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- * Holiday Lights v2.0 *
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- * November, 1995 *
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- Copyright (c) 1994-95 Don Metzler
- All Rights Reserved.
-
- Please register this copy if you have not already done so. (See RegForm.doc)
- The unregistered version will stop after five minutes of use. Registered
- users are entitled to maintenance updates.
-
- See the Suggestions / Troubleshooting section below for information about
- problems you may have with this product.
-
- Note: This version DOES NOT work with previous versions of Windows. If you are
- still running Windows 3.1, please contact us for a previous version of
- XMas Lights.
-
- System requirements:
- --------------------
- Windows 95 (Does not work with previous versions of Windows)
- Works with any video display driver.
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- Diskette/ZIP contents:
- ----------------------
- LIGHTS95.EXE Main xmas lights program
- README.TXT This file.
- REGFORM.DOC The registration form.
- BWCC32.DLL Borland 32-bit custom controls.
- XMASTUNE.MID Default Holiday music MIDI file.
-
-
- Please distribute the unregistered LIGHTS95.ZIP file to as many places possible.
- DO NOT distribute a registered copy!!!
-
-
- Installation:
- =============
- Copy the above files to a directory of your choice on your hard drive. User settings
- are stored in this same directory when the program is run. Therefore, to uninstall
- or remove Holiday Lights from your hard drive, simply delete the folder where it
- was installed.
-
-
- Running:
- ========
- To run the program, double-click on the file (LIGHTS.EXE). The lights
- will be hung from the top of the Windows 95 desktop and an icon
- will be placed on the taskbar. To change the Holiday Lights options,
- click on the light icon on the taskbar. You may also right-click on the
- taskbar icon to present a menu of options for Holiday Lights.
-
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- Settings:
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-
- Flashing Mode:
- ==============
- None: Select this to leave lights on (no flashing).
- Random: This allows lights to flash independently.
- All At Once: All lights flash on and off at the same time.
- Chase: Lights "chase" each other.
- Alternating: Every other light in the string is on at the same time.
- Some Flash: Some of the lights in the string flash, the other remain lit at all times.
-
- Bulbs:
- ======
- Check these options to simulate real-world burnt-out and broken light bulbs.
- (Note that the broken bulbs only work on the normal bulbs.)
- You may also select the bulb type from the combobox. Note that the broken
- option only works with the normal bulb type. You may select the bulbs from
- either the combobox or the popup bulb icon in the group.
-
- Flash Rate:
- ===========
- Selects the speed at which the lights flash. You may select very slow,
- slow, medium, fast or very fast.
-
- Color:
- ======
- Selects the colors of the light bulbs. The first option allows random
- colors for each light. The last three options allow red & green,
- multi-colored light or blue sets. You may also select the options which use
- the same color bulb for the entire string of lights. Note that the color
- option does not affect some of the light bulbs.
-
-
- Show Options at Startup:
- ========================
- If this box is checked, the option dialog is shown when Holiday Lights
- is started.
-
- Music:
- ======
- Play Music: Check this box to turn on the music. Selected entries
- in the music list will be played in sequential order.
-
- Power:
- ======
- Turns the lights on/off.
-
- Pressing the "Help" pushbutton on the settings dialog to show this
- information.
-
-
- Screen Saver:
- =============
-
- Select the screen saver type from the combobox. Checking the enable box
- will enable the Holiday Lights screen saver.
- Pressing the "Test" button shows what the selected screen saver will look
- like. Pressing the "Setup" button allows the parameters for the screen
- saver to be changed.
-
- Screen Saver Setup options:
- ===========================
- Select the default timeout period before the screen saver turns on. Check
- the Ignore Win95 saver box to prevent the default Win95 screen saver from
- becoming active. Check the mouse movement and mouse click boxes to determine
- if either task will stop the Holiday Lights screen saver.
-
- Misc:
- =====
- More Lights: Check this box to have more lights in the string.
- Zoom F/X: Check this box to turn on the zoom effects when windows open/close.
- Sound F/X: Check this box to have sound effects turned on.
- Flash LEDs: Check this box to have the keyboard status lights on your system flash.
-
-
- Suggestions / Troubleshooting:
- ==============================
- Holiday Lights works best when the taskbar is at the bottom of the screen and
- there are no icons at the top of the Windows 95 desktop. If windows or icons
- are dragged "behind" the lights, the lights will "stick" to the object being
- dragged. This is not completely desirable, but a known side effect due to the
- way the lights are drawn on the desktop. Registered users will be updated
- if/when this can be fixed.
-
- The Holiday Lights program does not show up on the taskbar as a running application,
- but rather as a utility in the icon tray next to the clock in the taskbar. Click the
- light bulb icon with the left button to bring up the options dialog. Click the
- icon with the right button to bring up a menu of options.
-
- If you cannot hear music, check the following:
- Is the power switch on? Is the Play Music box checked? Are there any songs
- checked in the listbox? Are there any song files listed in the listbox (which
- are in the same directory as the LIGHTS95.EXE)?
-
- To add other music, copy MIDI files of your choice into the same directory
- where LIGHTS95.EXE resides. You may then select the music in the Holiday
- Lights Options dialog.
-
- If your Windows95 screen saver does not work when Holiday Lights is running,
- check to ensure that Holiday Lights is not ignoring the default Win95 screen
- saver. You can see this option by pressing the "Setup" button in the screen
- saver options in Holiday Lights. This does nothing to diable the Windows95
- screen saver when Holiday Lights is not running.
-
- Window zoom effects are best enabled when running on a Pentium and/or using
- a graphics accelerator card.
-
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- HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
-
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-
- For more information about this program, comments, feedback and tech support:
-
- Don Metzler
- 839 Welsh Court
- Louisville, CO 80027 USA
- CompuServe: 71174,2675
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- file: README.TXT
-