[thewer]

Hi -
this is a mod of the picture viewer that comes with AveScripter.

The main change is an extra button, that - when clicked - will apply the picture shown as wallpaper to your desktop.
No matter if this picture is in the selected folder or was drag'n'dropped on the viewer...

The vbs-script that does the actual wallpaper change was NOT done by me: I found it at a vbs forum posted by a guy called DarkAngel for free download.


Screenshot and download here:
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http://avedesk.philc.ca/modules/PDdownload...5e47d644f4b1ea/

or here:
http://www.deviantar...ation/28837486/



HOW TO USE:
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Doubleclick file while AveDesk is running - That's it...
After clicking the wallpaper button it'll take a short moment, the desktop properties window will pop up - DO NOTHING!! - and vanish - the wallpaper is changed.

The script does apply both jpg and bmp - I found only 2 wallpaper of mine that didn't work with it (can't say why...).

Whether the wallpaper is stretched/centered/tiled depends on your last wallpaper settings - the script doesn'T change anything.


To Do:
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- if someone has a better script (more options, ...) I willingly take it. But please note, that I'm no programmer (it took me ages to make the function to start the script, also PCM told me the method for it) and it should be easy to integrate.

- colored backgrounds to choose from like done with my clocks

[duyvan82]

Now i see the link downloading now
thanks man

[thewer]

Sorry, my fault -
I wanted a link to the AveScripter site, where I submitted the file first. But this time it didn't show up at once (like it did with my last configs), so I had to submit it to my deviantArt page and change the download link...

But now it should work...

[duyvan82]

working great here nice desklet mate.
I've got a question though, how do i change the folder?

PS: this is my first time using avescripter so be easy on me

[thewer]

Hi -
If you point to the right down corner a bend arrow will blend in - the "flip it" sign.
Left-click it and the desklet will flip - at the backside you'll find its options...

[pcm]

The site shouldn't pend anything approval.. it should be auto approved.

And nice stuff

[thewer]

??
Then something must have gone wrong...
I'll try again then...

edit:
Done...
I guess something must have stopped my browser uploading - and I was a bit irritated about "All new Downloads's are subject to validation and may take up to 24 hours before they appear in our listing." then...

Well, I guess I have to get a bit of practice with uploading then...

[avalon]

This is great, but is there any chance to search the subfolders?, in my case i have the wallpapers organized in subfolders.

[thewer]

Good idea actually -

I have to do some research on this first I'm afraid as I'm not really good in JavaScript.
As far as I know, the getfolder-method that is used to get the files can also get the subfolders -
But I don't know, if I have to do a loop over the subfolders (doesn't include the subfolders of the subfolders then) or if there is a way to just include all...

I'll have a look at it!

[trancemaster2k]

Thanks for this great applet.

It shows all my 400+ images in the small preview but won't change the wallpaper !
The desktop properties shows up, then the background goes colored (blue as default on my profile) but no wallpaper (

I tried several images (JPG) in many folders, unchecked scale settings etc
but still no wallpaper (

Tried to change the "add web-content to desktop" via TweakUI but no changes...

Any chances to display the images from the source folder in random order ?


my system:
XP SP2, AveDesk 1.3, AveScripter 1.0.5.7

[thewer]

Hi trancemaster2k -

sorry for this, have to ask you a few more questions:
I'm not sure where the bug is, as I didn't do the wallpaper changing script.

The wallpaper normally is changed in 2 steps:

What it actually does first is, it changes a registry key to set the wallpaper.
This is standard method - however changing the key has the flaw, that the wallpaper isn't also already applied -

that's why (second step) this script also opens the desktop properties dialog and automatically "presses o.k." to apply it. (This seems to work for your PC)

So, what I need to know is this:
Was the key changed - If you open the desktop properties dialog again, does it show the wallpaper in the preview?
If you then press "O.k." -does it apply then?

Other probs might be:
Are you logged in as Admin (if not, does it work as Admin?)?
Active Desktop/web content is already enabled?
Does it work, if you want to apply a bitmap file as wallpaper instead of a jpg?

Last problem shouldn't be one, as I chose this script cause it works with jpg's - still, one never can be sure.
If it's not working with jpg's I'll have to find a way to save jpg as bmp and then apply it...
(the method irfan view uses)

[trancemaster2k]

Thanks for the reply,
here my answers:

Yes, the desktop properties sheet pops up for less a second and the closes.
If I manually open it and go to the section with the wallpapers there is a "Eigene" picture selected but it won't show it in the small preview / on the desktop.

Logged in as Admin, right.

Active Desktop enabled as default and tried to disable it with TweakUI but no changes on the problem.

I tried it with Windows default images (BMP) in "%windir%/web/wallpaper"
It works with almost all images there but the default wallpaper "green field + cloudy sky".

[thewer]

Hi -

if the desklet works with bitmap files for you but not jpg, I got a small problem -
last thing to try could be, that you use a jpg as wallpaper and apply it by hand and then try the desklet again... Just to make sure your desktop is set for the use of jpg.

The solution for this problem would be, that the deskelt saves every wallpaper as bmp first and then applies it. Unfortunately I haven't got a clue (so far), how to do that...
Have to do some googleing first!