MAKE HTML PRESENTATION SCR
You will find this option in the Tools menu of the program. It allows
you to make a screensaver of a very special kind. You just set a URL
and a screensaver file name, then click Make and the screensaver is
ready. It will display the web page from the given URL and allow users
to click on its links so surfing within the screensaver is possible.
Exit button is displayed in the top right corner all the time. This
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MAKE FLASH PRESENTATION SCR
This one is very similar to Make HTML Presentation SCR described
above. You will select a flash file, type in a screensaver file
name, then click Make and the screensaver is ready. When such screensaver
runs, it has Exit button displayed in the top right corner all the
time and plays the flash file on the rest of the screen. Since mouse
pointer is visible and fully operational you can make very advanced
screensavers based on interactive flash. (NOTE: due to complexity
of flash there is no guarantee that each and every flash file you
try will work with this option)
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WHAT WAS NEW IN VERSION 5.0
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SHOW HTML
This is an exciting new option in the program. It allows you to add
HTML contents to your screensavers. You can define position
and size of the screen area where it will be displayed and you have
two options for adding. One option is to embed MHT or HTML
file that you can later update on the screensaver's web location and
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FLASH PLAYBACK TIMER CONTROL
Now you can set the exact playback time for a flash file. It is
especially useful for flash files that are made with action scripts
as in those cases screensaver can not know when it should stop playing
the flash file. If you set this option to 0 screensaver will play
the flash file in an endless loop.
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RESIZE IMAGES
When you set an image you can change its original size to a custom
size. You can also change image size later in the development and
it will automatically affect all Show and Move commands. Additionally,
you can set "full screen" option for an image and screensaver
will automatically stretch it to full screen resolution.
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11 NEW
TRANSITION EFFECTS
Total number of transition effects is now 84 and new effects are:
Crossed (Left, Right), Boxed (Grow, Shrink), Triangle, Roll (Left,
Right, Top, Bottom, Horizontal, Vertical).
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THREE ADDITIONAL IMAGE FILE FORMATS
In addition to BMP and JPG formats the program now supports PCX,
TGA and PNG image file formats as well.
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SUPPORT FOR MIDI FILES
From now on you will be able to use Midi sound files (.MID) in your
screensavers.
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TEXT JUSTIFICATION
Text command is enhanced with three standard justification options:
left, center, right.
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FULL SCREEN RESIZE WITH ORIGINAL ASPECT
If you are using Full screen option to resize an image, now you
can also enable Original aspect option for it. In that case the
image will be resized to the max possible size that maintains its
original aspect within limits of the full screen size.
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PREVIEW AVAILABLE FOR IMAGE SELECTION
When selecting images to add to your screensaver project you will
be able to see the small image preview directly in the open new
image dialog.
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SCREENSAVER WEB LOCATION REDIRECTION
If necessary you can change the web location for a screensaver created
with this version by using the redirection tag in the screensaver's
config file. You can do this by adding the following simple tag to
the screensaver config file: <Redirect>NewWebLocationURL</Redirect>.
Please note that a new web location information is stored in the system
registry and if removed from there the screensaver will automatically
roll back to the original web location.
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WHAT WAS NEW IN VERSION 4.5
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FLASH FILE SUPPORT
Internet ScreenSaver Builder now supports Flash (SWF) files. Please
note that the necessary Flash player needs to be installed on the
computer or the flash sequences will be skipped.
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TEXT MESSAGES EXTRACTED TO A SEPARATE FILE FOR QUICKER
UPDATES
In addition to screen saver's scenario and visual components, program
now uploads to a web server all text messages in the separate source
file. This makes screen saver updating as quick and effortless as
possible: changing a text message will initiate text source file
download only, not the entire screen saver like it did before when
text messages were part of a screen saver's scenario.
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REMOTE
CONTROL OVER CHECK FOR UPDATE INTERVAL
Internet Screen Saver Builder now allows you to control update
intervals in screen savers through the special configuration file
it uploads to a web server along with other screen saver scenario
and component files. By modifying that file you can increase or decrease
the check for update interval efficiently. This way you will have
full control over screen saver's performance and load balance on a
web server. |
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WHAT WAS NEW IN VERSION 4.0
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FTP UPLOAD
Internet ScreenSaver Builder features FTP client that will help
you to transfer all necessary internet screen saver files to its
web location without leaving the program.
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EASIER SCREEN SAVER PUBLISHING
Internet screen savers are somewhat more complicated to create and
publish in comparison to standard ones. Now you have additional
work to put internet screen saver scenario and component files to
its web location. We have tried to make this process as easy and
straightforward as possible. Program now automatically places screen
saver's scenario into issb.html file and prepares all necessary
component files for upload to web server with built-in FTP client.
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HTTP AUTHENTICATION FOR SCREEN SAVERS
This option gives you the opportunity to limit access to your internet
screen saver by providing users with username and password required
for internet screen saver to access its web location. Basic HTTP
authentication is used. To set it up consult manuals for your web
server or contact your web site administrator.
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SCREEN
SAVER DOWNLOAD IMPROVEMENTS
All created screen savers have improved download management capabilities
as users will be able to see more details during download process.
In addition to main progress bar users will see the following: total
number of objects (files) that have to be downloaded, object that
is currently downloading, its total size and how many bytes are downloaded
displayed also as a progress bar.
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CLEANING
CACHED FILES
Screen saver development usually includes a lot of testing and that
might end up with large number of screen saver versions cached in
your Documents & Settings folder taking up space unnecessarily.
There is an option in Tools menu called "Clean cached files"
that will delete all cached files from Documents & Settings folder
for currently opened .XIS file.
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