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

There are now preset data files for the legacy versions of Desktop Calendar (0.5x and 0.4x). They contain holidays and other events of interest. Supported countries are currently America, England and Scotland.

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

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.

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

Desktop Calendar 0.44 (free version of the legacy calendar) has been released:

• 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

Desktop Calendar 0.54 (retail version of the legacy calendar) has been released. 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

Fixed some more minor bugs and improved the CSV import bringing Desktop Calendar 7 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: Date parsing issue on some non-English systems

Another small bug fixing update for Desktop Calendar 7:

• BUG FIX: Problem saving "Daily" events on non-English systems
• BUG FIX: Truncated dates in alert window on non-English systems
• BUG FIX: Information not loaded correctly when editing "Daily" events

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:

• Added the option of toggling between a 12 and 24 hour clock
• Removed some obsolete code

• BUG FIX: Stopped the wizards crashing if spaces in data file name
• BUG FIX: Corrected the spelling of "migration" in wizards
• BUG FIX: Fixed a display problem on non-English systems

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 see the screenshots or walkthrough to find out more.

Another bug fixing update to Popup Pad:

• BUG FIX: Intermittent issue caused by the installer when trying to close previous instances of the program. This is now handled by prompting the user.

Another small update to Popup Pad has fixed a minor issue:

• BUG FIX: Issue with duplicating tabs.

Preliminary testing has also shown that Popup Pad is compatible with build 7100 of the upcoming Windows 7.

A small update to Popup Pad has fixed a few issues:

• BUG FIX: The last selected tab was sometimes not remembered.
• BUG FIX: Program is now focused popping from the system tray.
• BUG FIX: Fixed version numbering in history file.

A new program called Popup Pad has been released.

There's a free trial version which never expires, but has some minor restrictions. Or there's the fully functional retail version which can be purchased for a small fee. You can get both here.

Version 0.53 of Desktop Calendar released. It brings a handful of user requested features and fixes all outstanding bugs.

• More advanced colour selector
• Events cleanup button
• Added a 'Multi-Line' option on the edit window
• Escape can now be used to close all windows
• Added Cut and Copy to the right click menu on the edit window
• Always on top option
• Added an extra large day box style
• New printing window
• New installer

• BUG FIX: Right click menu on edit window not enabling 'Apply'
• BUG FIX: Refreshing of the system tray icon
• BUG FIX: Not alerting of next month's events
• BUG FIX: Entering an invalid year
• BUG FIX: Anniversary year being displayed incorrectly
• BUG FIX: Text box now selected after using the drop down calendar

You can upgrade here.

Updated the free version of Desktop Calendar to 0.43b to address a few outstanding bugs.

• BUG FIX: If several CSV files were imported before the program was restarted, duplicate entries would be made.
• BUG FIX: Manual positioning error on high resolutions
• Updated URL

You can download it here.

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