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SCRNSAVR.ZIP contains several Windows 3.1 screen saver utilities
and screen savers.
RAN-SCR.EXE sets your current screen saver to a random *.SCR file
in your main Windows directory. To vary your screen saver between
sessions, put RAN-SCR.EXE in your Program Manager StartUp group.
SCR-ONOF.EXE lets you turn your screen saver ON or OFF. It's easier
to use than the Control Panel if you want to turn off the screen
saver temporarily. Changes aren't saved between Windows sessions.
KAL-SCR.SCR is a Kaleidoscope screen saver. Despite its small size,
it displays a huge number of colorful and captivating patterns.
Copy it to C:\WINDOWS (or whatever you call your main Windows
directory) and install it using the Windows Control Panel; click
the "Desktop" icon and then use the "Screen Saver" list box and
buttons.
BMP-SCR.SCR is a screen saver that displays bitmaps of your
choice; copy it to your Windows directory and install it using
the Control Panel. AIRPLANE.BMP is a sample bitmap that you can
use. You can also display your own bitmaps -- or the ones that
come with Windows 3.1 (especially ARCHES, CHITZ, LEAVES, MARBLE,
TARTAN, and WINLOGO). You can create your own bitmap files using
Windows PaintBrush or another utility. I created AIRPLANE.BMP in
the Ami Pro word processor, by importing a picture and then
modifying it using the drawing tool and then saving it as a
bitmap file; I used Windows Paintbrush's "Paint Roller" tool to
make the background black. You might want to use your company's
logo or a scanned picture of your daughter.
In BMP-SCR.SCR, you can specify a bitmap. "Random" displays a
single random bitmap in the specified directory. "Slideshow"
displays randomly from all the bitmaps in the directory. "Test"
shows how the screen blanker will look. If you specify a file
that isn't a valid bitmap, you'll see the BMP-SCR icon instead.
You can have multiple copies of BMP-SCR.SCR in your Windows
directory, if you give these copies different names (ending in
".SCR"). These can be set to give different slideshows from
different directories, for example. You could use this with
RAN-SCR.EXE, to vary your slideshows between sessions.
LOYOLA.SCR is a screen saver with my university's logo built into
the program and a description ("Loyola Logo") that appears in the
Control Panel. If you'd like a similar screen saver with a bitmap
of your choice (e.g. your company's logo) built in, send me a disk
with the bitmap(s) plus $50 per bitmap; I'll return your disk with
the personalized screen saver(s). Use a bitmit smaller than 64-K
and tell me what description (25 letters or less) should appear in
the Control Panel. Try out your bitmaps using BMP-SCR.SCR first.
CRASH.SCR is a screen saver with an "Unrecoverable Application
Error" message built in.
MAC.SCR is a screen saver with a Mac desktop built in.
INVERT.SCR inverts your screen in different ways; each black
pixel and each white pixel is on half the time and off half the
time. Since the display is still readable, this screen saver
could be used for monitors (e.g. in stores) that have to display
continuously.
HINT: You can run a screen saver file (like KAL-SCR.SCR and
BMP-SCR.SCR) as a regular program, if you change the line in
WIN.INI that says "Programs=com exe bat pif" so that it says
"Programs=com exe bat pif scr" instead. Then you can install
an .SCR file on your program manager and double-click on the
icon to run or configure the program. Add " /s" to the end of
the command line to run the program, or add " /c" to configure
it. For example, you could install BMP-SCR.SCR /s (to display
a bitmap) and BMP-SCR.SCR /c (to pick a bitmap to display) on
your program manager.
These programs (written in Turbo Pascal for Windows) are FREEWARE
by Harry Gensler (Philosophy Department, Loyola University, 6525
North Sheridan, Chicago, IL 60626).