Your registration code will not be displayed in Setup after you have registered.\n\nMake sure you keep a printed copy of your registration e-mail confirmation or the receipt for this software somewhere safe -- you'll need them if you have to reinstall Screen Saver Construction Set.
Click on the paperclip button in the tool bar to access the top page of te extensive on-line manual for Screen Saver Construction Set.
You can position the images in your Image blocks interactively. Double-click on an Image block and click on Preview.\n\nClick and drag on the image that appears to adjust its position.
To select a range of blocks in a Screen Saver Construction Set document window, click on the first block, hold down Shift and click on the last block.\n\nClick on the green Tag all button select all the blocks.
Change your mind?\n\nSelect Undo from the Edit menu to back out of any mistake.
Completed a superb screen saver? Build an equally superb Windows application installer to distribute it through the Create Installer function of the File menu.
Lost in a jungle of ANIMALs? Click on the question mark button in the Applet editor to view a quick reference of Animal functions.
Open the EXAMPLE.SCR screen saver included with Screen Saver Construction Set and steal its applets.\n\nModifying existing applets is the easiest way to learn how to write your own.
Add eye-catching text to your screen savers by building still text banners in GIF Construction Set Professional.
You can drag pictures and sounds into the Picture and Sound dialogs of the Applet editor.\n\nUse Windows Explorer or Graphic Workshop as a drag source application.
Loud sounds can vibrate the speakers of some newer computers and move a nearby mouse enough to terminate your screen saver. If you build sounds into your screen savers, avoid the use of music with lots of heavy bass.
Hold down the Shift key and click on the View button the Screen Saver Construction Set tool bar to begin execution of your screen saver with the currently selected block, rather than at the beginning of the block list.
Want a tiled texture background for your screen saver? See the Sierpinski's Curve applet in EXAMPLE.SCR to see how it's done.
Don't forget to configure the Header block of your screen saver. While it won't affect the screen saver itself, it will make your work look more professional when it appears in a Windows Control Panel Display applet.
You can test an SCR file in real life. Rename it to have the extension .EXE and run it with the command line argument /S to have it clear your screen.
Set the Duration value to zero in a scrolling Text block to have the text scroll once and then terminate.
Keep in mind that the fonts you use in your screen savers must be available on the machines which will run them.\n\nTo avoid potential font problems, limit your fonts to Arial, Times New Roman and Courier.
Check the System Information dialog to make sure that your system has a 32,768-colour or better Windows screen driver. Consult the Screen Driver manual section to upgrade it.
Want to promote the web page for your screen saver?\n\nVisit the Hot Links section of the Alchemy Mindworks web page at http://www.mindworkshop.com/cgi-bin/hotlinks.
You can build Applets which use the colour scheme of the machine they're running on.\n\nSee the GetSysColor function.
Be sure you password protect the screen savers you distribute to keep your graphics, applets and other elements from being swiped.\n\nSee the Header block editor.
