SNV Timer is an excellent application which combines Timer & Alarm & Clock & Planner & Calendar & Notepad. Its main features are: ability to execute a great number of tasks with the multiple instances of SNV Timer, multi-customizable appearance (colors, fonts, background pictures, size, shape, shadow, speed of appearing/disappearing, etc.) of each instance, seven (!) different actions per task. Its unique additional ability - specifying an actuation time by simple rotation of clockface arrows with mouse.
SNV Timer is able to execute the following actions: showing an elegant customizable (background picture, color, font, border, etc.) message box with the ability to select random text strings from the collections of proverbs, quotations, etc.; playing an audio file (including its random selection from any folder + ability to make voice alerts with microphone); showing a picture/video file (including its random selection from any folder) in full-screen mode; opening an external application/file/web page (URL); a COM port command (to control external electronic devices); a modem command (to dial up a phone number); power control (turn off/restart/log off/screen saver). Note that the above-named actions can be executed in any combination, or simultaneously.
In the alarm mode you can specify how often the tasks run: daily, in the chosen days of the week, monthly, or yearly. In the timer mode you can specify a number of executions and a time unit: days, hours, minutes, or seconds. The overdue tasks can be run at SNV Timer/Windows startup.
In addition, SNV Timer includes the customizable simple applications Calendar and Notepad.
Important: SNV Timer provides the ability to open its own multiple instances simultaneously. Each instance can have its own appearance and tasks. Finally, any instance of SNV Timer can be run at Windows startup (minimized to a tray icon, hidden, or normal). It allows you to use SNV Timer as an original and nice planner.