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- MELT v1.00 03/21/90
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- Requires Windows/286 or Windows/386
- v2.1 or greater.
-
- Author: Mike Robert
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-
- SHAREWARE Notice:
-
- If you use my programs and find them enjoyable, then please send me
- $10 (cheap). Please send your check or money order to:
-
- Michael C. Robert
- 29B Underhill St.
- Nashua, NH 03060
-
- And THANKS!!!
-
-
-
- WARRANTY (or lack of it):
-
- Michael C. Robert, hereafter referred to as The Author, makes no
- warranty of any kind, express or implied, including without
- limitation, any warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a
- particular purpose. The Author shall not be liable for any damages,
- whether direct, indirect, special or consequential arising from a
- failure of this program to operate in the manner desired by the
- user. The Author shall not be liable for any damage to data or
- property which may be caused directly or indirectly by the use of
- this program.
-
- IN NO EVENT WILL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES,
- INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS OR OTHER INCIDENTAL OR
- CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE
- PROGRAM, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY.
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-
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- MELT.EXE
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-
-
- Description:
-
- MELT is an MS-Windows application that makes your screen appear to
- melt away. Great for the wife and kids. Astound your friends and
- countrymen. Alright, I'll lay off the hype.
-
- Invokation:
-
- If you want the application to be invoked every time you run Windows
- then place the application name "melt" as the first application in
- your "load=" line or "run=" in your WIN.INI file:
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- Before:
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- load=clock
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- OR
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- run=clock
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- After:
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- load=clock melt
-
- OR
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- run=clock melt
-
- Alternately, you can invoke MELT on command by running MELT.EXE like
- any other Windows application, i.e. clicking on it or using the File
- Run menu command in the MS-DOS Executive etc.
-
- If you invoke MELT via the File Run menu command you can specify some
- optional parameters:
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- MELT [mintime [maxtime [repetitions]]]
-
- if mintime is not supplied or if it is not a valid positive number
- then zero is assumed.
-
- if maxtime is not supplied or if it is not a valid positive number or
- if it is not greater then mintime then the value generated for mintime
- is assumed.
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- if repetitions is not supplied then 1 is assumed else a positive value
- will yield that many repetitions of the wait cycle. If -1 is specified
- then the program will continue indefinitely.
-
- all time values are in seconds.
-
- Example (assumes that no profile data has been set):
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- MELT
-
- causes the screen to melt instantly.
-
- MELT 10
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- causes the screen to melt after ten seconds.
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- MELT 60 120
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- causes the screen to melt from within 60 to 120 seconds (1-2 minutes).
-
- MELT 0 10
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- causes the screen to melt within 10 seconds.
-
- MELT 60 60 5
-
- causes the screen to melt every minute for five minutes waiting for
- one minute before the first melt.
-
- MELT 120 720 -1
-
- causes the screen to melt every 120 to 720 seconds (2-12 minutes)
- forever (or until the program is shutdown via the dialog).
-
- Whatever parameters you specify will be saved in your WIN.INI file
- for use next time.
-
- WIN.INI Options:
-
- See the sample WIN.INI provided.
-
- Keyboard:
-
- Pressing a key while the screen is melting will cause a dialog box to
- appear that allows you to change and/or save the application parameters
- in addition to being able to shut down the application.
-
- The following is a description of the dialog box:
-
- The Time Interval group box containing the Minimum: and Maximum: edit
- fields allows you to adjust the amount of time MELT pauses between
- screen melts. The group box can be reached directly via Alt-T.
-
- The Repetitions group box containing the Count: edit field allows you
- to alter the total number of times that the screen will MELT. It
- reflects the current number of repetitions pending, i.e. if you
- started out with 5, and have already experienced 2, then the number
- in the edit field will be 3. The number -1 indicates infinite
- repetitions. The group box can be reached directly via Alt-R.
-
- The Save check box allows you to save any modifications you make to
- the parameters. When it is checked, the parameters are stored in
- your WIN.INI file for use during your next Window session when you
- use the Ok button. If it is not checked, then changes in the
- parameters will only affect the current session. (Note: if you
- shutdown MELT, and then re-invoke it, it automatically reloads the
- parameters out of the WIN.INI file.) The button can be reached
- directly via Alt-S.
-
- The Ok button will close the dialog box and cause the new parameters
- to take affect and if the Save check box is checked, they are saved
- in the WIN.INI file. The button can be reached directly via Alt-O or
- via the Enter key if it is highlighted.
-
- The Cancel button will close the dialog box without altering the
- parameters nor saving them in the WIN.INI file even if the Save check
- box is checked. The button can be reached directly via Alt-C or via
- the Escape key.
-
- The Exit button will shutdown MELT and if the Save check box is
- checked, the parameters are saved to WIN.INI for later use. The
- button can be reached directly via Alt-E.
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- Known Bugs:
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- Known Limitations:
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- Bug Fixes:
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