Copyright: Copyright © by Kevin Routley 1997.


WinDirUsage Help
GifLoader V1.1 Help

Copyright © 1997 by Kevin Routley. All rights reserved.

Unregistered copies of GifLoader are for evaluation purposes only. You may evaluate GifLoader for a period of 30 days after initial installation; if you decide to keep GifLoader, you must register. See How to Register for more information.

GifLoader allows you to preview and use GIF files as your wallpaper, as well as BMP files. A GIF file takes up less space on your hard disk than its equivalent BMP file, so you can convert all your wallpaper bitmaps to GIF files to save disk space.

Using GifLoader

Installation and Deinstallation

Obtaining Technical Support

How to Register


Using WinDirUsage
Using GifLoader

Select a GIF or BMP file in the file list on the left side. If there are no GIF or BMP files in the current directory, navigate using the drop-down list and other standard controls to a directory that has either GIF or BMP files.

Once a GIF or BMP file is selected, GifLoader will show a preview of the selected file so you can see that you've selected the file you wanted. The selected file will be used as your wallpaper as soon as you press the Apply button.

How the selected file is used as wallpaper is determined by the settings of the radio buttons. Select 'Centered' to place the chosen file in the center of the screen. If you use 'tiled', Windows will fill the screen with the chosen file, repeating small images until your screen is filled. 'Stretched' (which is available only if you have Windows 95 Plus!, or Windows NT 4.0 installed) will stretch a centered image until it fills the screen.

To shut down GifLoader, press the Close button or the ‘X’ button in the upper-right corner of the window.


Registering WinDirUsage
GifLoader V1.1 Registration Information

You may register a shareware copy of GifLoader V1.1 by contacting Kagi. A single license for GifLoader costs $10 (US).

To register, you must use the Registration button in the Registration dialog box. To get to the dialog box, use the Register button in the About dialog box, or the Register button from the Registration reminder dialog box that pops up every once in a while. Fill in the dialog box and contact Kagi by whatever means you choose.

You cannot register in any other way! Kagi will provide you with a registration key to enter in the Registration dialog to register your copy of GifLoader. You must register running GifLoader on the machine you are registering for – the registration key is 'keyed' to a single computer and cannot be transferred!

To obtain technical support, please see Technical Support. Kagi will take orders only!


Installation & Deinstallation
Installation and De-Installation

You most likely received your evaluation copy of GifLoader as a .ZIP file. To install, unpack the .ZIP file into a directory on your hard disk. GifLoader will refuse to run if GIFLOADR.HLP, REGISTER.EXE and NTHELPR.EXE are not in the same directory as gifloadr.exe. The other files are not needed after you've read them and ordered your registered copy.

GIFLOADR.EXE is best executed by creating a shortcut to be placed on your desktop or in your Start menu. By using a shortcut, you can set the Shortcut Properties so that GifLoader automatically starts in the directory where you store your wallpaper files.

De-Installation

Should you choose not to keep GifLoader, it may be de-installed by deleting the files you restored from the distribution set. Also, delete any Shortcuts you may have created. That's it!


Obtaining Technical Support

If you have any problems, questions, or suggestions regarding GifLoader, you can get Technical support by contacting Tekra Software at:

Email: gifloader@kagi.com

Mail: 1500A Lafayette Rd #174

Portsmouth NH, 03801

Please be prepared to provide a full description of the problem, the configuration of your PC and network, and any other information which may be pertinent to the problem.