Desktop Background switcher (DBS)

Posted on Thursday, September 25, 2008, in Technology, Software, My Projects, Software | Add a comment

DBS is the first program I have written in visual C#. Its purpose is a simple one; to change the background of the desktop after a set amount of time. Yes, I know there are other applications out there that do exactly the same job but there are a number of reasons that I created my own:

• Because I wanted to learn visual C#
• Because most of the applications have features in them that either wanted or needed
• Because this way I know what crap is running in the background when I’m working

It has been tested on both Windows XP and Vista. Tested with .PNG, .JPG , .GIF, and .BMP.

Requires the latest version of the .NET framework.

If you discover any bugs. Please contact me

How It’s Used

It’s easy to use. Just follow these steps:

• Get your images and through them into a folder stored somewhere on your hard drive
• Click the browse button and select the folder
• Let the application do the rest

An extra feature I added is the ability to change the time (in minuets) between wallpaper changes.