Step 4 of 9 - Specify the screensaver filename and description

You can customize your Screensaver by specifying a Title, a Copyright, a Web and a Comment. This information will be displayed in the Configure dialog box of the Screensaver. You also have to specify the name of the SCR file that will be installed on the end-user computer.

The Step 4 dialog box looks like this:

Specify the Name of the Screensaver File

1. In the Filename area, specify the name of the Screensaver file (the name SCR file after installation). You don't need to specify an extension (.SCR by dafault). This is the name of the file that will be installed on the end-user computer.

 OUR ADVICE: We recommend that you specify a long filename to your SCR file because this is the name that will appear in the end-user available Screensaver list (in the Control Panel screensaver properties dialog box). For example specify "My New York Trip.scr" rather than "NEWYORK.SCR".

Describing the Screensaver

2. In the Title area, specify the Title of the Screensaver. This title will be displayed in the Splash screen (if you choose the standard splash screen) and in the 'Properties' dialog box.

3. In the Copyright area, specify a Copyright associated with the Screensaver. This copyright will be displayed in the Splash screen (if you choose the standard splash screen) and in the 'Properties' dialog box.

4. In the Web Site area, specify the Web Address of your personal page or company site (for example: http://www.axialis.com). This Web Address will be displayed in the 'Properties' dialog box as a real hyperlink (the user will be able to click on it).

5. In the Company area, specify the name of the company that will appear in the screensaver install procedure.

6. In the Comment area, specify a Comment associated with the Screensaver. This comment will be displayed in the 'Properties' dialog box (1024 characters maxi). If the text is too long to be displayed in the dialog box it will scroll vertically.

7. When done, click the Next button.  

Configure the RSS reader

With Axialis Screensaver Producer you can screensavers with a RSS reader embedded. RSS, which means "Really Simple Syndication", is a new way to publish information online. Think of it as a distributable "What's New" for your site.

At the heart of the technology is special Web coding, called XML, which has been widely developed by the online community over the past few years. Anyone can pick up the RSS codes and with the appropriate software display the information.

A RSS reader is included in the screensavers you will compile. You just have to create your own online RSS feeds (see tutorial link below) and add the URLs to them in the above list. Adding RSS news in your screensaver is a great idea.

To get more information on how to install RSS feeds on your website, visit this site:  RSS Tutorial for Webmasters

IMPORTANT: If your screensaver includes a RSS reader, it will attempt to access the Internet. This may pop-up a firewall alert on the end-user computer. An Internet access may be considered as suspicious by the this user (malicious codes like virus or trojans act like this). We strongly recommend to inform the end-user about this.

7. To activate the RSS reader and specify feeds, in the RSS feeds zone, click on the Enable RSS Reader option () as shown above. The Specify URLs button is activated. Click on this button, a second dialog box opens:

8. In the Source URLs zone (), enter the feed URLs you wish to use in the reader.  Specify one URL per line. The reader will downloads the news in all URLs when the screensaver starts and display them all in sequence.

    You can also specify UNC network paths to XML files. It could be useful to publish news via the screensaver on all the computers installed in your company. For example, specify: "\\MainServer\CommonFiles\News\daily-news.xml"

9. If you want to allow the user to modify these URLs (add/remove) once the screensaver is installed, click on the associated option (). When done click OK. Continue with the compilation wizard.

10. Once the compiled screensaver is installed, the RSS reader will access the internet each time it starts (in background), get the news and display them is a small window in the lower-right corner of the screen:

REMARK: The end user can enable/disable the RSS reader and change URLs (if you allowed it) from the screensaver "configure" dialog box.

Step 5 - Customize icon and dialog box image