I Searched the internet for something that did what this program does , 
couldn't find one - so wrote my own ! 

Primarily intended for use on the Psion Revo , all it does is quietly 
sit in the background and constantly swap the clock display in any 
current toolbar between the time and the Day/Date . Why? Well on my 
old Series 3 ( and the Series 5 ) it was possible for the clock to 
show both the time and the date at the same time - on the Revo because 
of the restricted space given to the clock in the toolbar this is no 
longer possible , I seem to NEVER know what the date is so I was 
constantly tapping the clock to swap between the time and the date . 
Now I have ClokSwp it 'taps' the clock display for me - every 3-4 
seconds switching between the clock and the date automatically . I 
have tried the program on a Series 5 and it works perfectly , but only 
swaps between the analogue clock and the digital one - I expect it 
would do the same on a NetBook / Series 7 but can't prove it . Either 
way no harm should come of it .

When ClokSwp is first started , the main display will be displayed ,
along with a message displaying 'Moving to background' , after a
second or two the ClokSwp screen will close and you should be
returned to the system screen . ClokSwp is now running normally !
If you look at the clock in any toolbar you should see it change
from the time to the Day/Date every 3-4 seconds .

ClokSwp is initially locked . This means that the System screen is
unable to close it ( displaying the 'Open Files' Dialog and trying
to close ClokSwp will show that the program is 'Busy' ) it will also
NOT be closed when a backup is performed . The reason for this is
that the backup program is unable to re-start ClokSwp if it has
been closed for a backup , so I was constantly having to re-start 
it myself. 

When a backup is first attempted while ClokSwp is running
( and is locked ) it will try to close ClokSwp a couple of times
and then continue with the backup , after the backup is completed
a message box will notify you that the ClokSwp.app file could not
be backed up and ask you if you wish to retry , if you click on
the 'No' Button then backup will not ask the same question any more
in the future . 

For this reason I recommend that you perform a backup
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IMMEDIATELY AFTER 
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first installing ClokSwp and 
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BEFORE 
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running the program . In order to allow you to have at least one
backup of the ClokSwp program files .

ClokSwp is closed ( if required ) by moving to the program and
pressing the 'Esc' key , pressing 'L' locks or unlocks the 
program ( once unlocked the System Screen and the backup program
can then close the program on request ) and pressing 'Enter'
hides the program and you can continue to use your Psion in the
usual way .

NOTE

In order to minimise the battery consumption to the absolute
minimum there will be a delay of 5-6 seconds from pressing a
key before ClokSwp acts on it , this is unavoidable . 

While ClockSwap is running it causes the Day View in Agenda to
flash each time the clock display is updated . I am looking 
in to why this should happen . If using on the Series 5 it will
also affect the Year view . As the same effect occurs when the 
clock is manually tapped , it might not be possible to
come up with a cure for this .

If the ClokSwp screen is displayed immediately following 
( or during ) a backup this delay could be as long as 30 seconds 
due to the lock mechanism filtering out the messages from the 
backup program asking it to close down .

ClokSwp is freeware , I use it on my Revo permanently ( I NEVER
close it !! ) and I have not suffered from any unusual growths,
injuries or data loss as a result . 
I cannot promise that you won't either .

Copyright Mark Stevenson 2000 mkstevo@nildram.co.uk