I would like to write my own screen saver. I am not sure where to begin. I am not sure how to get it to take up the whole screen (hide task bar). I am also not sure how to make it a screen saver. I thought they were .SCR files. Do .exe files work as well, or do I have to compile it somehow to an .scr? Do I make it an .exe and then just rename it to .scr? I am pretty sure I can do most of anything having to do with no borders and some text possibly and making the program terminate with a mouse move event, but I am in need of assistance on the naming/compilation to the .scr and having it take up the entire screen. Any suggestions would be helpful. This is for our entire plant and we cannot use things like Webshots here and such.

Thanks in advance

Chris

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Chris

Hi Chris,

I vaguely remember doing this many years ago. I can't remember all the hoops one has to jump through, but I can remember some of the things:
1. its just the same as an exe - you can either change the extension to .scr after compilation, or get it to compile to an scr file simply by changing the name in the file dialog box after you choose "make project"
2. On the Project > Properties > Make tab, the Title must begin with "SCRNSAVE:"
3. set the form's WindowState to "2 - Maximized" to make it fill the whole screen
4. use the SetWindowPos API call with param HWND_TOPMOST to make it come to the front.
5. use the ShowCursor API to hide the mouse pointer.

Couldn't you find any screensaver tutorials out there?

hth
Phil

Chris,

Here is a link that will help you.

http://www.vb2themax.com/HtmlDoc.asp...rticles&ID=110

Yehuda