WWPlus 2.68 <ASP>
1992-1997 All rights reserved
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By Don Bradner       ____|__     |               (R)
Arcata Pet        --|       |    |-------------------
600 F Street        |   ____|__  |  Association of
Arcata, CA  95521   |  |       |_|  Shareware
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Compuserve: 76130,1007
Internet: dbirdman@arcatapet.com
http://www.arcatapet.com

The online help file is the primary documentation for WWPlus.  
This text document is meant primarily to get you started.

Contents of this file:

   I.  Program Description
  II.  Program Requirements
 III.  Installing WWPlus
  IV.  Getting Started
   V.  Files and Uninstalling
  VI.  Troubleshooting
 VII.  Obtaining wallpaper images
VIII.  Getting future upgrades
  IX.  Registration and distribution
   X.  ASP Ombudsman Statement

I. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION.

WWPlus is a program for organizing and displaying Windows 
wallpaper files. With this program you can easily maintain a 
collection of wallpapers, automatically change them at an interval you 
select, and use image formats (GIF, PCX, TGA, TIF, .ICO and .JPG) that 
would otherwise be unusable by Windows as wallpaper. GIF and PCX 
provide compression of 256-color images, and .JPG provides compression 
for 16-million color images, thus saving disk space.

There is a screen saver module that will turn your wallpaper files 
into a screen saver after a period of inactivity.  Extensive setup 
options, including password protection, are available both from the 
Windows Control Panel Desktop icon and from the main WWPlus screen.  
Sixteen transition effects are available.  Users may select a single 
effect or a menu of effects that will occur randomly.

WWPlus has editing features and file conversion routines built in, 
which allow you to change images to suit your wallpaper needs.  You 
can crop, resize, stretch, rotate, mirror, flip, sharpen, soften, and 
adjust brightness, contrast and gamma.

Wallpapers may be tiled (small images displayed in multiples to fill 
the entire screen) or not, individually determined.  Each non-tiled 
wallpaper may be precisely positioned anywhere on the screen, not just 
centered (the Windows default).  Non-tiled images may be resized 
on-the-fly to full screen or a user-set dimension.  A universal gamma 
correction option allows for display-time lightening or darkening of 
images.

Multiple sets of wallpapers called "queues" may be built, with easy 
changing of queues.  A wallpaper may appear in more than one queue.  
Some program configuration items are maintained with the queue, others 
are "Global."  Queues may be specified as command line options, and 
the .QUE extension may be associated with WWPlus to allow the program 
to start by running the queue from File Manager or Program Manager 
icons.

Full documentation is included in the form of a Windows Help file.  
When you desire help, press your F1 function key for context-sensitive 
help, or press the help key if you are in a file dialog box.

An uninstall program and log are created when the program is 
installed, making removal of the program easy.

WWPlus contains functions which can read and right the .GIF format, 
which contains compression technology covered by U.S. Patent No. 
4,558,302, owned by the Unisys corporation.  The author of WWPlus has 
obtained a license from Unisys, and pays a royalty on each 
registration, to use this technology. The following statement is 
required by that license:

	"Use of this software is permitted only to the extent
	reasonably required to determine whether to purchase
	the software.

	"After payment is made, use of this software is limited
	to use on only a single personal computer or
	workstation which is not used as a server.  An
	additional payment is required for each use on
	another personal computer or workstation.

	"Only a single copy may be made of this software
	solely for backup or archival purposes.  The software
	may also be transferred to a single hard disk.

	"Any use of this software in violation of the above is
	not licensed.

	"For information concerning licensing the LZW
	compression and/or decompression capability, please
	contact:
		Unisys Corporation
		Welch Licensing Department - CISW19
		Township Line & Union Meeting Roads
		P.O. Box 500
		Blue Bell, Pennsylvania 19424"

II. Program requirements.

WWPlus requires an IBM compatible 386 or better, running 
Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, or Windows NT, with at least 8 megs 
of RAM and VGA or better graphics.  Recommended: 486DX with 12 
or more megs of RAM and accelerated graphics adapter.

Some operations require a mouse.

Graphics files can be quite large, particularly with true-color, so a 
large hard disk is recommended.  WWPlus will require under 2 
megs for program installation.

III. Installing WWPlus

If you obtained WWPlus by downloading it from an internet site, 
one necessary file may not have been included.  The file is 
called VBRUN300.DLL.  Since it is widely used (and included 
with Windows 95, for example), you may already have it.  Check 
your Windows\System directory before hunting for the file.  If 
you do not have it, you may almost always get it from any 
source that would have WWPlus, and it is on the author's 
website at www.arcatapet.com  If you obtained the program on 
disk, the file should be included.  If it is missing, contact 
the supplier of the program.  Registered versions obtained from 
the author will always include VBRUN300.  If you are installing 
VBRUN300 separately, it MUST be put in the \Windows\System 
directory.

