GargiMittal / Birthday-Reminder

Birthday reminder application made with python for windows 10

Birthday Reminder for Windows

This is a simple birthday reminder application built using Python for Windows. It utilizes the win10toast library to display toast notifications on Windows 10 whenever there are birthdays today.

Features

• Allows users to save birthdays along with names in a text file (file.txt).
• Displays toast notifications on Windows 10 for birthdays occurring on the current day.

Installation

1. Ensure you have Python installed on your Windows system. You can download Python from the official website: https://www.python.org/downloads/

2. Install the win10toast library using pip: pip install win10toast

Usage

1. Create a text file named file.txt where you'll store the birthdays. Each entry in the file should be in the format: "MonthDay Name Surname" (without quotes), e.g., "0101 John Doe".

2. Run the reminder.py script using Python. Ensure that the path to the file.txt is correctly set in the script.

3. The script will check for birthdays occurring today. If there are any birthdays, it will display toast notifications.

Running the Application at Startup

To ensure that the birthday reminder application runs automatically at startup:

1. Press Win + R to open the Run dialog.
2. Type shell:startup and press Enter. This will open the Startup folder.
3. Copy the reminder.py script or create a shortcut to it in this folder.

Now, the script will run automatically every time you start your Windows system, and you'll receive birthday reminders via toast notifications.

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• win10toast library

future Work

Improve Tkinter design

References

birthday reminder appilcation made for Ubuntu: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/birthday-reminder-application-python/