









                          Wall-Ace 1.0 Manual
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            Wall-Ace 1.0 Copyright (c) 1996 Sidney D. Peters
                          All Rights Reserved


                                CONTENTS
                                ========

 1)  Introduction
          Welcome
          A Word About Shareware
          What's New
          Introduction To Wall-Ace
 2)  Getting Started
          System Requirements
          Files Included
          Installation And Setup
 3)  Operation
          Using Wall-Ace
          Starting Wall-Ace
          The Wall-Ace Command Line
          Exiting Wall-Ace
          Using The Wall-Ace General Options
          The Wallpaper Directory
          Adding Wallpaper Files Automatically
          Using Wallpaper Weighting
          Methods Of Selecting Wallpaper
          Using The Wallpaper Timer
          Editing The Wallpaper List
          The Wall-Ace Initialization File
          The Win.Ini File
          Registering Wall-Ace
 4)  Reference
          The Wall-Ace Main Window
          The Preferences Window
          The Select Wallpaper Directory Window
          The Edit Wallpaper File List Window
          The Edit Weight Window
          The About Window
          The Registration Window
 5)  Revision History
 6)  Why Wall-Ace?
 7)  Credits
 8)  License Agreement
 9)  Registration And Benefits
10)  Comments And Suggestions
11)  Contacting The Author


                              INTRODUCTION
                              ============

WELCOME!
--------
Welcome, and thanks for trying Wall-Ace.  We're confident that you'll be
favorably impressed with this outstanding product.

Wall-Ace is a Windows wallpaper changer with a difference.  While there
are several utilities available to change your Windows wallpaper, some
of them quite good (and some not so good), none of them incorporates all
of Wall-Ace's features, and some of Wall-Ace's capabilities are not
found in any other product that we are aware of.

Wall-Ace has been designed from the ground up to be easy to use, and we
believe you will find it to be intuitive and flexible.  We sincerely
hope that it will meet your needs, and that you will be a happy and
satisfied user of Wall-Ace.  Your recommendation is our greatest
advertisement.  If you like Wall-Ace, please tell others; if you don't
like it, please tell us!  At the end of this manual, you will find a
comment form.  We hope you'll take a moment to let us know your thoughts
about Wall-Ace, whether good or bad.  We appreciate your comments and
suggestions, and they will receive consideration in the development of
future versions of Wall-Ace.

Of course, we also hope that you will be motivated to register Wall-Ace.
Wall-Ace is distributed as shareware, which gives you the opportunity to
try before you buy.  Wall-Ace has a very reasonable registration fee,
and we have included a form to make registration as easy and convenient
as possible.  Please see the section titled Registration And Benefits
for information on how to register Wall-Ace.


A WORD ABOUT SHAREWARE
----------------------
Wall-Ace is shareware, not free software.  Shareware is not a type of
software, but rather a method of distributing software.  Shareware is
distributed by authors through internet archive sites, bulletin boards,
on-line services, disk vendors, and copies passed among friends and
between colleagues.  Shareware remains copyrighted, commercial software,
which you are allowed to evaluate before paying for.  However, shareware
offers several distinct advantages over retail software.

Users of shareware can interact directly with the program's author, and
shareware authors can in turn respond to user requests and concerns in a
more timely fashion, and can more quickly release updated versions, than
can retail software publishers.

Traditionally, shareware has been much less expensive than retail
software, because you pay for the software, and not for the expensive
advertising, packaging, distribution and retail markups which account
for the lion's share of the cost of most retail software (after
development costs).

The enormous costs involved in launching a new software product in the
traditional retail channel prevent many independent authors and small
companies from developing and promoting their ideas.  The shareware
distribution method allows these same authors and companies to produce
and distribute quality products, and accounts for many programs on the
market today which would otherwise have never become available.

Shareware (sometimes referred to as user supported software) has gained
phenomenal popularity and experienced wide-spread growth, and now plays
a major role in the software industry.  Even so, shareware can resist
market trends, filling smaller markets which are not lucrative enough to
interest larger companies, and providing useful products which are
simply not available through retail channels.

It has been said that you should not trust software which does not trust
you.  Shareware has helped to eliminate the annoying and cumbersome copy
protection schemes with which companies sometimes burden their products
because they simply don't trust their users.  Shareware authors, on the
other hand, freely distribute their products because they believe that
users are honest enough to register the programs they use.  In fact the
very nature of shareware distribution is one of trust.

Perhaps the greatest difference between shareware and retail software is
shareware's try-before-you-buy approach, which makes fitting your needs
much easier.  Shareware allows you to evaluate a program in its actual
operating environment on your own system, for a reasonable period of
time, without cost.  This enables you to determine the suitability,
quality, and usefulness of a program before you buy.

In fact, shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't
use the product, you don't pay for it!  If, after evaluating a product
you decide not to continue using it, you simply discard it.  If, on the
other hand, you do continue to use it, then, and only then do you pay
for it.  Registration of shareware products, in addition to being
required, also provides the incentive for programmers to continue to
produce quality software.

If you think this try-before-you-buy approach sounds like an ideal way
to make your purchasing decisions, you're right!  But it can only work
with your support.  It is your willingness to register and pay for the
shareware programs you use which allows shareware authors to support and
continue to develop high quality products.  The continued availability
of quality shareware products depends on the honesty of you, the user.

If shareware works, then everyone will benefit.  Please show your
support for shareware by registering those programs you use, and by
passing them on to others.  Shareware is kept alive by YOUR support!


WHAT'S NEW
----------
Since this is version 1.0 of Wall-Ace, you could say that it is all new!

In this section we will let you know about changes and enhancements as
they become available in updated releases and new versions of Wall-Ace.
We have several enhancements in mind for future releases, and hope that
you will give us your feedback to help make Wall-Ace what you want it to
be.


INTRODUCTION TO WALL-ACE
------------------------
Wall-Ace is a Windows wallpaper changer which allows you to change your
wallpaper on command whenever you wish, or to have your wallpaper
changed automatically at timed intervals or each time Windows starts.
You can choose the wallpaper you wish to have displayed directly from a
list of wallpapers conveniently accessible in the main window, or you
can have Wall-Ace select new wallpapers from your wallpaper list either
randomly or sequentially.

Wall-Ace brings together abilities not found together in any other
single utility, as well as capabilities not found anywhere else.  Some
of Wall-Ace's unique features are:

     * can be run either full screen, or quietly from the command line.
       In full screen mode, Wall-Ace can optionally change wallpaper
       when started, and can optionally exit after the first wallpaper
       change occurs.  In command line mode, Wall-Ace starts, changes
       the wallpaper, and exits, all without appearing on the screen.

