| Learn how to create fun .exe files to send in emails as greetings and messages to
your friends. You can add music to them and choose how you want it to
"float" on the desktop. You can even add hyperlinks. When you click
on the message, it will send the recipient to the url you want. It's so simple to do
you'll be creating many of these for fun as birthday greetings, anniversary cards,
whatever you like.
Download the zip file which contains an animated
quill and a blank scroll for you to fill in your own personal message. Save these
two files into a folder where it will be easy for you to remember.
Open up Gif Animator 5.
The Startup Wizard box will appear. Click on "Open an Existing Image
File".
When the Open Image File
box opens, browse to where you saved the exe-quill.gif (animated quill) and exe-scroll.gif
background from the zip file. Click on the .exe-quill.gif to highlight it and click
Open.
Three frames of the
animated quill are now imported into Gif Animator 5.
Go to File, Export, As
Animation Package (EXE).
The Export Animation box
will appear. The Message Box Style has may backgrounds for you to choose from to
place your messages on. Highlight one of the message boxes and the Import Style
function and Enter Message Box becomes functional.
Click on Import Style and
browse for the folder where you saved the exe-scroll.gif. Highlight it and click
Open.
The exe-scroll.gif
background is now imported into your Message Box Style. By default, your completed
.exe will be saved to your C:\WINDOWS\TEMP folder as seen below in Generate Executable
File. For easier access it's best to save this to a folder where you want to save
your .exe files.
Click on the box at the
Generated Executable Files and browse to where you want to save your .exe file. Name
it exescroll and click Save.
For this tutorial use the
values shown below. Loop Count: 3, Go to URL: put in a url of your choice.
Start Frame Position: Top Right. End Frame Position: Center.
Leave the Message Box at default dimensions. Place your message in the Enter
Message box. You can change the font (click on the tab font), and the font
color. You can always vary where you want to place your Start Frame and End Frame by
clicking on the dropdown menu and choosing the effect you want.
You can add midi or .wav
files to jazz your message up by clicking on the box at Select Sound File. Browse
for your favorite midi or wav, select it and click Open.
Once you're satisfied with
your message, Click OK. An Animation box will pop up. You can click OK, or
choose Show Me and view your .exe right away.
You can create your own
animation and message background to send for special occasions.
I hope you've enjoyed this
tutorial.
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