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Friday 06 May 2011
 Number  2050
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Subjects for today
 
1  Re:  Desktop backgrounds : Alan Duval <amoht at westnet dot com dot au>
2  Re:  Desktop backgrounds : Ed Durrant <edurrant at durrant dot mine dot nu>

**= Email   1 ==========================**

Date:  Fri, 06 May 2011 23:19:21 +1000
From:  Alan Duval <amoht at westnet dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Desktop backgrounds

Ed Durrant wrote:
> Alan Duval wrote:
>> Ed Durrant wrote:
>>> Alan Duval wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Is there a program to have a slideshow for desktop backgrounds for 
>>>> eCS?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Alan Duval
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Yes, one is call "The Wall" - I have sent you this via direct email.
>>>
>> Thanks Ed,
>>
>> At present when the desktop background changes the new background 
>> doesn't cover the whole screen and I have to go to the desktop 
>> background properties and tick scaled to make it fill the screen. 
>> Probably there's some setting that will do this automatically.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Alan Duval
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> http://www./melbpc/  -  The Melbourne OS/2 SIG
>===
>>
> Hi Alan,
> I hadn't seen that but it's some time since I used the program. I 
> suspect your graphics are at a lower resolution than your screen. You 
> could try increasing the size of the graphics file with PMView or 
> similar but qaulity may be affected.
>
>  Another option may already exist in the "Doodle's" screen saver that 
> comes with eCS - the option "slideshow" would seem to be what you are 
> looking for. RMB on the desktop, properties and then page 3 of the 
> screensaver tab.
>
Hi Ed,

I resized the *.jpg's for my backgrounds to 445 x 250 ( which are the 
dimensions of my screen) using PMView and that has solved the problem. 
The screensaver option didn't work as nothing else could be seen on the 
desktop when the image was displayed.

Thanks for the help,

Alan
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**= Email   2 ==========================**

Date:  Fri, 06 May 2011 23:30:26 +1000
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at durrant dot mine dot nu>
Subject:  Re:  Desktop backgrounds

Alan Duval wrote:
> Ed Durrant wrote:
>> Alan Duval wrote:
>>> Ed Durrant wrote:
>>>> Alan Duval wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a program to have a slideshow for desktop backgrounds for 
>>>>> eCS?
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Alan Duval
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Yes, one is call "The Wall" - I have sent you this via direct email.
>>>>
>>> Thanks Ed,
>>>
>>> At present when the desktop background changes the new background 
>>> doesn't cover the whole screen and I have to go to the desktop 
>>> background properties and tick scaled to make it fill the screen. 
>>> Probably there's some setting that will do this automatically.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Alan Duval
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> 
>>> http://www./melbpc/  -  The Melbourne OS/2 SIG
===
>>>
>> Hi Alan,
>> I hadn't seen that but it's some time since I used the program. I 
>> suspect your graphics are at a lower resolution than your screen. You 
>> could try increasing the size of the graphics file with PMView or 
>> similar but qaulity may be affected.
>>
>>  Another option may already exist in the "Doodle's" screen saver that 
>> comes with eCS - the option "slideshow" would seem to be what you are 
>> looking for. RMB on the desktop, properties and then page 3 of the 
>> screensaver tab.
>>
> Hi Ed,
>
> I resized the *.jpg's for my backgrounds to 445 x 250 ( which are the 
> dimensions of my screen) using PMView and that has solved the problem. 
> The screensaver option didn't work as nothing else could be seen on 
> the desktop when the image was displayed.
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> Alan
> --------------------------------------------------
> 
> http://www./melbpc/  -  The Melbourne OS/2 SIG
===
>
Ah OK, understood, glad you got Wall working OK.


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