To install WWPlus, run the included setup program 
WWPSETUP.EXE.  If the program is on a floppy disk, you can use 
File/Run in the Program Manager and type a:wwpsetup or b:wwpsetup, 
whichever drive is involved.  You can use the same technique to 
run wwpsetup from a directory on your hard drive by supplying the 
full path, such as c:\temp\wwpsetup.  Alternatively you can use 
File manager to find the files and double-click on WWPSETUP.EXE.  

Windows 95 users can use the "Add/Remove Programs" item in the 
Control Panel to find and start WWPSETUP.

At the end of the setup operation you will be given the option of 
adding WWPlus to your Startup Group.  Doing so will cause the program 
to start whenever you start a Windows session.  This is the 
recommended procedure; you can always delete the icon from the group 
at a later time if you wish.

IV.  Getting Started.

Double-click the WWPlus icon to start the program.  The first time 
that the program starts it will be a full program window. Click 
the "folder" icon at the left end of the icon bar, and then 
browse for image files to add to the wallpaper queue.  There 
will be normally be images in your Windows directory, and you 
may have others which you have obtained.  If the images are 
small ones which you would like to have "tiled," check that 
option in the dialog.  After you have selected OK in the 
dialog, you will see the files listed in the queue.  
Double-Click one and see it become your wallpaper.

In later sessions, once images have been added, the program will 
start as an icon which you may double-click at any time to 
show the main window.  If you have chosen the hidden icon 
option, the program will not be visible when started.  Simply 
start it a second time; the first instance will become visible 
and the second will end itself.

Take a moment to familiarize yourself with the program elements on 
screen.  If you press the F1 key, a help file will be displayed, and 
you may graphically choose different program elements to see an 
explanation of their function.

When you move your mouse pointer across the toolbar icons and some 
other screen elements a small "Tool Tip" will appear to give you 
a better idea about what the icon does.  You may turn these captions 
off when you no longer need them, via the Preferences menu.

There are a number of options for how an image may be 
displayed.  Look for these topics in the help file:
	Tiling.
	Resizing Wallpaper to fit Screen.
	Adjusting Wallapaper Placement.
	Gamma Adjustments.

You may perform a variety of editing functions on an image by 
selecting it in the Wallpaper Queue and then clicking the 
"Edit" button.  The first time you do this, press the F1 key 
when the editor is visible and browse through the help file for 
explanations of the editing functions.

You may set up a screen saver to use your wallpaper images.  
Choose "Screen Saver Setup" in the Screen Saver menu, or click 
the setup icon.  There will be three tabbed pages of entry, 
exit, and effect choices, with a test button to see what it is 
like.  Click the help button in this dialog for more 
information.

There are a number of items in the Wallpaper, Screen Saver, and 
Preferences menus that affect the way the program operates.

V.  FILES AND UNINSTALLING. 

When WWPlus is installed, a program (UNINSTAL.EXE) and a data 
file (INSTALL.LOG) are placed in the WWPlus directory.  The 
following information is provided to aid in removing the 
program in case those files are lost or damaged.

Files distributed with WWPlus:

WWPSETUP.EXE 
This file contains all of the program files.  Running it will 
install of the files where they belong, and will also produce a 
record and program that can be used to uninstall this package. 

README.TXT 
A text file that explains the program.  It is placed outside 
the main install program so that it is readable before the 
program is installed. 

VENDINFO.DIZ, FILEID.DIZ
Information files for shareware distributors and online 
services.  These explain distribution rights and allowable 
methods.

Files installed by WWPlus:

Main Program directory files
WWPLUS.EXE, WWPLUS.HLP, GAMMA.PCX, README.TXT,
UNINSTAL.EXE, INSTALL.LOG.

Windows directory file
WWPSAVR.SCR

Windows\System directory files
IKENG16.DLL, IKJPG16.DLL, IKCOL16.DLL, IKDSP16.VBX, 
WWPLIBR.VBX, CALL32.DLL.

Registered users will have one additional file: WWP_REG.KEY.  
This file must be in your WWPLUS directory, and will keep the 
startup shareware screen from appearing.  If you upgrade to a 
new version of WWPlus, do not delete this file - it will work 
with all future versions.

Files required by WWPlus:

VBRUN300.DLL 
A "runtime" library for programs written in Visual Basic 3.0.  
This file is almost always available from any source for 
WWPlus.  From on-line sources, look for VBRUN3.ZIP or 
VBRUN300.ZIP.  It must be placed in your Windows\System 
directory.

Files created by WWPlus:

WWPLUS.BMP  
This is a "temporary" file that WWPlus uses to translate 
non-standard images so that they can be used by Windows.  It is 
destroyed and recreated each time the wallpaper changes and the 
new image is not a .BMP file.  It is located in your WWPLUS 
directory.

*.QUE
These are queue files used to store information about images in 
a queue.  They do not have to be in any particular directory, 
but the default is your WWPLUS directory.

