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news iconSaturday 18th December, 2010

Timed Shutdown Plus has a new lower price tag! You can now get this extended version with four additional triggers including CPU and Network usage, at the new low price of $14.99 USD. See the advantages below:

  Free Plus
Clock Trigger yes yes
Timer Trigger yes yes
CPU Usage Trigger no yes
Network Usage Trigger no yes
Sound Level Trigger no yes
Application Close Trigger no yes
Exit on abort command line switch no yes
No tray icon command line switch no yes
Price FREE $14.99
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news iconWednesday 24th November, 2010

Desktop Calendar 7.0.0.4 released, with text based print support, bug fixes and other improvements:

  • Added text based print support
  • Added button to display the alert window
  • When exporting to a Data File you can now select "Everything" or "From Today Onwards"
  • Add support link to installer
  • Added a shortcut to add a Desktop Calendar gadget to the sidebar
  • Start day of the week now defaults to whatever your system is set to
  • Renamed the "Cancel" button on flyout to "Close" to avoid confusion
  • BUG FIX: Format of date pickers was displayed incorrectly in some regions
  • BUG FIX: When exporting to a Data File, re-occurring events would be included even if they didn't fall in the specified date range
  • BUG FIX: When importing legacy data files, the selected date range was not being used
  • BUG FIX: Ellipsis now used in alert window if event title is too long
  • BUG FIX: Clicking the same cell on a different month use to closes the flyout if open
  • BUG FIX: Date format on alert window was too long or elements repeated in some countries
  • BUG FIX: Fixed display issues when using DPI scaling in Windows

news iconFriday 24th September, 2010

An upgraded version of Timed Shutdown is now available for purchase.

Timed Shutdown Plus has a variety of additional triggers compared to the standard version. If you want to shutdown your computer after a CPU intensive like video encoding, you can use the CPU usage trigger. If you're downloading or transferring large files over a network, there is a network usage trigger. Lock your computer by clapping your hands with the sound level trigger, or automatically shutdown your computer when you close your web browser with the application close trigger. These are just some uses of the extra triggers in the Plus version. Click on the links in the comparison table below to find out more about any of the triggers, or the additional command line options.

  Free Plus
Clock Trigger yes yes
Timer Trigger yes yes
CPU Usage Trigger no yes
Network Usage Trigger no yes
Sound Level Trigger no yes
Application Close Trigger no yes
Exit on abort command line switch no yes
No tray icon command line switch no yes
Price FREE $14.99
  Buy Now

news iconFriday 24th September, 2010

Version 6.2 of Timed Shutdown has been released. It brings some command line updates, bug fixes and is now backwardly compatible with Windows XP:

  • Force is now selected by default.
  • You can now specify a date when using the Clock trigger via the command line.
  • You now specify the days when using the Timer trigger via the command line.
  • Removed the -force command line switch in favour of a -noforce switch. Force is now used by default when using the command line unless -noforce is specified.
  • Added -nocountdown command line switch to skip final countdown.
  • Changed the command line -countdown parameter to the format xxs
  • Now backwardly compatible with Windows XP.
  • BUG FIX: Issue with past times using Clock trigger via command line.
  • BUG FIX: Corrected system information window title.
  • BUG FIX: Now displays friendly error if the website link doesn't open.

news iconThursday 19th August, 2010

Popup Pad has been updated to version 1.5 with the following changes:

  • Default hotkey is now F9 as the previous one (the grave accent) wasn't available or differed between countries.
  • Past settings and pads will now be carried over from previous versions when upgrading (from this version onwards).
  • The user is now warned when they try and set the hotkey to a letter (A-Z) or number (0-9) with no modifier key.
  • Last selected settings tab is now remembered.
  • BUG FIX: Disabling the hotkey now works.

news iconWednesday 21st July, 2010

By user request, Timed Shutdown now gives the option to disable the countdown warning sound. This is the only addition to version 6.1.

