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Technical Information
How SlideShow Works
The following is a summary of the steps SlideShow performs when a slide show is run:
1. SlideShow is started. SlideShow starts a copy of Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator and establishes an automation link.
2. A slide show is started by the user pressing the "Show" button
3. SlideShow runs the slides in the slide show collection
4. The browser displays the slide.
5. The sound file (if any) is played in background.
6. The system pauses the seconds specified in the pause time field if specified or pauses for the default time period if none is specified or "use default" is selected.
7. SlideShow goes through all the slides in the collection if in the sequential mode or randomly selects the next slide if in the random mode.
8. SlideShow will end after the last slide if showing "once", or will start over if in the continuous mode.
System Demands of SlideShow
The demands of SlideShow, when used in most modes are minimal.
Internet Traffic: SlideShow adds no additional Internet traffic other than the demands made on its behalf by the native web browser.
System Resources: SlideShow spends most of its time in the sleep mode, waiting for the next slide to be shown or waiting for user input. SlideShow uses one of the native operating system timers, which are finite in number.
Testing has shown that most users experience approximately a 1% increase in system utilization when viewed by the NT System Monitor when in the sleep mode with less than 5% increase when actually running a show.
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