|
|
Windows Wallpaper Creator |
|
Name
|
Wallpaper.exe
|
| Version |
2.42 |
| Date |
12 January 2007 |
| Author |
David Clarke |
| Function |
Wallpaper creates a bitmap wallpaper with some text displayed on it |
| Operating Systems |
Windows 9x, NT4, 2000, XP, 2003, WinPE |
| Distribution Status |
Freeware, subject to disclaimer
If you
could click on some of the Google Ads that would be great! |
| Download |
click here |
This tool creates simple desktop wallpaper,
with the ability to use a picture and add text, by default it will just add the
computer name to the top right hand corner of the screen but by using a text
based customisation file you can add most messages you might need to display,
control the background colour and text position.
If you want to add
information over the existing wallpaper you can specify
%CURRENT% as the base image in the INI file (eg: Base
Image=%CURRENT%)
To use
a customisation file either specify the file on the command line (eg: Wallpaper
h:\testfile.ini) or call the file "wallpaper.ini"
and copy it to the same folder as wallpaper.exe.
The format of the INI file
is fairly simple (see example below), the caption setting can be any string or
environment variable. It also understands:
- %DOMAINNAME%
- %IPADDRESS%
- %MACADDRESS%
- %TIMESTAMP%
- %MAKE%
- %MODEL%
- %SERIALNUM%
- %ASSETTAG%
- %OSVERSION%
- %SPVERSION% (Service Pack
Version)
- %IEVERSION% (Internet
Explorer Version)
- %BUILDNUMBER%
These variables can be
combined on a single line to build up the string
eg:
Caption=Machine : %MAKE% %MODEL%
[Line1]
;FontName=Times New Roman
FontColour=White
FontHeight=16
FontStyle=Bold
Caption=%ComputerName%
[Line2]
Caption=IPAddress = %IPAddresses%
;FontName=Times New Roman
FontColour=White
FontHeight=14
FontStyle=Normal
[Line3]
Caption=MAC Address = %MACAddress%
;FontName=Times New Roman
FontColour=White
FontHeight=14
FontStyle=Normal
[Line4]
Caption=Device : %OSVERSION% - %SPVERSION%
;FontName=Times New Roman
;FontColour=White
;FontHeight=16
;FontStyle=Bold
[Line4]
Caption=Device : %MAKE% - %MODEL%
;FontName=Times New Roman
;FontColour=White
;FontHeight=16
;FontStyle=Bold
[Common]
Base Image=c:\WINDOWS\MyPicture.jpg ;Background Picture (or %CURRENT%)
TopMargin=10 ; Top Margin
RightMargin=10
; Right Margin
BackGroundColour=Background ; Background Colour (see below of list of
valid colours), default is desktop background
WallPaper Name=myWallPaper ; Name of the Bitmap generated
;Width=800 ; Width of bitmap generated, default is desktop width
;Height=600 ; Height of bitmap generated, default is desktop height
;Wallpaper Position=Center ; Wallpaper layout on screen, valid
values are "Center", "Stretch or "Tile" (default)
;Text Position=Center ;
Position of the captions, valid values are "Center" and "Top Right" (default)
;Operating Mode=User ; By
default if the user has admin rights the user wallpaper and default wallpaper
;
will be set but specifying User mode, the bitmap will be created in the users
;
temp folder and only set the current user.
| ;Colour Value |
Meaning |
| |
|
| ;#00499C |
Hex colour value, this one is the default XP blue background colour |
| ;Aqua |
Aqua |
| ;Black |
Black |
| ;Blue |
Blue |
| ;DkGray |
Dark Gray |
| ;Fuchsia |
Fuchsia |
| ;Gray |
Gray |
| ;Green |
Green |
| ;Lime |
Lime Green |
| ;LtGray |
Light Gray |
| ;Maroon |
Maroon |
| ;Navy |
Navy Blue |
| ;Olive |
Olive Green |
| ;Purple |
Purple |
| ;Red |
Red |
| ;Silver |
Silver |
| ;Teal |
Teal |
| ;White |
White |
| ;Yellow |
Yellow |
| ;Background |
Current background colour of the Windows desktop |
| ;ActiveCaption |
Current colour of the title bar of the active window |
| ;InactiveCaption |
Current color of the title bar of inactive windows |
| ;Menu |
Current background color of menus |
| ;Window |
Current background color of windows |
| ;WindowFrame |
Current color of window frames |
| ;MenuText |
Current color of text on menus |
| ;WindowText |
Current color of text in windows |
| ;CaptionText |
Current color of the text on the title bar of the active window |
| ;ActiveBorder |
Current border color of the active window |
| ;InactiveBorder |
Current border color of inactive windows |
| ;AppWorkSpace |
Current color of the application workspace |
| ;Highlight |
Current background color of selected text |
| ;HightlightText |
Current color of selected text |
| ;BtnFace |
Current color of a button face |
| ;BtnShadow |
Current color of a shadow cast by a button |
| ;GrayText |
Current color of text that is dimmed |
| ;BtnText |
Current color of text on a button |
| ;InactiveCaptionText |
Current color of the text on the title bar of an inactive window |
| ;BtnHighlight |
Current color of the highlighting on a button |
| ;3DDkShadow |
Windows 95 or NT 4.0 only: Dark shadow for three-dimensional display elements |
| ;3DLight |
Windows 95 or NT 4.0 only: Light color for three-dimensional display elements (for edges facing the light source) |
| ;InfoText |
Windows 95 or NT 4.0 only: Text color for tool tip controls |
| ;InfoBk |
Windows 95 or NT 4.0 only: Background color for tool tip controls |
|
Under Construction - What's in the works |
[Top] |
- Read values from the registry
| Modification History |
[Top] |
|
Version |
Date |
Modification |
|
2.42 |
12 January 2007 |
Added %SPVERSION% and %IEVERSION% |
|
2.4 |
23 August 2006 |
Updated to be Windows Vista aware |
|
2.3 |
14 July 2006 |
Added ability to specify %CURRENT% as the base
wallpaper image |
|
2.2 |
22 February 2006 |
Added ability to specify "stretch" wallpaper
setting, added ability to specify colour using Hex value eg: #00499C is the
default XP desktop colour |
|
2.1 |
December 2005 |
Reworked the variable processing to allow allow
complex strings, added %MAKE%, %MODEL%, %SERIALNUM% and %ASSETTAG%, %OSVERSION%
and %BUILDNUMBER% variables |
|
2.0 |
April 2004 |
Reworked to allow a base image to be specified (Bitmap or Jpeg), Reworked to allow operation under Windows PE
(if you have a RAM drive), Added %TIMESTAMP% |
This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty. In no event will the author be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software.
|