Wallpaper Rotator X is a small program that changes your desktop wallpaper and backcolor at timed intervals, or optionally, when the computer boots up.
Wallpaper Rotator X has many features and options including:
- is free
- has no spyware
- uses little system memory no matter how many images are rotating
- supports many image formats
- resizes images with very high quality (bicubic)
- fade or blend images into the desktop
- individual settings for every image including timed rotation
- option to rotate images on startup only
- auto back color selection
For comments, suggestions, and bug reports: Contact Page
When you write, ALWAYS include:
- What operating system you have.
If you report a bug, or something doesn't seem to work right, please include:
- OS and What you were doing when the problem arose.
Known Issues That I'm Still Working On:
- In Win98 the custom cursors do not display right.
Change Log:
1.2.8
- Fixed problem with program not ending when asked to sometimes.
- Internal code changes.
1.2.7
- Patched major Gdi resource leak.
- Greatly reduced scrollbar flicker.
- Other scrollbar work.
1.2.6
- Made sure program does NOT try to access internet when closing. That was just annoying!
- Upped font size.
- Fixed problem with clipboard not reading correct size from a paste.
- Re-arraned controls a little.
1.2.5
- Fixed problem caused by multi-threading that made the program to never close.
- Fixed file chooser so that directories beginning with . are shown.
1.2.4
- Fixed occasional string backward concentation.
- Fixed a threading issue that could have caused memory leak.
- Fixed update checking.
- Update fixing included fixing major problems with multi-threading.
1.2.3
- Made editboxes more appealing when highlighting.
- Internal code changes.
1.2.2
- Spiffed up automatic downloading.
1.2.1
- Made automatic update checking, download and install feature.
1.2.0
- Made update checking feature.
1.1.17
- Fixed runtime error that occured with the time textbox in the options menu.
- Made filechooser to sort in ascending order.
- Fixed bug that occured during highlighting of textboxes; rarely occured.
1.1.16
- Fixed horozontal scrolling problem.
1.1.15
- Made caret show in TextBox when there is no text.
1.1.14
- Made window smaller.
1.1.13
- Fixed bug that occured when rearranging images.
- Fixed problem with tabbing not passing disabled controls.
- GUI improved.
1.1.12
- Fixed small problem that could occur when copying paletted images to clipboard.
- Made other small changes to clipboard handling.
- Small changes to how bitmaps are read.
1.1.11
- Made the string measuring function alot more efficient.
- Fixed scrollbar scrolling when mouse was over another control.
1.1.10
- Made a string measuring function work more efficient and correct.
- Visually improved group boxes.
1.1.9
- Window size and position were not remembered after shutdown. Fixed now.
1.1.8
- Fixed a bug that occured when you try to add an image that cannot be decoded.
- Patched memory leak that occured when an image could not be opened but was still in the image list.
- Window size and position is always remembered now.
- Made lots of internal improvements that make the program more efficient; such as making a global buffer.
1.1.7
- Made lots of internal improvements that make the program more efficient and easier to use.
- Some of the improvements I did, make the module (wrx.exe) smaller.
1.1.6
- Changed the image list's context menu image.
- Fixed very small memory leak that occured when the main window was activated and an invalid path was in the filechooser.
- Made lots of internal improvements that make the program even more efficient.
- Reworked filechoosers Refresh function.
1.1.5
- Adding the rearrange functuality produced a lockup problem when an item was chosen from drop down lists. It is now fixed.
1.1.4
- Can now rearrange images in the list.
- Small internal changes.
1.1.3
- Changes I made to the listbox removed 2 functions from the listbox that I have now put back.
1.1.2
- Sometimes Windows will destroy the taskbar and subsequently, the WR notify icon. That can happen if you try to delete a file with no size from explorer. Previous versions did not recreate the WR icon when Wndows destroyed it.
1.1.1
- Tweaked listbox's selecting functions.
- Custom cursor handling was made more efficient.
- GUI fixed to support lower resolutions better.
- Page Up and Down are now functional.
1.1.0
- When setting paper from the image list, the window is hidden temporarily so you can preview your new paper.
- Fixed groupbox's drawing super slow problem when text is past the right side.
1.0.9
- Removed one extra message box when an image can't be read.
1.0.8
- Now possible to tab through ALL controls.
- FileChooser moves up a directory when Backspace is pressed.
- RadioButtons graphically improved.
- Fixed small potential bug in EditBox.
- Changed program font.
1.0.7
- Made listbox adjust thumbnail size for small images.
- Lots of small changes to make even more user friendly.
- Did lots of internal work on listboxes.
- Screen color pick was looping through list twice. Fixed now.
1.0.6
- Fixed saving of blend thickness data.
- Lots of little changes to make even more friendly.
- Did internal work on string handling.
1.0.5
- WRX now knows when images have been blended and at what thickness. (does not apply to former images: have to click Restore Original)
- Because of the improvement above, the image blend is automatically changed with backcolor changes.
- Minor changes throughout that make things more friendly.
1.0.4
- Fixed same bug that was in ver 1.0.0 (changing rotation time) except this time, in the Options window.
1.0.3
- Fixed bug that caused program to crash randomly at startup. Was located in aControls::Add. This was the bug I thought was fixed in 1.0.2.
- Unfortunately, updating from previous versions will cause you to lose all of your current rotating images; applies to this release only. And this should be the last time you lose your rotating image list because of an update.
1.0.2
- Now focuses on either the FileChooser or ImageList when program starts.
- Renamed module to wrx.exe.
1.0.1
- Fixed image resize quality and made speed optimisations.
- Added new feature - Best max size calculation for resizing images.
- Graphically improved editboxes, listboxes, radiobuttons and scrollbars.
1.0.0
- Fixed bug when trying to change rotation time.
Beta 5
- Added new feature - auto back color selection choice.
- Made program internals a little better.
Beta 4
- Buttons graphically did not show pressed down state when focused.
- Reworked internal structure for handling files. More effecient now and application size is also smaller!
- Other very minor changes.
Beta 3
- Fixed image resize quality. Very high quality (bicubic) is used for resizing images. It is slower but quality is worth the wait.
- Images in list can now be copied to clipboard with ctrl+c and a context menu.
