minimizing

I have a screen saver I am working on, and it seems to minimize every once in a while to the desktop...THere are no stops, and When run in debugging mode it always stops on the next command in a for i = 1 to 10000 loop...I am wondering if this is a bug, or what it could be that gets past the debug....It takes about 20 minutes to happen...

Maybe it is some other program that sets the main focus to the desktop ?

hi mindstorms

post some code and we can see, this may be because you are re-assigning 'i' within the loop.

eg (this is very bad):

for i=1 to 10
i=4
next

Sorry for the long wait, been away and busy... I think it may be itunes. It seems to take focus from other programs now and again...It just never seems to take from full screen applications...Is there a way to force itunes to stop?

If its a screensaver, why not keep it in fullscreen?

It could lose focus nevertheless.

Task manager can close applications, so there must be a way to do it. I think TerminateProcess() in kernel32 might do it.
Here is some thread about it:
http://forum.skill-club.com/archive/index.php/t-17803.html
Here is a program that kills/restarts iTunes in Delphi:
http://www.delphipages.com/threads/thread.cfm?ID=147628&G=147624

That may just do it.

Careful not to get peoples back up though, i certainly wouldnt like it if a screensaver messed with my taskbar, may cause memory holes etc if processes get terminated externally.

WOuld it be better to simply automatically maximize the program when it looses focus? Is this easier (and safer)?

thats probably a better idea, if theres a way of reading a windowstate from win32(or one of them) and if minid then maxit.

Or mabe you could call the maximize function every so many seconds, so it only looses focus for a second or two (dont know if this will cause jitter though).

alternatively, what about the 'always on top' flag thatsome progs seem to set. That might help too.

Thanks d-Grafix...Found the flag in a win32 dll...works fine now :)