VB/WinAPI, Activating Windows 98 Default Screen Saver

Activating Windows 98 Default Screen Saver

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chri #1 / 4	Activating Windows 98 Default Screen Saver Does anyone know how to activate the windows 98 default screen saver with vb5.0??? i know how to do this with win95, but when i ran that code on win98 it caused an infinite loop trying to make my computer go into stand by mode... any help, any where.....?????
Tue, 26 Feb 2002 03:00:00 GMT

www.TheScarms.co #2 / 4	Activating Windows 98 Default Screen Saver Try Const WM_SYSCOMMAND = &H112& Const SC_SCREENSAVE = &HF140& Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hWnd as Long, ByVal wMas As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal wParam As Long) As Long Call SendMessage(form1.hwnd, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_SCREENSAVE , 0&) Dave Quote: >Does anyone know how to activate the windows 98 default screen saver >with vb5.0??? >i know how to do this with win95, but when i ran that code on win98 it >caused an infinite loop trying to make my computer go into stand by >mode... >any help, any where.....?????
Tue, 26 Feb 2002 03:00:00 GMT

chri #3 / 4	Activating Windows 98 Default Screen Saver Thanx for the advice, however the code below will only work with windows 95...and very nicely i might add....but when applied to win98 the computer attempts to enter stand by mode.... not exactly what i am looking 4..... if u have any more idea's ,, i'd love to give them a try.... On Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:42:17 -0400, "www.TheScarms.com" Quote: >Try >Const WM_SYSCOMMAND = &H112& >Const SC_SCREENSAVE = &HF140& >Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hWnd >as Long, ByVal wMas As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal wParam As Long) As >Long >Call SendMessage(form1.hwnd, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_SCREENSAVE , 0&) >Dave >>Does anyone know how to activate the windows 98 default screen saver >>with vb5.0??? >>i know how to do this with win95, but when i ran that code on win98 it >>caused an infinite loop trying to make my computer go into stand by >>mode... >>any help, any where.....?????
Tue, 26 Feb 2002 03:00:00 GMT

René Whitwort #4 / 4	Activating Windows 98 Default Screen Saver Chris, can't you read the default screen saver from the WIN.INI/SYSTEM.INI and then shell out to that file ? -- Hope this helps ... Rene Whitworth Whitworth Software Solutions - Germany http://www.w-s-s.de Please reply to the newsgroup :-) Quote: > Thanx for the advice, however the code below will only work with > windows 95...and very nicely i might add....but when applied to win98 > the computer attempts to enter stand by mode.... not exactly what i am > looking 4..... if u have any more idea's ,, i'd love to give them a > try.... > On Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:42:17 -0400, "www.TheScarms.com" > >Try > >Const WM_SYSCOMMAND = &H112& > >Const SC_SCREENSAVE = &HF140& > >Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hWnd > >as Long, ByVal wMas As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal wParam As Long) As > >Long > >Call SendMessage(form1.hwnd, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_SCREENSAVE , 0&) > >Dave > >>Does anyone know how to activate the windows 98 default screen saver > >>with vb5.0??? > >>i know how to do this with win95, but when i ran that code on win98 it > >>caused an infinite loop trying to make my computer go into stand by > >>mode... > >>any help, any where.....?????
Fri, 01 Mar 2002 03:00:00 GMT

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