--- "mockey_a" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think the PowerPro Wallpaper-functions use stil32jp.dll > for conversion just for backwards compatibility for systems > with ActiveDesktop disabled (Win95/98) which cannot display > JPEGs directly and also maybe for displays with 8bit color > depth where 8bit-wallpapers might look better.
I guess you're talking about W2K's Active Desktop here where it doesn't backup/cache first the bitmap file, it just loads the converted bmp file directly from the memory, I think. It behaves differently in WXP, first save the bmp file in HDD and load it as a Wallpaper. Anyway, I just found a commandline util which changes the wallpaper via 'Active Desktop', i.e., without first converting the jpeg file into the bitmap file by itself. My wish is that PP got this functionality, needless to say... http://www.bodden.de/projects/wpchanger/body_wpchanger.php?action=new&article_id=11 > Anyway you can easily do the needed conversion with > IrfanView yourself with something like this: If I have to use an external tool to convert the jpeg file into bitmap file, I would rather use the "Set Wallpaper" function of the IrfanView directly as "i_view32.exe my_jpeg_file /wall=0 /kill..." The reason I don't like to use an external tool is that the background of my bar wouldn't be updated accordingly since PP can't know the change of the wallpaper in this case. (:The wallpaper is the background of my bar) I have to reset the same (bitmap) wallpaper once again using "Wallpaer.ChangeTo(IrfanView_wallpaper.bmp)" only to inform PP the change of the wallpaper... Sean ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/JV_rlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/power-pro/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
