***************************************************************** * * * Savervisor * * A Screen Saver and Wall Paper Manager * * (Version v3.2) * * Written by Mark Qian * * * ***************************************************************** NEW features in this version(3.2) over last version(2.0): 1). User-specified sensitive areas - the areas where a RIGHT mouse button click will launch a saver; 2). Saver scheduling - allowing users specify what saver will be activate at a specified hour through a week. 3). Switching savers through Windows directory with an user- specified switching period.. 4). WallPaper scheduling- allowing users specify what BMP file will be used as a Wallpaper image at a specified hour through a week. 5). Switching Wallpaper through your files system with an user- specified switching period. 6). INVISIBLE running mode - allowing Savervisor work for you while you can NOT see it; Savervisor(V3.2) is a Screen Saver and Wall Paper Manager. It provides following functions: - It appears as an icon that allows you launch a screen saver instantly by a single click of RIGHT mouse button. Note: You have to select a saver in Savervisor's setup screen in order to have Savervisor launch when clicking at its icon with RIGHT mouse button. - It allows you specify the sensitive areas where you can click the RIGHT mouse button to launch a saver instantly. - It provide saver scheduling capability. That is, it allows you specify what saver to be activate at a specified hour through a week. It also allows you switch savers through all the savers in your Windows directory and specify switchng period. - It can be run in a INVISIBLE mode. With this great feature, you can just put it into Windows Startup group in Program Manager and forget it: It will take care all the management tasks while you never realize it is working for you! - It can be set to "Always on top" to increase your accessibility to its features. - It can display(illustrate) all the screen savers in your Windows directory in different styles(ONCE, CIRCLE, and RANDOM). - It works as the saver section of Windows Desktop allowing you select, setup, and test a screen saver from within its setup screen. - It provides a very strong wall paper management capability. First, it allows you to specify any BMP files as your Wallpaper from anywhere of your file system(including hard, network, and CD drives) in a particular hour through a week. Secondly, it allows you schedule BMP files as your Wallpaper by specifying switching period through your file system. Finally, it can "walk" you through the entire file system (including hard, network, and CD drives). That is, it displays all the BMP files in your file system one after another as wall paper - You can see exactly how the BMP file looks as a Wallpaper on your screen instead of a single BMP image(specially, when Tile function is set). You can choose from either automatic or clicking to switch images when BMP is illustrated. - It also provides some other function such as tile setting. Important: Your comments are VERY IMPORTANT to the design of ********* next version of this program. In order to see a better version sooner, please join the design of next version: EMail me your comments about this program: - What is NOT good enough? - What do you wish to be in next version? How to use Savervisor: - There are at least three ways to use it: 1). Always running and INVISIBLE. You can set its running mode into INVISIBLE and put it into Startup group of Windows Program Manager so that Savervisor is launched automatically when you start your Windows. In this way, Savervisor will work in background - You will never see it while it is working for you: carrying out all the tasks according to you Saver schedule and Wallpaper schedule, launching savers instantly when you click the RIGHT mouse button at the area you specify. 2). Always running but visible. In this way, you can access setup screen of Savervisor by a double click at its running icon#. For easy access, you can set it ALWAYS ON TOP. 3). Use it to setup you wall paper or select a screen saver and turn it off after setup. - After Launching Savervisor from Program Manager, You will see an animation icon at the top left corner of your screen if it is set to visible mode. Note: But you will see nothing if it is set to INVISIBLE mode. In this case, You can either launch it again or go to the system menu of Program Manager(Single clicking at the top-left corner of Program Manager to bring up the system menu). When you try launch Savervisor while it is already running, you will bring up a dialog box instead of launching a second instance of Savervisor. In this dialog box, you can either change Savervisor's running mode, for example, from INVISIBLE into visible or you can shut it down. You have to turn its running mode to visible in order to access its setup screen. - To access Savervisor's setup screen, you need to double click at the running icon. - You must bring up the setup screen of Savervisor in order to turn it off. - Clicking the RIGHT mouse button on the Savervisor icon or any sensitive areas that you specify will enable the current screen saver in Windows Desktop and selecting any screen saver in the setup screen of Savervisor has the some effect of selecting a saver in Windows Desktop. The setup.exe will allow you to specify the target directory where the Savervisor will reside and create a group for Savervisor in Program Manager. It will copy following files into the target directory: saverv.exe - Savervisor; readme.txt - this file; saverv.txt - the same as this file but used by setup screen of Savervisor; regist.wav - WAV used to setup screen; utility1.dll - An utility file required by Savervisor. You can register in Compuserve #4880 For further information, please CIS-mail 76463,1251 at CompuServe. If you can not access to Compuserve, you can mail a $20 (U.S. Dollar) check or money order to 1659 Willowmont Ave. San Jose, CA 95124 U.S.A. Please make payable to MARK QIAN. As soon as the check clears the bank, I will either Email or mail you the registration code. Please describe your name, mail or Email address clearly. CHEQUE: All prices are in U.S. dollars . Cheque must be drawn on a U.S. bank, or must be an international money order. FOREIGN ORDERS AND CASH: We can process cash payments if you are outside U.S.A. Please check the exchange rate (to U.S. funds) carefully. We can not accept responsibility for cash lost in the mail. For further information, please CIS-mail 76463,1251 at CompuServe or Mail to Mark Qian at the address above. # - "running icon" above means the icon with animation image instead of the one in Program Manager.