dertien posted this wizwheel at this address...

bravo2zero · 11-19-07, 09:21 PM

http://img456.imageshack.us/my.php?i...swf&width=1024

As you can see it operates on its own.

Is there anyway to download this and have it on my desktop????

Rockin Robbins · 11-20-07, 06:41 PM

I'll have to play with it a bit. On the surface it looks like it can only run within a browser.

For myself, I wonder if I'll use it at all. I built a similar all-in-one wheel, Cap'n Scurvy's Angle on the Bow and Speed Calculator, http://mysite.verizon.net/ress1z18/. Hope the link still works. Anyway I built it and never use it! But I'll still play with this one to see what I can do.

Rockin Robbins · 11-20-07, 09:51 PM

What is your desktop resolution? I can set you and everyone else up here.

First the ingredients:
http://img456.imageshack.us/my.php?i....swf&width=640
http://img456.imageshack.us/my.php?i....swf&width=800
http://img456.imageshack.us/my.php?i...swf&width=1024

There you go. These ingredients should be chosen to match how much space you want taken up by the operable whiz wheel. On my 1152 x 864 desktop I chose the 800 version, which is 800 x 600.

Step 1: right click the link of your choice, depending on desktop space and copy link location.

Step 2: clear all the dozens of junky windows you have open and right-click the desktop. Choose properties from the context menu.

Step 3: now choose (drumroll, please) desktop. Underneath the Background: combo box you'll see a Customize Desktop... button. Push it with dread and trepidation.

Step 4: Select the Web tab. Stab the New... button.

Step 5: Left-click in the Location box and press ctrl-v to paste your link. Press OK.

Step 6: Wait............ you know the routine. After it says it's synchronized you'll be back to the desktop items screen. Make sure Lock desktop items is not checked as you will have to resize the window holding the whiz wheel. Press OK. Press Ok on the Display properties window to leave you looking at a small square on your desktop which may or may not appear to hold your whiz wheel.

Step 7: resize the window holding the whiz wheel so you can see the entire thing. I went back into desktop properties and locked my desktop so I wouldn't mess my icons in front of the whiz wheel up when using the whiz wheel.

Step 8: either thank me or curse me when you find the whiz wheel is more trouble than it is worth!

This surgery was performed using Windows XP Media Edition. Vista can do the same thing with slightly different procedures. This procedure actually puts the whiz wheel on your hard drive and does not require a live link to the website. Therefore the whiz wheel works even if you're not on the Internet at the time. Is that what the doctor ordered?

Go4It · 11-20-07, 11:38 PM

See if you have this file in your temporary internet file folder "iswasxc2.swf" if so, save it to another place on your HD an you should be able to open that file, it should open in internet explorer.

Rockin Robbins · 11-22-07, 12:21 PM

Worthwhile content BUMP!!!!

peewee · 11-24-07, 10:40 AM

wow, thats really cool......now if I just knew what the hell I was supposed to do with it................. (age is no barrier to subsim ignorance) anyone care to explain the workings?

11-19-07, 09:21 PM	#1
bravo2zero Nub Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	dertien posted this wizwheel at this address... http://img456.imageshack.us/my.php?i...swf&width=1024 As you can see it operates on its own. Is there anyway to download this and have it on my desktop????

11-20-07, 06:41 PM	#2
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	This is pretty cool! I'll have to play with it a bit. On the surface it looks like it can only run within a browser. For myself, I wonder if I'll use it at all. I built a similar all-in-one wheel, Cap'n Scurvy's Angle on the Bow and Speed Calculator, http://mysite.verizon.net/ress1z18/. Hope the link still works. Anyway I built it and never use it! But I'll still play with this one to see what I can do. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

11-20-07, 09:51 PM	#3
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Hehehehehe!!!! What is your desktop resolution? I can set you and everyone else up here. First the ingredients: http://img456.imageshack.us/my.php?i....swf&width=640 http://img456.imageshack.us/my.php?i....swf&width=800 http://img456.imageshack.us/my.php?i...swf&width=1024 There you go. These ingredients should be chosen to match how much space you want taken up by the operable whiz wheel. On my 1152 x 864 desktop I chose the 800 version, which is 800 x 600. Step 1: right click the link of your choice, depending on desktop space and copy link location. Step 2: clear all the dozens of junky windows you have open and right-click the desktop. Choose properties from the context menu. Step 3: now choose (drumroll, please) desktop. Underneath the Background: combo box you'll see a Customize Desktop... button. Push it with dread and trepidation. Step 4: Select the Web tab. Stab the New... button. Step 5: Left-click in the Location box and press ctrl-v to paste your link. Press OK. Step 6: Wait............ you know the routine. After it says it's synchronized you'll be back to the desktop items screen. Make sure Lock desktop items is not checked as you will have to resize the window holding the whiz wheel. Press OK. Press Ok on the Display properties window to leave you looking at a small square on your desktop which may or may not appear to hold your whiz wheel. Step 7: resize the window holding the whiz wheel so you can see the entire thing. I went back into desktop properties and locked my desktop so I wouldn't mess my icons in front of the whiz wheel up when using the whiz wheel. Step 8: either thank me or curse me when you find the whiz wheel is more trouble than it is worth! This surgery was performed using Windows XP Media Edition. Vista can do the same thing with slightly different procedures. This procedure actually puts the whiz wheel on your hard drive and does not require a live link to the website. Therefore the whiz wheel works even if you're not on the Internet at the time. Is that what the doctor ordered? __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS Last edited by Rockin Robbins; 11-20-07 at 10:15 PM.

11-22-07, 12:21 PM	#5
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Worthwhile content BUMP!!!! __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

11-20-07, 11:38 PM	#4
Go4It Engineer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South of Buffalo N.Y. USA Posts: 209 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	See if you have this file in your temporary internet file folder "iswasxc2.swf" if so, save it to another place on your HD an you should be able to open that file, it should open in internet explorer.

11-24-07, 10:40 AM	#6
peewee Electrician's Mate Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Iowa Posts: 135 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	wow, thats really cool......now if I just knew what the hell I was supposed to do with it................. (age is no barrier to subsim ignorance) anyone care to explain the workings?