     * combines a user specified wallpaper directory, along with user
       selected wallpaper files from any directory on your system, into
       a single easy to use wallpaper list.

     * optionally, can automatically add to your wallpaper list any new
       wallpaper files which have appeared in your wallpaper directory
       since the last time Wall-Ace was run.

     * allows you to assign to each wallpaper in your list a weighting,
       which is the number of times it will appear in random selection
       before the cycle is complete, thus allowing wallpapers to appear
       more or less frequently, as compared to other wallpapers.

Here are some additional features of Wall-Ace:

     * works with all standard Windows bitmap files (including run-
       length encoded [RLE] files) which have a .bmp extension.

     * can select wallpapers from directories anywhere on your system,
       not just your WINDOWS directory.

     * any wallpaper in your list can be immediately displayed by
       selecting it directly from the wallpaper list conveniently
       available in the main window.

     * new wallpapers can be chosen either randomly or sequentially from
       your wallpaper list.

     * a new wallpaper can be automatically selected at timed intervals,
       as well as each time Wall-Ace runs.

     * accumulated time within the current interval can be saved when
       Wall-Ace exits, and the interval resumed when Wall-Ace next runs.

     * quick access to Wall-Ace's secondary windows via command buttons
       in the main window.

     * easy and flexible configuration via Preferences window.

     * easy addition and editing of wallpapers in your wallpaper list.

     * individual tile/center settings for each wallpaper in your list.

     * added wallpapers can be automatically given a tile or center
       setting, or can have the tile/center setting chosen automatically
       based on the wallpaper file's size.

     * Wall-Ace is well-behaved -- it doesn't modify your hard drive or
       system files, or litter your hard drive with miscellaneous files.


                            GETTING STARTED
                            ===============

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
-------------------
Wall-Ace runs under either Windows 3.x, Windows For Workgroups 3.x, or
Windows 95, and requires the Visual Basic run-time file, vbrun300.dll.


FILES INCLUDED
--------------
The following files are included in the archive for this release of
Wall-Ace:

     wallace.exe  - the Wall-Ace program file.
     wallace.hlp  - the on-line help file.
     wallace.txt  - the program manual.
     license.txt  - Wall-Ace license and distribution guidelines.
     orderfrm.txt - Wall-Ace order form.
     spin.vbx     - provides additional program functionality.
     threed.vbx   - provides additional program functionality.
     file_id.diz  - a short program description for BBSs.


INSTALLATION AND SETUP
----------------------
After extracting the above files from the archive, copy wallace.exe,
wallace.hlp, and wallace.txt to any directory in which you normally
place executable Windows utilities.  (The wallace.txt file may be placed
in a corresponding documentation directory, but the files wallace.exe
and wallace.hlp should be kept together.)

After extracting the included files from the archive, copy wallace.exe,
wallace.hlp, and the text files (.txt) to any directory in which you
normally place executable Windows utilities.  (The text files may be
placed in a corresponding documentation directory, but the files
wallace.exe and wallace.hlp should be kept together.)

The spin.vbx and threed.vbx files are Visual Basic files which should be
placed in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.  These files are used by
certain other Visual Basic programs as well, so you may already have
copies of them in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.  If so, don't copy
these files over top of the ones you already have; instead simply
discard them.

The file_id.diz file exists only to provide a short description of the
program to BBS systems, and may be discarded.

In addition to the above files, the file vbrun300.dll must be in your
WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory in order for Wall-Ace to run.  This is the
Visual Basic runtime file required by all Visual Basic 3.0 programs.
Following Microsoft recommendations, this file is not included, as it is
a large file which would substantially increase the size of the archive.
Since it is required by all Visual Basic programs, chances are very good
that you already have this file in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, but if
not, it may be downloaded separately from most BBSs and internet
archive sites.

Once the files have been placed in their proper directories, simply
create an icon for Wall-Ace in any group you choose, and installation is
complete.  You may wish to create an icon for Wall-Ace in your startup
group in order to have Wall-Ace run each time Windows starts.  See the
topic Using Wall-Ace in the section OPERATION for more information.

When Wall-Ace is run for the first time, (or whenever its .ini file
cannot be found), it will create its initialization file, wallace.ini,
with default values.  This is the ONLY additional file that Wall-Ace
will add to your system!  Normally, the .ini file is created in the same
directory in which wallace.exe resides (see the topic The Wall-Ace
Initialization File in the OPERATION section for more information).


                               OPERATION
                               =========

In this section we discuss several topics, which together describe the
various ways of using Wall-Ace.  The section titled Reference provides a
reference to all the Wall-Ace windows and controls.

The topics in this section are:

     Using Wall-Ace
     Starting Wall-Ace
     The Wall-Ace Command Line
     Exiting Wall-Ace
     Using The Wall-Ace General Options
     The Wallpaper Directory
     Adding Wallpaper Files Automatically
     Using Wallpaper Weighting
     Methods Of Selecting Wallpaper
     Using The Wallpaper Timer
     Editing The Wallpaper List
     The Wall-Ace Initialization File
     The Win.Ini File
     Registering Wall-Ace


Using Wall-Ace
--------------
The most common method of using Wall-Ace is to place a Wall-Ace icon in
your startup group to have it begin running each time you start Windows,
and to configure it to automatically change your wallpaper at timed
intervals (see the topic Using The Wallpaper Timer in this section).
When placing a Wall-Ace icon in your startup group, you may wish to
configure it to start minimized.

Alternatively, you may wish to start Wall-Ace manually (see the topic
Starting Wall-Ace in this section), rather than have it run each time
Windows starts.  This may be accomplished by placing a Wall-Ace icon in
a Windows group of your choice.  You may also wish to start Wall-Ace
each time you change wallpaper, rather than have it remain running in
the background, and you may even wish to have Wall-Ace exit immediately
after changing the wallpaper (see the topic Using The Wall-Ace General
Options in this section).

You can configure Wall-Ace to change wallpaper only on your command, or
you can have Wall-Ace change wallpaper automatically, either at timed
intervals as mentioned above, or immediately when it begins running (see
the topics Using The Wall-Ace General Options, and The Wall-Ace Command
Line in this section).


