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is it possible to make the windows (XP, in my case) wallpaper switch periodically, with transitions effects (fade-in / fade-out etc.)? I've found plenty of tools to randomly change the wallpaper, but none of them does any transition effects...

also, I'd like to display a couple of images (from a given folder) on the desktop, which should also randomly change, fade into another... is there any plugin / possibility for litestep to do this, or any other tool?

you could do it with shortcuts but you are gonna have some problems. As for the BG...I guess you could do it with LSGradiant, Timer, and a WallPaper management module.

Just curious, why the hell would you want the wallpaper to change with transitions?

He DeViLbOi ! I never thought I could use LSGradiant to do such things. Hehehe :)

because i like transitions? :) or does that not count as a reason?

I dunno if it will work...but I hope something like MagicPink and White would do it.

how and where can I find it?

prolly SFO if galois ever made an official release.

SFO = ?

sorry, newbie

http://www.ShellFront.Org

not there...

I saw this and think maybe it will work for the wallpaper idea. Just make a screensaver of wallpapers with transitions. Kinda crappy, but it's probably the best/only solution.

DeV: are you sure you don't mean this: http://www.loose-screws.com/comment.php?type=mod&id=121?

What I use is BakSaver. Basically you use the WinXP integrated My Pictures Screensaver and put it in the background. the path should be windows/system32/ssmypics.scr. You could put any other screensaver in BakSaver.

that would be it...

I saw LSGradWall, but I thought it would only create gradiant colors and I think he wants pictures.

he wanted transitions...and you could fake it...

I'm all against faking it. My ex-girlfriend did that too much......

TMI

mr white / dogbert: thanks, looks like something in the kind i've been looking for... problem: it doesn't work. at startup it shows "Could not locate desktop". did I miss something? i've put the following two lines in step.rc:

LoadModule "$ModulesDir$BakSaver.dll"
BackScreenSaver F:/xinxp/system32/ssmypics.scr

part of the sourcecode:

int initModuleEx(HWND ParentWnd, HINSTANCE dllInst, LPCSTR szPath)
{
RECT r;
Pwin = ParentWnd;

GetClientRect(GetDesktopWindow(),&r);
ScreenWidth = r.right;
ScreenHeight = r.bottom;

desktop = FindWindow("DesktopBackgroundClass", NULL);
if (!desktop)
{
MessageBox(ParentWnd, "Could not locate desktop!", "Background ScreenSaver - Error", 0);
return 1;
}
GetSettings();

if (StartRunning == TRUE)
{
BangStartSaver(ParentWnd, NULL);
}
RegisterBangCommands();

return 0;
}

make sure you load it AFTER desktop2/jdesk

ilmcuts: okay, thanks... no more error message - but no screensaver-background either... i don't have anything to do to initialize it but to put "BackScreenSaver F:/xinxp/system32/ssmypics.scr" into step.rc, right?

wrong slashes

oh yeah... and it MIGHT be a problem that my windows folder is winxp, not xinxp. ;) now, it keeps overlaying the taskbar / toolbars... and if I set BakSaverY 64, it works properly but keeps on flickering. but maybe it's just my ancient year old graphic card...

just saying thx for your support, guys

newp...that is just how the module works...never had good luck when it came out 300 years ago and I don't believe it was ever updated.