Multiple wallpapers

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Multiple backgrounds and/or Stamps

You can load a different wallpaper or even have a completely different style of menu for any of the sub-menu folders.

E2B will automatically use one of the following grub4dos .g4b batch files, or .bmp or .jpg files (if they exist) just before the corresponding menu is displayed.

The file name is the same as the menu folder name…

\_ISO\MAINMENU.g4b or .bmp or .jpg – this must be present if you want the Main Menu to load a different wallpaper when it returns back from a sub-menu
\_ISO\SVR2K8R2.g4b or .bmp or .jpg
\_ISO\SVR2012.g4b or .bmp or .jpg
\_ISO\VISTA.g4b or .bmp or .jpg
\_ISO\WIN7.g4b or .bmp or .jpg
\_ISO\WIN8.g4b or .bmp or .jpg
\_ISO\WIN10.g4b or .bmp or .jpg
\_ISO\SVR2016.g4b or .bmp or .jpg
\_ISO\SVR2019.g4b or .bmp or .jpg
\_ISO\WINAIO.g4b or .bmp or .jpg
\_ISO\WINDOWS.g4b or .bmp or .jpg
\_ISO\AUTO.g4b or .bmp or .jpg
\_ISO\ANTIVIRUS.g4b or .bmp or .jpg
\_ISO\BACKUP.g4b or .bmp or .jpg
\_ISO\DOS.g4b or .bmp or .jpg
\_ISO\LINUX.g4b or .bmp or .jpg
\_ISO\UTILITIES.g4b or .bmp or .jpg
\_ISO\UTILITIES_MEMTEST.g4b or .bmp or .jpg
\_ISO\WIN.g4b or .bmp or .jpg
\_ISO\WINPE.g4b or .bmp or .jpg

Tip: Note that E2B will always load the default background first. Do not set a wallpaper using MYWBMP= in the MyE2B.cfg file and delete the E2B default \_ISO\e2b\grub\Background.bmp.gz file if you want to save time and only load the \_ISO\MAINMENU.jpg or .bmp file on startup.

Example .g4b

if \_ISO\DOS.jpg or DOS.bmp exists, it will be used as the wallpaper for the DOS menu – OR (for example) you can create a \_ISO\DOS.g4b file to load a new wallpaper and then stamp a menu heading at the top of a new background wallpaper:

!BAT
# display new wallpaper
splashimage /_ISO/MyDOS.bmp
# stamp heading on top of wallpaper (--offset=transparent=0x80 or 0=opaque,x,y file)
splashimage --offset=0x80=300=0 /_ISO/HeadingDOS.bmp
# remove currently playing animation (if any)
splashimage --animated=0

The .g4b file must begin with !BAT on the first line. ‘color’ commands and other commands can also be added to the .g4b file (see below).

You can add a new animation by adding code to the .g4b file – see ‘Multiple animation sequences‘.

If the .g4b file does not exist E2B will then look for a background image file with a .jpg or .bmp file extension, so if you just want a different wallpaper for each menu, simply ensure a .jpg or .bmp file is present in the \_ISO folder of the same name as the submenu folder (e.g. \_ISO\ANTIVIRUS.jpg, \_ISO\MAINMENU.jpg, etc.) and it will be used – no .g4b file is required.

If you create a new SubMenu folder (e.g. \_ISO\NEW) using SUB_MENU_Maker.cmd then one of the files \_ISO\NEW.g4b, \_ISO\NEW.bmp or \_ISO\NEW.jpg (in that order) will be automatically used, e.g. if NEW.g4b exists then NEW.bmp and NEW.jpg will be ignored.

Note: The maximum length for a grub4dos variable name is only 8 characters, variable names longer than 9 characters will be ignored (e.g. set FREDFREDAB=1 will do nothing, set FREDFREDA=1 will make a new variable FREDFRED (not FREDFREDA) with a value of 1).

Multiple backgrounds and/or Stamps

Example .g4b

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