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  • Just looking around
    jvaltane
    Posts: 17 from 2015/1/15
    With REXX.

    Code:
    rx "ADDRESS AMBIENT LoadBackground 'MOSSYS:Prefs/Wallpapers/1680x1050/Arida.png' type='desktop' 'mode=centered'"


    Options for mode: tiled, centered, scaled, zoomed.

    Check Ambient source code for other REXX commands. ;)

    I'm not sure if 68k AREXX is installed.

    Type can be: screen or window

    [ Edited by jvaltane 04.04.2025 - 21:41 ]
  • »04.04.25 - 21:31
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  • Just looking around
    jvaltane
    Posts: 17 from 2015/1/15
    It is hard to remember everything.;)

    I forgot LUA completely, it is also option. Just tested it couple of months ago.
  • »04.04.25 - 22:05
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  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
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    connor
    Posts: 609 from 2007/7/29
    Good idea! I tried both scripts. From jvaltane it does nothing. No image changes. Just the prompt returns. The one with rxcmd pops up "Background ... not found. Either restore the pathfile or change Settings/Ambient settings". The path is correct, I clicked to the directory before. The image is there. I have ARexx installed but for the second script it is not needed, only for the first one.
  • »04.04.25 - 22:16
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  • Just looking around
    jvaltane
    Posts: 17 from 2015/1/15
    Quote:

    connor wrote:
    Good idea! I tried both scripts. From jvaltane it does nothing. No image changes. Just the prompt returns. The one with rxcmd pops up "Background ... not found. Either restore the pathfile or change Settings/Ambient settings". The path is correct, I clicked to the directory before. The image is there. I have ARexx installed but for the second script it is not needed, only for the first one.


    Make sure "-marks are in right place. ...and also that RexxMast is running: https://www.morphos-user.com/Shell_Commands/RexxMast


    Papiosaurs example:
    Code:
    rxcmd AMBIENT "loadbackground ram:picture.png type=desktop mode=centered"


    And mine (assumed 68k rexx):
    Code:
    rx "ADDRESS AMBIENT LoadBackground 'MOSSYS:Prefs/Wallpapers/1680x1050/Arida.png' type='desktop' 'mode=centered'"


    possibly random image with directory only:
    Code:
    ... "... LoadBackground 'MOSSYS:Prefs/Wallpapers/1680x1050/' type='desktop' 'mode=centered'"
  • »04.04.25 - 23:14
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