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*                         Amazing -- Rivers                     *
*                           Screen Saver                        *
*                           (Version 3.0)                       *
*                         Written by Mark Qian                  *
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Amazing is a series of screen savers where you experience a 
variety of incredibly wonderful views in or not in the world.  
It provides not only animations but also sound effects.  A 
major difference between Amazing and other screen savers is that 
Amazing is designed from the point of art - It is a life art! 
In this park, Rivers, You will explore various views under
sunset. Enjoy it!


 The SETUP.EXE will copy five files into your windows directory:

 az_rv.src  -- The main executable file of Amazing - Rivers;
 az_rv.txt  -- Documentation file;

 az_rv_0.bmp - 
 az_rv_9.bmp -- animation images (required);
 
 az_rv_0.wav -- A WAV file for sound effects;
 

 Important:  Your comments are VERY IMPORTANT to the design of next
 *********   version of this program. In order to see a better version 
            sooner, please join the design of next version: EMail me 
            your comments about this program: 
              - What is NOT good enough?
              - What do you wish to be in next version?


Big Bonus:
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Savervisor(V3.0) is a Screen Saver and Wall Paper Manager packed 
with Amazing. It provides following functions:

  - It appears as an icon that allows you launch a screen saver
    instantly by a single click of RIGHT mouse button. Note: You
    have to select a saver in Savervisor's setup screen in order
    to have Savervisor launch when clicking at its icon with RIGHT
    mouse button.

  - It allows you specify the sensitive areas where you can click
    the RIGHT mouse button to launch a saver instantly.

  - It provide saver scheduling capability.  That is, it allows
    you specify what saver to be activate at a specified hour
    through a week.  It also allows you switch savers through
    all the savers in your Windows directory and specify switchng
    period.

  - It can be run in a INVISIBLE mode. With this great feature,
    you can just put it into Windows Startup group in Program 
    Manager and forget it: It will take care all the management 
    tasks while you never realize it is working for you!

  - It can be set to "Always on top" to increase your
    accessibility to its features.

  - It can display(illustrate) all the screen savers in your
    Windows directory in different styles(ONCE, CIRCLE, and RANDOM).

  - It works as the saver section of Windows Desktop
    allowing you select, setup, and test a screen saver from
    within its setup screen.

  - It provides a very strong wall paper management capability.

    First, it allows you to specify any BMP files as your
    Wallpaper from anywhere of your file system(including hard,
    network, and CD drives) in a particular hour through a week.
    
    Secondly, it allows you schedule BMP files as your 
    Wallpaper by specifying switching period through your
    file system.
    

    Finally, it can "walk" you through the entire file system
    (including hard, network, and CD drives).  That is, it
    displays all the BMP files in your file system one after 
    another as wall paper - You can see exactly how the BMP file 
    looks as a Wallpaper on your screen instead of a single BMP 
    image(specially, when Tile function is set). You can choose 
    from either automatic or clicking to switch images when BMP is 
    illustrated.

  - It also provides some other function such as tile setting.



How to use Savervisor:

  - There are at least three ways to use it:
      1). Always running and INVISIBLE.  You can set its running
          mode into INVISIBLE and put it into Startup group of 
          Windows Program Manager so that Savervisor is launched 
          automatically when you start your Windows.  In this way, 
          Savervisor will work in background - You will never see 
          it while it is working for you: carrying out all the tasks 
          according to you Saver schedule and Wallpaper
          schedule, launching savers instantly when you click the
          RIGHT mouse button at the area you specify.
     

      2). Always running but visible. In this way, you can access
          setup screen of Savervisor by a double click at its 
          running icon#. For easy access, you can set it ALWAYS ON TOP.
      3). Use it to setup you wall paper or select a screen saver
          and turn it off after setup.

  - After Launching Savervisor from Program Manager, You will see
    an animation icon at the top left corner of your screen if
    it is set to visible mode. Note: But you will see nothing
    if it is set to INVISIBLE mode.  In this case, You can
    either launch it again or go to the system menu of Program
    Manager(Single clicking at the top-left corner of Program
    Manager to bring up the system menu).  

    When you try launch Savervisor while it is already running,
    you will bring up a dialog box instead of launching a second 
    instance of Savervisor.  In this dialog box, you can either 
    change Savervisor's running mode, for example, from INVISIBLE 
    into visible or you can shut it down.  You have to turn its 
    running mode to visible in order to access its setup screen.
    

