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The Wall changes background images and/or color at user-set intervals. This OS/2 application requires VROBJ.DLL, the runtime module from Watcom VX-REXX. This program is licensed to you under the provisions of the License Agreement included in this file. Use of this program constitutes your acceptance of such Agreement. You can configure each bitmap (.BMP) file in the Wall. Choose TILE, SIZED or NORMAL during configuration. The Wall writes an extended attribute for each and displays the .BMP as configured. Please email any questions, opinions, ideas, reports, etc. regarding the Wall to my address: KHB03107@niftyserve.or.jp. Please feel free to write me anything you mentioned. 1. FILE LIST: (Inside the Wall210.zip) Wall.EXE : Body of Application of the Wall Program WallEmr.EXE : Body of Application of the Wall Emergency Program install.cmd : Instant Installer readme.j : Readme file (in Japanese) readme.e : Readme file (in English) go_wall.htm : Go to the Wall home page! :-) upload.hobbes : Hobbes upload information upload.nifty : Nifty-Serve upload information xxxxxx.wav : Wave files 2. Installation: a. Create a subdirectory ex. [x:\]md Wall b. Move or copy Wall210.zip to the directory created in action a. c. Unzip Wall210.zip using your favorite zip utility d. Run install.cmd from a OS/2 command line. ex. [x:\Wall\]install e. Now you can return to the WorkPlaceShell. The Wall is automatically added to your StartUp folder. f. click the Wall Program Referenced Object to start the Wall. * This installation does not alter your config.sys. * Wall upgrades can be installed over existing Wall installations. * No other steps (such as rebooting your computer) are required. Caution:This application requires the installation of "VROBJ.dll." You can download this file from the WATCOM home page. * Watcom VX-Rexx Technical Support Home Page > http://www.powersoft.com/services/support/vxrexx/ * Watcom VX-Rexx Library > http://www.powersoft.com/services/support/vxrexx/ files/vxrexx_maint.html 3. Uninstallation a. Close the Wall. b. Delete all files in the directory you have given to the Wall. ex. [x:\]del x:\Wall\*.* c. Remove the directory you have given to the Wall. ex. [x:\]rd Wall *With the exception of EA data, all Wall files remain in the home subdirectory, including WALL.ini. 4. Setting Options: When you first start the Wall, the "simple" settings notebook appears. Check "Full Function" to see all settings options. The "Full Function" window will open automatically until unchecked. a. Select the bitmap directory: The Wall automatically uses the \os2\bitmap directory. You can select another directory by typing in full path of the directory or by using the `Drive' button and with `Directory' list. Either way you gets the same result. b. Select the bitmap subdirectory: You can also appoint the subdirectories by checking the `SubDirectory' box, however, the selection of subdirectories will be automatically set under the parent directory which you select. c. Order your bitmaps: Your bitmaps will appear in alphabetical order when you check `Sequence'. Check `Random' if you prefer the random appearence of backgrounds. d. The `Preview area' shows the currently selected bitmap. You can see the image in full by checking `Resize Bitmap'. e. Bitmaps located on network drives can be used. 5. Types: You can set the types of the bitmap image for each and every bitmaps you selected by selecting the `Image Type' spin button, such as Normal, Sized, Tiled. Please set the tile ratio when you select the `sized'. 6. Intervals: You have two (2) ways of set intervals. a. Select seconds, minutes or hours. Then use the slider to select the number of units(1-60) desired. b. You can set it by using the `Timer selector'. It allows you to easy setting in each 10 minutes period up to one hundred twenty minutes (2 hours). Additionally, you can set it more than such two (2) hours by editing the Wall.ini (see `The Secret of Wall.ini'). There might be no theological limitation of the interval time if you challenge editing the Wall.ini. c. The set of the interval and the time remains will be shown in the each window: Interval; Remaining. NOTE:WALL.ini can be edited in a text editor. Additional time settings can be made this way (see below). 7. Settings of the Colors: a. You can set your own color mix by moving each color sliders up and down. Watch the frame of the `Preview Window' until the desired color appears. b. Check the `Accept' button once you find the desired combination. c. Check the `Color Only' box to change colors only. BMP backgrounds will not appear using this option. d. Checking the `Random Color' box allows the Wall to select colors at random. 8. Sound: You can play a .wav files when the wall paper changes. a. Check the `Speaker Icon' to set "ON"; Uncheck to turn off sound.(The sound icon is blue when on, gray when off.) b. To use optional .wav files, select your own sound directory by typing the directory path into the "Sound Dir" field. When multiple .wav files reside in your subdirectory, the files are played in random. c. `Current' is the default setting. 9. External Command: The Wall can run .exe, .com, .cmd and .bat files the Wall changes the background. Type the path and file name into the `External Command' field. You can also set the option parameter for such command. 10. Optional Function: a. Start the Wall minimized by checking the `Minimized Startup' check box. b. Change backgrounds at startup by checking `Change at Startup'. c. Use Windows-type bitmaps (rather than the OS/2) by checking `Use Windows Bitmap' (Try this check box if you have a problem of viewing selected bitmaps.) d. Check the `Check Screen Size Everytime' when you change your desktop size (Size of screen). Do not need this option to be checked otherwise. 