***************************************************************** * * * Jurassic Land -- Park I * * Screen Saver * * (Version 2.0) * * Written by Mark Qian * * * ***************************************************************** Jurassic Land is a series of screen savers. In park I, You will see that brachiosaurs are having their dinners in a jurassic evening... Sound effects provided. The SETUP.EXE will copy five files into your windows directory: jl_ft.src -- The main executable file of Jurassic Land; jl_ft.txt and readme.txt -- Documentation file; jl_ft_0.wav - Wave files for sound effects; jl_ft_1.wav jl_ft_2.wav register.sav -- WAV file for setup. Environment requirement: - Super VGA - At least 256 colors for display; - VBRUN300.DLL; - A sound card is recommended; Important: Your comments are VERY IMPORTANT to the design of next ********* version of this program. In order to see a better version sooner, please join the design of next version: EMail me your comments about this program: - What is NOT good enough? - What do you wish to be in next version? Big Bonus: ========= Savervisor is a Screen Saver and Wall Paper Manager packed with Amazing. It provides following functions: - It appears as an icon that allows you launch a screen saver instantly by a single click of RIGHT mouse button. Note: You have to select a saver in Savervisor's setup screen in order to have Savervisor launch when clicking at its icon with RIGHT mouse button. - It allows you specify the sensitive areas where you can click the RIGHT mouse button to launch a saver instantly. - It provide saver scheduling capability. That is, it allows you specify what saver to be activate at a specified hour through a week. It also allows you switch savers through all the savers in your Windows directory and specify switchng period. - It can be run in a INVISIBLE mode. With this great feature, you can just put it into Windows Startup group in Program Manager and forget it: It will take care all the management tasks while you never realize it is working for you! - It can be set to "Always on top" to increase your accessibility to its features. - It can display(illustrate) all the screen savers in your Windows directory in different styles(ONCE, CIRCLE, and RANDOM). - It works as the saver section of Windows Desktop allowing you select, setup, and test a screen saver from within its setup screen. - It provides a very strong wall paper management capability. First, it allows you to specify any BMP files as your Wallpaper from anywhere of your file system(including hard, network, and CD drives) in a particular hour through a week. Secondly, it allows you schedule BMP files as your Wallpaper by specifying switching period through your file system. Finally, it can "walk" you through the entire file system (including hard, network, and CD drives). That is, it displays all the BMP files in your file system one after another as wall paper - You can see exactly how the BMP file looks as a Wallpaper on your screen instead of a single BMP image(specially, when Tile function is set). You can choose from either automatic or clicking to switch images when BMP is illustrated. - It also provides some other function such as tile setting. How to use Savervisor: - There are at least three ways to use it: 1). Always running and INVISIBLE. You can set its running mode into INVISIBLE and put it into Startup group of Windows Program Manager so that Savervisor is launched automatically when you start your Windows. In this way, Savervisor will work in background - You will never see it while it is working for you: carrying out all the tasks according to you Saver schedule and Wallpaper schedule, launching savers instantly when you click the RIGHT mouse button at the area you specify. 2). Always running but visible. In this way, you can access setup screen of Savervisor by a double click at its running icon#. For easy access, you can set it ALWAYS ON TOP. 3). Use it to setup you wall paper or select a screen saver and turn it off after setup. - After Launching Savervisor from Program Manager, You will see an animation icon at the top left corner of your screen if it is set to visible mode. Note: But you will see nothing if it is set to INVISIBLE mode. In this case, You can launch Savervisor one more time if you like to bring up its setup screen in order to turn it into visible mode or change setting of Savervisor. After you launch it second time, the running icon will appear so that you can double click at it to bring up the setup screen. - To access Savervisor's setup screen, you need to double click at the running icon. - You must bring up the setup screen of Savervisor in order to turn it off. - Clicking the RIGHT mouse button on the Savervisor icon or any sensitive areas that you specify will enable the current screen saver in Windows Desktop and selecting any screen saver in the setup screen of Savervisor has the some effect of selecting a saver in Windows Desktop. The setup.exe will allow you to specify the target directory where the Savervisor will reside and create a group for Savervisor in Program Manager. It will copy following files into the target directory: saverv.exe - Savervisor; readme.txt - this file; saverv.txt - the same as this file but used by setup screen of Savervisor; regist.wav - WAV used to setup screen; utility1.dll - an utility required by Savervisor. Why use Savervisor with Amazing? There are at least two reasons to use Savervisor with Amazing: 1). Savervisor enable you to launch Amazing instantly by a single RIGHT mouse button click. 