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The Windows 3.1 Screen Saver Series
Random Screen Savers (RandScrn)
Activation Corners (SSActive)
Bouncing Lines
Circles
Lasers
Random Pixels
Random Rectangles
Version 1.00
Copyright (c) 1992 David A. Feinleib.
Introduction
Windows 3.1 comes with several screen savers, but it requires you to choose
one of those savers to run; unlike other commercial screen saver
packages, it cannot pick a screen saver randomly.
RandScrn is a Windows 3.1 screen saver that allows you to run screen savers
randomly. In addition, it can change the saver that is running while a
screen saver is active (if one saver is running, after a certain number
of seconds, it will automatically run a different randomly selected
saver).
RandScrn allows you to choose which screen savers you want included in
the list from which savers will be selected randomly (this means that
you can leave all of the savers in your Windows directory, but you do not
have to make use of all of them). In addition, you can select
which directory you want to store your screen savers in.
In addition, RandScrn allows you to select corners of the screen to which
the mouse cursor can be moved to make the screen savers active or
inactive.
The Activate corner allows you to make RandScrn active simply by moving the
mouse cursor to the corner of the screen that you specify. If the mouse
cursor is moved to the Sleep corner, the cursor will change to reflect the
sleep state and RandScrn will not be activated (no screen savers will be
run).
Revisions in RandScrn
Version 1.00 [April 17, 1992]
Initial Release.
Installation
To install RandScrn, place randscrn.scr, the other .scr files
that came with this program, ssactive.exe, sslib.dll, and sslib.hlp,
in your Windows directory. From the Control Panel, Select
Desktop, then select Random Screen Savers in the combo box that
lists the screen savers. Then select Setup in the Screen Savers group.
You will now be in the RandScrn setup dialog box.
Activation Corners (SSActive)
The Activate corner allows you to make RandScrn active simply by moving the
mouse cursor to the corner of the screen that you specify. If the mouse
cursor is moved to the Sleep corner, the cursor will change to reflect the
sleep state and RandScrn will not be activated (no screen savers will be
run).
To change the Activate and Sleep corners, select Setup from the
Control Panel Desktop options. Then select the corners that you want to
use for Activate and Sleep.
Note: In order to provide the Activate and Sleep options, RandScrn makes user
of ssactive.exe, which is included in this package. The first time you
select corners, RandScrn will allow you to modify the load= line in win.ini
so that ssactive.exe will be run when Windows is started. If ssactive
is not run, then you cannot make use of the corners feature. Once ssactive
is running, you may unload it by running it again from the Program Manager.
Included Screen Savers
Along with RandScrn, The Windows 3.1 Screen Saver Series comes with
several other screen savers including, Bouncing Lines, Random Rectangles,
Random Pixels, Circles, and Laser Show. You will receive more screen
savers upon registration.
Bouncing Lines
The Bouncing Lines screen saver bounces lines around the screen. You
may set the number of trailing lines (up to 75).
Random Pixels
Random Pixels displays random pixels in random colors on the screen.
You may set the number of pixels that will be displayed before
the screen is cleared and the pixels are started over. Enter
-1 in the edit box to have an unlimited number of pixels displayed.
You may also set the speed at which pixels are drawn on the screen.
Random Rectangles
Random rectangles displays random rectangles in random colors on the screen.
Laser Show
The Laser Show screen saver displays moving lasers on the screen. From the
Setup box, you can adjust the speed, laser width, spacing between
lines, line width, color change, number of rays, and laser duration.
Circles
The Circles screen saver displays circles "dropping" on the screen, like rain
drops. You can change the maximum circle size and the number of circles
displayed at a time, along with whether the screen should be cleared before
the circles start appearing.
Getting Help
All of the Screen savers make use of Windows 3.x help. To get help
about a specific screen saver, select the Help pushbutton in that
screen saver's Setup box.
Thanks!
My thanks to Brad Smith for his help in testing the screen savers.
How to Contact Me
You may contact me in any of the following ways:
Mail: David A. Feinleib
1430 Massachusetts Avenue
Suite 306-42
Cambridge, MA 02138
CompuServe: 76516,20
Internet: 76516.20@compuserve.com
BIX: pgm
ShareWare
This program is ShareWare. Please register by sending $12 + $4 (total
$16) to me at the address above. Please make all checks payable in
US dollars. Comments and suggestions for new screen savers would be
greatly appreciated. Upon registration, you will receive several new
screen savers, including Balloons and Circles 2.
You may copy the screen savers and give them to others, as long as
all of the files are included, unaltered. This program includes
randscrn.scr, ssactive.exe, lines.scr, circles.scr, lasers.scr, pixels.scr,
randrect.scr, sslib.dll, sslib.hlp, and randscrn.doc.
If you are a ShareWare distributor, please contact me before you
distribute this program.
Disclaimer
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All of the screen savers are supplied as is. The author disclaims
all warranties expressed or implied, including, without limitation,
the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose.
The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or conse-
quential, which may result from the use of the screen savers.