Starting Wall-Ace
-----------------
To start Wall-Ace, simply click the Wall-Ace icon.  Depending on whether
or not you have given your Wall-Ace icon any command line arguments,
Wall-Ace may run either in full-screen mode, or in command-line mode.
In full-screen mode, Wall-Ace displays its main window (or its icon, if
it was started minimized) and waits for your commands or events.  In
command-line mode, Wall-Ace starts, performs the requested operation,
and exits without displaying its window.  See the topic The Wall-Ace
Command Line in this section for more information.

When Wall-Ace starts, it configures itself according to information in
its initialization file.  See the topic The Wall-Ace Initialization File
in this section for more information.

Wall-Ace may be configured to change the wallpaper as soon as it starts.
This may be done in two different ways.  For more information, see the
topics The Wall-Ace Command Line, and Using The Wall-Ace General Options
in this section.


The Wall-Ace Command Line
-------------------------
Wall-Ace can accept command line arguments to alter the way in which it
operates.  For option arguments, note that Wall-Ace accepts either the
DOS style switch character '/', or the UNIX style option character '-',
to introduce them.

Command line arguments may or may not cause Wall-Ace to run in command
line mode.  When run in command-line mode, Wall-Ace starts, performs the
requested operation, and exits.  Its main window never appears on the
screen.

This version of Wall-Ace recognizes only one command line argument, the
Quiet (or Quick change) option, /q.  When run with this option, Wall-Ace
starts, changes the wallpaper according to the selection method chosen
in Preferences, and exits quietly without displaying its window.

This is useful when you wish to have Wall-Ace automatically change your
wallpaper at certain times (for example, each time Windows starts), and
manually on your command at other times, without having Wall-Ace remain
running in the background in between.

As an example, suppose you wish to periodically run Wall-Ace manually to
change wallpaper on your command, yet still wish to have it change the
wallpaper automatically each time Windows starts.  To do this, place an
icon for Wall-Ace in your startup group with '/q' on the command line.
This will make Wall-Ace change the wallpaper each time Windows starts,
and exit quietly.  Now place another Wall-Ace icon in a different group
with an empty command line, from which you can run Wall-Ace manually.


Exiting Wall-Ace
----------------
Wall-Ace may be terminated in any of the following ways:  choosing Exit
from the File menu, pressing the Exit command button in the main window,
double-clicking the control-box in the main window, choosing Close from
the system menu (the control-box) in the main window, terminating Wall-
Ace from your task manager, or quitting Windows.

Wall-Ace may also exit immediately after changing the wallpaper, if the
Exit After First Change option is true.  Wall-Ace will only exit if the
wallpaper change occurs due to pressing the Change button in the main
window (or choosing Change Wallpaper from the File menu), or as a result
of a timed change or the Change On Startup option, but not as a result
of a direct wallpaper selection in the Current Wallpaper list box in the
main window.

When closed in any of these ways, Wall-Ace may, depending on settings in
Preferences, save certain information to its initialization file before
terminating.  If the Cumulative Time option is true, Wall-Ace will save
the elapsed time in the wallpaper timer's current time interval (see the
topic Using The Wallpaper Timer in this section for more information).
Also, if the Save Window Positions option is true, Wall-Ace will save the
current position of its windows.


Using The Wall-Ace General Options
----------------------------------
Wall-Ace provides several general options to allow you to configure it
to work the way you want it to.  The general options settings are found
in the Preferences window, which is accessed from the main window either
by choosing Preferences... from the Options menu, or by pressing the
Preferences command button.

The Change On Startup option, when true, causes Wall-Ace to change the
wallpaper as soon as it starts running.  The new wallpaper is chosen
according to the Selection Method set in Preferences, and the wallpaper
timer is reset.  The Cumulative Time option has no effect when Change On
Startup is true, since the restored time is immediately reset when the
wallpaper is changed as Wall-Ace begins running.

The Exit After First Change option, when true, causes Wall-Ace to exit
immediately after the wallpaper is changed due to pressing the Change
button in the main window (or choosing Change Wallpaper from the File
menu), or as a result of a timed change or the Change On Startup option,
but not as a result of a direct wallpaper selection in the Current
Wallpaper list box in the main window.

The Exit After First Change and Change On Startup options should not be
used together, since if both options are enabled then each time Wall-Ace
runs it will start, immediately change the wallpaper, and exit.  If this
is what you want, you should use the /q command line option instead (see
the topic The Wall-Ace Command Line in this section).  If both options
are enabled, the Wall-Ace window will not appear, and you will be unable
to access the Preferences window to change any settings unless you first
edit (or delete) the wallace.ini file and manually set either or both of
these options to false.  The Exit After First Change option, (which may
be removed in a future release), exists only for compatibility with
certain other utilities, in which it was implemented in an attempt to
work around the lack of a command line switch, such as Wall-Ace DOES
have.

The Save Window Positions option, when true, causes Wall-Ace to save the
current window positions when it exits, and to restore the saved positions
when it starts, so you can have Wall-Ace always start in a position of
your choice.


The Wallpaper Directory
-----------------------
Wall-Ace allows your custom wallpaper list to contain wallpaper files
which may reside in any, or many, directories on your system.  What,
then is the purpose of the wallpaper directory?

Simply put, the wallpaper directory enables one of Wall-Ace's most
interesting features -- the automatic addition of new wallpaper files to
your wallpaper list.  See the topic Adding Wallpaper Files Automatically
in this section for information on how to use this feature.

In addition, many users find it convenient to keep all of their bitmap
(.bmp) files which they use for wallpaper together in a single directory
other than their WINDOWS directory, both to avoid clogging the WINDOWS
directory, and as an aid to organization.

The wallpaper directory can be changed from the Preferences window,
either by choosing the Browse command button, or by entering the
directory path directly into the Wallpaper Directory text box.


Adding Wallpaper Files Automatically
------------------------------------
Suppose you frequently preview many new image files, some of which you
desire to use for wallpaper.  After converting (if necessary) the files
to bmp format (the only format which Windows can use for wallpaper), all
you need do is move the bitmap files into your wallpaper directory.  If
you have enabled the Auto Add feature, Wall-Ace will automatically add
these new files to your wallpaper list the next time it is run, saving
you the need to manually edit your wallpaper list each time you add some
new wallpapers.

This is how it works.  Each time Wall-Ace starts, it checks the Auto Add
Enable option.  If set, Wall-Ace scans your wallpaper directory and adds
to your wallpaper list each bitmap (.bmp) file found in the directory
which is not already in the list.

