I'm doing some screensavers in blitz3D.
Everything is working well, but I have one last issue to solve:
Let's say the computer has the following settings:
- Start screensaver after 5 minutes.
- Shutdown screen after 15 minutes.
So my screensaver runs after 5 minutes, then I wait 10 minutes more and the screen goes off.
If I go back to my computer and move the mouse or press a key, the screen turns on and I have my Blitz screensaver still running minimized on the taskbar.
How can I receive this "screen shutdown" event on my Blitz program?
I tried the code from Code Archive (screensaver code: http://www.blitzbasic.com/codearcs/codearcs.php?code=2093 )
in particular the event handler:
but it seems it is not working well on my Vista and XP box.
Any advice of the screensavers gurus out there?
thanks
Everything is working well, but I have one last issue to solve:
Let's say the computer has the following settings:
- Start screensaver after 5 minutes.
- Shutdown screen after 15 minutes.
So my screensaver runs after 5 minutes, then I wait 10 minutes more and the screen goes off.
If I go back to my computer and move the mouse or press a key, the screen turns on and I have my Blitz screensaver still running minimized on the taskbar.
How can I receive this "screen shutdown" event on my Blitz program?
I tried the code from Code Archive (screensaver code: http://www.blitzbasic.com/codearcs/codearcs.php?code=2093 )
in particular the event handler:
Select w_message\message Case WM_DESTROY: api_PostQuitMessage(0) Case WM_CLOSE: ExitScreensaver() Case WM_MOUSEMOVE: pt.POINT = New POINT api_GetCursorPos(pt) If Abs(pt\x-orig_pt\x)>10 Or Abs(pt\y-orig_pt\y)>10 Then api_PostMessage(w_message\hwnd,WM_CLOSE,0,0) EndIf Case WM_LBUTTONDOWN, WM_RBUTTONDOWN, WM_MBUTTONDOWN, WM_KEYDOWN, WM_SYSKEYDOWN: api_PostMessage(w_message\hwnd,WM_CLOSE,0,0) Default: api_DefWindowProc(w_message\hwnd,w_message\message,w_message\lParam,w_message\wParam) End Select
but it seems it is not working well on my Vista and XP box.
Any advice of the screensavers gurus out there?
thanks