Fantazm - New Media Design presents Splash Screen 99 and Splash Screen 99 Deluxe -- copyright 1997/1998/1999
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Edit the path entry in the splash.ini to start up your program.
This is a 16bit version so it will work on win3.x win95/98 and winNT.
The graphic used is 256colors custom pallet so it is best used in 16bit or higher color modes.

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This usefull program will start up very quickly and then start you director projector (or any other exe).
The user won't get annoyed by the long startup time the director projectors usualy have.
You can also let it be customized to your needs.

This will include:
-Your own splash graphic (of course)
-Your custom icon
-A startup sound
-Command line options
-Custom splash.ini (Can also be excluded so you only have the exe file)
-a 16bit and/or native 32bit version
-splash screen 16bit for win3.1/win95/98 and NT
-splash screen native 32bit for win95/98 and NT

The custom grapics you provide.
The Splash graphic size:
no maximum.
suggested size = 400x250 pixels.
Tip:The smaller the graphic is the faster it will be loaded.


Colordepth:
256 color custom pallet this is recomended.

Icon:
You can provide your own custom icon for the splash.exe in the .ico format.
If you do not provide an icon the default icon of splash screen will be used.
Only 16color icons are provided at the moment

Splash.ini:
You can give splash.ini a name of your choice.
The entries in the ini file can also be customized
[Splash] can become [Your Company] max of 32 characters
path=myprogram.exe this can always be changed to the program it has to start.

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-=Extra Information about the Deluxe version=-
The deluxe version of Splash Screen gives you the possibility to always change every setting for your programs.
-The splash graphic is an external file so you can change it anytime you want.
-It has the ability of playing a sound at startup or even a small avi file.
-You can also give your program commandline parameters.
-There is a timer entry in the INI file. With this option you can better control the display  time of the splash screen.
-The Splashauthor entry in the INI file will contain your name and not Fantazm.

If you've got any questions about this you can E-MAIL me (Gert-Jan Brok) at splash@fantazm.com

Enjoy!!!!!!!