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            Warpstock Europe 2005 Screen Saver Module Version 1.5.1
                                    for
                           Doodle's Screen Saver
            =======================================================
            
Table of Contents
=================
Description
System Requirements
Installation
  Manual Installation
  WarpIN Installation
Known Problems/Limitations
History
Contacting the Author
References


Description
===========
The Warpstock Europe 2005 Screen Saver Module is an additional module 
for Doodle's Screen Saver. It has been created to promote Warpstock 
Europe 2005.

The function of this module is to fetch and display the latest news 
about Warpstock Europe 2005 from http://www.warpstock.net.

Warpstock Europe 2005, the event for OS/2 and eComStation users 
in Europe, will take place in the city of Dresden, Germany. The three 
day event will be held from November 18th to 20th at the Leibniz Institute 
for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (IFW).


System Requirements
===================
This modules does only work if Doodle's Screen Saver is already installed 
on the target system. The module does not include Doodle's Screen Saver! 
If you need to install Doodle's Screen Saver prior to installing this module, 
please download and install the latest version that is available from 
netlabs.org. The homepage of Doodle's Screen Saver is:	
   http://dssaver.netlabs.org
   
The module has been tested on Doodle's Screen Saver version 1.5. It should 
also work on version 1.4 of the screen saver!
For further system requirements please look into the readme document 
coming with Doodle's Screen Saver.


Installation
============
After unpacking the ZIP archive, two installation paths are available:
1. manually copying the WSE2005.dll into the modules directory of 
   Doodle's Screen Saver
OR
2.using the self extracting and installing WarpIN package WSE2005.exe.

Manual Installation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you know were the screen saver modules for Doodle's Screen Saver 
are located, simply copy the  WSE2005.dll into the same directory. 
(NOTE: This directory should already contain other modules like: Blank.dll, 
Circles.dll ...)

Now open the WPS configuration notebook where you normally configure 
Doodle's Screen Saver and select the Warpstock Europe 2005 module from 
the list of modules.

WarpIN Installation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Since you have installed Doodle's Screen Saver with WarpIN, you can also 
install the Warpstock Europe 2005 Screen Saver Module with WarpIN. To 
do this, simply execute WSE2005.exe.

During installation, you have to specify the Installation path. This 
is the directory where the modules for Doodle's Screen Saver are located. 
The installer will try to detect the module path. However, you should check 
that the directory that the installer detect is valid!
To make sure that the module is installed into the correct directory, verify 
that the directory which is listed as Installation path does already contain 
the other screen saver modules. You can find the directory by searching for 
Blank.dll or Circles.dll on your hard drive.

After the WarpIN guided installation is complete, open the WPS configuration 
notebook where you normally configure Doodle's Screen Saver and select the 
Warpstock Europe 2005 module from the list of modules.


Known Problems/Limitations
==========================
The module works best on a computer that is always connected to the 
Internet. When the screen saver is activated, the Warpstock Europe 2005 
Screen Saver Module will connect to http://www.warpstock.net and download 
the latest. To complete this task successfully, an Internet connection 
is required.

The module will use a cached copy of the latest news if no Internet 
connection is available! So the module can also be used on computers 
that are only occasionally connected to the Internet!

When no Internet connection is available, the module will display the text 
"retrieving news" for some time and then will switch to a cached copy 
of the latest news. It can take up to 3 minutes before the cached 
copy of the latest news is displayed!

If you are using a software that dials automatically when a request for a 
network connection is made, this screen saver module will trigger a dial 
up! You cannot disable this and you have been warned that this may result 
in additional costs for you!

The module has problems with centering and aligning the text if the 
resolution of the screen is below 1024x786, e.g. 800x600!

And finally, this screen saver does not actually save the screen! :-) The 
module does not blank the screen after some time or move stuff around to 
prevent text from burning into the screen! However, this is not really 
a problem with todays screens anyway and the module will use the DPMS 
settings of Doodle's Screen Saver to switch the screen into standby, suspend 
or off state! To use DPMS, you have to enable this in the screen saver 
configuration!


History
=======
Version 1.5.1
- FIX: WarpIN install package should now detect the module path correctly

Version 1.5
- initial version



Contacting the Author
=====================

The module has been created by Robert Henschel, a member of the 
Warpstock Europe 2005 Organizing Team. If you have problems with this 
module, please contact:
	info@warpstock.net
	
	
References
==========

Homepage of Doodle's Screen Saver
	http://dssaver.netlabs.org
Warpstock Europe 2005 Homepage
	http://warpstock.net/WSE2005/index.html	
