Hi Peter,
Peter Kupfer wrote:
<snip>Cristian Driga wrote:
I suggested this not too long ago in issue #38432 <http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=38432>. It was marked as won't fix, so I don't think it is going to happen. You can head over there and comment on it though.
However, starting with 2.0 changing the splashscreen will be easy as you have to simply replace an image in the OOo folder.
Why not write a simple add-on or a program that randomly replaces that image with another one from a collection everytime you restart the computer ? or, say once in 2 hours if you lilke ?
- Have you looked at the properties of the shortcuts that start the various components ? From what I know, but I might be wrong, all of them start soffice.exe with a parameter (-writer).
That is what was suggested. I am just not entirely sure how to do that. :(
I supposed I create a batch file that does that before launching soffice.exe, but then I would have to make one for each component. Do you know how to do this easily?
If this is true, then making a batch file named: soffice.bat which accepts a parameter would be the simplest way to test it.
Put in the batch something like:
rem ----start of soffice.bat file---- echo this line will run screens randomiser program soffice.exe %1 rem ----end of file-----
Then run soffice.bat -writer and see if it works. Note: it's been a long time since I last looked into the MS-DOS commands so I might be wrong about the way the parameters are represented in a batch file, but Google can help you on this. In the early 90's I've seen a lot of .bat files which accepted parameters.
If .BAT files are too deprecated, write a program in some language (VBASIC?) that switches the images and which accepts a command line parameter so that it runs soffice with it.
Perhaps I could write something simple and put it in the startup folder so it happens when windows boots?
- This could be a good approach too, writing something simple that when executed, randomly changes/renames the images and then it exits. Make this 'something' run when the computer starts and at least you have a different splashscreen each time you reboot.
Hope it helps.
Best, Cristian
-- Cristian DRIGA -- www.openoffice.org ro.openoffice.org marketing.openoffice.org/art/
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