An alarm isn't just a chime at specified time, it's a complex system incorporating launchers, reminders, schedulers and more. In general an alarm is a set of user-defined actions performed at a specified moment.

Attache Clock offers virtually unlimited possibilities regarding scheduling as well as possible actions.

Launch time (Scheduling)
There are 9 modes for setting an alarm:

1. Once - the alarm runs once at specified time on a specific date.
2. Hourly - the alarm runs every hour (you can specify minutes and seconds).
3. Daily - the alarm runs at specified time every day.
4. Weekly - the alarm runs on specific weekdays at specified time.
5. Monthly - the alarm runs on specified dates at specified time.
6. Annualy - the alarm runs every year at specified time of a specific day.
7. Regular - the alarm runs at specified time intervals starting from a specific moment (e.g. every ten days, every two hours since Christmas etc.).
8. Powerful - this mode is intended for advanced users and lets you program very complex parameters for running an alarm. The algorithm is similar to that of a cron-demon in Unix-systems. You can individually specify seconds, minutes, hours, days, months and years when the alarm will run. You can specify several values (but not less than one).
9. Special - the alarm runs in specified time period past some specific event. The recognized events include Windows startup and specific application start or shutdown (e.g. "in ten second after launching MS Word", "in 5 minutes after quitting Tetris").

An alarm can perform a set of user-defined actions:

1. Display a text message in a customizable Flash-window containing a GIF animation.
2. Display a text message in an impressive window of irregular shape.
3. Playing a sound file (MP3, WAV and MIDI formats are supported). Playing sounds using a PC speaker or playing a CD-track.
4. Launching applications and opening documents. Opening specific URLs.
5. Closing applications.
6. Switching to another profile.
7. Running a screen saver.
8. Switching off or rebooting the computer. Closing a user session. Minimizing all windows.

Other articles about the Clock 1. Hook system 2. Atomic Clock Time

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