional during 30 days.
- Birthday simply imports birthday data;
- Birthday only uses memory space while on screen. It is not a resident
program;
- Multi user support (Windows NT/00/XP/Vista/Windows-7 RC);
- You may translate the alerts to your favorite language;
- Birthday features an extensive context sensitive help function.
Registration costs US$ 10,-. You will get an unlimited fully functional
program. You will be alerted of updates by e-mail. Registered users may
download them freely.
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Description
At startup of your computer Birthday is started.
It shows birthdays within a period of one to 30 days before the birthday
until one to 10 days after the birthday.
You can change the words and their order used in the alerts.
If you like it you may enable the built in timer so the program will be
visible for an adjustable time.
In order to keep the interface as simple a possible I used buttons to
interface with the program in stead of using menu's.
You will find these buttons at the top of the program window of Birthday.
From left to right they are:
= Open
= Edit
= Save
= Backup
= Configure
= Translate
= Information
= Exit
Open
The default filename of the birthday data file, with all birthday data is
called "Birthday.dat". Birthday automatically reads this file at startup.
In order to open another file, use this Open button.
Edit
After clicking the "Edit" button the Edit window is shown. In this
window you may simply edit your birthday data.
Save
Clicking the "Save" button saves the birthday data. This button is only
enabled when the data have been changed.
Backup
Click the Backup Button to Backup or Restore your Birthday Data.
Configure
Click the Configure button to show the Configuration Window. In
this Window are the Sections:
"Starting"
Select the way Birthday starts.
"Date Format"
Select the way dates will be shown, e.g. "Year-Month-Day"
will give 2008-03-24 for march 24 2008.
"Timer"
Here you may switch the Timer On. In this state the program
only runs an adjustable time.
"Time Window"
Select the number of days after the event the message is given. The
range spans from 1 till 10 days.
And the number of days before the event the message is given. The
range spans from 1 till 30 days.
"Sorting by..."
Select here the default sorting method.
"Update"
Preferable is to check this item. So you will be notified of
updates. To check for updates manually click the "Download Now" Button.
Translate
The first window of the translate procedure is the Word Order window. Here
you can change the order of the words in the messages.
There are two types of alerts. One where the year of birth is known and one
where it is unknown. The word order is different in both cases.
To change the order of the words in the message click one of the green words
and replace it by selecting another word from the pull down list.
In this way any word order may be constructed.
Words with an "#" before it are replaced by the program:
#Name = the name of the person
#Period = the number of days
#Age = the age of the person
"-" = invisible in the message.
In the lower part of the window you can inspect the results of your changes.
Translation
Click the Translate button in the "Word order" window to translate the
messages to your favorite language, then correct the word order if needed.
As shown every word can be replaced by its translation. In the default
translation file (c:\windows\Birthday.ini) the translation is the same as
the original word. For some languages, after translating, you will have to
correct the word order.
Information
Click the Information Button to show the Information menu. It has two
items:
"Help"
Click this item to get the index of the help pages
"About"
Click this item to get information about the program and the author.
Click the Register Button in the about window to start the registration process.
Exit
Click the Exit Button to end the program. For your safety a window appears
where you can save the changes, discard them or return to the program.
N.b. this window is only visible if the data have been changed.
Conclusion
The demo of the program Birthday is freely available. If you like it
please register the program. For only US$ 10,- you get a fully functional
program and you will be notified of updates and bug fixes. You can always
download the latest version enjoying most of your registration. The small
fee for registration enables me to continue improving the program.
Do you have any remarks please send them to me by
e-mail. Give the demo to your friends!
Downloading
Download the program now.
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Name: Birthday
- Version:
2.34
- Release date:
2019-10-08
- Download name:
brth234.exe
- Download size:
635 kB
The demo is free. You may try the program without any risk; it can be
simply removed from your computer ("Start | Configuration | Configuration
window | Birthday" => Click the Add/Remove Button).
Download the program as follows:
First method (download and install):
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Click Download and check "Open".
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Click "OK" and the download starts. After downloading the program will
be installed on your computer. Follow the directions in the installation
program.
Second method: (download and save)
Use this method if you want to install Birthday on a second computer or give
the demo to your friends.
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Click Download and check "Save as...".
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Enter e.g. "c:\Temp" as destination.
- Click "OK" and downloading starts. The file "brth234.exe" will now be saved to the directory "c:\Temp".
Installation
Installing the program is very simple too.
Assuming the downloaded file has been saved in "c:\Temp" then:
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Click "Start | Execute".
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Enter "c:\Temp\brth234.exe".
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Click OK.
Now follow the directions in the setup program to install Birthday on
your computer.