I have windows 7 background setup as a slideshow to change picture every 30 min. But when i use SystemParametersInfo in my program to set the wallpaper so i can see how it looks on screen, the wallpaper no long change like a slideshow. How can i display an image in the background but keep the current desktop background setting unchanged so that it will stay a slideshow on the location it was set?
View 1 Replieshere a simple class to change the wallpaper in winxp and win7. i think it will work on every windows version.
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im making a Desktop Wallpaper Changer, using a timer to change the wallpaper after a select interval. I have 13 images in my directory numbered 1-13.
But im getting an error when it reaches 13 , is there any way i can maybe loop it ? so that it select no.1 again and repeats the process?
I've created a desktop wallpaper changer and added some animation part to it.
View 2 RepliesI wish to make a wallpaper changer that can select a random wallpaper from a given directory and sub directories. I'm not asking for code at this point, I'd like a reality check to see how hard this could be. I'm still quite a newbie at VB so I just wanna check if what I'm thinking process wise would work.The basic thing I'd like to do is have it pick one picture out of a given dir and sub dirs. Then set it as the wallpaper. I'd like it to be resized if larger than the desktops resolution to fit inside it, no stretching cropping or stuff.
That's the simple things I'd like it to do. Unfortunately I have dual monitors so it'd have to pick two wallpapers, resize each one independently, stick them together, and then set the wallpaper. I'd also like to make a kind of simple database which would have the name of each pic and two values with it. I'd like a value to mark if it's been used already which would be reset when all pictures have been used. The second would be a simple tag. This way i could have all car wallpapers listed as tag 1 and all non-car wallpapers listed as tag 2. Then I could chose whether to use all or only tagged wallpapers.
iv been making a automatic wallpaper changer useing the timer, listbox, and picturebox , it works, untill i minimize it then it stops changeing the background, but when i maximize it it has actually moved down the listbox of pictures each time so the timer must be working when minimized, just it doesnt change the wallpaper when its maximized it always works,
View 2 Repliesi want to do is start to make programs like a sreen logon changer for windows 7 i know already been done but i want to start to learn or a branding logo changer witch has been done also branding logo= windows 7 text at bottom of logon screen just want to edit some system files like that instead of doing it in resource hacker if you know wot i mean so wot i want is a bit of codeing to get me to system 32 folder and little bit of guidance on how to change a picture in a dll file via vb instead of using a resorce hacker..
View 1 RepliesI want to make a simple screensaver but I looked at what others suggested on how to change screen resolutions and it seems a bit much. So I'm hoping their is a simple way to accomplish this task. Basicly I want the screen to fill reguarless of your screen resolution with the background image coded in the source code. I know the picture will look funny on large resultions but its a sample code Im making, so i'm not worried about streatching a image.My thought was do something to detect window bounds or something.
View 6 RepliesI have a Vista O.S., but I want my program to change the Ip address on mutiple O.S. with one click of a button or possibly on a timer to switch ip addresses every few minutes. How would I do this in VB 2008?
View 4 RepliesI'm on some project and i stuck. I wanna make a icon changer that builder include in it self. Not just you choose the the file to change a file and icon and it change but I mean builder include a icon changer.
View 3 Repliesim trying to make a cheat for minecraft(speed walk) but im having problems. every minuet i want the clock to go ahead by 2 minuets to speed walk. can someone correct my code? TimeOfDay.AddMinutes("2:00")
View 2 Repliesand i am developing a software called logon screen changer xp but i get this error
View 6 RepliesHow do you get the current wallpaper? do you use SystemParametersInfo? what about the picture position setting?
View 1 RepliesI've made a program to change a computers wallpaper through VB which works perfectly UNLESS as your browsing for the picture you press the cancel button. The code on the browse button:
Dim dlg As OpenFileDialog = New OpenFileDialog
dlg.Filter = "Image Files (*.bmp, *.gif, *.jpg)|*.bmp;*.gif;*.jpg"
dlg.Title = "Select the image to load."
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Is there anything that can be added to the code so that the user is able to cancel looking for a picture without it crashing?
I am having in VB.NET 2010. I am writing an app to change the background wallpaper kinda a little project I am making for my wife's grandma. It is a multiple wallpaper changer to change the wallpaper based on a list of images she adds. Anyways! I have everything setup except the fact that it doesn't change the wallpaper...
