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- WaveLogo ScreenSaver - This is not another one of those horrible Visual Basic programs!
- WaveLogo runs on Windows, Windows 95 and Windows NT
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- Welcome to the WaveLogo ScreenSaver. WaveLogo displays 256 color bitmaps or
- True Color bitmaps(True Color refers to bitmaps capable of supporting 16 million
- colors) across the window in a free flowing wave pattern. You can set the size and
- speed of the wave. This is no slow visual basic program that is fuzzy looking
- with screen flicker. WaveLogo is pure C++.
- What are the benefits of a screen saver. Well there are two main ones. To prevent
- your monitor from phosphor burn that comes about from having the image on your window
- for a long period of time. The other is for protection as no one else will be able
- to stop the screen saver and access your computer without the password. If you don't
- have any vital data on your computer you can disable the password protection altogether.
- Now back to WaveLogo.
- WaveLogo can display up to three bitmaps on the screen at the
- same time with no flicker. We decided those visual basic programs with one bitmap
- just weren't cutting it. The crisp clear bitmap(s) are displayed perfectly with no
- color loss. You can change the settings to experiment with WaveLogo. We
- have also included a beautiful color fading option that displays colors
- of the rainbow in a gradient fashion. We always enjoyed looking at rainbows so
- we have added this feature for those of you like us. Color shading works best
- in True Color mode.
- **Important. Make sure your 256 color bitmaps use the same palette for every
- bitmap. If you use a different palette for each bitmap you risk the bitmaps not
- displaying properly or at all. This is not a concern for True Color bitmaps.
- We designed WaveLogo for crispness, speed, and extensibility. Crispness so
- your pictures are displayed perfectly. Speed so you can set your own personal favorite
- movement speed, we just couldn't stand the visual basic programs not having this speed
- setting, and extensibility so we can add features to WaveLogo that our customers want.
- Note you can change the text in WaveLogo's setting dialog box window. It's default
- text from us reading:
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- You also get these three lines to place any text you want.
- You can put your phone number, address etc...
- 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678
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- The third line here just shows you the maximum letters you can put on each line(78 letters).
- You can change these lines to anything you or your company wants by editing the files
- one.txt, two.txt, and three.txt that are kept in the same directory as your bitmaps.
- You select this directory in the settings dialog box for WaveLogo.
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- ** WaveLogo is not handicapped in any way. We did this to provide you with the
- complete program so you see the whole program. The only shareware item is the
- text that appears after so much time stating the program is unregistered.
- When you register we will send you a serial number to enter into the file
- register.txt. This serial number will disable all the non-registered items.
- If you have problems contact us for help.
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- How does WaveLogo work? WaveLogo displays your bitmap continuously across the
- window at a rate of 40+ frames per second. We've added a twist to this though. We let
- the fancy user use the bitmap to create a nice patterned trail as the bitmap moves.
- How do we do this? We just move the bitmap a pixel at a time so the back part of your
- bitmap is not erased. A whole row of pixels that are constantly left in this
- fashion can produce a nice wavy pattern as the bitmap moves across the window.
- If you don't want any trail left just make sure you have the border of your bitmap
- in black(remember, add a border, don't blacken any of the real bitmap data!).
- It's easy to add a border to your bitmap with any decent paint program, we recommend
- Paintshop Pro.
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- Don't just blacken your bitmaps border and wipe out a portion of your bitmap as
- stated above! If your paint program doesn't have an option to add a border to your
- bitmap contact us or email your bitmap to us and we'll gladly do it for you.
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- Why does adding a black border around your bitmap prevent a trail from being made?
- Because the window starts out black and the border of your bitmap, if it's black,
- is actually drawn to the window like any other color, but since it's black you don't
- see it against the black window. Experimenting with different colors around
- the border of your bitmap will let you find a nice pattern. View the bitmaps
- we've included to see how we did it.
- **Just remember we never would require you to write over any real portion of your bitmap
- thus ruining it's image. If your blackening pixels that are part of the image your doing
- it wrong. Contact us with *any* questions. The bitmap is the most vital part of this
- screen saver so we treat bitmaps with the utmost care.
