Office Timer- An application for consultants, designers, and other professionals who need to charge clients by the amount of time spent on a particular task.
Office Timer stores Up to eight client names and three charging rates. All you do is choose the client from the buttons on the Timer window, then the rate, and then press the Start button. When you're done, click on the Stop Button, and the time spent on that task (rounded up to the nearest minute) is copied across to the Log window, along with the client's name, the charging rate, when you started, and when you finished. It also calculates how much you need to charge that client.
Please enjoy this program, and if you have comments or ideas, drop me a line. Note that this program is an ongoing project, and there may well be bugs, so use at your own risk. I've created this program for my own specific needs, but have made it available to other computer users in the hope that it may be useful.
Creating your default settings
Go to the Clients panel, and add up to 8 client names (10 characters each) and then press Save button. Be sure and save the Clients.txt file in the OfficeTimer folder. Go to the Charge panel, and add up to 3 charging rates (per minute) and then press Save button. Again, be sure and save the Charges.txt file in the OfficeTimer folder. OfficeTimer will now automatically load you client names and charging rates each time it launches.
Using OfficeTimer
Opens to Timer panel. Select a Client and a Rate. Then press Start. You can now Get on with the work for that client. OfficeTimer uses minimal resources (on my Mac, between 0.7 and 1.3% of the CPU time) so it shouldn't interfere with your other programs. Once you are done, press Stop.
Office Timer will now automatically copy the results to the Log panel. Press Clear to reset (but note previous results in Log remain safe).
