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Make Your Own Screen Saver - by Carner Enterprises
               Version 1.2   November, 1994

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Make Your Own Screen Saver allows you to choose up to 15 of your favorite
bitmaps for alternate display.  You can choose any interval from 
10 seconds to 1 minute between displays.  Make Your Own Screen Saver 
also provides password capability if you need to secure your PC.

SHARWARE:

This program is shareware - but it is not free.  You may try it out 
and distribute it freely but if you continue to use the program,
please register with Carner. 
  
The modest registration fee permits the continued development
of useful and inexpensive software.  For registered users of
Version 1.0 (thank you), this upgrade is free.

VERSION 1.1 Upgrade

Version 1.1 continues the same basic functionality of Version 1.0
but adds 4 new ways of displaying the bitmap.  Version 1.1 randomly
selects either left to right, right to left, top to bottom or 
bottom to top as well as the original squeeze from both sides at once.

VERSION 1.2 Upgrade

Version 1.2 adds improved error handling ability for bitmap files 
that do not meet the display criteria.  If you choose a bitmap that
the program will not read correctly, a message appears. If this
happens, just remove the offending bitmap from your list in 
the control panel setup screen saver area.

Setup:

Unzip MYOWNSS.ZIP into a temporary directory or directly into your
windows directory.  The zip file contains this readme.txt file and
MYWOWNSS.SCR.  Windows screen saver applications have the file extension
.scr and must reside in the windows directory (usually c:\windows).
If you did not unzip directly into the windows directory, copy or move 
MYOWNSS.SCR into c:\windows. 

Once MYOWNSS.SCR is in your windows directory, bring up Control 
Panel and select Desktop.  In the Screen Saver group box you will see 
a drop down listbox.  Open the list and select Make Your Own SS.  Next
press Setup...The Make Your Own Screen Saver configuration dialog will 
appear.  To add a bitmap, type its name, for example - winlogo.bmp 
in the Bitmap name editbox.  Press Add Bitmap and MYOWNSS will search 
for the file.  MYOWNSS looks in your windows directory and your path
to locate bitmaps you have chosen to display. If it finds it, it 
will be added to your list.  You may add up to 15 bitmaps.  If
the bitmap name you type in is not in your path or windows directory
you will receive a message telling you the program can't find the
bitmap file.  Check your spelling and the location of the bitmap and
try again. 

If you later delete or move a bitmap out of your path or windows directory,
MYOWNSS will not be able to find it when it is displaying and a 
small error message will appear on your screen saying that the program
can't find a bitmap.  If this happens, simply go into Control Panel
- Desktop and press Setup...Removing the offending bitmap name 
from your list will correct the problem.

When the program runs, you will first see a Carner Enterprises
(slightly promotional!) screen until the first bitmap is displayed.  From 
that point forward, the bitmaps will simply display on the screen 
sequentially - at the time interval you specify (10 to 60 seconds).
If you type a number less than 10 or greater than 60, the program will
reset to the minimum or maximum value.

Suggestions for use:

Many beautiful bitmaps are now available on bulletin boards.  If you have
some that you are especially fond of, you can turn them into a 'slide show'
like screen saver with this program.

My 10 year old son has created some unique bitmaps in Paintbrush.  Local art
such as this also makes a great screen saver.

Technical Info:

This program reads bitmap files (.bmp extension) in Windows 3.0 or greater
format.  There may be some bitmaps with older file formats that it cannot 
read.  It can read 16 and 256 color bitmaps, but if you are using a
16 color video driver and load a 256 color bitmap, the colors may 
look odd without a 256 driver.  Check your windows and video board
documentation to see if you have a 256 color driver available.  If you are
unsure of how to change drivers, get some help from someone with 
experience.  Loading the incorrect driver could hang your system, so be
careful.  

This program does not read compressed file formats such as 
GIF or JPG files.

Disclaimer:

Make Your Own Screen Saver is well tested, but it comes 'as is'
with no guarantees.  As with other screen savers, some programs, 
especially TSRs or other background programs may disrupt the 
operation of MYOWNSS and result in unpredicatable behavior.
Users of the program assume any risk for that use.

Thank you for your interest in Make Your Own Screen Saver.