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- SYSTEM SOUND SHUFFLER
-
- What it is
- ==========
- Shuffler is designed to add some variety to system sound events in
- Windows 3.1. It lets you designate multiple sound files for each system
- event and "shuffle" between them. For instance, if you're tired of the
- same Windows Exit Sound every day, put Shuffler in your startup group and
- each time you start Windows Shuffler will randomly select one of your
- designated Windows Exit Sound files to replace the current one.
-
-
- System Requirements
- ===================
- Requires Windows 3.1 and a sound card and driver that will support *.Wav
- files. In addition, to work with the design files, you'll need the VB
- Professional Toolkit. If you do not have the Toolkit and you just want
- to run Shuffler, download the compiled program (Shufl2.zip), which
- includes the necessary runtime DLLs.
-
- In order to run Shuffler, the following files must be in your path:
- mci.vbx and cmdialog.vbx. These files are included in Shufl2.zip.
- It is recommended that they be copied to your Windows System directory.
-
-
- How it works
- ============
- Shuffler shows the following information for each system event:
-
- 1. The event name
-
- 2. The current sound file associated with the event (as designated in the
- Win.ini file)
-
- 3. A list of additional sound files which you've associated with the event
- (Shuffler chooses from this list when you give it the shuffle command)
-
- 4. A check box indicating whether Shuffling is enabled for this event.
- When you execute the Shuffle command, Shuffler will assign new sound
- files only for those events where Shuffling is enabled. By default,
- Shuffling is disabled for all events.
-
- The above information is stored in a file named "Shuffle.ini" in your Windows
- directory.
-
- A brief explanation of the available commands follows:
-
- ADD FILE - Adds a sound file to the list of sound files associated with
- the selected event.
-
- REMOVE FILE - Removes the selected sound file from the list of sound
- files associated with the active event. The sound file is not deleted
- from disk.
-
- PLAY FILE - Plays the selected sound file. You can also play a sound
- file by double clicking on it in the Shuffle Files list box.
-
- SET CURRENT - Assign the selected sound file to the designated system
- event. This will update your Win.ini file.
-
- SHUFFLE - A new sound file is randomly selected from the list of associated
- sound files for all events for which shuffling is enabled.
-
-
- Command Line Arguments
- =======================
- Shuffler recognizes one argument - Shuffle. This argument causes the Shuffle
- command to be executed without loading the Shuffler form. If you've already
- configured Shuffler and you just want to shuffle your sound files every time
- you start Windows, put Shuffler in your Startup group with the Shuffle argument:
-
- Shuffler shuffle
-
-
- =======================
- (c) Brian D. Stine, 1992
- Uploaded courtesy of Brian Stine, Compuserve ID 73617,323
-
- This is freeware. It is distributed with only one restriction,
- and that is that you may not sell the program or charge any fee
- for distribution other than a disk copying fee of no more than $10.
-