{"id":534,"date":"2022-11-21T22:56:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T03:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertweatherford.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=534"},"modified":"2023-12-03T15:38:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T20:38:11","slug":"wallgen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/robertweatherford.com\/index.php\/professional-life\/closed-projects\/2000s\/wallgen\/","title":{"rendered":"WallGen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/robertweatherford.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wallgen.gif?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"440\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/robertweatherford.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wallgen.gif?resize=440%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-247\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Parastream Technologies WallGen Tool is a valuable addition to any multi-platform development or testing operation. It can quickly generate a custom wallpaper for Windows machines that can help users positively identify a machine and configuration at a glance using text, graphics, and colors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some of the features of WallGen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Create grids of various screen resolutions to aid in creating user interfaces.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Automatically sets initial text for system name, OS name and version, locale, and browser name and version.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Notes gives you complete control of the text.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can use the default Windows colors, or define your own.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can import your own logo or graphic, or have none at all (not available in the demo version).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Development<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I handled the entire project, including documentation. The product was written in\u00a0<em>Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0<\/em>, because Visual C++ .NET doesn&#8217;t support Windows 95. The documentation was composed in\u00a0<em>Microsoft FrontPage 2002<\/em>, and compiled into a .chm file using\u00a0<em>Microsoft HTML Help Workshop<\/em>. The web site pages at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.parastream.com\/software\/wallgen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.parastream.com\/software\/wallgen<\/a>\u00a0were composed in Microsoft FrontPage 2002, and an animated GIF for the home page was authored in\u00a0<em>Ulead GIF Animator 4.0<\/em>. The source control used was\u00a0<em>Perforce<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technologies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>C++, MFC, GUI<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visual Studio, Visual C++<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FrontPage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Animated GIF<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-524\" style=\"max-width: 440px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-70-2 metaslider metaslider-nivo metaslider-524 ml-slider ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"WallGen\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_524\">\n        <div class='slider-wrapper theme-default'><div class='ribbon'><\/div><div id='metaslider_524' class='nivoSlider'><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/robertweatherford.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wallgen01.gif?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"440\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/robertweatherford.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wallgen01.gif?fit=440%2C457&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"slider-524 slide-529\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"wallgen01\" rel=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/robertweatherford.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wallgen02.gif?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"440\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/robertweatherford.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wallgen02.gif?fit=440%2C457&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"slider-524 slide-530\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"wallgen02\" rel=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/robertweatherford.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wallgen03.gif?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"440\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/robertweatherford.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wallgen03.gif?fit=440%2C457&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"slider-524 slide-531\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"wallgen03\" rel=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/robertweatherford.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wallgen04.gif?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"440\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/robertweatherford.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wallgen04.gif?fit=440%2C457&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"slider-524 slide-532\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"wallgen04\" rel=\"\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"440\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/robertweatherford.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wallgen05.gif?fit=440%2C457&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"slider-524 slide-533\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-thumb=\"\" title=\"wallgen05\" rel=\"\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction The Parastream Technologies WallGen Tool is a valuable addition to any multi-platform development or testing operation. 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