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In article <16B4A13B04.DRPORTER@SUVM.SYR.EDU> DRPORTER@SUVM.SYR.EDU (Brad Porter) writes:
>Help!!!  Freeware or shareware that needs to be written!  Here's what's needed:
>            A Windows screensaver, accessible through the Control Panel/Desktop
>            area, that allows you to specify a program to run.  In other words,
>            when I click setup I want to be able to input a command line just
>            like when I click Run in the program manager.  There are numerous
>            DOS screensavers, and I can write full-screen animations in VB,
>            but none of these can be run through the Windows Screensaver
>            area.  This can't be all that difficult to program if you're
>            familiar with writing Windows screensavers, which I'm sure someone
>            here is, but it would be invaluable in my opinion.

It sounds like you have VB, in that case you can make screen savers directly
as long as you know a couple of tricks.  Those .SCR files are really just 
Windows executables with a different name that obey a couple of standard rules.

Make the module description "SCRNSAVE : Your Title Here".
(In VB you do this by setting the Application Title when you make the .EXE)

If your app is started with a "/s" switch display your saver.

If your app is started with "/c" display your configuration dialog.

Since you aren't using the SCRNSAVE.LIB that comes with the SDK you will
need to manage exiting and passwords yourself.

A section named [ScreenSaver.Your Title Here] in control.ini is the customary
place to store your configuration info.

-Blake
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