═══ 1. General Help for Nuke Module ═══ This module blasts holes in the current desktop with animated mushroom clouds to reveal a user-selected image or color. After a pre-selected number of explosions, the underlying image is fully displayed, and the explosions blast the new image to reveal the next image in sequence. This module was the original reason I wrote this screen saver program. I figured that I could get a bitmap of the Microsoft Windows logo, or Bill Gates, and blast it away to show the OS/2 logo. Another interesting effect is to use the image sequence of: *BLACK, an image of a large C Prompt (C>), The Microsoft Windows Logo, then the OS/2 Logo, thus showing the logical progression of PC Operating Systems. o Images o Find o Add o Delete o Image List o Animation Speed o Blast Frequency o Blasts Per Image o Blast Size o Save Settings? o OK o Test o Cancel ═══ 1.1. Images ═══ Use this line to enter the fully qualified file names of the images you would like to nuke. You may enter the name of any valid Windows or OS/2 Bitmap file (.BMP) here, or the special values: *WHITE, *BLACK, *RED, or *BLUE. The special values refer to blank screens of the specified color. If you enter an invalid filename here, an error message will be displayed in place of the invalid file when the screen saver is running. The image you enter here will be inserted after the currently selected image in the Image list when you press Enter, or click the Add button Please note that it is often easier to select image files with the Find pushbutton. ═══ 1.2. Find ═══ Click this button to display the standard OS/2 File Open Dialog to select image files. From the file open dialog you may select one or more files, then press the Ok button to return. The files you select from the File Open Dialog will be added to the Image list after the currently selected item. ═══ 1.3. Add ═══ Click the Add button to insert the image name typed in the Images Entry box into the Image list after the currently selected item. Note: this button is mapped to the enter key while typing in the Images Entry Box. ═══ 1.4. Delete ═══ Click this button to delete the currently selected item in the Image list ═══ 1.5. Image List ═══ The Image list shows the images that have been selected, and the order in which they will be displayed. Whn activated, the Nuke Module will first blast holes in the current desktop to show the first image, then in the first image to show the second, etc. This will continue until the last image is reached, then it will loop back to the first image. You may re-arrange the images by dragging and dropping the image names to the order you want them to display. You can remove images from this list with the Delete button, Add them with the Add Button ,or the Find Button. ═══ 1.6. Animation Speed ═══ Set this slider control to control the speed at which the explosion happens. You can set the slider by dragging the handle to an appropriate position, by clicking to the right or left of the handle, or by clicking on the arrows. You can view the effect of this setting by clicking the Test Button and viewing the results in the Blast Size Window. ═══ 1.7. Blast Frequency ═══ Set this slider to control the delay between explosions. You can set the slider by dragging the handle to an appropriate position, by clicking to the right or left of the handle, or by clicking on the arrows. You can view the effect of this setting by clicking the Test Button and viewing the results in the Blast Size Window. ═══ 1.8. Blasts Per Image ═══ Set this control to the number of explosions you want on each image before the next image is completely displayed. ═══ 1.9. Blast Size ═══ You can adjust the size of an explosion by sizing the sample window that appears on the bottom right side of the Nuke Settings window. To change the size of the explosion, simply drag the top right hand corner of the sample window to the desired expolsion size. To view a sample explosion with the current size, speed, and frequency, Click the Test Button. ═══ 1.10. Save Settings? ═══ Check this box to save your current settings when you close the screen saver. This is only active in the registered version of the screen saver program. If this box is not checked, any changes you have made will be active only until the screen saver is ended, or another module is selected. ═══ 1.11. OK ═══ Click this button to accept the changes you have made. ═══ 1.12. Test ═══ Click this button to view a sample explosion with the current size, speed, and frequency selections in the explosion sample window which appears to the bottom right side of the settings display. ═══ 1.13. Cancel ═══ Click this button to discard any changes you have made on the settings screen.