Willchill's (Barely) Amazing C++ Alerter! (Open-source)

[Willchill]

(This will probably be drowned out by all of those art threads, oh well! :])

Last Updated: 4 December, 2013
Hello to those few that actually came here!

This is program is an alarm clock-type thing that will alert you at a given time or count down to an event.

You are about to experience one of the shittiest programs in your life, though it (hopefully) may be of use!

I've recently been learning how to program in C++ and this is a project I made from scratch. It is all my own code (hoo-rah!).

This program will take input and outputs sounds and text. As previously said, I hope others find use in it.

You can change the alert noise by putting your desired alert sound in the same folder called "sound.wav".

Download Executable and Source! ​

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Please note this is Windows-only. A Linux or Mac version could be done if requested.​

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Put your suggestions in the replies!​

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[Hockeyfan1852]

I thought that it was pretty good the only issue is when I put in my timezone it came out 30 minutes ahead.

 

[Willchill]

I thought that it was pretty good the only issue is when I put in my timezone it came out 30 minutes ahead.

Yeah, timezones that aren't integers (e.g GMT +4.5, GMT -1.5, etc.) will not work sadly.

 

[JayApple]

WINDOWS ONLY??? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME.

 

[Deleted member 4601]

Where did you learn how to programme?

 

[Willchill]

Where did you learn how to program?

I learnt by reading an e-book over and over on the school bus (along with many videos on YouTube). It's taken me a few months (8 now?)

WINDOWS ONLY??? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME.

Yeah, sorry.

I didn't make it for Mac since I have no way of (legally) testing it. With Linux I can at least run a Virtual Machine with Ubuntu installed.

A Mac version will come soon, possibly a month or so. I really have no clue how much work it will take. I could give you (along with others) a non-sound, non-flashing version, but that doesn't exactly alert anybody.

 

[Shanebat1]

What kind of use could it be to me? (Just wondering, like is it an alarm or something?)

 

[Pikmon2]

What kind of use could it be to me? (Just wondering, like is it an alarm or something?)

It's to alert you for events (birthdays, parties, livestreams, etc.) I assume

 

[Alisha]

The flashing window is the coolest part.

I'm gonna see if I can use this for setting time intervals for doing homework.

 

[Wimali]

i thought this was a program that would make a sound or something or a pop-up on your pc when you'd receive an alert on here, reading the title

this is pretty cool as well though xD

 

[Malcovent]

(If) you're looking for something to sharpen your teeth on for shits or giggles ~

http://www.reddit.com/r/dailyprogrammer/

or for a more math-based set of challenges

http://projecteuler.net/

 

[Willchill]

i thought this was a program that would make a sound or something or a pop-up on your pc when you'd receive an alert on here, reading the title

this is pretty cool as well though xD

It makes a sound and flashes. :c
On Windows, at least.