The tile/center attribute of added files is determined by the three
option switches in the Auto Add Options panel of Preferences.  If the
Tile option is set, added files will have the tile attribute; if the
Center option is set, added files will have the center attribute.  If
the Auto Select Tile/Center option is set, files whose size is greater
than or equal to 100,000 bytes will have the center attribute; those
whose size is less than 100,000 bytes will have the tile attribute.

Files added in this way will be given the weight specified in the Auto
Add Weight option.  Setting this to a large value relative to the values
of other wallpapers will make newly added wallpapers appear more
frequently when using the random selection method; setting it to a small
relative value will make newly added wallpapers appear less frequently;
setting all wallpaper values to one will make them all appear with equal
frequency.  If you wish new wallpapers to be added to the wallpaper list
but not appear until you choose them, set the Auto Add Weight value to
zero, and they will not appear in random selection.  See the topic Using
Wallpaper Weighting in this section for more information.


Using Wallpaper Weighting
-------------------------
Weighting brings you additional flexibility and control of the frequency
and selection of wallpapers to be displayed, and is one of Wall-Ace's
unique features.  Each wallpaper in your wallpaper list may be assigned
a specific weight, which will determine how often that wallpaper will be
displayed relative to other wallpapers in the list, when using random
selection.  Weighting works only in random selection mode.

You set the weight for an individual wallpaper or a group of wallpapers
by selecting those wallpapers in the Wallpaper File List in the Edit
Wallpaper File List window, and either double-clicking in the list, or
pressing the Weight command button.  When wallpapers are added to the
list, either by user command or by way of the Auto Add feature, they are
initially given the weight specified in the Auto Add Weight option in
the Auto Add Options panel of the Preferences window.

Weights may range from zero to 100.  Setting a wallpaper's weight to a
large value relative to the weighting of other wallpapers in the list,
will cause that wallpaper to appear more frequently than wallpapers with
lesser weighting, while setting a wallpaper's weight to a value lower
than that of other wallpapers will cause it to appear less frequently
than those with a greater weighting.  To see exactly how this is done,
see the discussion of random selection in the topic Methods Of Selecting
Wallpaper in this section.

Using this method, you can give your favorite wallpapers a large
weighting to make them appear frequently, and give other wallpapers a
lesser weighting to have them appear less often.

If you assign a weight of zero to a wallpaper, that wallpaper will never
appear in random selection mode.  This is useful if you are using the
Auto Add feature and have files which you wish to keep in your wallpaper
directory, but do not wish to have displayed.  If you simply remove them
from the wallpaper list, the Auto Add feature will cause them to be put
back in the list the next time Wall-Ace is run.  Instead, you can set
their weights to zero, and while they will still be found in the list,
they will no longer appear in random selection mode.

Weighting affects the frequency of display of wallpapers only in random
selection mode, which occurs (if random selection is set in Preferences)
when the wallpaper is changed due to pressing the Change button in the
main window (or choosing Change Wallpaper from the File menu), or as a
result of a timed change or the Change On Startup option, but not as a
result of a direct wallpaper selection in the Current Wallpaper list box
in the main window.  In particular, setting a wallpaper's weight to zero
does not prevent it from being chosen in the Current Wallpaper list box,
but selecting a wallpaper in the Current Wallpaper list box DOES cause
its usage count to be updated.


Methods Of Selecting Wallpaper
------------------------------
Wall-Ace provides several ways to change wallpaper, and several methods
of selecting which wallpapers to display, giving you a great deal of
flexibility in deciding how and when wallpaper changes should occur.

The most direct method of changing the wallpaper is to choose a new
wallpaper from the Current Wallpaper drop-down list in the main window.
With this method, you directly select which wallpaper will be displayed.

Or equally as easy, you can simply press the Change command button (or
choose Change Wallpaper from the File menu) in the main window.  Using
this method, the wallpaper chosen will be determined by the selection
method set in Preferences, as discussed below.

Perhaps the easiest way of changing the wallpaper is to let Wall-Ace do
it for you automatically, either by having Wall-Ace change the wallpaper
when it starts (see the topics The Wall-Ace Command Line, and Using The
Wall-Ace General Options in this section), or by having Wall-Ace change
the wallpaper at intervals (see the topic Using The Wallpaper Timer in
this section).  As in the case above, the wallpaper chosen in this case
will be determined by the selection method set in Preferences.

The Selection Method panel in the Preferences window provides for having
wallpapers chosen for display in different ways.  The simplest of these
is sequential, in which the next wallpaper to be displayed is simply the
one following the current wallpaper in the wallpaper list.  When the end
of the list is reached, the first wallpaper in the list is chosen again.

In random selection, the list is also displayed in a cyclic fashion, but
in random order, rather than sequentially.  In addition, wallpapers may
be displayed more than once in a single cycle, or not at all, depending
on their weightings.  In this mode, the length of a cycle is the sum of
the weights of all the wallpapers in the list.  At the beginning of the
cycle, each wallpaper's usage count is set equal to its weight.  Each
time a new wallpaper is to be chosen, the number of wallpapers whose
usage count is greater than zero is summed and a random number generated
in that range.  The chosen wallpaper's usage count is decremented, and
when all wallpaper's usage counts are zero, the cycle is repeated.


Using The Wallpaper Timer
-------------------------
The wallpaper timer is possibly one of the most frequently used features
of Wall-Ace, perhaps because it contributes so much to the character of
the program.  After all, having your wallpaper changed periodically and
fully automatically is not only the easiest way of changing wallpapers,
and the most visible aspect of the program's operation, it also provides
a pleasant distraction from the everyday work aspect of your computer's
operation.  In other words, it's just plain fun, especially if you have
a good selection of attractive wallpapers!

In addition, it's very easy to use.  In the Timer panel of Preferences,
simply set the Timer Enabled option to true, and select the number of
minutes you wish to elapse between wallpaper changes.  The number of
minutes may range from one to 32,767, or about 546 hours, which is a
little more than 22 days.  When you have it set to your liking, you may
want to minimize the main window to have Wall-Ace run quietly in the
background, changing your wallpaper for you just the way you have set it
to.

Each time the selected time period has elapsed, Wall-Ace will select a
new wallpaper according to the Selection Method set in Preferences, and
reset the wallpaper timer to begin another period.

