"Order Me" - Free Utility

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"Order Me" - Free Utility

Make order by click on slides

The zip include an exe sample made with PTE and the project file

with all files necessary so you can see what I did. Here is the

"Readme" file included also in the zip:

This sample will show you how customer can make a list of slides to

order, just by clicking on the slide he likes. On first slide

(this one) external file named "erase.exe" is called to clear a former

order list, in case one was done. That means your first slide must be

a "Welcome" slide, which usually is.

This utility is design to work with projects which show slides by

order without the ability to jump from one slide to another. The

utility counts each time slide is changed so if you jump from slide 4

to slide 7, it will think you are on slide 5. In other words, if you

make auto slide, the utility knows on which slide the user is if he

decides to add the slide to order list. How it knows ? When each slide

is run, a file called "count.exe" is called by using "Run external

application". This file counts the slides and thus remembers on which

slide you are.

Adding a slide to order list can be done by a "Add to order List"

button or by adding a transparent image over all the slide area, as I

made in this sample. Notice that in this case everything under will be

inactive. You don't have to put this on all slides. My transparent

image is "800x600trans.gif". You can put instead your image in the

size you like, depends on the size of your project, or put a button.

Under this transparent image or button you "Run application or open

file..." and for program name you use "order.exe". Each time user

click on the transparent image (anywhere on the slide) or on the

button (if you used a button), the utility, which remember on which

slide we are, will add the number slide to the order list. On last

slide you can add a button called "See order list" (as I did) which

will open the order list. To do this you use "Run application or open

file..." and for program name you use: C:\SlidesOrder.txt

...and for those who want to try my "QuickThumbs" - a Free Thumbnail

maker program..., the new version of "Autorun.inf Maker" - Advanced

Autorun.inf Maker - version 4 (with good help file to learn about

Autorun options) and the updated versions of "Video Utility" - Add

resizeable movie to your photo album slideshow (based on my "DrVideo"),

"AutoCD" (for CD distribution) and "Image List" (also for making an order

list from a slideshow).

Another new utility which I didn't give information is "BGpaint".

This Free utility was made for PTE members but can be used by anyone

who needs to choose a background color for his pictures or the right

size of images. The program works only with JPG and BMP files.

Images at 800 x 600 will be displayed at 80% of their original size,

bigger images will be displayed at 50% of their original size and

smaller images will be displayed at their original size.

After you browse and load your image move the colors sliders to change

background color. You can copy color you like to your clipboard.

If you need to choose betwee 2-3 colors, you can save three different

colors and then reload them to compare and choose the one you like.

Each time you reload a saved color, it is automatically copied to your

clipboard which will show a line like this:

Red: 255, Green: 166, Blue: 90

You can zoom in/out the image and the percentage of the orginal size

will be displayed. You can hide/show all buttons of the program to

leave only your image with the background.

Please your comments

Granot