WWPlus also creates some other temporary files with .TMP 
extensions.  Under normal use, the program will clean these up 
when it exits.  If the program crashes, it will clean them up 
the next time it is run and then exited normally.

Files Altered by WWPlus:

CONTROL.INI  
WWPlus will add a section called [ScreenSaver.WWPSaver].  
Global parameters for both the program and the screen saver module are 
stored here.

Uninstalling WWPlus:

If the UNINSTAL.EXE program and INSTALL.LOG file have been left 
intact in the WWPlus directory, running the program will remove 
all files that were installed with WWPlus.  The uninstaller 
does not know anything about the .QUE files and others created 
by the program, so those require manual deletion.  If the 
program is manually added to the Startup group rather than via 
the installer, you must remove it manually.  Likewise, if 
WWPlus is set to be your screen saver you will need to change 
that setting in the control panel.  If the UNINSTAL program has 
been removed, use the file list above to determine which files 
to remove.  You may also wish to remove the CONTROL.INI section 
described above.

VI.  Troubleshooting.

If WWPlus has been working fine, but suddenly will not load, the queue 
file may have become corrupted.  Try starting WWPlus from the command 
line with a new queue selected (one that doesn't already exist).  
Choose Run from the Program Manager file menu, and type 
C:\WWPLUS\WWPLUS.EXE C:\WWPLUS\TEST1.QUE (if your wwplus directory has 
a different name, use that instead, and if the test1.que exists, use a 
different name).  If the program starts, try changing the queue to the 
one you were using before.  If it crashes at that point, the best 
solution is to delete that queue completely.  This will not 
remove the image files, just the index which you can manually 
rebuild.

A related problem can occur if a file has become corrupted and the 
Change Wallpaper at Startup preference is selected.  If that is the 
next file to be used, WWPlus may crash when trying to load a corrupt 
wallpaper.  The cure would be the same as shown above.

If you have an image that WWPlus will not display, it may be in a 
format that cannot be used.  There are some variations of .GIF and 
.PCX that are known to make problems for WWPlus.  There are many 
non-standard versions of JPEG that will cause problems.  If you can 
load them into another image editing program you may be able to save 
it in a usable format.

WWPlus expects image file names to match their formats. If you have a 
.BMP image but give it a .GIF name, the program will not be able to 
read it.

VII. Obtaining wallpaper images.

Any image that can be displayed on your computer may be used as 
wallpaper.  If you regularly use Computer BBS systems or online 
sources such as Compuserve, America Online, or the internet, 
you will find a wealth of images that can be downloaded.  These images 
are usually in the .GIF or .JPG formats to reduce download time.

If you obtained this program on disk, there may be images included, 
usually in an \images directory.  A RIGHTS.TXT file may be included in 
this directory describing the user's rights to the images included.

VIII.  Getting future Upgrades.

When you register WWPlus with the author, you will receive a copy of 
the latest version and a registration key that removes the startup 
screen.  That key file will work with future versions of the program, 
so no upgrade fee will be required.

The author maintains a current copy available for download from 
the WWPlus home page: http://www.arcatapet.com/wwplus.html

Current versions of WWPlus can always be found on Compuserve in 
several forums, including WINAV, WINSHARE, PHOTOFORUM and LEARN.  

Registered users who do not have online access may get a disk copy 
from the author for a fee of $5 ($7 non-US).  Send a short note 
indicating your registered status and requesting the latest copy.  
Please use the same name under which you are registered.

IX.  Registration and Distribution.

WWPlus is shareware.  Free use is extended to any user for a 
reasonable evaluation period;  this is typically 30 days.  If 
use is continued, the program should be registered with the 
author.  Registration fee is $25.  California registrants 
please add $1.81 sales tax, and foreign registrants should 
include $1.00 for airmail shipping.  All funds should be drawn 
on a US Dollar account. A convenient form for registration is 
included in the Help file (and may be printed from there).  
Until you register, there will be a startup screen asking you 
to register which you will have to respond to.  When you 
register, this annoyance will go away. Otherwise, this version 
is complete and un-crippled in any way.

As a registration incentive, the author will provide on request two 
free scanned images from your original prints or slides, when sent 
with the registration.

Commercial use:  WWPlus may be used commercially, as long as there is 
a registered copy for each computer/terminal that is using it.  
Bulk licensing is available.

You may freely distribute WWPlus as long as no fees are charged for 
the program, and all necessary files are included. If you are a 
registered user, do not distribute the file WWP_REG.KEY, which 
identifies you as the user (This identification shows up in the 
"About" box).

X. ASP Ombudman Statement

This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware 
Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle 
works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem 
with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to 
help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with 
an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' 
products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, 
Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 USA, FAX 616-788-2765 or send a CompuServe 
message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536 
(Internet: 70007.3536@compuserve.com)
