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Posted: 16th Nov 2004 11:36
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i have a screensaver and i want it to end everytime it is minimized. how can i check to see if it has been minimized?

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Posted: 16th Nov 2004 18:44
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Why are you running a screen-saver in Windowed Mode?
Compile it in Full-Screen Exclusive mode, and use something like;


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Posted: 16th Nov 2004 20:22
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The problem with fullscreen exclusive is it takes "ages" to swap res, etc. Windowed mode is much faster...

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Posted: 16th Nov 2004 21:44
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the command is:
'screen invalid()'

that will tell you if the window has been switch out, then back in.

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Posted: 16th Nov 2004 23:54 Edited at: 16th Nov 2004 23:57
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no matter what mode i run it in, nortan antivirus minimizes the screensaver. i want it to close so that the screensaver can wait a minute and then come back on over the popup screen. Whenever i put in these commands:

I get a windows screen with an error report ready to be sent off to wherever they send error reports..

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Posted: 17th Nov 2004 01:23
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Hmmm.

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Posted: 17th Nov 2004 07:47
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btw cool vid thing.

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Posted: 17th Nov 2004 12:06
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does anyone know of a dll for checking for something like that? and what exactly does 'switched out and then back in' mean?

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switched out = minimised
switched back = restored.

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Posted: 18th Nov 2004 20:09
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will it still return a one if the window is just minimized and never restored?

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not sure, never used the command at all!

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Posted: 19th Nov 2004 01:21
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Quote: "nortan antivirus minimizes the screensaver"


never does that here

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Posted: 19th Nov 2004 04:43
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it alwayse does that to mine. so do any windows updates that pop up. pretty much anything that pops up iether minimizes my screensaver or comes in front of it.

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Posted: 19th Nov 2004 07:07 Edited at: 19th Nov 2004 07:10
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dude,

Here, try this



Hope that works for you

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Posted: 20th Nov 2004 12:19
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that is cool, however i cant seem to get it to work... the program just minimizes like usual. am i doing something wrong? was i supposed to change something in that code snippet you gave me jess? i dont us dll command set, well, ever

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Posted: 20th Nov 2004 19:14
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Sorry, I didn't test it before posting it.

You need to change that part that goes in the loop to this;



You obviously can't have DLL calls as part of a conditional operation.

Oh well.

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Posted: 21st Nov 2004 05:01
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still doesnt seem to be working

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Posted: 21st Nov 2004 07:23
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This works for me:



Maybe you just forgot to loop it

[center]int N30F15H,a=1; do { N30F15H++; } while (a==1);
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Posted: 21st Nov 2004 08:22
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still doesnt work. i think its rite. its in full exc. mode.

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Posted: 22nd Nov 2004 11:28
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that dude,

Are you sure that the window isn't just being put to the background, and not minimized? Because there is a massive difference.

Try this one;


That just checks the current foreground window against the DBP window, and if they're not the same ( ie, the DBP window isn't the foreground ) then it ends.

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