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PictureSaver is a simple, free screen saver that displays randomly selected pictures from directories of your choice.
For more information on advanced graphics using Visual Basic, see my book Visual Basic Graphics Programming.
Picture Saver Index
Download
The following sections tell how you can download different PictureSaver installation packages.
Full (1.41 MB)
Click here to download the full PictureSaver package with all of the necessary Visual Basic 6 runtime libraries. If you are uncertain about what you need, this is probably it.
Small (248 KB)
Click here to download PictureSaver without Visual Basic 6 runtime libraries.
If you have other Visual Basic 6 programs installed, the runtime libraries are already on your computer so you can use this version instead of the full version.
Visual Basic Project (11 KB)
Click here to download the PictureSaver Visual Basic 6 project source code.
Visual Basic 5 programmers click here for information on converting the project for Visual Basic 5.
If you are not a Visual Basic programmer but would like to learn how to program, click here. Be sure to look at the bottom where it explains how to get a free online book and a free> copy of the Visual Basic 5 Control Creation Edition (CCE).
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Installation Instructions
Install PictureSaver
- Unzip the PictureSaver package you downloaded in a new directory.
- Double click on setup.exe.
- Follow the Installation Wizard's instructions. It may want to reboot. If so, let it.
You will probably need to start over at step 2 after the reboot. If the installation
program crashes at the very end, don't worry about it.
Configure PictureSaver
- On an empty part of the Windows desktop, right click and select Properties. Click the Screen Saver tab.
- In the Screen Saver dropdown list, select PictureSaver.
Define PictureSaver Settings
- Click the Settings button.
- Enter the Interval in seconds you want between pictures. Enter 1 or 2 for very fast pictures, 30 or 60 for slower pictures.
- Enter a caption (if any) that you want displayed at the top of the screen.
- To add to the list of directories PictureSaver searches for images, click Add, select the directory, and click Ok.
- To remove a directory, click on the directory in the list and then click the Delete button.
- When you have defined the settings you want, click Ok.
Test PictureSaver
- Click Preview to test PictureSaver.
- Click Ok to activate PictureSaver. The next time your system goes idle,
PictureSaver will start.
PictureSaver can read files with .bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, and gif extensions.
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Distribution Notes
PictureSaver is Copyrighted 2000-2003, Rocky Mountain Computer Consulting, Inc.
Feel free to use this program youself or distribute it in its unchanged form. Better than distributing it, tell people to get it from this Web page:
http://www.vb-helper.com/picture_saver.html
This page contains the most recent version of the program.
The file picture_saver.html in the installation kit contains this Web page.
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Disclaimer
This program is provided "as is" with no warranty of any kind. It is
intended mostly as an example for Visual Basic programmers and I'm
distributing it as a packaged screen saver just for your fun.
I don't guarantee the program won't hurt your computer, software, files,
lawn, or pets.
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If you have questions, comments, suggestions, or improvements you have made, please let me know.
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