Can I get Wallpaper Engine to run an application instead of a video?

[aewebb]

I would like to run my screensaver, Electric Sheep, which has a simple executable for running fractal patterns across the full screen. I'd like to run this app as a desktop background to get a constant evolution

[Biohazard]

You can try dragging and dropping the executable into the browse window and then it may work or may not.

Wallpaper Engine will attempt to take the window created by the application before it appears and set it up as a wallpaper. Should the program have code though to make the window come back from the background then Wallpaper Engine won't fight that since that can lead to problematic situations.

If the program doesn't open a simple window but instead it's more complicated like using multiple windows then it likely won't work either. It's not really possible to build special exceptions for every program.

[aewebb]

Yeah, I've been playing around with the executable but it does not seem to be working. The preview stays blank, which is funny because this application is meant to be a screensaver.

[Biohazard]

FYI screen savers on Windows work differently from normal programs and can't be loaded by normal means. But electric sheep is also usable without that, so this isn't relevant in this particular case (I assume). This is also the reason Wallpaper Engine can't be used as a screen saver right now since it's just such a separate thing.

Electric sheep uses multiple windows and it's not possible to just open it in a simple window without opening the configuration screen as far as I can see, or am I missing something?