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util/wb/RandyPic.lha

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Short:Assembler random wb backdrop prog (now with makelist script)
Author: jay at blidworth.demon.co.uk (Jason Frecknall)
Uploader:jay blidworth demon co uk (Jason Frecknall)
Type:util/wb
Architecture:m68k-amigaos
Date:1998-01-26
Download:util/wb/RandyPic.lha - View contents
Readme:util/wb/RandyPic.readme
Downloads:524

Here is yet another random wb picture program.  I wrote this because not one of the 4
other programs I downloaded off Aminet worked how I wanted them too, some of them simply
copied a random picture to another file which you picked as your backdrop, hardly the
most efficient way.

My program creates a new wbpattern.prefs in ENV: with a random backdrop picked from a
list of files and then quits.  Only the filename is altered, any options set (e.g. with
FastWBPattern) won`t be touched.

Since this program was coded in assembler, it is much smaller than similar programs and
it also supports changing of the backdrop at any time - just run the program again, and
can be run from an icon.  The program itself is less than 1k.

1.1	Fixed problem with changing backdrops caused by file format assumptions.
	Improved and optimised random number routine (~50% smaller).
	Name changed to RandyPic upon finding another program with the name of
	RandomPic in a different dir on Aminet.

1.2	Added Makelist script (thanks to Goran Cengic) which just missed
	previous release.  More optimisations.
	Version not uploaded to Aminet due to problem with window patterns.

1.3	More optimisations.
	Fixed problems with window patterns.  Due to a few more assumptions the
	settings for "pattern" were being ignored and all you got was a plain
	gray background in the windows.

1.4	Lots more optimisations.
	Fixed Freemem() bug - forgot to pass amount of mem to free up (Doh!)
	Should be the last bug - for now ;-)


Contents of util/wb/RandyPic.lha
 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO     CRC       STAMP          NAME
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
[generic]                   90     120  75.0% -lh5- 18a3 Jan 18  1998 MakeList
[generic]                  245     474  51.7% -lh5- 9b93 Jan 18  1998 MakeList.info
[generic]                  661     900  73.4% -lh5- 53b8 Jan 18  1998 RandyPic
[generic]                 2371    5103  46.5% -lh5- 910e Jan 18  1998 RandyPic.Guide
[generic]                  245     478  51.3% -lh5- 9f0b Jan 18  1998 RandyPic.Guide.info
[generic]                  277     898  30.8% -lh5- b79e Jan 18  1998 RandyPic.info
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
 Total         6 files    3889    7973  48.8%            Jan 25  1998
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