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- Stained Glass Windows '96 Screensaver
-
- 12 Spiritual Fractal bitmaps are included in 800x600 SVGA mode 256 colour. If you are using
- 640 x480 mode you may need to change your screen resolution to view these properly.
- A 640x480 version will be brought out shortly.
-
- The fractals are Copyright (C) John Edmiston - Religious Journalist 1996.
- The screensaver program is used under licenec from Phil Robinson and is
- Copyright (C) 1996 Phil Robinson
-
- The program is FREE to individuals
- Donationware (send in a donation of any size) to schools, churches and
- Christian organisations.
- Businesses, Government departments, inshort anyone else ... must register.
-
- Single licence - $19.95
- Site licence - 1-10 $15.00 per copy
- 10-50 $12.50 per copy
- 50-100 $10.00 per copy
- 100 + $8.00 per copy
-
- Send cheques to: John Edmiston - Religious Journalist
- 22B Leopold St.
- Aitkenvale 4814
- Australia
- johnedmiston@ultra.net.au
- http://www.ultra.net.au/~johnedmiston
-
-
- Recommended Setup (summary only, more details below)
-
- Go to File Manager
- Copy bmpsaver.scr to Windows (generally C:\windows)
- Copy ctl3d.dll to Windows\System (if you get a message saying ot already exists check the dates.
- DO NOT REPLACE if the copy on your system is newer than the copy here.)
- Copy spin.dll to Windows\System
-
- When you have finished set the following:
- Go to Windows - main
- Control Panel
- Desktop
- Screensaver
- Select "Bitmap Saver"
- Click on Setup
- Select - All Files
- Change every - 15 seconds (please do not use a shorter time interval than this)
- Clear screen - every 1 picture
- Placement - Centred
- Then go back to Desktop and set the time interval you want.
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- Things To Check
-
- Check that the directory with the fractals in it is in your Path (see your autoexec.bat file)
- If not PUT IT THERE.
- Or - put the fractals in a directory that is in your path such as Windows.
-
- Restart Windows
-
- You can choose whether you want them randomly presented etc.
-
- Note: These pictures are stills and do not look their best if
- you select move or slide options in the screensaver. They are best ignored.
- Play if you must but the results are icky.
-
- bmpsaver.scr, Ver 1.5
- Bitmap Saver, Windows 3.1 Screen Saver
- Freeware, Copyright (C) 1996 Phil Robinson
-
- Here is a free screen saver for all to enjoy. It flashes, slides,
- or displays bitmap files around the screen. The setup window
- keeps a list of the bitmaps. You can select to use only some
- files from the list or use all of them.
-
- *** Installation ***
- To install in Windows 3.1, copy the file bmpsaver.scr to your
- windows directory (usually c:\windows). Then select Bitmap
- Saver in the Control Panel/Desktop control window. You
- also need to make sure that ctl3d.dll and spin.dll files
- (included with this saver) are in the windows system directory
- (usually c:\windows\system). Be sure not to overwrite a newer
- version of ctl3d.dll.
-
- To install in Windows95, copy the file bmpsaver.scr to your
- windows directory (usually c:\windows). Then select Bitmap Saver
- in the Display Properties/Screen Saver tab. To get the Display
- Properties window, right click on the open desktop region and
- select properties from the menu. You also need to make sure that
- ctl3d.dll and spin.dll files (included with this saver) are in the
- windows system directory (usually c:\windows\system). Be sure not
- to overwrite a newer version of ctl3d.dll.
-
- *** Instructions ***
-
- Use the settings button to modify the settings for this screen
- saver. The settings are saved in the control.ini file in your
- windows directory.
-
- Known Bugs:
-
- - I don't believe that this program will work with bitmap files
- that have more than 256 colors.
-
- - This program uses a rather picky algorithm to read the bitmap
- file header. If there is an error reading the file header, the
- program will display the HHG green guy instead. You can usually
- correct the bitmap file by reading it into paintbrush and then
- saving it again.
-
- - The "Clear Screen every _n_ pictures" mode does not look very good
- with multiple 256 color bitmaps on a display in 256 color mode,
- due to the palette switching.
-
- Thanks to: PC Magazine for pcscrlib.c
- Mark Gamber for spin.dll and rrbmp.c
- Microsoft for ctl3d.dll
- Borland for Borland C++ 3.1
- All the people on the net who have sent in suggestions
-
- *** Revision History ***
-
- Ver 1.0 - Original Version - only flashed bitmap files
-
- Ver 1.1 - Added floating (sliding) bitmap capability
-
- Ver 1.2 - Added multiple bitmap file capability
- Selects files randomly or in sequence from the file list.
- - Never released
-
- Ver 1.3 - (July 1995)
- - Added new Clear Screen mode
- Displays multiple bitmap files overlapping each other and
- clears the screen after so many files are displayed. Use
- an input of 0 to never clear the screen.
- - Improved multiple file capability
- Use all files of just selected files. Add of remove
- multiple files.
-
- Ver 1.4 - (August 1995, never released)
- - Made screen saver window on top of all windows
-
- Ver 1.5 - (February 1996)
- - Added Border for non-sliding Bitmaps
- - Added picture centering option
- - Fixed bug while displaying only one picture at a time
-
- *** Distribution ***
-
- Bitmap Saver was written by and is distributed as freeware by
- Philip Robinson. You may distribute this as you like as long
- as you do not charge anything for it, other than a reasonable
- distribution fee.
-
- Look for updates of this program and other freeware that I have
- written at my home page on the World Wide Web listed below.
-
- E-Mail: probinson@ghgcorp.com
- Home Page: http://www.ghgcorp.com/probinson/
- My Freeware: http://www.ghgcorp.com/probinson/software.html
- ftp://ftp.ghgcorp.com/probinson/per/
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