Monday, June 19, 2006 6:58 AM
Every so often, someone asks about a precompiled version of an application from my article series. I should have done this in sync with the columns, but oh well. I'm going to try to get each one published via ClickOnce now. Here's the link to my Wallpaper Cycler. It's a relatively simple application to scan a folder, and optionally its subfolders, in order to select an image to show on the desktop. You can specify a command-line argument of "-autoclose" in order to have it change the background and exit. This might be useful on system startup. I should probably add a convenient checkbox to have it start/exit at startup. I might also add a resize feature to ensure the best quality image for the display. Some time...
ClickOnce only functions natively in Internet Explorer. In Firefox, you can install the FFClickOnce extension to enable ClickOnce packages to work.
http://www.ariankulp.com/ClickOnce/Cycler/Publish.htmUPDATE (6/20/2006): Alright, I'm an idiot. I already have the "convenient checkbox" in there! I would like to improve the resizing though.