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Re: Screensaver anyone?
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lugnet.cad.ray
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Tue, 12 Dec 2000 17:21:54 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.ray, Travis Cobbs wrote:
> Second, since the source is available, a Windows developer who knows how to
> make a screensaver could produce a screen saver based on LDView. I may do
> this myself eventually, but haven't had time to do so yet. Never having
> written a screensaver, I have no idea how difficult this would be.
It's fairly easy to make a Windows screensaver. There are a few API calls
to make and catch, but mostly you just compile to a .SCR extension, and
stop your program where there is keyboard or mouse activity.
Steve
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| I didn't figure it would be all that hard. In addition to what you noted, I would also need a version of the configuration panel which allowed you to select a file to display, as well as (preferably) a way to select the full-screen resolution used (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Screensaver anyone?
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| Hi, as the author of LDView, I've got two things to add. First, since LDView is not an actual screensaver, you would have no way of having it come on automatically. However, as Calvin pointed out, it will run full-screen. In addition, it supports (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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