PhotoAdvent

What it is:
	PhotoAdvent is an Advent Calendar for your computer. It's a fun Christmas activity for everyone, and ideal for families with young children. The program opens on a snow scene with 25 numbered boxes. You click on the dates in order to expand them and then click and drag your mouse to gradually reveal the pictures hidden behind the dates. (Click here to view snapshots of the screen which show this process.) PhotoAdvent comes with 25 pictures built in. So even if you never register PhotoAdvent or import a single picture, you'll still have a working advent calendar this Christmas! But what makes PhotoAdvent special is that the pictures behind the numbers can be your pictures. PhotoAdvent comes with the ability to import picture files from your computer (BMPs for Windows, PICTs for Macintosh). Pictures of your kids, your pets, birthdays, weddings, Halloween...any pictures you have! Registered users can import pictures for all 25 days of the calendar. Unregistered copies of PhotoAdvent are limited to importing 5 pictures. Although PhotoAdvent is not a screen saver, certain entertaining things do happen when PhotoAdvent is left idle for a period of time. (Watch and see...)
What you do to get it:
	Go to the download page. Download the appropriate file - either Macintosh or PC. Once you've downloaded the file, either unstuff it (Macintosh) or run the installer program (PC), and you should be ready to go - just double-click on the PhotoAdvent application. If you have a PC, it's possible you will also need to download "VBRUN300.EXE" - a program which installs the file "VBRUN300.DLL". PhotoAdvent requires this file in order to run. (Many PCs already have this file, so try running PhotoAdvent before you download this file. You'll be told if you need it.)
How to register:
	PhotoAdvent is a fully functional Advent Calendar, even if you don't register. However, registering PhotoAdvent allows you to import your own pictures for all 25 days of the Advent Calendar. Unregistered copies of PhotoAdvent are limited to importing the first 5 pictures. The price of PhotoAdvent is $20. Registration of PhotoAdvent is handled by Kagi**, either online, or via the "Register" program which is included when you download PhotoAdvent. See the table below for the method of payment which best suits you. Payment Options To pay via: Using: Do this:   Internet Credit Card Follow this link E-mail Phone (Surcharge)     Credit Card Fax Regular Mail Credit Card, Check, Money Order, or Cash Use the Register Program * *The Register program is included when you download PhotoAdvent. It will generate a form enabling you to mail, e-mail, fax, or phone your order in. Upon registering, you will receive a registration code. Simply go to the "Register" item in PhotoAdvent's Option menu and enter your name and registration code. You will then be able to import all 25 pictures!

**Kagi describes itself this way: "Kagi is an Internet store specializing in products created by thousands of individuals around the globe. Kagi started with downloadable software and has since become a seller of all sorts of other products such as music, videos and other physical goods. Kagi makes it easy for people to pay for products and frees the seller from handling all the payment processing. Mainly Kagi processes software payments." www.kagi.com