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ScreenSaver Version 1.1
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Copyright (C) 1993 Siegfried Hanisch
Permission to use, copy and distribute this software and its documentation
for any purpose and without charging more than a nominal fee for copying is
hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies
and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
supporting documentation. This software is provided "as is" without express
or implied warranty.
SHORT DESCRIPTION:
==================
ScreenSaver is an easy-to-use 32-bit screen saver for OS/2 2.x.
When ScreenSaver is started, it monitors your keyboard and mouse activity
in the backgound. If there has not been any activity for some time, the saver
becomes active. It stays active until the mouse is moved or clicked or a key
is pressed. You can set various options by double clicking ScreenSaver in the
window list (press Ctrl+Esc to show the window list). If you want to quit
ScreenSaver, press the "Exit ScreenSaver" button in the configuration panel.
ScreenSaver has the advantage of low memory consumption and very low CPU usage
- this means virtually no performance impact on your normal work.
ScreenSaver has a very modular structure: It searches its directory for saver
modules and selects a module randomly when the saver becomes active. Therefore
it is very easy to extend ScreenSaver by just copying new saver modules to its
directory.
Sample source code for do-it-yourself saver modules comes with the
distribution; see the online help topic "Creating new saver modules"
for information on how to do create your own modules.
Even for people who don't know anything about programming it is possible to
create their own saver modules; see the online help topic "Creating bitmap
saver modules" for more information.
For more information on this program, please refer to the online help.
INSTALLATION:
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Unpack the file SSAVER11.ZIP into some directory on your hard disk (I guess
you have done that already since you are reading this file).
Use the program INSTALL.CMD to create a ScreenSaver program object. The
program object is created on the desktop. If you want ScreenSaver to be
automatically started at boot time, move the program object to the startup
folder.
If you do not have installed the emx-DLLs already (you can find these DLLs in
the subdirectory called DLL), change the LIBPATH statement in your CONFIG.SYS
file to point to this directory, or copy the four DLLs to some location where
LIBPATH points to already. If you already have the emx-DLLs, you can delete
the DLL subdirectory.
There are two additional ZIP files (SAMPLE.ZIP and CUSTBMP.ZIP) in the
distribution ZIP file. Unless you want to write your own saver modules, you
do not need to unpack them. They contain sample source code. See the online
help for information on how to write your own saver modules.
If you do not like some of the saver modules, you can delete the
corresponding *.SSM file. The "Eternal Blackness" saver module is built into
the ScreenSaver program and can therefore not be deleted.
ScreenSaver was written and tested on OS/2 2.1; it is likely to work with
OS/2 2.0, too. Monitoring of fullscreen sessions works only for OS/2 2.1 or
higher.
RELEASE HISTORY:
================
version 1.0, Nov 30 1993: initial release
version 1.1, Dec 13 1993: bugs fixes, minor improvements,
monitoring of OS/2 fullscreen sessions
CONTACTING THE AUTHOR:
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My mail address is
Siegfried Hanisch
Einsiedlergasse 6/16
A - 1050 Vienna
AUSTRIA / EUROPE
My Internet address is
hanisch@swwwnext.tuwien.ac.at
Please send any suggestions, comments or bug reports to one of the above
addresses.
If you have questions concerning the programming of new saver modules, please
contact me via e-mail.
If you like ScreenSaver please feel free to make a donation to the author.