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- Make Your Own Screen Saver - by Candlelight Software
- Version 1.0 May, 1994
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- Make Your Own Screen Saver allows you to choose up to 15 of your favorite
- bitmaps for alternate display. You can choose any interval from
- 10 seconds to 1 minute between displays. Make Your Own Screen Saver
- also provides password capability if you need to secure your PC.
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- SHARWARE:
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- This program is shareware. You may try it out and distribute it freely.
- If you continue to use the program, please register with Candlelight.
- The modest registration fee permits the continued development
- of useful and inexpensive software.
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- Setup:
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- Unzip MYOWNSS.ZIP into a temporary directory or directly into your
- windows directory. The zip file contains this readme.txt file and
- MYWOWNSS.SCR. Windows screen saver applications have the file extension
- .scr. Once MYOWNSS.SCR is in your windows directory, bring up Control
- Panel and select Desktop. In the Screen Saver group box you will see
- a drop down listbox. Open the list and select Make Your Own SS. Next
- press Setup...The Make Your Own Screen Saver configuration dialog will
- appear. To add a bitmap, type its name, for example - winlogo.bmp
- in the Bitmap name editbox. Press Add Bitmap and MYOWNSS will search
- for the file. MYOWNSS looks in your windows directory and your path
- to locate bitmaps you have chosen to display. If it finds it, it
- will be added to your list. You may add up to 15 bitmaps. If
- the bitmap name you type in is not in your path or windows directory
- you will receive a message telling you the program can't find the
- bitmap file. Check your spelling and the location of the bitmap and
- try again.
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- If you later delete or move a bitmap out of your path or windows directory,
- MYOWNSS will not be able to find it when it is displaying and a
- small error message will appear on your screen saying that the program
- can't find a bitmap. If this happens, simply go into Control Panel
- - Desktop and press Setup...Removing the offending bitmap name
- from your list will correct the problem.
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- When the program runs, you will first see a Candlelight Software
- (slightly promotional!) screen until the first bitmap is displayed. From
- that point forward, the bitmaps will simply display on the screen
- sequentially - at the time interval you specify (10 to 60 seconds).
- If you type a number less than 10 or greater than 60, the program will
- reset to the minimum or maximum value.
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- Suggestions for use:
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- Many beautiful bitmaps are now available on bulletin boards. If you have
- some that you are especially fond of, you can turn them into a 'slide show'
- like screen saver with this program.
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- My 10 year old son has created some unique bitmaps in Paintbrush. Local art
- such as this also makes a great screen saver.
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- Technical Info:
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- This program reads bitmap files (.bmp extension) in Windows 3.0 or greater
- format. There may be some bitmaps with older file formats that it cannot
- read. It can read 16 and 256 color bitmaps, but if you are using a
- 16 color video driver and load a 256 color bitmap, the colors may
- look odd without a 256 driver. Check your windows and video board
- documentation to see if you have a 256 color driver available. If you are
- unsure of how to change drivers, get some help from someone with
- experience. Loading the incorrect driver could hang your system, so be
- careful.
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- This program does not read compressed file formats such as
- GIF or JPG files.
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- Disclaimer:
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- Make Your Own Screen Saver is well tested, but does not come with any
- guarantees. As with other screen savers, some programs,
- especially TSRs or other background programs may disrupt the
- operation of MYOWNSS and result in unpredicatable behavior.
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- Thank you for your interest in Make Your Own Screen Saver.