   - To access Savervisor's setup screen, you need to double
     click at the running icon.
   - You must bring up the setup screen of Savervisor in order
     to turn it off.
   - Clicking the RIGHT mouse button on the Savervisor icon or
     any sensitive areas that you specify will enable the 
     current screen saver in Windows Desktop and selecting any 
     screen saver in the setup screen of Savervisor has the some 
     effect of selecting a saver in Windows Desktop. 

The setup.exe will allow you to specify the target directory
where the Savervisor will reside and create a group for Savervisor in
Program Manager.  It will copy following files into the target directory:

  saverv.exe - Savervisor;
  readme.txt - this file;
  saverv.txt - the same as this file but used by setup screen of 
               Savervisor;
  regist.wav - WAV used to setup screen;
  utility1.dll - an utility required by Savervisor.


 Why use Savervisor with Amazing?
   There are at least two reasons to use Savervisor with Amazing:
      1). Savervisor enable you to launch Amazing instantly by a
          single RIGHT mouse button click.
      2). Savervisor provides schedule system which allows you
          arrange your favorite savers and wallpaper in your style.
      3). Its INVISIBLE feature allows you to "forget " it while
          it is working for you.





TroubleShooting:
    -  Q: I have a multimedia system, with .WAV capability, and
          in fact, 
          I hear .WAV files with most every application.  
          Why can I NOT hear sounds with your screen saver?  
          (The Sounds option is grayed out, and I cannot check
           it.)
       A: The Saver disables Sound option if it does not detect a
          sound device that it knows. You can enforce it accepts
          you sound system by following steps:
              1). disable (turn off) the saver;
              2). open (double click at icon of) file            

                  c:\windows\az_rv.ini
                  (assuming c:\windows is your Windows directory)
                   in your windows File Manager;
              3). change 
                      EnforceSoundOn= 0
                  into
                      EnforceSoundOn= 1
              4). save and close the file;       
              5.) bring up the setup screen of the saver;
              6). check (enable) field "Sound On";
              7). click at OK to exit the setup screen of the
                  saver;
      
    Q:  I have downloaded your screen saver recently 
        and I was having a problem with getting it to work properly.  
        After initialising I get a message "... caused a general 
        protection fault in module VGA.DRV at 0001:0ca2". 
  
    A:  Changed your screen drivber in winsetup to SVGA.


How to register Amazing:
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 You can register Amazing - Rivers in Compuserve using SWREG
 #4795: Just GO SWREG and use 4795 to register.  After you register
 in Compuserv, I will EMail you the Registration Code.  You can
 then key it into the Registration Code field of the Registration
 screen in setups of Amazing and Savervisor.

 
If you can not access to Compuserve, to register Amazing,
you can mail a $19 (U.S. Dollar) check or money order to 
    1659 Willowmont Ave. 
    San Jose, CA 95124 
    U.S.A.  
 Please make payable to MARK QIAN. 
 As soon as the check clears the bank, I will either 
 Email or mail you the registration code.  
 Please describe your name, mail or Email address clearly.

 CHEQUE:  All prices are in U.S. dollars .  Cheque must be drawn 
 on a U.S. bank, or must be an international money order.

 FOREIGN ORDERS AND CASH:  We can process cash payments if you
are outside U.S.A. Please check the exchange rate (to U.S. funds)
carefully.  
We can not accept responsibility for cash lost in the mail.


How to register Savervisor:
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You can use all the functions provided by Savervisor up to
30 times - then you have to register if you still want to use
it.  There are two ways to register Savervisor:
      1). After register Amazing in Compuserve.  You can use
          the Registration Code for Amazing to register
          both Amazing and Savervisor. you will then receive 
          limited functions provided by Savervisor.(The functions
          above marked with * are not available if you register
          Savervisor with the Registration Code for Amazing.)
      2). To enable its functions completely you need to register
          Savervisor using SWREG #4880 in Compuserve.  


If you can not access to Compuserve, please mail a $20 check
to the address above to register Savervisor.

NOTE: the Registration Code for Savervisor can NOT be used
       to register Amazing.


For further information, please CIS-mail 76463,1251 at
CompuServ or Mail to Mark Qian at the address above.
