Keyboard and Mouse Button Odometer Copyright (C) Moose O'Malley, ---------------------------------- September 2007. +===========================================================+ | T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S | +===========================================================+ | * Introduction | * Limitations of this Program | * The Future | * Reviews / Awards / CDs | * Freeware Information | * Warranty | * Amendment History | * Contacting the Program's Author +===========================================================+ Introduction : -------------- Keyboard and Mouse Button Odometer for Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP, etc. This program is free software. Anyone - any person, any company, or any business - can use this program for free. No fees or payment is required. See "Freeware Information" below. Keyboard and Mouse Button Odometer is a "for fun" program that simply keeps track of : - how often you hit each key on the keyboard, - how often you press the left, right, and middle mouse buttons. When you run this program, it resides in the Windows Traybar (in the tray area of where the clock, etc resides). The program will silently monitor your keystokes and mouse clicks (even while minimised in the tray), and when you left mouse click on the program's icon in the tray bar (or right mouse click and choose the "Restore" option in the popup menu), then the program window will appear and show the latest totals for each keyboard key and mouse button. You can click on the column headings : ASCII Value, Key / Button Name, or Number of Key Presses and sort by the data in that particular column - either in ascending or descending order. Further menu options enable you to : - make the program stay "Always on Top" of other programs. - Auto-Run the Program when Windows Starts Up. - Restore Factory Defaults - and all other functionality that is standard to my programs. (About menu, Catalog menu, etc). Developed using 32-bit Delphi. This program will **NOT** run under Windows 3.x (even with Win32 installed) !! Limitations of this Program : ----------------------------- This program is designed to run in the background and monitor your keystrokes and mouse clicks. As such, I have written this program so that it has as little impact as possible on system resources : cpu, memory, etc. In order to minimise the load on the system, it has been necessary for me to trade-off and compromise absolute accuracy. That is, if you press keys extremely quickly, then there is a small chance that some key strokes may not be counted. The only alternative to this would be to use more system resources to ensure that no keystrokes are missed. But, this would then impct on other programs you are running, and slow the system down. If there is enough demand, I may release a version of this program where the user can select the Accuracy Vs System Resource Usage so that they can get superb accuracy for a higher impact on their system. The Future : ------------ In the future, many improvements could be made to this program. If you would like any improvements, or would like to suggest any improvements, please email me and let me know. As with all of my shareware programs, how much more work I do on this program depends entirely on what support I get, how many people use the program, etc. None of my programs are perfect - I am the first to admit that. I have ideas for improvements and enhancements for all of my shareware. How much I improve things and when depends on the support I receive for my hard work. Reviews / Awards / CDs : ------------------------- None so far. Freeware Information : ----------------------- This is free software. Anyone - any person, any company, or any business - can use this program for free. No fees or payment is required. However, if you find the program useful, then please consider making a PayPal donation to support my efforts. (To make a donation, please run the program and select the "About" option under the Help menu, and then click the PayPal link on the "About" screen). Warranty : ---------- This software and the accompanying files are provided "as is" and without warranties as to performance or merchantability or any other warranties whether expressed or implied. The user assumes the entire risk of using this software. If you do find any faults with this program, email me and let me know. Amendment History : -------------------- Vers Date Description 1.0 10-Mar-2001 First Public Release. (7,859 lines of code / comments.) 1.1 17-Apr-2001 Add in support for "Big Fonts" and "Other Sized Fonts" - with these Windows resizes the windows automatically - but only sometimes and it doesn't always do it right, so now I make sure my main window is the right size before doing any scaling, etc. i.e. I make it fit the component(s) that extend the furthest right and furthest down the form. See the Start Menu -> Settings -> Control Pannel -> Display -> Settings Tab -> "Advanced" button -> "General" tab for your PC's settings in this area. Bring program up-to-date with my latest code libraries. (8,443 lines of code / comments.) 1.1b 20-Nov-2002 Bring the program up to date with my latest code libraries. Registered Users - please contact me via email. (29,860 lines of code / comments.) 1.1f 3-Sep-2007 This program is now FREEWARE - see "Freeware Information" above. If this program was not downloaded from my Home Page, then it is possibly an old version. The latest version of this program is available from my WEB page - see below. Mike "Moose" O'Malley ____________________________________________________ Moose's Software Valley - Established July, 1996. WEB: http://move.to/moose ____________________________________________________