2). Savervisor provides schedule system which allows you arrange your favorite savers and wallpaper in your style. 3). Its INVISIBLE feature allows you to "forget " it while it is working for you. TroubleShooting: - Q: I have a multimedia system, with .WAV capability, and in fact, I hear .WAV files with most every application. Why can I NOT hear sounds with your screen saver? (The Sounds option is grayed out, and I cannot check it.) A: The Saver disables Sound option if it does not detect a sound device that it knows. You can enforce it accepts you sound system by following steps: 1). disable (turn off) the saver; 2). open (double click at icon of) file c:\windows\jl_ft.ini (assuming c:\windows is your Windows directory) in your windows File Manager; 3). change EnforceSoundOn= 0 into EnforceSoundOn= 1 4). save and close the file; 5.) bring up the setup screen of the saver; 6). check (enable) field "Sound On"; 7). click at OK to exit the setup screen of the saver; Q: I have downloaded your screen saver recently and I was having a problem with getting it to work properly. After initialising I get a message "... caused a general protection fault in module VGA.DRV at 0001:0ca2". A: Changed your screen drivber in winsetup to SVGA. How to register Amazing: ================ You can register Jurassic Land in Compuserve using SWREG #4766: Just GO SWREG and use 4766 to register. After you register in Compuserv, I will EMail you the Registration Code. You can then key it into the Registration Code field of the Registration screen in setups of Amazing and Savervisor. If you can not access to Compuserve, to register Jurassic Land, you can mail a $20 (U.S. Dollar) check or money order to 1659 Willowmont Ave. San Jose, CA 95124 U.S.A. Please make payable to MARK QIAN. As soon as the check clears the bank, I will either Email or mail you the registration code. Please describe your name, mail or Email address clearly. CHEQUE: All prices are in U.S. dollars . Cheque must be drawn on a U.S. bank, or must be an international money order. FOREIGN ORDERS AND CASH: We can process cash payments if you are outside U.S.A. Please check the exchange rate (to U.S. funds) carefully. We can not accept responsibility for cash lost in the mail. How to register Savervisor: *************************** You can use all the functions provided by Savervisor up to 30 times - then you have to register if you still want to use it. There are two ways to register Savervisor: 1). After register Amazing in Compuserve. You can use the Registration Code for Amazing to register both Amazing and Savervisor. you will then receive limited functions provided by Savervisor.(The functions above marked with * are not available if you register Savervisor with the Registration Code for Amazing.) 2). To enable its functions completely you need to register Savervisor using SWREG #4880 in Compuserve. If you can not access to Compuserve, please mail a $20 check to the address above to register Savervisor. NOTE: the Registration Code for Savervisor can NOT be used to register Amazing. DON'T MISS THIS: **************** Just do a search with key word QIAN in WINFUN or using PC filefinder in Compuserve, you will see a lot of cool shareware: Savers: ====== * Amazing series Seasons(az_sn.zip or amaze1.zip) - Incredibly beautiful seasons Lakes(az_lk.zip) - Wonderful lakes Rivers(az_rv.zip) - Clear rivers Sunset(az_su.zip) - A golden world Clock(az_ck.zip) - A clock that tells time by amazing views * Incredible series Sun(in_su.zip) - Unbelievable ocean view under the huge sun America)in_am.zip) - What an amazing land * Space Explorer(space.zip) - A wonderful space trek experience * Flying Perfect(fp.zip) - A cool flying machine that allows you fly and hunt whatever * Office Maid(ofmaid.zip) - A tireless maid who takes notes, plays movies and music, displays pictures, and more... * After You Left(ayl.zip) - What happen after you left each night? Utility: ======== * Savervisor - A very cool saver and wallpaper manager that allows you to schedule your savers and wallpaper, right mouse click at any area you specify to launch a saver, set it to INVISIBLE mode: never see it while it is serving you... HOT DEAL!!!!! ************* Buy one get one(when you register the second one or more): If you have registered N of my savers or utilities(N>1), please let me know what you have registered and specify N-1 more my savers or utilities. I will EMail N-1 Registration Codes to you for FREE! For further information, please CIS-mail 76463,1251 at CompuServ or Mail to Mark Qian at the address above.