Ą Ą Burbank version 1.1 -- copyright ©1992 by Kelly Burgess Ą ĄĄ note for version 1.0 users: If you experience any problems when launching this new version, simply quit Burbank, delete your old Burbank Prefs file and relaunch it. You may also need to rebuild your desktop file if you don't see James's cool new color icons. ĄĄ Burbank is an application that displays the time for up to four time zones as either digital or analog clocks. You'll find it handy to keep open in the corner of your screen, provided you're at least running under System 6 MultiFinder. If you're running System 7, you can create aliases of Burbank to drop into your Startup Items and Apple Menu Items folders. Burbank's operation should be fairly self-explanatory, but there are a couple things I should tell you... I named it Burbank in memory of the wall clocks I used to see on the old Laugh-In TV show. If you remember, one of the four clocks was for Burbank, and it never really tracked normally. They'd say something like "It's seven o'clock in New York, six o'clock in Chicago, and in Burbank, it's four fifteen..." The same thing is true in this application. If you name a clock "Burbank" you will not be able to trust that clock to give you the correct time. If you actually live there, and you want the correct time, name the clock " Burbank ", with a space in front and in back, and then the time will track normally. Either space will do it, but one on each end will keep the name centered. If you really don't want to know what time it is, name all the clocks Burbank... When you first run Burbank, it will create a "Burbank Prefs" file in your System folder's Preferences folder. Each time you quit Burbank, the current settings and window position are remembered in the prefs file for the next time you run it. Any problems that might occur should be solvable by deleting this prefs file, re-launching Burbank, and resetting your preferences. If you want to preset a copy of Burbank before distributing it on your network, by giving it a particular set of places and time differences, or a different default window title, there are several string resources that can be modified. For the adventurous, the two clock picture PICT resources can be replaced by color PICTs of the exact same size, name and ID, using a resource editor. Burbank's settings are accessed via the File menu, or by typing command-S, or by simply clicking in the clock window to pop open the settings dialog. The controls are described below: Ą Clock style radio buttons: You can choose one of three clock styles: analog, 12-hour digital, or 24-hour digital. What you see is what you get... Ą Beep on the hour checkbox: You can set it to beep on the hour, and it will play your usual system beep each time the hour changes. Ą Arrange vertically checkbox: You can arrange the clocks side by side, or stacked on top of each other. Ą Underline local time checkbox: You can set it to underline the name of the clock in the local time zone, and any clock with a time difference of zero will have its name underlined. Ą Shaded from 6pm:6am checkbox: For analog clocks, you can set it to shade the clocks that are displaying times between 6 PM and 6 AM. It will shade a clock when its time reaches 6 PM, and change it back to unshaded when its time reaches 6 AM. Ą Show dates with times checkbox: You can set it to display the day of the week and the date in short format (5/15/92) next to each clock. Ą Show clock checkboxes: You can set it to display any one, two, three, or all four clocks. Ą Clock names and time differences: You can assign names like "East Coast", "Pacific Std.", "Peoria", etc. to the four clocks, and a time difference value for each one. Names are limited to 12 characters. The clock that displays your local time must be set to a difference of zero. Differences are expressed in hours, whole numbers from -23 to +23. You don't need to type the + sign for positive values. Difference values of -14 and +10 will result in the same time display, but for the day of the week to track correctly, you need to use the correct polarity by arriving at a given time without crossing the international date line. For example, from California to Australia, the correct offset is +18, not -6. The date in the title bar always reflects local time. Ą Color buttons: You can set the clock window's background color, and you can set the color of each clock's text (name and date) and hands or digits. Ą Cross time zone buttons: While travelling with your computer, you can easily adjust Burbank and your system clock at the same time by clicking the Move west or Move east button. For each click, the system clock will be adjusted one hour (if you eventually OK the dialog), and each of the differences in Burbank's settings will be shifted to maintain the correct distance. For example, if your local time is Seattle time, and your Boston clock has a +3 difference, when you travel to Boston you can just click Move east until the difference for the Boston clock becomes zero. When you get back to Seattle you can click Move west until the Seattle clock's difference is back to zero. When crossing the date line, you have to click the opposite button 23 times instead of clicking once on the direction you're moving. If you're in one of those time zones that differs by half an hour, get as close as you can then use a wristwatch. If you live in such a time zone, I'd love to hear from you - I'll write you a customized version. If you select Copy from the Edit menu or type command-C when Burbank is the top window, the current system date and time will be copied to the clipboard. The date will be the same as what you see in a wide window title, and the time will be the local time, in 12-hour AM/PM notation unless 24-hour digital clocks are displayed. The window title will vary with the clock configuration. In general, the long form of the day and date will be used if there's room. If there isn't, a short form of the date will be used. If there isn't room for that, a single apple character is used. If dates are shown with clocks, then instead of the date Burbank will use the default title from a string resource, and if that won't fit, the single apple character is used. That's all you need to know to use Burbank. To appreciate how it came to be, you need to know how Larry Barcot at Escape was just doing, in his words, "what the Macintosh Consultants Network is all about," by asking me to help out when Sally Rosenthal at Amgen Corporate Information Technologies needed a world time tracker. Sally provided the original inspiration for this program, Larry designed the solution, I had the fun of writing it, Sally suggested things like color, vertical alignment and day names for each clock, Chris Allison at Dayna Communications suggested a grow box (hang in there, Chris, the show/hide checkboxes are half of your answer), James Bradley at Bradley Group in Hollywood suggested shift-tabs and the time zone shifter, built the splash screens and color icons, and otherwise contributed his graphics expertise, Larry and James found all the bugs that you never will, and I wrote a long sentence about it all. This really was a team effort, and it's just one small example of how the MCN can make things happen. I hope you find it useful. Enjoy. Kelly Burgess Mission Mountain Software P.O. Box 735 Seeley Lake, MT 59868 Connect/AppleLink: MISSION CompuServe: 70402,424