If you set the Cumulative Time option true, the time elapsed since the
wallpaper was last changed is saved when Wall-Ace exits, and restored
when Wall-Ace starts, thus allowing a time interval to be continued from
one Windows session to the next.  The first timed wallpaper change after
Wall-Ace next starts will occur upon completion of the restored time
interval.  If the Cumulative Time option is false, the elapsed time is
not saved or restored, and the first timed wallpaper change will occur
one full time interval after Wall-Ace starts.

The Cumulative Time option will have no effect if the Change On Startup
option is true, since the time interval restored by the Cumulative Time
option will be immediately reset when the wallpaper is changed as a
result of the Change On Startup option when Wall-Ace begins running.


Editing The Wallpaper List
--------------------------
Wall-Ace provides for easy editing of your wallpaper list in the Edit
Wallpaper File List window, which is reached by pressing the File List
command button in the main window, or the File List command button in
the Preferences window.

The wallpaper list may contain wallpaper files which may reside in many
different directories on your system.  The Files panel displays all the
bitmap (.bmp) files in a particular directory on your disk, which may be
browsed in a manner similar to a standard Open File dialog.  Any file or
group of files (contiguous or not) in the Files panel may be selected
for addition to the wallpaper list.  Pressing the All command button
will select all files in the Files panel.  Once you have selected a file
or files, pressing the Add command button or double-clicking in the File
panel will add the selected files to the end of the wallpaper list.

In a similar manner, any file or group of files (contiguous or not) in
the Wallpaper List panel may be selected for editing or removal.  When a
wallpaper file or files have been selected, pressing the Tile command
button will give all the selected files the tile attribute, and pressing
the Center command button will give all the selected files the center
attribute.  Pressing the Weight command button or double-clicking in the
Wallpaper List panel will display the Edit Weight window, in which a new
weight can be chosen, to be given to all selected wallpaper files.
Pressing the Remove command button will remove any selected wallpapers
from the list, after first asking for confirmation.

The Clear command button is available even when no wallpaper files have
been selected.  Pressing this button will remove ALL wallpapers from the
list, after first ask for confirmation.


The Wall-Ace Initialization File
--------------------------------
When Wall-Ace starts, it looks for its initialization file, wallace.ini,
in the same directory from which it was run (the directory in which you
placed the wallace.exe file).  If it is not found there, Wall-Ace looks
in your WINDOWS directory.  If Wall-Ace cannot find its initialization
file, it creates a new one with default values, in the directory from
which it was run.  This is the ONLY additional file that Wall-Ace will
add to your system!

When creating its initialization file, Wall-Ace sets its wallpaper
directory to your WINDOWS directory, and sets the Auto Add Enabled
option to true by default (see the topic Adding Wallpaper Files
Automatically in this section).  Therefore, any bitmap (.bmp) files
found in your WINDOWS directory will automatically be added to your
wallpaper list.  You may wish to change your wallpaper directory (see
the topic The Wallpaper Directory in this section), or edit your
wallpaper list (see the topic Editing The Wallpaper List in this
section).


The Win.Ini File
----------------
When Wall-Ace starts, it determines the current wallpaper by examining
your win.ini file.  Whenever Wall-Ace changes your wallpaper, it updates
the win.ini file.  Wall-Ace always attempts to keep the win.ini file in
sync with the actual state of the system.  This is the ONLY change that
Wall-Ace will make to your system files!


Registering Wall-Ace
--------------------
To register Wall-Ace, first go to the Registration window.  This window
may be accessed by choosing Register Wall-Ace... from the Options menu
in the main window, or by pressing the Register command button in either
the About box or the startup splash screen.

In the Registration window, print the order form by pressing the Print
Form command button.  Complete and send the order form with the
registration fee to the address shown on the order form.

When you receive your individual registration code, go to the
Registration window, enter your Registration Name and Registration Code
exactly as they were received, including case and punctuation, and press
OK.  You now have a registered version of Wall-Ace.

See the section Registration And Benefits for more information.


                               REFERENCE
                               =========

This section provides a concise description of all Wall-Ace windows and
the controls they contain.  The topics in this section are:

     The Wall-Ace Main Window
     The Preferences Window
     The Select Wallpaper Directory Window
     The Edit Wallpaper File List Window
     The Edit Weight Window
     The About Window
     The Registration Window


The Wall-Ace Main Window
------------------------
The main window contains the menu bar, a drop-down list box allowing
convenient direct selection of any wallpaper in your list, and command
buttons to quickly and easily change wallpaper, access the Preferences
window, access the Edit Wallpaper File List window, and exit Wall-Ace.
Each of these items is described below.

Menu Bar:  the Wall-Ace menu bar contains the following menus:
     File:  the File menu has the following entries:
          Change Wallpaper:  immediately changes the wallpaper according
          the selection method set in Preferences, and resets the wall-
          paper timer.  If the Exit After First Change option is set,
          Wall-Ace exits.  This is the same as pressing the Change
          command button.

          Exit:  causes Wall-Ace to exit.  The elapsed time in the
          current wallpaper timer interval, and the current window
          positions, are first saved to the initialization file, if
          selected in Preferences.  This is the same as pressing the
          Exit command button.

     Options:  the Options menu has the following entries:
          Preferences...:  displays the Preferences window, from which
          all options may be set.  This is the same as pressing the
          Preferences command button.

          Edit Wallpaper File List...:  displays the Edit Wallpaper File
          List window, from which the wallpaper list may be edited.
          This is the same as pressing the File List command button.

     Help:  the Help menu has the following entries:
          Contents:  displays the Wall-Ace help file at the Contents
          page.

          Register Wall-Ace...:  displays the Registration window.

          About Wall-Ace...:  displays the About Wall-Ace window.

Current Wallpaper:  a drop-down list box which lists all the wallpapers
currently defined in your wallpaper list.  When Wall-Ace starts, the
current Windows wallpaper, as reported by win.ini, is the current item
in this box, if it is in your wallpaper list.  If the current wallpaper
is not in your list, the box's current item is empty but the entire list
is still available by dropping it down in this box.  Selecting an item
in this box immediately changes your Windows wallpaper to the selected
item, and resets the wallpaper timer.  The Exit After First Change
option does not apply to direct selection via this list box, so Wall-Ace
does not terminate.

Change:  this command button immediately changes the wallpaper according
the selection method set in Preferences, and resets the wallpaper timer.
If the Exit After First Change option is set, Wall-Ace exits.  This is
the same as selecting Change Wallpaper from the File menu.

Preferences:  this command button displays the Preferences window, from
which all options may be set.  This is the same as selecting
Preferences... from the Option menu.

