                           BACKDROP

BACKDROP sets the DESQview/X background to the requested image or
color name for the duration of the current DESQview/X session.

SYNOPSIS:

BACKDROP  [-d displayname] -pixmap file_name
        -or-

BACKDROP  [-d displayname] -color color_name


-d displayname
This option indicates the display server to use. If you omit this
parameter, BACKDROP will normally use the display server of the
local machine (the machine you are using).

-pixmap file_name
This option gives the name of a graphic file to use as the
background screen. DESQview/X supports the following graphics file
types:

  .GIF - Graphics Interchange Format

  .XPM - X Windows Pixmap

  .BIT - X Bitmap

  .BMP - device-independent Bitmap format

  .RLE - device-independent Bitmap format with Run Length Encoding

  .ICO - Microsoft Window's icon files

-color color_name
This option specifies a color to use as the background screen.
Colors are specified as follows:

  Colorname            Color name found in DVX\SERVER\RGB.TXT
  #RGB                 One character per color
  #RRGGBB              Two characters per color
  #RRRGGGBBB           Three characters per color
  #RRRRGGGGBBBB        four characters per color
  NOTE: R,G,B represent single hexadecimal digits (upper or lower
  case).

How to Use a Graphics File as the Background Screen

If you have any of the supported graphic files and you would like to
use one as the DESQview/X background screen, you can try the file
out temporarily, and if you like the way it looks, configure
DESQview/X to use that file as the background whenever you start
DESQview/X.

To try out a graphics file as the background screen:

  Display the DESQview/X menu and select Open Window.

  Select DOS Window from the Open Window menu.

  When the DOS window displays, type BACKDROP followed
  by the graphics file name (be sure to include the file's path if it
  is not in the current directory) and press Enter.

The image you specify will appear as the background screen for the
remainder of the current DESQview/X session (or until you specify
another backdrop). If the image size is smaller than the size of your
screen, it will be tiled (i.e., displayed as repeating squares).

If you want an XPM graphics file to come up as the background
screen whenever you start DESQview/X, follow the steps below:

  Copy the file to the \DVX\ICONS\PATTERNS directory.

  Switch to the \DVX directory.

  Type SETUP and press Enter.

  When the DESQview/X Setup screen displays, select Advanced Setup.

  Select Display Setup.
  
  Select Background.

  Select Patterned. You will see a list of the available patterns.
  The file you copied to the \DVX\ICONS\PATTERNS directory should
  appear in the list.

  Scroll the list and when you find your file, select it from the list.

  Press Esc until you are back at the Advanced Setup menu.

  Select Exit Setup.

  When you are asked if you want to save the changes, select Yes.

  Start DESQview/X and your graphics file should appear as the
  background window.

If you want a GIF, BIT, BMP, RLE or ICO file to appear as the
background screen whenever you start DESQview/X, follow the steps
below:

   Copy the file to the \DVX\ICONS\PATTERNS directory.

   Open a DOS Window in DESQview/X.

   Type CD \DVX\DVPS.

   Type DVPMAN BACKDROP.

You will see the BACKDROP DVP.

   Move the cursor to the end of the DOS Command line and change the
   filename to the name of the file you want to use as the background
   screen. Then press Enter.

   Use a text editor to edit the file DVX.CFG in the \DVX directory.
   Go to the end of the Client line and add a comma followed by the
   word BACKDROP. For example, the line might look like this:

   Client  DWM,BACKDROP

The next time you start DESQview/X you new background screen will
appear.


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