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Bitmaps.SCR Version 1.0a
a Windows 3.1+ Screen Blanker
written in Visual Basic 3.0 Oct 01 1993
Copyright 1993 by Dave Charbonnet and DCI Computers Inc
Work (504) 899-5663 Fax (504) 891-1872 & LAST Resort my Home (504) 866-2120
Quick Install Notes:
To setup this program just copy the 3 Files (Bitmaps.scr, Bitmaps.txt and
Bitmaps.exe) to your Windows Directory. Make sure you have a copy of
VBRun300.DLL in your windows\system (or windows) directory. Have Windows
running in 386 Enhanced Mode and SETUP Display for a Super VGA Mode of
640x480 by 256 Colors. You should have at least a 386 40 Mhz CPU and 4 Megs
of RAM (The minimum computer sold these days.) This program requires a
computer that runs windows 3.1+ WELL. Have some good 256 color full screen
bitmaps in your windows directory (or a directory you specified in the setup
routine). Set the Screen Saver (in Windows-ControlPanel-Desktop-Screen Saver
section) to Bitmaps by DCI. Disable any other Screen Saver that may be
running. Read this Help File and the Help Screen (Shift H when Blanker
/Picture Show is running to see help file) If you need more quality bitmaps
or VBasic Runtime give me or my bbs (or Compuserve etc) a call.
USAGE NOTES: (Installation & Setup Notes Below)
When this Screen Saver is running moving the mouse horizontally or hitting
a key other than specially assigned keys should stop the screen saver and
return you to the windows application that was running before the Screen
Saver was called. It does not start from a DOS Program.
When the Screen Saver Starts it beeps 1 time in case your near bye and
wish to stop it.
Special Key Assignments and Functions
(Use When Screen Saver is Running)
Shift H HELP. Quick Help Reference to these Special Keys Not as
informative as this documentation file. Hit any key to hide Help
Screen. Hit Alt V or V to View Full Documentation (This File)
+ Next Pic and Pause. Display the Next Bitmap without waiting for
the Delay Time to Expire. Also Pauses the Screen Saver/Picture
show until you hit P or space to Un-pause it.
- Previous Pic and Pause. Display the Previous Bitmap without
waiting for the Delay Time to Expire. Also Pauses the Screen
Saver/Picture show until you hit P or SPACE to Un-pause it.
A About (About the Author and his business
Shift B Batch View (Thumbnails). Small View of 12 Pics. Left Mouse Click
on a picture's thumbnail to Switch to Full View of it and Pause
(Hit P or space to Unpause). Click on a Picture to activate the
menu in batch view you can then rename, copy, paint, show a Picture
and more. Double click also shows the picture. Loading the
Thumbnails can take quite a while on a lot of computers (Take 14
secs on my DX-50 and over 35 secs on a 486SX-33) so I guess VBasic
is kind of slow at some+ things.
Shift C Copies the shareware Version of this program to the specified
floppy so you can share it with others!
Shift D Delete current Bitmap. Deletes Current Bitmap. For Bitmap
Maintenance. Be Careful as this DELETES the Bitmap File! This can
be turned off by editing Bitmaps.INI PWord=ND
Shift E Manually Switch to Another Directory to display Bitmaps there.
G G Pics. Switches Path Back to Default BMP directory specified in
your setup (Shift G does the Same thing and so will space bar
when R or X is Running)
Shift I ScrIpt List. List all script files (*.BMS = BitMap Script) found
in your default bitmap directory. Pick one and it will start
showing the BMPs Specified in that file. Thus this provides
another method (rather than having to organizing your BMPs into
separate directories) of displaying just certain bitmaps. This file
you can create with a text editor and each line must contain the
complete File name with path to a bitmaps you want shown Example
(C:\Windows\Earth.BMP) if you want to show just certain Bitmaps.
If you have a file named Default.BMS then it will be used rather
than the programs default you set in the setup box. However when
running a script you can not Jump from Next to Prev Pics of List
current Picture Set. When in Script Mode an Alternate Bitmaps Path
Key like G, Shift R, Shift X) will end the Script Mode. Esc or
Shift I again will cancel and hide the list box.
Shift L List. Displays the List Box so you can jump to a particular
picture using the keyboard Up and Down Cursor Keys, and hit Enter
to view the one selected OR use Mouse and Click on Picture to
display. To get rid of the List Box and continue the show Hit
Shift L Again. Hitting Esc key or Right Mouse Button will hide
the list box, but leaves the screen saver in Pause Mode. Hit Shift
P or Space to UnPause when Paused. You can hit Alt D to Delete a
Selected file and Alt N or Alt R to Rename it from List View. Alt
C to Copy it to a Floppy.
Shift M Message Toggle. Toggles Message On/Off so you can leave a message
on the screen as to where you are or whatever.
Shift N reName Bitmap. Rename the current bitmap to another name. For
easier Bitmap Maintenance. This function can be disabled by
editing Bitmaps.ini setting PWord=ND
Shift P Pauses Picture Show till Shift P or Space is Hit again. Toggles
Pause ON & OFF NOTE: Mouse Move does not stop SCREEN Saver when
it is in Pause Mode.
Shift R AlteRnate Bitmaps. Switch to Showing Bitmaps in directory specified
in Alternate Bitmap Path of Setup and PathR in bitmaps.INI
Shift S Setup. Runs internal Setup Routine to Configure this Program to
your specifics and stores these settings in the bitmaps.ini file.
Also allows unregistered version to be immediately registered.
Shift T sTretch Toggle. Toggles Stretch mode so pictures that are not full
screen size will be stretched to full screen. BUT When stretched
you will loose resolution and display speed. It is best to use
bitmaps that exactly match you screen size and NOT Stretch them.
Shift W Wait Delay. Changes delay (for this session only) the Delay
(actually the length of time each picture slide is displayed).
0 - 100+ Secs.
Shift X 3rd Alternate Bitmaps. Switch to Showing Bitmaps in directory
specified in 3rd Alternate Bitmap Path of Setup and PathX in
bitmaps.INI
Shift Z Toggle Secure Mode. Turns On or Off Secure Mode Immediately.
Until you hit the Shift Z key again! Most all other special keys
are turned off while in secure mode. Security is not complete as
I have not found a way in Visual Basic to turn off special Windows
keys like Ctrl Esc and more.
Shift Space:
Menu Toggle. Displays & Hides Menu (When not in secure mode).
From this Menu you can perform Most but not all ie No Alternate
Bitmaps Paths (Shift R & Shift X) can be selected from this Menu
just from the Keyboard when saver is running. You do not have to
hit Alt and underlined Letter on Menus to access that menu just
the Letter itself will do. You can copy bitmaps to floppy. Pause
is on while in Menu Mode. To Exit Menu Mode hit Esc, or Space or
Shift Space again
MISC TIPS
Make sure your video cards and Windows is Setup for a Super VGA 256 Color
mode. This Program was mostly tested at the resolution 640x480. For best
results use bitmaps that are exactly 640x486 usually having a size of
308,280 bytes. Put all the bitmaps you want displayed in a separate
directory (IF they are mixed i