File List:  this command button displays the Edit Wallpaper File List
window, from which the wallpaper list may be edited.  This is the same
as selecting Edit Wallpaper File List... from the Option menu.

Exit:  this command button causes Wall-Ace to exit.  The accumulated
time in the current wallpaper timer interval, and the current window
positions, are first saved to the initialization file, if selected in
Preferences.  This is the same as selecting Exit from the File menu.


The Preferences Window
----------------------
The Preferences window contains the Wallpaper Directory selection panel,
the Selection Method panel, the General Options panel, the Timer panel,
the Auto Add Options panel, and command buttons to quickly access the
Edit Wallpaper File List window, access the Wall-Ace on-line help, and
exit the Preferences window.  Each of these items is described below.

Wallpaper Directory:  this panel allows setting and viewing the
wallpaper directory, and contains the following items:
     Wallpaper Directory:  this text box displays the current wallpaper
     directory, and allows directly entering a new directory path.

     Browse:  this command button displays the Select Wallpaper
     Directory window, from which a new wallpaper directory may be
     selected.

Selection Method:  this panel allows setting the selection method, which
may be one of the following:
     Random:  wallpapers are chosen randomly from the wallpaper list,
     with each being chosen the number of times indicated by its weight
     before the cycle is repeated.

     Sequential:  wallpapers are chosen sequentially through the
     wallpaper list, and the list is then repeated, without regard to
     wallpaper weight settings.

General Options:  this panel allows setting the general options, which
are described below:

     Change on startup:  if true, Wall-Ace will change the wallpaper
     according to the selection method specified in Preferences when it
     starts, in a manner identical to pressing the Change button in the
     main window.  This option should not be used with the Exit After
     First Change option; see the topic Using The Wall-Ace General
     Options in the OPERATION section for more information.

     Exit after first change:  if true, Wall-Ace will exit immediately
     after changing the wallpaper either by pressing the Change button
     (or choosing Change Wallpaper from the File menu) in the main
     window, by a timed change, or by the Change On Startup option, but
     not by a direct wallpaper selection in the Current Wallpaper list
     box in the main window.  Before exiting, Wall-Ace will save the
     wallpaper timer current interval's elapsed time, and the current
     window positions, if selected in Preferences.  This option should
     not be used with the Change On Startup option; see the topic Using
     The Wall-Ace General Options in the OPERATION section for more
     information.

     Save window positions:  if true, Wall-Ace will save the current
     window positions when it exits, and will restore the saved positions
     when it starts.

Timer:  this panel allows setting the timer options, as follows:
     Enabled:  if true, Wall-Ace will change the wallpaper at intervals
     of the selected length.  If false, timed changes will not occur.

     Cumulative time:  if true, the time elapsed since the wallpaper was
     last changed is saved when Wall-Ace exits, and restored when Wall-
     Ace starts.  The first timed wallpaper change after Wall-Ace next
     starts will occur upon completion of the saved time interval.  If
     false, the elapsed time is not saved or restored, and the first
     timed wallpaper change will occur one full interval after Wall-Ace
     starts.

     Note that if the Change On Startup option is true, the wallpaper
     will be changed and the timer reset when Wall-Ace starts, so the
     Cumulative Time option will have no effect.

     Interval Minutes:  specifies the number of minutes between timed
     wallpaper changes when the timer is enabled; the associated spinner
     provides for quick increases or decreases of the current time.

Auto Add Options:  this panel allows setting the auto add options, which
are described below:

     Auto Add Enabled:  if true, each time Wall-Ace starts it searches
     your wallpaper directory, and automatically adds to your wallpaper
     list any bitmap (.bmp) files which are not already in the list.

     Tile:  if true, wallpapers automatically added to the wallpaper
     list will have the tile attribute.

     Center:  if true, wallpapers automatically added to the wallpaper
     list will have the center attribute.

     Auto Select Tile/Center:  if true, each wallpaper automatically
     added to the wallpaper list will have the center attribute if its
     file size is greater than or equal to 100,000 bytes, and will have
     the tile attribute if its file size is less than 100,000 bytes.

     Weight:  specifies the weight given to each wallpaper automatically
     added to the wallpaper list; the associated spinner provides for
     quick increases or decreases of the current weight.

File List:  this command button displays the Edit Wallpaper File List
window, from which the wallpaper list may be edited.

Help:  this command button displays the Wall-Ace help file.

OK:  this command button exits the Preferences window and causes all the
Preferences to be saved in the initialization file, and used in the
current session.

Cancel:  this command button exits the Preferences window without saving
any changes made, and without using any changes in the current session.


The Select Wallpaper Directory Window
-------------------------------------
The Select Wallpaper Directory window contains the Files panel, and
command buttons to exit the Select Wallpaper Directory window.  Each of
these items is described below.

Files:  this panel displays drives, directories, and bitmap (.bmp)
files, allowing the selection of the directory to be used as your
wallpaper directory.  It is similar to a standard file open dialog.

OK:  this command button exits the Select Wallpaper Directory window and
causes the selected directory to be displayed in the Wallpaper Directory
text box of the Preferences window.

Cancel:  this command button exits the Select Wallpaper Directory window
without changing the contents of the Wallpaper Directory text box of the
Preferences window.


The Edit Wallpaper File List Window
-----------------------------------
The Edit Wallpaper File List window contains the Files panel, the
Wallpaper List panel, and command buttons to easily edit the wallpaper
list, access the Wall-Ace on-line help, and exit the Edit Wallpaper File
List window.  Each of these items is described below.

Files:  this panel displays drives, directories, and bitmap (.bmp)
files, and allows the selection of one or more files for addition to the
wallpaper list.  It is similar to a standard file open dialog.

Wallpaper List:  this panel displays the wallpaper list, showing for
each wallpaper the full path and filename, the tile/center attribute,
and the weight, and allows selection of one or more wallpapers to edit.
Double clicking is identical to pressing the Weight command button.

All:  this command button selects all files in the Bitmap Files list box
of the Files panel, for possible addition to the wallpaper list.

Add:  this command button adds the files selected in the Bitmap Files
list box of the Files panel to the wallpaper list.  The added files'
tile/center options and weights will be determined by the Auto Add
Options selected in the Preferences window, in the same way as files
automatically added, and may be further edited after addition.

Remove:  this command button removes the files selected in the Wallpaper
List panel from the wallpaper list, after prompting for confirmation.

