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Thanks for the information.  I have a lot to learn!


"Remy Lebeau (TeamB)" <no.spam@no.spam.com> wrote in message 
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> "M J Heneghan" <mjheneghan@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>>  bool *IsScreenSave;
>>  SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETSCREENSAVEACTIVE, 0, IsScreenSave, 0);
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> That is not the correct way to pass the boolean.  You have to use the '&'
> operator instead:
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>    BOOL IsScreenSave;
>    SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETSCREENSAVEACTIVE, 0, &IsScreenSave, 0);
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>> however, the screensaver still kicks in.
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> As it should be.  You are not preventing it from running at all.
> SPI_SETSCREENSAVEACTIVE does not deactive the screensaver if it is already
> running.  It is only a flag to tell the OS whether the screensaver is
> running or not.  Screensavers use SPI_SETSCREENSAVEACTIVE when they run. 
> If
> anything, you should be setting SPI_SETSCREENSAVEACTIVE to TRUE instead of
> FALSE to trick the OS into thinking a screensaver is running when none
> actually is.  That way, the actual screen saver will not kick in until you
> set SPI_SETSCREENSAVEACTIVE back to FALSE later.
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> Gambit
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