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SYSTEM SOUND SHUFFLER, Ver 1.1
What it is
==========
Shuffler is designed to add some variety to system sound events in
Windows 3.1. It lets you designate multiple sound files for each system
event and "shuffle" between them. For instance, if you're tired of the
same Windows Exit Sound every day, put Shuffler in your startup group and
each time you start Windows Shuffler will randomly select one of your
designated Windows Exit Sound files to replace the current one.
System Requirements
===================
Requires Windows 3.1 and a sound card and driver that will support *.Wav
files. In addition, to work with the design files, you'll need the VB
Professional Toolkit. If you do not have the Toolkit and you just want
to run Shuffler, download the compiled program (Shufl2.zip), which
includes the necessary runtime DLLs.
In order to run Shuffler, the file cmdialog.vbx must be in your path.
This file is included in Shufl2.zip.
How it works
============
The main Shuffler window shows the following information for each system
event:
1. The event name
2. The current sound file associated with the event (as designated
in the Win.ini file)
3. A list of additional sound files which you've associated with the
event (Shuffler chooses from this list when you give it the shuffle
command)
4. A check box indicating whether Shuffling is enabled for this event.
When you execute the Shuffle command, Shuffler will assign new
sound files only for those events where Shuffling is enabled. By
default, Shuffling is disabled for all events.
The above information is stored in a file named "Shuffle.ini" in your
Windows directory.
A brief explanation of the available commands follows:
ADD FILE - Adds a sound file to the list of sound files associated
with the selected event.
REMOVE FILE - Removes the selected sound file from the list of
sound files associated with the active event. The sound file is
not deleted from disk.
PLAY FILE - Plays the selected sound file. You can also play a
sound file by double clicking on it in the Shuffle Files list box.
SET CURRENT - Assign the selected sound file to the designated
system event. This will update your Win.ini file.
SHUFFLE - A new sound file is randomly selected from the list of
associated sound files for all events for which shuffling is enabled.
Command Line Arguments
=======================
Shuffler recognizes one argument - Shuffle. This argument causes the
Shuffle command to be executed without loading the Shuffler form. If you've
already configured Shuffler and you just want to shuffle your sound files
every time you start Windows, put Shuffler in your Startup group with the
Shuffle argument:
Shuffler shuffle
Changes to Ver 1.1
=======================
If you had the original Shuffler, note that the following changes have been
made to version 1.1:
1. Shuffler now uses the Windows API function sndPlaySound to play
sound files. The previous version used the MCI player from the
VB Pro Toolkit and required the file MCI.VBX. That file is no
longer required.
2. Shuffler no longer maintains a list of sound events in Shuffle.ini.
Instead, it reads the events from Win.ini when the program is loaded.
The advantage to this change is that Shuffler will now pick up new
sound events as they're added to your system. It also prevents
Shuffle.ini from getting out of sync with Win.ini
(c) Brian D. Stine, 1992
Uploaded courtesy of Brian Stine, Compuserve ID 73617,323
This is freeware. It is distributed with only one restriction,
and that is that you may not sell the program or charge any fee
for distribution other than a disk copying fee of no more than $10.