
Windows Wallpaper Changer	Copyright (C) Moose O'Malley, 
--------------------------	November 1999.

Windows Wallpaper Changer for Windows 95, 98, NT, or 2000.
This program will **NOT** run under Windows 3.x
(even with Win32 installed) !!

Windows Wallpaper Changer randomly selects a Bitmap file and 
makes this the new Windows' Wallpaper (i.e. the picture you 
see behind the icons on your Main Windows Desktop).  

The user can specify directory from which Bitmaps are 
randomly chosen, and the interval (in Seconds) in which the
Windows Wallpaper is changed to the new bitmap.

Developed using 32-bit Delphi.

Windows Wallpaper Changer for Windows 95, 98, NT, or 2000.
This program will **NOT** run under Windows 3.x
(even with Win32 installed) !!


Using this Program :
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To use this program, unzip the contents of the ZIP
file to a directory - such as c:\winpaper - and run
the executable file winpaper.EXE.

Then, choose the directory where your desktop bitmaps
reside - these may be scanned photos of your friends,
family, or pets, or be photos you have grabbed
from the internet.

Then, set the interval (in seconds) between
Wallpaper changes, and the program will automaticaly
change the Windows Wallpaper for you at these times.

You may also want to make this program load minimised
each time Windows Starts Up.

To achieve this, create a shortcut to the winpaper.EXE
and place it in the Windows StartUp folder and alter
the properties of this shortcut to "Run Minimised".


Bitmaps (.BMP) Files Only :
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This program only works with Bitmaps (.BMP) files, as these
are the files that Windows needs to set as Wallpaper.
If your graphics files are in another format (Jpeg, GIF,
etc) then you will need to convert these to BMP files.

To achieve this, I recommend using Paint Shop Pro, 
which is available on various PC magaine cover CD's
or from the internet at : http://www.jasc.com


Limitations / Restrictions of the Shareware version :
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The Shareware version of this program has the following
limitations / restrictions :

- The program will not save its settings on Windows Shutdown,
  but it will still save its settings when you manually exit / 
  close the program - just not when Windows terminates the program.
- A "Shareware" label is displayed in the Menu area of Text Buttons.
- Every now and then a "You have used this program xxx times, 
  Please Register" message will appear on program startup.

To remove all the limitaions of the shareware version,
please Register.


The Future :
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In the future, many improvements could be made to this program,
such as :
- Storing the program in the Windows Tray Bar - with the clock, 
  etc.
- Anything else ?

If you would like any of these improvements, or would like to
suggest more, please email me and let me know.

How much more work I do on this program depends entirely on
what support I get, how many people use the program, how many
people have registered, etc.


Shareware Reviews / Awards / CDs :
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None so far.


Sharware Information :
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This is NOT free software.  This product is shareware.  

But, it only costs $5 (FIVE) dollars to buy !

This means that you can try out the software for evaluation 
purposes without charge for a period of 21 days to enable you
to decide whether to purchase / register it.

If you use this software after the 21 day evaluation period
a registration fee is required.  See the Registration Form
in the file register.txt.

Unregistered use of this software after the 21-day evaluation 
period is in violation of U.S. and international copyright laws.

If you do not purchase / register the software after the 21 day
trial period, then you must delete it from your system.

In order to encourage me to develop this software and keep 
developing other software, I encourage you to do the right 
thing and register the software.

I could have easily have made the programs nag you to Register, 
or expire after 21 days of use, but I do not like this approach.

From April 97 on, however, some of the new functionality being 
added to my programs will be available for Registered users only.
I tried to avoid doing this, but now I have been forced to do 
this to try and encourage some Registrations.

I live in the hope that if people use the programs, then they 
will register them.

Registered users will receive FREE upgrades of the program for
the life of the program.  i.e. as long as I keep improving the
program, registered users will get this new / additional 
functionality for FREE.

To Register, please complete the Registration Form in
the file register.txt.


Ammendment History :
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Vers    Date        Description
1.0   25-Nov-1998   First Public Release.
                    (4,464 lines of code / comments.)
                    

If this program was not downloaded from my Home Page, then
it is possibly an old version.  The latest version of this 
program is available from my WEB page - see below.

Mike "Moose" O'Malley
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 Moose's $5 Shareware & Arcade Emulation Valley - since July, 1996.
 WEB:  http://move.to/moose            Email:  moose@move.to
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