Clear:  this command button clears (removes ALL files from) the
wallpaper list, after prompting for confirmation.

Tile:  this command button causes all files selected in the Wallpaper
List panel to be given the tile attribute.

Center:  this command button causes all files selected in the Wallpaper
List panel to be given the center attribute.

Weight:  this command button displays the Edit Weight window, allowing
the weight to be set for all files selected in the Wallpaper List panel.

Help:  this command button displays the Wall-Ace help file.

OK:  this command button exits the Edit Wallpaper File List window and
causes the wallpaper list to be saved in the initialization file, and
used by the current session.

Cancel:  this command button exits the Edit Wallpaper File List window
without saving any changes made, and without using any changes in the
current session.


The Edit Weight Window
----------------------
The Edit Weight window contains the Weight text box, and command buttons
to exit the Edit Weight window.  Each of these items is described below.

Weight:  this text box allows direct entry of the weight to be used for
all files selected in the Wallpaper List panel of the Edit Wallpaper
File List window; the associated spinner provides for quick increases or
decreases of the current weight.

OK:  this command button exits the Edit Weight window and causes the
specified weight to be used for all files selected in the Wallpaper List
panel of the Edit Wallpaper File List window.

Cancel:  this command button exits the Edit Weight window without
changing the weights of the files selected in the Wallpaper List panel
of the Edit Wallpaper File List window.


The About Window
----------------
The About window contains the copyright notice, registration and contact
information, and command buttons to access the Registration window and
to exit the About window.


The Registration Window
-----------------------
The Registration window contains the Registration Name and Registration
Code text boxes to allow entering your registration data, and command
buttons to print the order form and to exit the Registration window.


                            REVISION HISTORY
                            ================

1.0  96/08/01 - first public release.


                             WHY WALL-ACE?
                             =============

There are several utilities available to change your Windows wallpaper,
some of them quite good (and some not so good).  Unfortunately, none of
them had the feature set and ease of use we were looking for.

One of the best we have found, PaperChg is excellent in that it is small
and unobtrusive, allows quick and easy direct selection of wallpapers,
and functions well as a timed wallpaper changer.  However, PaperChg does
have a few shortcomings, which we have worked hard to address in
Wall-Ace.

Firstly, in PaperChg you may have a custom list of wallpapers, or you
may choose to have a wallpaper directory, but you cannot have both
operational at the same time -- you must choose between them.  Further-
more, if configured to use a wallpaper directory, PaperChg will choose
from ALL wallpaper files in that directory, you cannot limit those with
which you would like it to work.  We feel it is much more convenient for
you to be able to maintain a custom list of wallpapers from anywhere on
your system, while still enjoying the benefits of a specific wallpaper
directory, under your control.

Secondly, PaperChg and some others have options like Change On Startup
and Exit After Change, but they have no way to consolidate the two
operations into a single function.  For example suppose you wish to have
your utility start, change wallpaper and exit, each time Windows starts,
but you would also like to be able to start your utility manually to
change your wallpaper whenever you wish.  Using the two options together
will accomplish the first part.  Unfortunately, this creates a problem
of its own, as the author of PaperChg notes:

     "If both options are enabled, then whenever PaperChg is run, [it]
     will immediately change your wallpaper and then quit.  Because of
     this, if you decide you want to change any PaperChg setting, you
     will have to edit the PAPERCHG.INI file manually and either change
     the Change Wallpaper on Startup or Quit after First Wallpaper
     Change setting to No.  A better solution" ... "will be a command
     line option."

Furthermore, the second requirement in the above example remains
unaccounted for, since you cannot use the utility manually when it has
both options set, due to this problem.  The solution, as PaperChg's
author notes, is a command line option, such as the Wall-Ace /q option.

Finally, a feature not available in PaperChg (and most others) which we
feel is important is the availability of command buttons to accomplish
tasks quickly and easily, especially those in the main window:  Change,
Prefs, File List and Exit, in much the same way as the Current Wallpaper
drop-down list box makes direct selection of wallpapers very quick and
easy.

One other point that's worth noting:  PaperChg does not update your
win.ini file after changing your wallpaper.  There seems to be some
difference of opinion on this, since about half of the utilities we have
seen do update win.ini, and the rest do not.  However, we feel it is
best to keep win.ini in sync with the actual state of the system.

We hope you like the manner in which each of these issues has been
addressed in Wall-Ace.  Of course, there are also a host of additional
features in Wall-Ace, many of which are not available anywhere else,
which we believe set Wall-Ace head and shoulders above the rest.


                                CREDITS
                                =======

Of all the paper changer utilities we looked at, some good and some bad,
one of the very best available, in our opinion, is PaperChg 1.22 by
Anthony J. Buchberger.  PaperChg served as the inspiration for Wall-Ace,
and we would like to extend our gratitude to Mr. Buchberger.

We would also like to thank all of our beta testers, especially Manfred
Glombowski and Travis Kern, for their thorough, sometimes insightful,
usually helpful :-), and always appreciated testing and comments.

Finally, I would like to thank my wife, Frances, both for her input, and
for putting up with me (and my _very_ late hours) during the development
of Wall-Ace.


                           LICENSE AGREEMENT
                           =================

YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE
USING THIS SOFTWARE.

Wall-Ace, its executable files, help files, documentation, and icon
are Copyright 1996 by Sidney D. Peters.  All Rights Reserved.

Unregistered Version
--------------------
You are granted a limited license to use and evaluate this software for
a period of 30 days, for the express purpose of determining whether this
software is suitable for your needs.  At the end of this period, you
must either register this software or discontinue using it.

You are granted a limited license to distribute exact copies of the
unregistered version of this software, provided that the entire product,
including the executable files, help files, documentation, and icon, is
distributed in its full and unmodified form, provided that no fee is
charged other than a nominal distribution fee, and provided that the
purchaser is informed in advance that the distribution fee does NOT
relieve said purchaser from paying the registration fee for Wall-Ace.

Registered Version
------------------
A single user license permits a single registered copy of Wall-Ace to be
used, EITHER by a single person who uses the software on one or more
computers, provided that the software is not in use on more than one
computer at the same time, OR on a single computer which is used by one
or more persons, provided that the software is not in use by more than
one person at the same time, BUT NOT BOTH.  The registered version of
Wall-Ace may be accessed through a network, provided that you have
obtained a single user license for every computer that will access the
software through the network.

The registered version of the software may not be distributed in any
way, by any one other than the author or his authorized agent, without
prior written consent from the author.

