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

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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 this HTML document by Newt's Cape.

Best permanent bookmark for this (and possible other) versions: http://www.kagi.com/weyer/#CountDown

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.

© Copyright 1997-2007, S. Weyer. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.

Contact Author

Steve Weyer
http://www.kagi.com/weyer/