Re: SystemParametersInfo problem

[elmo]

     invoke SystemParametersInfo,SPI_SETDESKWALLPAPER,NULL,ADDR jpgPATH,\
                                             SPIF_SENDWININICHANGE

I want to use above code to set *.jpg or *.gif  as my walpaper
but I can't
maybe, before call that function, I must change *.jpg or *. gif  to *.bmp
then the result I save to *.bmp
then pass it to jpgPATH
but do you have other method?

[dedndave]

XP converts it to a BMP file and stores it in the user's folder

.....a 7 year-old quote from Greg in the PB forum   :bg

If I set a JGP as wallpaper, Windows XP converts it to a BMP and saves
it in 'C:\Documents and Settings\Gregory Lyon\Local Settings\
Application Data\Microsoft\Wallpaper1.bmp' and sets that BMP as the
wallpaper.

[FORTRANS]

Hi Dave,

   Amusing, looked at my wallpaper.  It is in my WINNT directory
as "Netscape 7.2 Wallpaper.bmp".  Local Settings makes more
sense.  Though a lot of other things are strange on this one.

Cheers.

Steve N.

[dedndave]

win 2000 right, Steve ?
it may have been installed over win 98 as an upgrade
back then, netscape was a big deal - "the browser wars"
they probably tried to edge out ms wherever they could

[dedndave]

Greg goes on to list some related registry entries...

http://www.powerbasic.com/support/forums/Forum6/HTML/004615.html

near the bottom

[FORTRANS]

win 2000 right, Steve ?
it may have been installed over win 98 as an upgrade

Hi,

   Right it isWin2000, but it was a clean install.  I started to
use an XP machine, but went back to this machine it stopped
booting.  Some time ago Norton AntiVirus screwed something
up.  So now some things don't work the way they should.

back then, netscape was a big deal - "the browser wars"
they probably tried to edge out ms wherever they could

   I've got Internet Exploder as well.  Between the two of
them most sites can be used without crashing.  The place
I got this from bundled some software and configured it.

Regards,

Steve