All Versions
------------
Title to the software is NOT transferred to the end user or to any one
else.  Title to the software remains the property of the author.

                         DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  THE USER MUST ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK OF USING
THIS PRODUCT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL SIDNEY D. PETERS BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY
DAMAGE, DIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL, RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT.
USE OF THIS PRODUCT CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS OF THIS
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY.

This license constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of license
agreement for Wall-Ace, and supersedes any and all previous agreements,
oral or written.

BY USING THE SOFTWARE YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND
THIS LICENSE, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS.


                       REGISTRATION AND BENEFITS
                       =========================

Wall-Ace is shareware and is provided for evaluation at no charge to the
user.  Feel free to pass along copies of the unregistered version of the
program to friends and colleagues for evaluation.  Please encourage them
to register their copy if they find it useful.  You are also encouraged
to upload the unregistered version of the program to any BBSs you use.
Please keep all the files together.  All distribution is subject to the
conditions outlined in the license agreement.

If you obtained Wall-Ace from a disk vendor, a bulletin board, internet
archive site or on-line computer service, a friend or colleague, or
another similar source, you have an unregistered (evaluation) copy. This
is not a disabled or demo copy, but the complete working version of the
program.  Shareware authors believe that you should be able to evaluate
a program in its actual operating environment on your own system, for a
reasonable period of time, without cost.  We believe that an important
part of the shareware concept is that users must have a chance to fully
test all parts of the software.  You may try out the complete program at
your own pace, and then decide if Wall-Ace is an application you want to
continue using.

Retail software is too often overpriced.  The essence of shareware is to
provide users with quality software without high prices, and at the same
time to provide the incentive for programmers to continue to develop new
products.  Although you may have paid a shareware or disk vendor a fee
for the disk on which you obtained Wall-Ace, you should know the author
receives none of that money.  We believe that users are honest enough to
register the program with the author.  Your registrations provide the
incentive and the means for us to continue to support our products, and
to develop and distribute new products.  If you don't think Wall-Ace is
worth it, please send us mail (or e-mail) and tell us why -- perhaps
your suggestions will be incorporated in a future version.

The evaluation copy of Wall-Ace will present a registration reminder
screen each time Wall-Ace is started.  When you register Wall-Ace, you
will receive a registration key that is derived from the spelling of
your name.  This key will convert the evaluation copy of Wall-Ace into
a registered copy without the reminder screen.  In addition, your name
will appear in the About box as the registered user of this copy of
Wall-Ace.  There is no fee for upgrades; your registration key will work
for this and all future versions of Wall-Ace.  You may obtain future
versions of Wall-Ace from any of the sources mentioned above; you do not
need a new diskette copy.  If you prefer, you may receive new versions
of Wall-Ace on disk, for only a disk shipping and handling fee.

The benefits of registration include:
  *  A registered copy of the latest version of Wall-Ace.
  *  Removal of the registration reminder screen.
  *  All future versions at no additional cost.
  *  Notification of updates and new products.
  *  Support via mail or e-mail.
  *  The legal right to continue to use the program after the evaluation
     period has ended.
  *  A clear conscience.
  *  A sense of pride and ownership, by having participated honestly in
     the shareware system.
  *  The satisfaction of helping to support the shareware system.
  *  Allows us to continue to support the program with additions,
     corrections, and enhancements.
  *  Your comments and ideas help shape the future direction of this and
     other products.
  *  As a bonus, you will receive a collection of beautiful full-screen
     wallpapers not available for download anywhere, either by e-mail at
     no cost, or on disk for just a disk shipping and handling fee.
  *  All of this, along with our gratitude.

To register your copy of Wall-Ace, print and complete the order form,
and send the completed form with the registration fee, to the address
shown on the order form.

The order form may be printed directly from Wall-Ace, by pressing the
Print Form command button in the Registration window, which is accessed
by choosing Options|Register Wall-Ace... in the main window, or by
pressing the Register command button in either the About window or the
startup splash screen.

Alternatively, the order form may be printed by copying the orderfrm.txt
file to your printer with the DOS command:

     copy orderfrm.txt prn:

A copy of the order form is presented below.

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                          WALL-ACE ORDER FORM
                     Distribution 0302109609240102

                                        Quantity             Total

Wall-Ace Single User license only       ________  @ $ 9.95  ________

Wall-Ace Single User license with disk  ________  @ $15.95  ________

BONUS full-screen wallpaper disks       ________  @ $ 6.00  ________

Shipping & Handling outside North America                   ________
(Europe $8.00, Asia & Australia $11.00)

                                 TOTAL (U.S. dollars)       ________

Payment may be made by cash, cheque, or money order, in Canadian or
United States funds only.  All amounts are in United States dollars.

Contact the author for site licenses or other arrangements.

For license only shipping, please specify:       [_] e-mail  [_] post
License only orders will be sent by e-mail unless otherwise requested.

For license with disk shipping, please specify:  [_] 3 1/2"  [_] 5 1/4"
Disk orders will be sent on 3 1/2" disk unless otherwise requested.


________________________________________________________  ______________
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Please send payment with completed registration form to:

     Sidney D. Peters
     114 Laurentian Drive
     Saskatoon, SK  S7H 4M2
     Canada
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                        COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS
                        ========================

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                 WALL-ACE COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS FORM
                     Distribution 0302109609240102

Please send us your comments, suggestions, bug reports, enhancement
requests, or anything else you would like to mention about Wall-Ace.
The questions are optional, and are for the purpose of helping us to
improve our products and services, and to track their distribution.

Where did you obtain Wall-Ace from?
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Please specify:  _______________________________________________________

How would you rate Wall-Ace in each of the following categories:
Ease of use          ___________________________________________________
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What would you say is Wall-Ace's best feature?  Worst feature?


What would you say is Wall-Ace's greatest strength?  Greatest weakness?


What attracted you to Wall-Ace?


For what reasons do you/would you register shareware?


What do like most about shareware?  Least?


What types of incentives do you like most?


What types of nags or other limitations do you like least?


What types of CPU do you use?    What types of OS software do you use?
(check all that apply)           (check all that apply)
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What types of shareware do you use?  Are you interested in?


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                         CONTACTING THE AUTHOR
                         =====================

The author may be contacted by internet electronic-mail at:

     s.peters@sk.sympatico.ca

or by postal mail at:

     Sidney D. Peters
     114 Laurentian Drive
     Saskatoon, SK  S7H 4M2
     Canada