11. Set Individual Bitmaps: You can maintain the individual settings in background color and image type to each bitmap you selected. a. Check the `Use Bitmap EA' check box. b. Select .BMP file in the `Bitmap List Box'. c. Choose tiled/normal/sized (select the Background Color as well when choosing Normal) click `Accept'. Now the individual settings you selected are maintained in the EA of the selected bitmap file. d. You can accomplish most of the above functions by using `Key Commands'. `Key Command' are available when the focus is in the `Bitmap List Box'. Below are the five (5) key commands you can use: Ctrl + C : Clear EA Data Ctrl + N : Set Normal mode Ctrl + S : Set Sized mode Ctrl + T : Set Tiled mode Ctrl + U : Change Use/Unused. 12. Default Settings: You can return to the Default Settings by checking the `Default' button. 13. Termination :-< Not recommended! But if you must.... You can check out anytime you like by pressing "Exit". a. You can terminate the Wall by pressing the `Yes' when you see the confirmation dialog after you pressed the `Exit' button. b. You can cancel the such termination by pressing the `No' when you see the confirmation dialog. (Thank you) 14. Wall Emergency Option Program (WallEmr): You can start the Wall Emergency Option Program ("WallEmr") at the same time the Wall starts by setting "ON" of the WallEmr button which is located the Speaker Icon. (see the use of WallEmr) 15. The Secret of Wall.ini: Wall.ini is the simple text file which you can edit by any editor you like. CAUTION:Be sure to back up WALL.ini before editing. Please do not touch it unless you must and know what you're doing. a. SelectTimeUnitList: Set the option parameter used for the `Time Selector'. The default number is: 10m;20m;30m;40m;50m;1h;1h10m;1h20m;1h30m;1h40m;1h50m;2h. The word "m" means "minute". The word "h" stands "hour" (No seconds will be available in this setting.) Separate each parameter with a semicolon(;). For Example, you want to add 15minutes to these parameters, then 10m;15m;20m;30m;40m;50m;1h;1h10m;1h20m;1h30m;1h40m;1h50m;2h ~~~~ b. UseEAArea: Set the field to use the EA area of bitmap file. No tests have done other than the `.COMMENT' field. So alteration is not recommended in this section. 16. Wall Emergency Option Program: You can use it as you use the Wall.... 17. Working Conditions: OS/2 Warp V3: A Part of the functions of VX-REXX does not work appropriate in some CSD levels. OS/2 Warp V4: Please send me one so I can test.:-P 18. DISTRIBUTION: Please ask a written consent of the author before distributing this software in any manner. You may not modify The Wall in any way nor may you reverse assemble, reverse compile, or otherwise translate or reverse engineer its executable codes or datas. 19. LICENSE AGREEMENT: The Wall, its executables, wave files, and documentation, is the copyrighted property of Ken Kinoshita. It is licensed, not given, for your personal use. 20. WARRANTY: The Wall is provided AS IS. Use it at your own risk. There are no warranties, express or implied, of any sort. By use of this program, you agree to the terms and conditions as stated. 21. Reports: Email: Ken Kinoshita Opinions, ideas, or bug reports are encouraged. 22. `The Wall' Home Page All latest files and information are available on `The Wall' Home Page. * The Wall Home Page > http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~qw6k-knst/wall/wall.htm 23. Thanks to... Special thanks to... Japanese Readme : Tetsuya Suto, Yuji Kurashina English Readme : Tetsuya Suto, Chris Owen 24. History Version 1.00 (10.Jan.96) Version 1.10 (25.Jan.96) Version 1.20 (28.Feb.95) Version 2.00 (24.May.96) Version 2.01 (17.Jul.96) Version 2.10 (xx.xx.96) [New Functions/Change Specifications] a. Added Extrnal Command. Availabe File Extensions: `.EXE', `.CMD', `.BAT', `.COM'. b. Added Remenbering Window Position. c. Added Checking the Screen Size. d. Full Function Window will be automatically be moved witin the Screen Width. e. Added Clearing the EA Data. f. Gain CPU Usage. g. Added an new function `Use/Unused'. h. Added an new mode to eliminate the routines to cover the viewing of Windows Type bitmaps. i. Adds an new function to activate the `Key Commands' in the `Bitmap List Box'. j. Added "Hour" in the Count Down Timer. k. Added an new Interval Time Settings as `Use Time Selector'. l. Changed the focus of the current bitmap to such file of the `Bitmap List' when click the GroupBox of Bitmap Name. m. Changed the WallEmr (ver.0.33 and later version) to use the actual scree size in both width and height. n. Changed to indicate the current version in the INI file. o. Changed the title: "Using..." in the INI file to say: "Use..." p. Added the BitmapData, in INI file, which gives the setup. information of the current bitmap to the WallEmr.exe. q. Included the WallEmr version 1.00. r. Change resource files(Bitmaps and Icons). [Bug Fix] a. Adjusted the logic to start the window smoothly. b. Corrected the problem of reflecting the EA Data even niether the UseType nor UseColor is not checked but the `Use bitmap EA' is checked. c. Corrected the problem of the Interval Time remains "27" when the ChangeAtStartup and RandomTimer Option is set "OFF". d. Adjusted the problem with regard to the `Use/Unused' of no datas in the Bitmap EA Area. e. Corrected the problem of indicating the Type signal when checking the Use Bitmap EA under the initial condition. f. Corrected an error occurs to a single bitmap located in the selected Bitmap Directory. g. Corrected the problem that the unchange of bitmap occurs even click the ChangeBitmapASAP when both the ChangeAtStartup and the RandomTimer Option set "OFF". h. Adjusted the logic to indicated the correct Interval/Remain Time.