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JTimer is a alarmed timer program allowing you to add multiple alarms to a schedule. These alarms will then pop up on the screen, playing an alert sound, when they expire.

NOTE - Java is required for JTimer to run.

Setting Up JTimer

To begin using JTimer you should fist download the needed files. JTimer may be download free of charge from the following location - Download JTimer.

Windows Setup

Once the windows distribution of JTimer had been downloaded from the above location you should begin setup process by double clicking the downloaded file. This will lunch the JTimer setup program for windows. Please follow the on screen instructions through the installation process, once complete you wil be ready to use JTimer.

Any OS Setup

JTimer is written in Java and because of this may be run on any operating system. To begin using JTimer on your OS (other than windows, see above) the 'Any OS' distribution of JTimer should be downloaded from the following location - Download JTimer. Once downloaded you should unzip the zip file to a folder of your choice, thats it.

Starting JTimer

Windows

Once installed JTimer is run by selecting Start -> Programms -> gotfish.co.uk, this is shown in the image to the left. In that folder you will find an icon labelled “JTimer”, click this icon to start the JTimer program.

Any OS

To start JTimer from a command prompt, or console, open and change to the directory where you unziped JTimer. Then type the following command:

java -jar JTimer.jar

There may be a way of assigning a short cut to this process in your OS, however you will have consult your OS manual for instructions.

Setting A New Alarm

When the JTimer program is started the following screen will be displayed.



From this screen new alarms are created. To create a new alarm;

Enter the date at which you whish the alarm to expire. This must be in the following format 'dd/mm/yy'.

Enter the time you would the alarm to expire. This must be in the following format 'ss:hh'.

Enter the message you wish to be displayed when the alarm expires.

Click the “New Alarm” button.

If the creation process was successful then the following will be displayed:

Date/Time Shortcuts

In order to make the process of creating alarms easier in JTimer V3 two new shortcut features have been added. By entering a '+' into the time or date boxes on the main screen you can create a new alarm that its an integer number of days or minuets greater then the current time. For example, entering '+2' in the date box would mean that the alarm will expire two days from today's date, while placing '+20' in the time box would create an alarm that expires twenty minutes from now.

Alarm Expiry

When an alarm expired a window will pop up displaying the message you entered. In order to attract your attention a alarm noise will be played continuously. To stop this noise you must dismiss the alarm by clicking the “Ok” button as shown bellow.