****************************************************************** Make Your Own Screen Saver - by Carner Enterprises Version 2.0 December, 1995 ****************************************************************** Make Your Own Screen Saver allows you to choose up to 15 of your favorite bitmaps for alternate display. You can choose any interval from 10 seconds to 1 minute between displays. Make Your Own Screen Saver also provides password capability if you need to secure your PC. SHARWARE: This program is shareware but it is not free. You may try it out and distribute it freely. If you continue to use the program, please register with Carner. The modest registration fee permits the continued development of useful and inexpensive software. Your registration permits you to continue using the program beyond the initial evaluation period and until further notice, any upgrades to the program are free to any person who has previously registered. Note: Make Your Own Screen Saver is distributed as a fully functional program. VERSION 1.1 Upgrade Version 1.1 continues the same basic functionality of Version 1.0 but adds 4 new ways of displaying the bitmap. Version 1.1 randomly selects either left to right, right to left, top to bottom or bottom to top as well as the original squeeze from both sides at once. VERSION 1.2 Upgrade Version 1.2 adds improved error handling ability for bitmap files that do not meet the display criteria. If you choose a bitmap that the program will not read correctly, a message appears. If this happens, just remove the offending bitmap from your list in the control panel setup screen saver area. VERSION 1.2a Upgrade Version 1.2a fixes a bug in the save routine for retaining the bitmap list and removes the sort style from the bitmap list box. Now the bitmaps will display in the order that you include them. VERSION 1.5 Upgrade Minor changes to the configuration dialog box. VERSION 2.0 Upgrade This version adds the much requested check box to turn off the initial splash window with the logo. Setup: Unzip MYOWNSS.ZIP into a temporary directory or directly into your windows directory. The zip file contains this readme.txt file and MYWOWNSS.SCR. Windows screen saver applications have the file extension .scr and must reside in the windows directory (usually c:\windows). If you did not unzip directly into the windows directory, copy or move MYOWNSS.SCR into c:\windows. Once MYOWNSS.SCR is in your windows directory, bring up Control Panel and select Desktop. In the Screen Saver group box you will see a drop down listbox. Open the list and select Make Your Own SS. Next press Setup...The Make Your Own Screen Saver configuration dialog will appear. To add a bitmap, type its name, for example - winlogo.bmp in the Bitmap name editbox. Press Add Bitmap and MYOWNSS will search for the file. MYOWNSS looks in your windows directory and your path to locate bitmaps you have chosen to display. If it finds it, it will be added to your list. You may add up to 15 bitmaps. If the bitmap name you type in is not in your path or windows directory you will receive a message telling you the program can't find the bitmap file. Check your spelling and the location of the bitmap and try again. If you later delete or move a bitmap out of your path or windows directory, MYOWNSS will not be able to find it when it is displaying and a small error message will appear on your screen saying that the program can't find a bitmap. If this happens, simply go into Control Panel - Desktop and press Setup...Removing the offending bitmap name from your list will correct the problem. When the program runs, you will first see a Carner Enterprises screen until the first bitmap is displayed. You may remove this logo window by unchecking the "Display Splash" check box in the configure dialog box. The bitmaps will simply display on the screen sequentially - at the time interval you specify (10 to 60 seconds). If you type a number less than 10 or greater than 60, the program will reset to the minimum or maximum value. Suggestions for use: Many beautiful bitmaps are now available on bulletin boards. If you have some that you are especially fond of, you can turn them into a 'slide show' like screen saver with this program. My 11 year old son has created some unique bitmaps in Paintbrush. Local art such as this also makes a great screen saver. Technical Info: This program reads bitmap files (.bmp extension) in Windows 3.0 or greater format. There may be some bitmaps with older file formats that it cannot read. It can read 16 and 256 color bitmaps, but if you are using a 16 color video driver and load a 256 color bitmap, the colors may look odd without a 256 driver. Check your windows and video board documentation to see if you have a 256 color driver available. If you are unsure of how to change drivers, get some help from someone with experience. Loading the incorrect driver could hang your system, so be careful. This program does not read compressed file formats such as GIF or JPG files. Disclaimer Agreement: ===================== Users of Make Your Own Screen Saver must accept this disclaimer of warranty: "Make Your Own Screen Saver is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use of "Make Your Own Screen Saver." As with other screen savers, some programs, especially TSRs or other background programs may disrupt the operation of MYOWNSS and result in unpredicatable behavior. Site licenses for this software are available but are subject to certain restrictions. Please contact Carner Enterprises for details. Thank you for your interest in Make Your Own Screen Saver.