Describe Ellie's Count Down

For a selected date, ECountDn displays the remaining time from now as:

weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds
total weeks
total days
total hours
total minutes
total seconds

Use ECountDn

Tap i:Help to view this document as an embedded help book

Select a target event from the Event Name picker. The remaining time updates every second. Special events:

End of World=: a random date/time in next 10 years.
Thanksgiving=: next Thanksgiving (last Thurs in November)

New Events

To create a new event:

edit the Event Name
pick an Event Date
select Save
this is saved in the Preference entry (tag: ECountDn:Newt)

You can also Replace/Delete an event matching the current Name.

Sounds

To further enhance the experience, you can play a sound each hour and/or minute. Each sound picker lists all of the built-in and registered sounds. For additional sound packages, see www.tactile.com.

ECountDn Versions

I wrote ECountDn for my daughter Ellie so she could know exactly how long it was until her birthday, or Christmas, or whenever. I also wrote a Java version.

ECountDn created with NewtDevEnv; it's 2.x-only. Help book created from HTML by Newt's Cape. http://members.bellatlantic.net/~sweyer/newton/index.htm

Version 1.0 (9 Mar 1998)

Distribute ECountDn

ECountDn is freeware, and may be distributed freely as long as all of the files are included and unmodified.

I may make ECountDn source available to registered NewtDevEnv users.

Contact Author

Steve Weyer
17 Timber Knoll Drive
Washington Crossing, PA 18977-1052
Internet: weyer@kagi.com
America Online, Compuserve: SteveWeyer
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~sweyer/newton/index.htm