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Blind Mellon Software

Wallpaper Manager

Main Screen

Scheduling Weekly

Scheduling Timed

Preview

Custom Schedule

Registration

Other Products

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Main Screen

Wallpaper Manager will allow selection of Windows wallpaper as well as allow the user to modify and create custom  wallpaper. The user has the ability to select from timedchange of wallpaper, hourly, half hourly, or custom defined by the  user. You may select a scheduled different wallpaper for each day.

Minimize on startup

Simply means that the configuration screen will not automatically appear, once the program is started it will minimize itself, this only applies to the Timed Operation Option.

Display Time

Provides an option to display the current time while minimized.

Preview

The preview option allows you to view each wallpaper file as you select them, in addition it provides the ability to create some specialized designs that may be saved and used on a regular basis.

Select Button

Once a wall paper has been previewed, you may change the system wallpaper using the select button. If you have defined a custom wallpaper you will also be given the opportunity to save it for later use.

Tile Wallpaper

Check this box to tile the bitmaps to cover the entire screen, if the box is not checked, the bit map picture will be centered in the screen background.

Unload on change

This option applies only to the weekly schedule,  you can setup Wallpaper Manager to change wallpaper daily, simply use the weekly schedule, check the unload on change box, exit the program and enter the Wallpaper Managers Icon in you startup group, the program will change the wallpaper

based on the daily schedule, you will then have 30 seconds to bring up the options screen or allow the program to terminate.

Task Bar

Task Bar is a handy utility provided as a bonus to registered users of Wallpaper Manager. It must be started from Wallpaper Manager but once started maintains its own user run list and features. Task Bar will allow you to see and control everything that is running on windows simply by dropping the mouse all the way to the bottom of the screen at any point and time. You may also create your own run list menu.

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Scheduled

The schedule option allows the user to specify a different wallpaper for every day of the week. The weekly schedule is kept in the setup configuration screen and may be changed at any time, select setup under control on the menu, then highlight a wallpaper file and click on the name of the day desired.  Make sure  that the schedule option button is selected to enable the schedule. If you only want a daily change then select schedule and enter the paths for each days wallpaper in the Sunday thru Saturday schedule, you may use the mouse to accomplish this task, select a bitmap in the file window and then click the day of the week.You will notice that even though the master directory is defined in this picture it will no be used because the scheduled option is selected.

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Timed

The timed option allows the user to select from 3 specific timings, change on the hour, every 30 min or every 15 min. The program will cycle thru the specified master directory at the specified interval. A custom timing can be created by entering a specified number of min.

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Master Directory

Master Directory

All files in the MASTER directory will be cycled thru when the timed funciton is selected. You may select change on the hour, as well as several fixed timed changes. You may also define a custom timing.

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Preview

It is possible to create custom wallpaper with the mouse, select preview of a file and use the mouse to manipulate the upperleft corner of the preview screen, once you select this wallpaper you will be given an opportunity to save it for later use. Utilize the preview screen to resize the wallpaper bitmap, if the bit map is tiled, i.e.  (you have checked the Tile Wallpaper box), then click in the upper left corner of the preview screen and drag to the right,  If you have not checked the Tile Wallpaper option, then the bitmap will be centered in the preview screen, and you should click the lower right corner of the bitmap and drag to the right.

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Schedule Timed

The timed option allows the user to specify a master directory to be scaned for wallpaper files, the files will be take in order. Notice that the timed option required several parameters. You must select timed and then define the time interval. You may select Hourly, 15 Min, or 30 Min, or custom define the time. You must select number of minutes if the custom defined is used. If the custom schedule is used then you will define the schedule of files to be displayed instead of using the master directory.

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Custom Schedule

Custom select the wallpaper you want displayed based on the timed option parameters.

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