Desktop Screen Saver ™ 
by Rich Love

Version 2 for OS 8.5 or later

Copyright 1998
Carnation Software
http://www.carnation-software.com
All Rights Reserved

What Does It Do?

Desktop Screen Saver uses your currently selected desktop picture as the screen saver picture.
It will display your desktop picture after your Mac has been idle for awhile.
If you have Desktop Pictures set to display a different picture each time you re-start your Mac, Desktop Screen Saver will make a slide show from all of the pictures.

Features

• Option to set the Screen Saver Activation time (how much idle time before screen saver activates).
• Option to set the Slide Show Timing (time to wait between pictures).
• Easy to set up. Uses the current picture setting in the Desktop Pictures Control Panel.
• Uses JPEGView to display pictures.

What You Need?
(With version 2 of Desktop Screen Saver)

Any Macintosh.
1200K of free memory.
OS 8.5 or later
AppleScript 1.3 or later
JPEGView 3.31 or later
Appearance Control Panel (included in OS 8.5)

Running Desktop Screen Saver for the first time:

• Where is JPEGView?

The first time you run Desktop Screen Saver, it will ask you where JPEGView is.
If you have JPEGView then navigate to that program and select it.
If you do not have JPEGView, you can download it from many shareware sites on the Internet.
It is freeware. It is easy to find by doing an Internet search for "JPEGView for Mac".

Instructions:

Desktop Screen Saver Menus:

Display Desktop Picture Now

Displays the current deskop picture. If you have Desktop Pictures set to display a different picture each time you re-start your Mac, Desktop Screen Saver will make a slide show from all of the pictures.

Launch Desktop Screen Saver When Mac Starts Up

Creates an alias of Desktop Screen Saver in the System Startup folder.

Screen Saver Activation

Lets you set the time in seconds to wait before activating the screen saver.

Slide Show Timing

Lets you set the time in seconds to wait between pictures during a slide show.

Selecting the Slide Show Pictures

Open the Appearance Control Panel.
Click on the Desktop Tab
Now drag a closed folder of pictures to the large picture window.
Click on Set Desktop
Note: you must drag the entire closed folder (not individual groups of pictures).
The example below shows the effect of dragging the Carnation Desktop Pictures 6 folder to the window.
Desktop Screen Saver will now use all of the pictures in that folder as a slide show.

Single-Picture Slide Show

Desktop Screen Saver will display only one picture if you drag one picture to the Appearance Conrol Panel instead of an entire folder of pictures.

 

Registration

Desktop Screen Saver will have two menu options disabled until you register.
1. Screen Saver Activation.
2. Slide Show Timing.

You can register online at the Carnation Software web site
http://www.carnation-software.com
Just click on the Online Registration button and it will automatically open up your web browser and connect to our web site.

After you fill in the registration form online, a registration number will be emailed to you.
Click on the Enter Registration Number button and enter that number.

You will not need to re-register Desktop Screen Saver when you upgrade to new versions of the program.

Shareware - Pay Your Fair Share

Just think of it this way - for only $10.00 you are getting a very useful program to automatically turn your desktop pictures into a screen saver. So, please take a few moments to register.
You will receive free tech support and upgrades for version1.

Please register one Desktop Screen Saver program for each Macintosh: 
$10.00 per user; the price is $5.00 per user for quantities of 10 or more. We take credit cards (VISA, MasterCard, AMEX) or checks.

4 Ways to Register:

1. Use your credit card and register online.
Select "Registration..." from the Options Menu and click on "Online Registration"
The address is:
<http://www.carnation-software.com/carnation/DesktopScreenSaver.html>

2. Send registration info and check or credit card information to:
Rich Love
Carnation software
PO Box 608
Carnation, WA  98014

You can use the registration form in the file called "DT Screen Saver Registration".

3. Fax registration and credit card information to:
Carnation Software
Fax (425) 333-4902

4. Call Carnation Software:
Phone (425) 333-4288

Technical Support and Troubleshooting

Version 2 of Desktop Screen Saver only works with OS 8.5 or later.
Version 1 only works with OS 8 or OS 8.1
(That's because Apple changed their method of displaying desktop pictures with OS 8.5.
OS 8.5 uses the Appearance control panel to select a desktop picture and OS 8.0 and 8.1 used the Desktop Pictures Control Panel.)

Help is available from Carnation Software for Desktop Screen Saver problems, questions and bug reports.
You can send email to support@carnation-software.com

AppleScript Error -1757 When Attempting To Run Desktop Screen Saver
This error is caused by AppleScript being installed improperly. It cannot find the Dialect file.
This can happen if you install some new software and it inappropriately installs an older version of AppleScript. Note that Desktop Screen Saver does not install any AppleScript files. This information is provided as a courtesy since it can be a real pain to figure out which files belong where.

Location of AppleScript files.

OS 8.5

You should have a Scripting Additions folder in your System Folder.
You should also have a Dialects folder inside of the Scripting Additions folder. 
If you are path-minded:
Hard Drive:System Folder:Scripting Additions:Dialects
Inside of the Dialects folder is your language dialect file (usually English Dialect).
Desktop Screen Saver needs this dialect file or it could get -1757 error.

In your Extensions folder you should have the AppleScript Extension (version 1.3 or later) and AppleScriptLib (version 1.2.2 or later).

Legal Stuff

Desktop Screen Saver is distributed as shareware.  This means that you may evaluate it free for 30 days, but if you continue using it beyond that time, you must pay a $10 (US) registration fee.

Desktop Screen Saver may not be sold for profit without the express written permission of Rich Love and Carnation Software, Inc.

No warranty is given or implied. 
Carnation Software, Inc. cannot be held responsible for damages resulting from the use of Desktop Screen Saver.

Desktop Screen Saver is a trademark of Carnation Software.
Carnation Desktop Pictures is a trademark of Carnation Software.
Desktop Pictures, JPEGView and AppleScript are trademarks of there respective companies.

Credits

Desktop Screen Saver was written by Rich Love, Carnation Software.
http://www.carnation-software.com

Thanks to Hi-resolution software for the free use of the BetterInfoFor osax
Their website is at http://www.hi-resolution.com/

Thanks to Jim Correia for the use of the Idle Time OSAX
Copyright 1997 by Jim Correia
His website is at http://tango.mth.umassd.edu/correia/

Desktop Screen Saver was written using FaceSpan (a very nice AppleScript programming environment).
FaceSpan information can be found at
http://www.facespan.com

Version History

1.0 Released August 30, 1998
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The version history is available online at
<http://www.carnation-software.com/carnation/DesktopScreenSaver.html>