Update: GMinder is now hosted on Google Code and maintained by Mike. Go there to download the most recent version.

Second update: Another fork of GMinder that works after Google’s API changes can be found at www.milow.net/public/projects/gminder.html

GMinder is a reminder program that waits in your system tray and alerts you when you have an upcoming Google Calendar event. GMinder supports multiple calendars and allows you to configure how you want to be alerted. Since it downloads your events, it works offline and enables you to preview your agenda of events. New events can be added to your Google Calendars using a Quick Add feature.

Download the current version from Google Code

Current version 1.2.10 released July 4, 2009

Download and Install GMinder: GMinder.msi

GMinder is free and open source. See below for more download options.

GMinder requires Microsoft .NET 2.0

Reminder Window



Double-click the tray icon to see the reminder window.

Click on an event to see its details and press the delete key to remove it.

to remove it. New – Create a new event

– Create a new event Open – Opens the selected event in your browser

– Opens the selected event in your browser Dismiss – Remove the selected event from GMinder

– Remove the selected event from GMinder Snooze – H ide the reminder window for the duration of the snooze

ide the reminder window for the duration of the snooze Hide – Hide the reminder window. GMinder will continue to run in the background.

– Hide the reminder window. GMinder will continue to run in the background. To close GMinder, right-click the tray icon and select Exit

Quick Add



Right-click on the tray icon and select Add Event to add an event directly to your Google Calendar.

Agenda Preview



Left-click the tray icon to display a preview of your upcoming events

Right-click the tray icon to Calendars – Add, remove, and select calendars Options – Adjust settings such as refresh rate, sounds, highlight colors, and alerts Clear Events – Clear all events from GMinder Refresh Events – Update GMinder with the most recent events from Google Calendar Add Event – Add a new event to your calendar Exit – Close GMinder



Calendars



Press Set to enter your Google username and password. (Note that your username and password are sent only to Google for the purpose of downloading your calendars and events. Your password is stored only on your computer in an encrypted format that is unreadable to any other users.)

to enter your Google username and password. (Note that your username and password are sent only to Google for the purpose of downloading your calendars and events. Your password is stored only on your computer in an encrypted format that is unreadable to any other users.) Select the checkboxes next to the calendars you want to use in GMinder.

You can click on the color at the bottom to adjust the selected calendar’s color.

Add – Manually add a calendar to GMinder. You will have to enter the calendar’s name and url

– Manually add a calendar to GMinder. You will have to enter the calendar’s name and url Remove – Completely remove the selected calendar from GMinder

– Completely remove the selected calendar from GMinder Download – Downloads your list of calendars from Google Calendar

Options



Refresh rate – How often GMinder will check online for changes to your calendars

– How often GMinder will check online for changes to your calendars Preload – How many days into the future GMinder will download events for

– How many days into the future GMinder will download events for Test connectivity before downloading events – If events will not download even if your calendars can be downloaded, then disable this option because ECHO is probably disabled on your network (possibly blocked by your admin).

– If events will not download even if your calendars can be downloaded, then disable this option because ECHO is probably disabled on your network (possibly blocked by your admin). Always on top – Force the Reminder window to always display on top of all other windows

– Force the Reminder window to always display on top of all other windows Future – Set the background color for events that are in the future

Soon – Events that are soon are about to start Popup – Show the reminder window when an event will start soon Sound – Play a sound when an event will start soon Minutes – How many minutes before an events start you want to be alerted

Now – Events that are currently in progress Popup – Show the reminder window when an event starts Sound – Play a sound when an event starts

Past – Events that have ended Dismiss – Automatically dismiss (remove) events after they end

Sound – Change the sound that plays during an alert

Download the current version from Google Code

Download and Install GMinder: GMinder.msi

Tip: For faster GMinder startup time, run ngen.bat (found in the installation directory).

Also available

Program without installer:



Source Code:

(BSD license)

Alert audio file: GMinder-audio.zip