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Re: Setting Wallpaper on Windows

To: REALbasic Network Users Group <realbasic-nug at lists dot realsoftware dot com>
Subject: Re: Setting Wallpaper on Windows
From: Aaron Ballman <aaron at realsoftware dot com>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 16:03:43 -0500
on 8/30/02 3:58 PM, Carnivore devoured H.M. van Staveren at hmvs at xs4all dot 
nl's
message:

>> Any time...I might have to look into this over the weekend, I KNOW I have
>> set the background on Windows programmatically before..but it's been a few
>> years.. are you passing in a .bmp or a .jpg (or something else)?  What
>> version of Windows are you testing on?
> 
> I've been testing with Windows 98 and jpegs

Ah!  Try using a .bmp file instead.  In order to set a jpg on Win95 and
Win98, you have to have ActiveDesktop turned on, and I'm not certain if
SystemParametersInfo will do jpgs... just curious to see.

~Aaron

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