ScreenSaver

I'm about to make a screen saver, which must detect the "/C" or "/S" command line switches that windows gives when you pick the screen saver in the control panel. I made a simple app that just prints CommandLine$ (I have a fully updated Blitz3D installation, Debug turned Off), but nothing shows.

If Left$(CommandLine$(),2) <> "/s"
End
EndIf

I did something like that if I didn't want it to show unless an actual screen saver state was started. I ended up just ditching that though and just letting it be normal.

But my app won't retrive the CommandLine!! Whether you click the saver in the list, click "settings" or click "example" CommandLine$ is empty! Has this changed with WinXP??

I'm using WinXP. I just right click on the .scr file (renamed .exe) and click install. Don't know ... I don't have a problem getting the CommandLine$.

Here's some code someone else posted. Maybe you forgot the parenthesis in CommandLine$(). Without the parenthesis the function won't work.

loadtype$=Left$(CommandLine$(),2)

Select loadtype
	Case "/s"
		screensaver()
	Case "/p"
		;preview, do nothing
		End
	Case "/c"
		Notify "No user preferences available!"
		End
End Select

Tutorial:
http://www.blitzcoder.com/cgi-bin/articles/show_article.pl?f=grisu02052004150048.html