***************************************************************** * * * Amazing -- Clock * * Screen Saver * * (Version 2.0) * * Written by Mark Qian * * * ***************************************************************** Amazing is a series of screen savers where you experience a variety of incredibly wonderful views in or not in the world. It provides not only animations but also sound effects. A major difference between Amazing and other screen savers is that Amazing is designed from the point of art - It is a life art! In this park, Clock, You will experience a mountain view through different time of 24 hours. That is, the background will vary according to the REAL TIME every two hours. It also provides a digital clock as an option. Enjoy it! The SETUP.EXE will copy five files into your windows directory: az_ck.src -- The main executable file of Amazing I - Sunset; az_ck.txt -- Documentation file; az_ck_0.bmp - az_ck_9.bmp -- animation images (required); az_ck_0.wav -- A WAV file for sound effects; register.wav -- A WAV file for setup; Extra utility: ************* Savervisor (V2.0 - A) - This is a COOL screen saver and wall paper manager. It provides: - It appears like an icon that allows you launch a screen saver instantly by a single click at it using RIGHT mouse button. It can be set to always at the top to increase your accessibility. -* It can illustrate all the screen savers in your Windows directory in different styles(ONCE, CIRCLE, and RANDOM). - It also works as the saver section of Windows Desktop allowing you select, setup, and test a screen saver within its setup screen. - It provides a very strong wall paper management capability. First, it allows you select a BMP file as your wall paper from anywhere of your file system including network and CD drives and provides you a preview of the selected image. -* Secondly, it can walk you through the entire file system including 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 wall paper looks on your screen instead of a single BMP image(specially, when tile 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. Following files will be copied into a directory that you specify: saverv.exe -- Savervisor (see description below); saverv.txt -- Documentation of Svervisor. utility.dll -- A DLL used by Savervisor Note: You can use all the functions provided by Savervisor up to 30 times - then you have to register if you still want to use it. There are two ways to register Savervisor: 1). After register Amazing in Compuserv. You can use the Registration Code for Amazing - Clock to register both Amazing and Savervisor. you will then receive limited functions provided by Savervisor.(The functions above marked with * are not available if you register Savervisor with the Registration Code for Amazing.) 2). To enable its function completely you need to register Savervisor using SWREG #4880 in Compuserv. Why use Savervisor with Amazing? There are at least two reasons to use Savervisor with Amazing: 1). Savervisor enable you to launch Amazing instantly by a single RIGHT mouse button click. 2). Savervisor provides a easy way to set the background pictures of Amazing as your Wall Paper. Environment requirement: - At least 256 colors for display; - VBRUN300.DLL; - A sound card is recommended; TroubleShooting: - Q: I have a multimedia system, with .WAV capability, and in fact, I hear .WAV files with most every application. Why can I NOT hear sounds with your screen saver? (The Sounds option is grayed out, and I cannot check it.) A: The Saver disables Sound option if it does not detect a sound device that it knows. You can enforce it accepts you sound system by following steps: 1). disable (turn off) the saver; 2). open (double click at icon of) file c:\windows\az_ck.ini (assuming c:\windows is your Windows directory) in your windows File Manager; 3). change EnforceSoundOn= 0 into EnforceSoundOn= 1 4). save and close the file; 5.) bring up the setup screen of the saver; 6). check (enable) field "Sound On"; 7). click at OK to exit the setup screen of the saver; How to register: ================ You can register Amazing - Sunset in Compuserve using SWREG #4847: Just GO SWREG and use 4847 to register. After you register in Compuserv, I will EMail you the Registration Code. You can then key it into the Registration Code field of the Registration screen in setups of Amazing - Clock and Savervisor. If you can not access to Compuserve, you can mail a $19 (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 CompuServ or Mail to Mark Qian at the address above.