random backgrounds for workbench?

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I was wondering if there was an prog that would randomly switch the background of work bench either every time you boot or better yet would every couple minutes or so change the background like in windows. I am currently using Dopus 5.9 with workbench replacement.
Thanks

[honx]

i'm using this little program for background switching every 15 minutes:
http://aminet.net/package/util/wb/RandomWBPatt
but i don't use dopus so i don't know if it still works along with dopus.

[daxb]

There exists at least a few programs. Have a look on Aminet.

With DOpus 5.x as WB-replacement you have the choice. Enviroment -> Backgrounds: WBPattern or DOpus system. For DOpus there is e.g. RndPic modul. With DOpus ARexx port you could do your own script. For WB also exists some but I don`t know the names.

[jPV]

You don't need anything extra when using DOpus 5.x. Just use wildcards in background filenames and you get different pics in reboots!

For example, configure in Environment -> Backgrounds -> Desktop something like this:
Work:Pictures/Backgrounds/#?
...or:
Work:Pictures/back#?.iff
...etc...


And if that's not enough and you want change the bg pic in runtime after some time always, here's a quick arexx-script for it (paste it into a text file called dopusrandbg.rexx):

/* Changes DOpus background image forever

   Start with:
   Run >NIL: RX dopusrandbg.rexx 
*/

if ~show("L", "rexxsupport.library") then do
	if ~addlib("rexxsupport.library", 0, -30,0) then exit 10
end

/* Configure these two lines for your needs: */
minutes=1
picpath="Work:Pics/#?.iff"

address DOPUS.1

do forever
	call delay 3000*minutes
	dopus set background '"'picpath'"' desktop center custom
	dopus refresh background custom
end

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Thanks for the replies. I will give them a try. As for the arexx code did you just bang that off? I could never get my head around arexx programming. Thanks

[jPV]

I had made a similar script 15 years ago, which did it a bit different way (configs in env:, stoppable/startable, etc), but I made it now a bit cleaner and simplier as an example, and added rexxsupport.library opening because I noticed my earlier script would fail in basic configurations without it.

[daxb]

If you don`t want to use/open rexxsupport.library just for DELAY() then use the DOS Wait command. I always wondered why the need of manually add the lib. Should be done be RexxMast or RX IMO. ~2,5kb used memory for it isn`t a waste.