Talisman Desktop 3.0 Build 3003 Beta 2

Talisman Desktop is a substitute for Windows Desktop and shell replacement and it allows you to create any interface for your PC.
It hides the standard desktop of Windows. Place any number of icons, buttons, pictures or other objects.
These objects can have any form or dimensions.
All objects can run external programs or internal shell commands.
The number of forms (desktops) is not limited.
Any screen object can be set to switch from one desktop to another. All settings and pictures are stored in a theme file. You can even make many themes and use objects with links to go from one theme to another.
You can add HTML-pages and Flash movies to the desktop and add sounds to different events. It supports Windows XP icons of any sizes from 16x16 to 128x128 pixels.
It is posible to create different "zoomer" objects from such icons and to place the icons of different sizes on desktop.
Main features:
- Creating multilevel user defined desktops
- Use of any number of pictures of any type or dimension, instead of standard icons.
- Place, free-moving and imposing of objects in the Talisman workspace.
- All objects can run external programs or internal shell commands by one click of the mouse.
- Any number of forms (screens) in one theme. Any screen object can be set to switch from one form to another.
- You can create a set of independent themes, and store them on any disk in the local computer or on a local area network.
- You can easily switch between different themes through your own objects or through the Talisman menu.
- The Built-in Object Editor allows the creation, modification and removal of any element in a theme.
- Large number of basic elements (forms, pictures, buttons of different types,text blocks, HTML, Flash objects, clocks, calendars and other)
- Customizable system tray, taskbar and clock.
- Sound support for all events.
- Applications menu, Task menu, Theme menu, Foldermenu, Run, Find, Desktop, ControlPanel, Network, Dialup, Documents and other internal commands.
- Script language.
- Messages engine for communication with other programs.
- Plugins.
- Keyboard control.
- Protection and limited access functions.
Version restrictions:
- 30 days trial.

Enhancements:
- Updated Button object. Added alpha-blended PNG support for all phases of a button; added vertical text labels
- New button file format - TBTN instead the old BTN3 format. TBTN stores 3 alpha-blended PNG pictures and all button settings in one file
- Updated Calendar object. Added support of alpha-blended PNG backgrounds; new "Horizontal Line" and "Vertical Line" styles of calendar; vertical text labels
- Updated AClock object. Added support of alpha-blended PNG arrows; separated centers for each arrow; top picture (alpha-blended PNG)
- New "Add/Edit Item" dialog for List object
- New "Theme Manager 3.0", including: Theme Manager, Theme Installer, Theme Builder, Shape Builder, Object Collector
- New options for desktop wallpapers: Fit by Width (Arange to Top/Center/Bottom) and Fit by Height (Arrange to Left/Center/Right). These options help to set standard (4:3) wallpapers to wide screens without distortions
- New "Button Click delay" option in Program Settings window of Object Editor to set up any delay in msec. This option was added to avoid unexpected double clicks or long pressings on touchscreen displays
- New "Preview Panel Color" option in Program Settings window of Object Editor to change background color of preview windows in Object Editor
- New screenwidth.tscr and screenheight.tscr script commands
- Updated Drawpic command. Added rotation angle parameter for PNG pictures
- Fixed bug in List object "show Winamp playlist" option
- Fixed bug in Callendar object "Next/Previous year" command
- Other changes and bug fixes