news iconTuesday 13th July, 2010

10. Slide Show 0.51b is released, the changes are as follows:

  • You can now cancel when searching sub folders
  • Escape now closes every window
  • Make it non-full screen by using the "F" key
  • Use the "S" key to Slide Show from the folder that the current image is located in
  • The Mouse Wheel can now be used to skip forward and back through images
  • Updated installer

You can get it from the download page here.

news iconMonday 12th July, 2010

There's a small update for Popup Pad bringing it up to version 1.4:

  • Multiple monitor support added
  • BUG FIX: Position wasn't being saved correctly

news iconThursday 8th July, 2010

A version of Timed Shutdown for Windows 7 and Vista has been released. Version 6.0 adds the ability to specify a date so you can now schedule shutdowns over 24 hours in advance. It also brings the extra actions Standby and Lock Workstation.

Some triggers from the original (CPU usage, and lost internet connection) have not been transferred to the new version yet, but it's planned that they'll be incorporated at a later date, possibly along with some new ones.

news iconMonday 21st June, 2010

There are now some preset data files available to download for version 7 of the calendar. They contain holidays and other events of interest. Supported countries are America, England and Scotland with more to follow.

Please note these will not work in the legacy versions of the calendar (0.4x and 0.5x) but files will be released for these versions in the future.

news iconTuesday 16th March, 2010

A small update to the free version of the legacy calendar (0.44):

  • The hotkey CTRL+A will now select all text in the edit window
  • Minor improvements to installer\uninstaller
  • BUG FIX: Events would get truncated around 1000 characters. Now the program informs the user when they have reached the limit and stops any further input to avoid data loss

news iconMonday 15th March, 2010

An update to the retail version of the legacy calendar has been released (0.54). It adds additional methods of calculating week numbers and fixes some bugs:

  • You can now select how the first week should be defined when calculating week numbers. Different countries use different methods so now you can select "week one" as being:

    • January 1st
    • First four days
    • First full week
    • ISO 8601 standard

    (Select the method you want to use by right-clicking on the week number boxes)

  • The hotkey CTRL+A will now select all text in the edit window
  • Stopped resetting the repeat type when clicking on the text box in the edit window
  • Minor improvements to installer\uninstaller
  • BUG FIX: Fixed a height issue with the edit box
  • BUG FIX: Events would get truncated around 1000 characters. Now the program informs the user when they have reached the limit and stops any further input to avoid data loss

news iconFriday 12th March, 2010

Fixed some more minor bugs and improved the CSV import bringing the latest Desktop Calendar to version 7.0.0.3:

  • Improved CSV import method
  • BUG FIX: When editing a birthday or anniversary with an age/year, the age/year wasn't displayed until the day was re-opened
  • BUG FIX: Fixed a date parsing issue that affected some non-English based systems

news iconWednesday 17th February, 2010

Another small bug fixing update for Desktop Calendar 7:

  • BUG FIX: Fixed a problem saving "Daily" repeating events on non-English systems
  • BUG FIX: Some dates were truncated in the alert window on non-English systems
  • BUG FIX: Repeating information wasn't loaded correctly when editing "Daily" events

news iconFriday 12th February, 2010

A small update has been released for Desktop Calendar 7. It's mostly bug fixing, but by popular demand a 12 hour clock has also been added:

  • BUG FIX: Stopped the wizards crashing if there was a space in the data file name
  • BUG FIX: Corrected the spelling of "migration" in the import and export wizards
  • BUG FIX: Fixed a display problem on non-English systems

news iconWednesday 3rd February, 2010

The long awaited version 7 of Desktop Calendar is out! Rewritten from the ground up and fully compatible with Windows 7 and Vista, here are just some of the new features:

  • Advanced repeating rules e.g. 2nd Tuesday of the month
  • Use event categories to associate colours and icons to your events
  • Export your events to a HTML calendar
  • Have multiple calendars open at the same time, one for work, one for home etc.
  • Have a shared calendar that all users can see and add to
  • Add exceptions to repeating events e.g. every Friday but not that one
  • Make the calendar translucent

Visit the download page to get the trial, or visit the screenshots or walkthrough to find out more.