setting Windows desktop

[Derek Bump]

> Thanks Derek, that seems to be what I am after.
> Shao: does it have to be a bmp file or can I use a jpg?

I can answer that for you.  Yes, it does.  But as a workaround you can use the EnhancedQT external to convert the JPEG to a Windows Bitmap, but it will require your users to have QuickTime 4 or later installed.

http://www.mangomultimedia.com/developer/revolution/enhancedqt.html

Then use this code...

   qtSaveMovieSnapShotToFile jpegImageFileName, bmpImageFileName, theWidth, theHeight, "3600", "true", "false", "bmp"
   setDesktop bmpImageFileName

Hope that helps!

Derek Bump
Dreamscape Software
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sarah Reichelt" <sarahr at genesearch.com.au>
To: "How to use Revolution" <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: setting Windows desktop


> 
> Cheers,
> Sarah
> 
> On 9 Nov 2004, at 2:24 am, Derek Bump wrote:
> 
>> You can set the Windows desktop with the setDesktop external from Shao 
>> Sean.
>>
>> http://www.shaosean.tk/
>>
>>
>> Derek Bump
>> Dreamscape Software
>>
>>> Hi all you Windows gurus :-)
>>>
>>> Does anyone know of a way to programmatically set the desktop picture
>>> in Windows XP? I have an app that does it for Mac OS X using an
>>> AppleScript but it would be neat to get it working in Windows as well.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Sarah
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