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- ScreenSaver Version 1.4
- =======================
-
- Copyright (C) 1993-94 Siegfried Hanisch
-
- Permission to 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.
-
- Please note that from version 1.3 on ScreenSaver is Shareware not Freeware.
-
- 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.
- Version 1.3 has now password protection similar to the OS/2 lockup feature.
- It is now possible to use Deskpic modules with ScreenSaver. Just copy them
- to the ScreenSaver 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:
- =============
-
- Unpack the file SSAVER14.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. Please make sure that you use version 0.8h (or higher)
- of the emx-DLLs (version 0.8h is included in this package).
- 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 and OS/2 2.11; 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
- version 1.2, Apr 18 1994 fixes to run with OS/2 2.11,
- bug fixes, improvements, new modules,
- speed setting in modules,
- ability to use Deskpic modules
- version 1.3, Jun 24 1994 password protection
- version 1.4, Jul 17 1994 bug fixes, bitmap module
-
-
- CONTACTING THE AUTHOR:
- ======================
-
- My mail address is
- Dipl.-Ing. Siegfried Hanisch
- Einsiedlergasse 6/16
- A - 1050 Vienna
- AUSTRIA / EUROPE
- Telephone number: +43 / 1 / 5520514
-
- My Internet address is
- hanisch@ci.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.
-
-
- $:
- ==
-
- See online help for how to register.
-