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SlideSave Screen Saver
Version 1.0 - 1997
Philippe Lesire
1 - Description
SlideSave is a Win32 screen saver. It was designed to run on
Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 or higher. Its goal is to
display pictures located in a folder like a slideshow.
2 - Installation
Copy the SlideSave.scr file into your Windows folder.
On Windows NT, the file may also be copied in the system32
folder.
Open the Display Properties, for example by right clicking
on the desktop, and select the Screen Saver tab.
SlideSave appears in the list with other screen savers.
Select it to activate it.
There is an Install action in the right mouse button menu
for screen savers, but it will not work with SlideSave. If
anybody knows what is missing, please let me know.
3 - Configuration
Open the Display Properties and select the Screen Saver tab.
Click on the Properties button.
First, indicate in the Folder field which folder contains
the set of pictures you want to display.
If you wish pictures to be displayed using the maximum
screen area, activate the Stretch Picture To Maximum Size
option. Otherwise, they will keep their original size.
If you wish pictures to appear in a random order, select the
Use Random Order option.
If you activate the Display Associated Text File Whenever
Possible option, SlideSave will display more informations on
images. If a file exists with the same name as the image and
a .txt extension, SlideSave will display its contents along
with the image.
You may also change the number of seconds each picture stays
on screen.
4 - Features
- Current version of SlideSave will display bmp and jpeg files.
Bitmap files may be Windows RGB encoded, RLE encoded, or use
OS/2 format. Bitmaps may use a 16 or 256 colormap, or use
16bit or 24bit true color.
- JFIF compliant Jpeg files are supported, either with 24bit
true color, or grayscale.
5 - Limitations
- Pictures with more than 16 colors will display incorrectly
in a 16 color screen configuration.
- Bitmap files with more than 256 colors will display
incorrectly in a 256 color screen configuration. Jpeg files
are correctly dithered.
- This program will not work on Windows 3.1 or Windows NT 3.51
6 - Acknowlegements and Legal Stuff
- This software is based in part on the work of the Independent
JPEG Group. It uses the IJG Jpeg support library.
- The Independent JPEG Group accepts no liability for damages
of any kind.
- This program may be copied, used and distributed freely for
any purpose.
- The author is not responsible for any damage this program might
cause.
7 - The Author
If you have any comments, feel free to send them to phl@star.be
This program was developped using Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2
It is based on the MFC example called Saver.
Source code is freely available to those who ask for it nicely.