- **Actually with the math involved the bitmap will be moved more than one pixel now
- and then before it's redrawn. The bitmap should have at least a 3 pixel border
- of black pixels around it. If this isn't enough make the border larger.
- **Look at the bitmaps we've provided for examples.
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- For those customers who want something a bit different or just a few changes we do
- custom programs. We offer for $20 extra to customize this screen saver with your
- company's name where ever WaveLogo appears. If you want a different layout for the
- setup screen or want some parts stripped out for a smaller screen saver, contact
- us for pricing. Pricing normally will be $20 an hour.
- We will offer upgrades of WaveLogo. Customers feedback and needs will be
- what is incorporated in the upgrade so write us with what you'd like or need.
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- Files in WaveLogo
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- Here are the files for WaveLogo and what they do. If you don't have one of these
- files contact us and tell us where you downloaded WaveLogo from.
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- wavelogo.scr - This is the screen saver program. When you run setup this will be
- copied to your operating systems directory where all other screen
- savers are stored.
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- readme.txt - Contains vital information. We recommend you read this now if you haven't.
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- wavelogo.txt - This file.
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- register.txt - used to strip out the shareware information.
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- One.bmp - This is bitmap 1. WaveLogo has to be able to find this file when it starts!.
- This file must be in the directory you selected in the settings dialog
- called "Select Directory". These files were installed to the directory
- you specified when you ran setup. If you haven't used the "Select Directory"
- button yet to setup your main directory you must do this now.
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- Two.bmp - This is bitmap 2. WaveLogo has to be able to find this file when it starts!.
- This file must be in the directory you selected in the settings dialog
- called "Select Directory". These files were installed to the directory
- you specified when you ran setup. If you haven't used the "Select Directory"
- button yet to setup your main directory you must do this now.
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- Three.bmp - This is bitmap 3. WaveLogo has to be able to find this file when it starts!.
- This file must be in the directory you selected in the settings dialog
- called "Select Directory". These files were installed to the directory
- you specified when you ran setup. If you haven't used the "Select Directory"
- button yet to setup your main directory you must do this now.
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- One.txt - This is line 1 of the text that will be displayed in the settings dialog
- for WaveLogo. You can freely edit this to say whatever you want, just
- edit it with any text editor.
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- Two.txt - This is line 2 of the text that will be displayed in the settings dialog
- for WaveLogo. You can freely edit this to say whatever you want, just
- edit it with any text editor.
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- Three.txt - This is line 3 of the text that will be displayed in the settings dialog
- for WaveLogo. You can freely edit this to say whatever you want, just
- edit it with any text editor.
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- Try1.bmp - an extra bitmap we did that you may optionally try. Just copy this file
- to one.bmp, two.bmp or three.bmp. Note this is a 256 color bitmap.
- Try using an amplitude of 30 and period of 100. This shows how you
- can get the bitmap to leave a wave trace pattern as it moves.
- Make sure Wave Pattern On is checked.
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- Try2.bmp - an extra bitmap we did that you may optionally try. Just copy this file
- to one.bmp, two.bmp or three.bmp. Note this is a 256 color bitmap.
- Try using an amplitude of 30 and period of 100. This shows another
- wave trace pattern but in the vertical. Make sure Wave Pattern On is checked.
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- Try3.bmp - an extra bitmap we did that you may optionally try. Just copy this file
- to one.bmp, two.bmp or three.bmp. Note this is a 256 color bitmap.
- Another example just to show you the possibilities. These bitmaps
- show just the minimum of what is possible. With some creative thought
- a marvelous pattern can be left. The possibilities are endless.
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- Atrueclr.bmp - an extra bitmap we did that you may optionally try. It is the True
- Color version of one.bmp(The Yankees).
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- Atrueclr.bmp - an extra bitmap we did that you may optionally try. It is the True
- Color version of two.bmp.
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- Atrueclr.bmp - an extra bitmap we did that you may optionally try. It is the True
- Color version of three.bmp(The Yankees).
