Some Maps Won't Work as Wallpaper

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I’ve added some custom maps and I’m wondering why only some of them show up in the Wallpaper list. I can see them in the map list and view them OK, they just aren’t there in the Wallpaper list.

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Can you post the URLs of some that don’t?

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http://radar.my-cast.com/PersRadarServl … %3FdQ+AAdd

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I realize that it doesn’t look like an image file, but it is. It displays fine in the map viewer. But like I said before, it doesn’t show up in the wallpaper list. Does that list have some special requirements maybe?

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Wow!! The world’s longest URL.

Good news/bad news:

Bad news - the above URL returns an error msg stating that the “Request timed out”

Good news - the domain name portion of the URL appears to work fine.
http://radar.my-cast.com/PersRadarServlet

However, Windows requires wallpapers to be files rather than servlets. When you view the map in IE and select the Save as Background option Windows writes it to a BMP file (c:\Documents and Settings<userid>\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Internet Explorer Wallpaper.bmp) and uses it as the Desktop’s background. Windows does not support animated wallpapers, not even animated gifs.

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Well that explains it. Damn Windows. I guess I’ll have to use that site directly for that map.

Thanks for the info!