SDK Question: Updating SevenDex and DEX_SWITCHREQUEST
Posted: 08.10.2010 02:36:20
Patrick,
I'm happy to report that our new Dexpot-aware screen background (aka Wallpaper) changer is working flawlessly (I'll provide a little more detail at the end of this post). However, I have two questions for you.
Is there any way I can pass the full path name of an image file, together with its relevant virtual desktop number so that the (Dexpot) Previews, including SevenDex, show the correct backgrounds for each defined Desktop BEFORE a switch is made to another Desktop and Dexpot updates itself? This is desirable for several reasons - though admittedly mostly cosmetic.
And secondly, does DEX_SWITCHREQUEST have the same wParam and lParam as DEX_SWITCHING?
The program is, as I say, fully Dexpot-aware and compatible although it will run quite happily if Dexpot is not installed or running. It permits users to define one or more images for each Desktop which can be shown in either a random or sequential sequence. It is, if you like, a set of Vista/Windows 7 Slideshows but with the added advantage that it also works under Windows XP. The images for each background automatically change at 30 minute intervals (though I may allow users to specify the interval) - provided, of course, that there is more than one image for any given Desktop. Images can be either user-provided or the program can search XP/Vista/Win7 Theme files and allow those images to be added also - or a mixture of both. For user-friendliness, images are picked using their thumbnails rather than by file name. The user can also set the image order (useful if images are to be used sequentially). It will be released as part of the new Circle Dock package.
Mark
I'm happy to report that our new Dexpot-aware screen background (aka Wallpaper) changer is working flawlessly (I'll provide a little more detail at the end of this post). However, I have two questions for you.
Is there any way I can pass the full path name of an image file, together with its relevant virtual desktop number so that the (Dexpot) Previews, including SevenDex, show the correct backgrounds for each defined Desktop BEFORE a switch is made to another Desktop and Dexpot updates itself? This is desirable for several reasons - though admittedly mostly cosmetic.
And secondly, does DEX_SWITCHREQUEST have the same wParam and lParam as DEX_SWITCHING?
The program is, as I say, fully Dexpot-aware and compatible although it will run quite happily if Dexpot is not installed or running. It permits users to define one or more images for each Desktop which can be shown in either a random or sequential sequence. It is, if you like, a set of Vista/Windows 7 Slideshows but with the added advantage that it also works under Windows XP. The images for each background automatically change at 30 minute intervals (though I may allow users to specify the interval) - provided, of course, that there is more than one image for any given Desktop. Images can be either user-provided or the program can search XP/Vista/Win7 Theme files and allow those images to be added also - or a mixture of both. For user-friendliness, images are picked using their thumbnails rather than by file name. The user can also set the image order (useful if images are to be used sequentially). It will be released as part of the new Circle Dock package.
Mark