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- ** All the extra bitmaps were installed in the directory called Extrabmap.
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- Info on WaveLogo Settings
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- Color Shading - Displays an array of random colors
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- Normal Mode - Displays 256 lines of color, if this
- option is not selected it's 512 lines of color
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- Wave Pattern On - Moves the bitmap in a wave pattern according
- to the period and amplitude settings.
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- Show all 3 bitmaps - Displays all 3 bitmaps one after the
- other in a wave pattern.
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- Turbo - Sets the speed of the bitmap. 50 is the fastest speed.
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- Bitmap 1 - Selects bitmap one.bmp to display.
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- Bitmap 2 - Selects bitmap two.bmp to display.
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- Bitmap 3 - Selects bitmap three.bmp to display.
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- Random Bitmaps - Cycles through the bitmaps and randomly
- displays them. This option works for both
- wave and non-wave patterns.
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- Password Protected - Turns on password protection. Make sure
- you remember your password!
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- Set Password - Let's you change your password.
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- Select Directory - Selects the directory where you store the
- bitmaps and other text files. This must be
- setup properly.
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- Wave Rises on Start - starts the bitmap in an upward wave. If
- this is not selected it is started in
- a downward wave.
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- Clear Window after every Wave - Blackens the entire screen after each wave.
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- Continuous Wave - Makes the bitmap go off the right edge of the
- window. If this option isn't selected the
- bitmap stops at the right edge of the window.
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- Amplitude - How high the bitmap goes. 100 is a normal
- trigonomic wave.
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- Period - Increases the cycles of the waves thus making the
- wave pattern shorter. This has no effect on the
- amplitude, just the frequency of the waves. 100
- is a normal trigonomic period.
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- Normal Wave - Does a normal trigonomic wave.
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- Half Wave - Will do a part of a wave then straighten out and
- then do another part of the wave and keep doing
- this.
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- Answers and Trouble Shooting Help
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- Screen saver doesn't work?
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- Did you select the correct directory using Select Directory.
- The path shown must be where your bitmap files are located.
- Also check that your bitmaps are named one.bmp, two.bmp and three.bmp exist.
- You need all 3 of these bitmaps and they must be in the same format, 256 color
- or True Color. No other bitmaps are recognized except one.bmp, two.bmp,
- and three.bmp.
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- I can't change or display my text at the top of the screen saver?
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- You must edit the files one.txt two.txt and three.txt and
- have them in the selected directory you setup by using the
- Select Directory button. This is the same directory the
- bitmaps are to be in. See question above this for more help.
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- Why aren't my pictures shown?
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- Did you rename them one.bmp two.bmp and three.bmp. They must be named this.
- WaveLogo will ignore any other bitmaps in the directory?
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- Did you use the same palette for all bitmaps?
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- Did you select the right directory in the settings dialog?
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- I can't get the half wave option to work?
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- You must set the wave option on and make sure the period value is above 100, try
- setting the period value to 200.
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- How much does WaveLogo cost?
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- $20 dollars for a single user. With this you also get technical support.
- $250 for a site license. With this you also get technical support.
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- What are the other benefits of registering?
- You receive 50% on all future updates. The ability to request added
- features to the next update. I will try to accommodate all possible requests.
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- Can True Color display 256 color bitmaps?
- Yes.
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- Can 256 color displays show True Color bitmaps?
- No.
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- Can we mix True Color bitmaps and 256 color bitmaps in WaveLogo?
- No. You will have to use 3 True Color bitmaps or 3 256 color bitmaps. You can't
- do something like 2 True Color bitmaps and 1 256 color bitmap.
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- Why does 256 colors look smoother than True Color?
- Simply put, True Color images take much longer to draw. Every pixel must be
- decoded and then drawn. In 256 colors we have the benefit of just going straight
- to a color register and drawing that color. Thus you will get many more
- frames per second with 256 color bitmaps.
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- Contact address:
- Wave5 Software
- P.O. Box 7767
- McLean VA 22106
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