SYSTEM SOUND SHUFFLER

What it is
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Shuffler is designed to add some variety to system sound events in 
Windows 3.1.  It lets you designate multiple sound files for each system 
event and "shuffle" between them.  For instance, if you're tired of the 
same Windows Exit Sound every day, put Shuffler in your startup group and 
each time you start Windows Shuffler will randomly select one of your 
designated Windows Exit Sound files to replace the current one.


System Requirements
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Requires Windows 3.1 and a sound card and driver that will support *.Wav 
files.  In addition, to work with the design files, you'll need the VB 
Professional Toolkit.  If you do not have the Toolkit and you just want 
to run Shuffler, download the compiled program (Shufl2.zip), which 
includes the necessary runtime DLLs.  

In order to run Shuffler, the following files must be in your path: 
mci.vbx and cmdialog.vbx.  These files are included in Shufl2.zip.  
It is recommended that they be copied to your Windows System directory.


How it works
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Shuffler shows the following information for each system event:

  1.	The event name

  2.	The current sound file associated with the event (as designated in the 
	Win.ini file)

  3.	A list of additional sound files which you've associated with the event 
	(Shuffler chooses from this list when you give it the shuffle command)

  4.	A check box indicating whether Shuffling is enabled for this event.  
	When you execute the Shuffle command, Shuffler will assign new sound 
	files only for those events where Shuffling is enabled.  By default, 
	Shuffling is disabled for all events.

The above information is stored in a file named "Shuffle.ini" in your Windows 
directory.

A brief explanation of the available commands follows:

	ADD FILE - Adds a sound file to the list of sound files associated with 
	the selected event.

	REMOVE FILE - Removes the selected sound file from the list of sound 
	files associated with the active event.  The sound file is not deleted 
	from disk.

	PLAY FILE - Plays the selected sound file.  You can also play a sound
	file by double clicking on it in the Shuffle Files list box.
	
	SET CURRENT - Assign the selected sound file to the designated system 
	event.  This will update your Win.ini file.
	
	SHUFFLE - A new sound file is randomly selected from the list of associated
	sound files for all events for which shuffling is enabled.


Command Line Arguments
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Shuffler recognizes one argument - Shuffle.  This argument causes the Shuffle
command to be executed without loading the Shuffler form.  If you've already 
configured Shuffler and you just want to shuffle your sound files every time 
you start Windows, put Shuffler in your Startup group with the Shuffle argument:

	Shuffler shuffle


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(c) Brian D. Stine, 1992
Uploaded courtesy of Brian Stine, Compuserve ID 73617,323

This is freeware.  It is distributed with only one restriction,
and that is that you may not sell the program or charge any fee
for distribution other than a disk copying fee of no more than $10.