Screensaver with ESU Logos

Overview

The Screensaver with ESU Logos was developed by Susan Adam and Brad Nagel as a term project in the CS552 Software Engineering course offered by the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at ESU. The program allows users to display two well-know University symbols as a screensaver. In addition, if the computer that the screensaver is installed on has an Internet connection, the user may also display an ESU news ticker or an Emporia weather summary. The screensaver is compatible with all Windows platforms (Win95/NT/98/98SE/Me/2000/XP).

Obtaining the Software

Click here to download. (ESUSaver.exe, 188KB).

Installing the Software

If you have saved the file to disk, simply double-click on the icon. The screensaver is a self-installing screensaver which will automatically install itself.

Simply follow the steps in the setup wizard.

  1. Click on the first panel.
  2. Click on the second panel.
  3. Click on the third panel.

Note that the installer places a folder called esudata in the root (C:/) directory. This directory contains graphics files used by the screensaver. If you delete this directory, the program will not operate correctly.

Configuring the Software

After the screensaver is installed, you can make adjustments to it through your Control Panel. You can quickly access the Control Panel by right clicking with the mouse on the desktop (anywhere on the screen) then select "Properties" from the menu that appears. Select the "Screen Saver" tab to make any adjustments to the screensaver.

Three display options and two appearance options are available. Click to see the options panel.

The display options are:

  1. Show ESU Logo - The logo "bounces" off the screen edges and rotates. Example.
  2. Show ESU News - is displayed on a rotating cube with news. A ticker-tape showing ESU information is displayed below Corky. If the computer that the screensaver is installed on a has an Internet connection, the information displayed is periodically updated. Example.
  3. Show Weather - displayed on a rotating cube with weather. If the computer that the screensaver is installed on a has an Internet connection, the Emporia KS weather is displayed as a ticker tape. The weather information displayed is from The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS) website (http://www.nws.noaa.gov/). The weather on the NWS site is updated hourly. Example.

The appearcnce options are:

  1. Quality - display is slower than the Speed option and displays graphics with greater detail.
  2. Speed - display is faster than the Quality option and displays graphics with lesser detail.

Uninstalling The Software

An uninstaller is provided and can be located in the Add or Remove Programs section in Control Panel.

Questions

Please direct all questions and comments concerning the screensaver to pheattch@emporia.edu.