This code here:
Public Declare Auto Function SystemParametersInfo Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal uAction As Integer, _
ByVal uParam As Integer, _
ByVal lpvParam As String, _
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Will NOT change the wallpaper but the same code works in VB6 I tried it because I have made something like it before in VB6 but it was a game that changed the wallpaper. Anyways, using the above code in VB6 works(well with a change to the SystemParametersInfo declare to work within VB6. But it doesn't work in VB.NET. I have NO IDEA why everything gets set in the registry just fine from VB.NET but I just cannot seem to get it to update the wallpaper...
I am writing an app to change the background wallpaper kinda a little project I am making for my wife's grandma. It is a multiple wallpaper changer to change the wallpaper based on a list of images she adds. Anyways! I have everything setup except the fact that it doesn't change the wallpaper... This code here:
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Public Declare Auto Function SystemParametersInfo Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal uAction As Integer, _
ByVal lpvParam As String, _
ByVal fuWinIni As Integer) As Integer
SystemParametersInfo(20, 0, Application.StartupPath & "Wallpaper.bmp", 1)
will NOT change the wallpaper but the same code works in VB6 I tried it because I have made something like it before in VB6 but it was a game that changed the wallpaper. Anyways, using the above code in VB6 works(well with a change to the SystemParametersInfo declare to work within VB6. But it doesn't work in VB.NET. I have NO IDEA why everything gets set in the registry just fine from VB.NET but I just cannot seem to get it to update the wallpaper..
How can i get the current desktop wallpaper?I just want to save it somewhere thats all nothing complicated.
View 10 RepliesI'm writing a program in VB.NET that needs to get the path to the current user's wallpaper.
View 2 RepliesI'm trying to update my wallpaper with VB.NET and it's not working. Weird thing is, this same code works fine on my other machines (same OSes, Win XP Pro SP3). My code grabs a random picture then passes it to the SetWallpaper function:
<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImportAttribute("user32.dll", EntryPoint:="SystemParametersInfoW")> _
Public Shared Function SystemParametersInfo(ByVal uiAction As UInteger, ByVal uiParam As UInteger, ByVal pvParam As System.IntPtr, ByVal fWinIni As UInteger) As <System.Runtime.InteropServices.MarshalAsAttribute(System.Runtime.InteropServices.UnmanagedType.Bool)> Boolean
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I just want to write a function which will set the Vista's wallpaper using the file name supplied.
View 2 RepliesShort I want to write an application that loads a swf file (or html file containing the swf), and uses it as desktop wallpaper.
First off, is this even possible? Second, how can I do something like this (If its possible)?
I have a logon script which changes the desktop brackground picture in the registry. The only problem is this change isn't applied until the user logs off and on again. I currently use a small program which uses SHChangeNotify(&H8000000, &H1000, 0, 0) but this will not refresh the wallpaper. I was also hoping this would refresh the Taskbar because I change a registry setting which removes a toolbar.
View 4 Repliesi got this code to change the desktop background from a forum.[code]the SetWallpaper function was written by me as the ChangeWallpaper only works on .bmp files.all these code works but my problem is that i need this wallpaper to be stretched because some of my pictures are smaller or larger than 1280 by 800 pixel which is my pc monitor dimensions. i've tried to tweak the ConvertBitmap function (as you can see in the comments) to produce bmp's to my screen size but it doesn't work.i need to set the pictures (.bmp or not) to be stretched and i don't know about dlls and stuff
View 1 RepliesHow to change wallpaper with fade?
View 1 RepliesI am trying to layer some program to take up the space of the wallpaper, like maybe just below the icons but above the wallpaper? Does anyone know if this is possible? Anyways, I am trying to make some video thing behind the icons but above the wallpaper to let u know of things that will happen if you start messing with the computer, as a simple, don't mess with things doesn't seem to work.
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Any visual basic net code to make the application run between desktop icon and background wallpaper. It mean if that application is running in background the icon in the desktop should be selectable..
View 1 RepliesHeres the code on how to change the users wallpaper.
Imports System.Drawing.Imaging
Public Class Form1
Private Declare Function SystemParametersInfo Lib "user32" Alias
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I'm developing an application where the desktop wallpaper will change from an image in my resources. Or change it to a solid color.
View 4 RepliesI'm building a Visual Basic program to allow me to change my desktop background through VB. I've made it so the user can select a file and set it as the wallpaper but i'm wondering if there is a way to allow the user to decided on the position eg Stretch, tiled or centre.
View 1 Repliesi have written a small program to set wallpaper on the desktop when i change the wallpaper then if I refresh the desktop then problem is that,wall paper is disappeared and a blue screen comes.secondly i want few changes i want to set wallpaper as Tile,Center and stretch i want to use radio buttons on the form for this purpose so how can i make these changes.
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