Dear DC Community,
I would like to introduce a small program.
the idea comes from this
thread initiated by
Curt.
In short, as a request i did a small tool that opens associated program with current set Wallpaper.
Current Manual:
Welcome to Open Wallpaper v1.1
(c)reated by KodeZwerg for DC in 2018
-Curt Edition-
Installation/Usage:
Extract the OpenWallpaper.7z anywhere
if you like it in "Program", take care to choose correct location!
32bit belongs in here \Program Files (x86)\
64bit belongs in here \Program Files\
Run OpenWallpaper.exe as Administrator.
A Dialog will appear, click [OK], thats it.
From this point you can right click on desktop and choose "Open Wallpaper".
This would run any associated application according to fileextension found.
Uninstallation:
Run OpenWallpaper.exe as Administrator.
Choose [No], delete OpenWallpaper.exe, thats it.
Updating Registry:
(needed if you copy OpenWallpaper.exe elsewhere or rename it)
Run OpenWallpaper.exe as Administrator.
Choose [Yes], thats it.
you can pre-test application by run "OpenWallpaper.exe -open", if it succeed you can follow above guide.
add 32 or 64 for .exe name according to your version
the "Curt" Edition will be used as Preview in here:
32bit or
64bit (you will need 7zip or compatible to extract)
Thats how it looks after successful installation:
In theory it should work with any Windows Version where this application can be run on. I removed Windows 8+ as requirement and added downward compability support.
Whats my future plans with it?
I will convert whole app to a context menu handler (such do support submenu)
Since this is a fresh territory to me, i might have a bumpy start that might be buggy, please have respect with me.
Add Multi-Monitor support.
SubMenu would contain:
- Open in Explorer
- Open Image
- Edit Image (i need to investigate system registry to do such, i might find more options that shell offers to do, like Print)
- Set New Image (that would open a filedialog to locate a picture)
- Copy Filename
- show Filename (that would OSD current filename)
- hide Filename
- remove Menu (that would my way to let you remove my thing)
(i dont know yet exactly how to support multi monitor within SubMenu, let me suprise you, i am happy to find out)
if all goes well, i think adding image display mode change like Windows 10 offers "can" be possible (stretch/fit/default etc)
Later editions could contain some "Add Text" feature etc etc etc, whatever is needed i try to realize.
or i do a real application with GUI and bling bling, you as community decide wich way this project should go. SysTray app would also possible, or a mix :-)
I am happy to do and offer all Delphi coders to share code.
/edit
you can reach me more direct in DC's IRC #DonationCoder channel on chat.freenode.net.
