I'm trying to set the user's screensaver in the .NET world...
In Win32 I could use a combination of setting the screen saver name via the
registry and then setting the time and active status using
SystemParameter sInfo. And the system would use the new settings.
Now that I'm trying to do it in .NET, I found that SystemParameter sInfo does
not exist. I also found I can detect when the screensaver settings have
been changed, but what I cannot find out is how to cause the system to know
that the screensaver settings have changed...
Anyone have any ideas?
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Chris Burr cb***@kcc.com 4  2200 
You still can use those features through P/Invoke.
Add namespace System.Runtime. InteropServices in your code and then declare
[DllImport("user 32", CharSet=CharSet .Auto)]
unsafe public static extern short SystemParameter sInfo (int uiAction, int
uiParam, int* pvParam, int fWinIni);
HTH
Shishir Kumar Mishra
Agni Software (P) Ltd. www.agnisoft.com
"Christophe r Burr" <cb***@kcc.co m> wrote in message
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I'm trying to set the user's screensaver in the .NET world...
In Win32 I could use a combination of setting the screen saver name via
the registry and then setting the time and active status using
SystemParameter sInfo. And the system would use the new settings.
Now that I'm trying to do it in .NET, I found that SystemParameter sInfo
does not exist. I also found I can detect when the screensaver settings have
been changed, but what I cannot find out is how to cause the system to
know that the screensaver settings have changed...
Anyone have any ideas?
--
Chris Burr
cb***@kcc.com
Yea, was just hoping that I could avoid going to unmanaged code.
--
Chris Burr cb***@kcc.com
"Shishir Kumar Mishra" <sh*****@agniso ft.com> wrote in message
news:uX******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl... You still can use those features through P/Invoke.
Add namespace System.Runtime. InteropServices in your code and then
declare [DllImport("user 32", CharSet=CharSet .Auto)]
unsafe public static extern short SystemParameter sInfo (int uiAction, int
uiParam, int* pvParam, int fWinIni);
HTH
Shishir Kumar Mishra
Agni Software (P) Ltd.
www.agnisoft.com
"Christophe r Burr" <cb***@kcc.co m> wrote in message
news:%2******** **********@TK2M SFTNGP11.phx.gb l...
I'm trying to set the user's screensaver in the .NET world...
In Win32 I could use a combination of setting the screen saver name via
the registry and then setting the time and active status using
SystemParameter sInfo. And the system would use the new settings.
Now that I'm trying to do it in .NET, I found that SystemParameter sInfo
does not exist. I also found I can detect when the screensaver settings have
been changed, but what I cannot find out is how to cause the system to
know that the screensaver settings have changed...
Anyone have any ideas?
--
Chris Burr
cb***@kcc.com
On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 07:17:18 -0600, Christopher Burr <cb***@kcc.co m> wrote: Yea, was just hoping that I could avoid going to unmanaged code.
And what's the problem? Use the registry and make it up through it!
--
.... blood, sugar, sex, magic ...
CIA = Caught In Action programmer
Only problem then is that the effects don't take place until the next login
=(
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Chris Burr cb***@kcc.com
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news:op******** ******@msnews.m icrosoft.com... On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 07:17:18 -0600, Christopher Burr <cb***@kcc.co m>
wrote: Yea, was just hoping that I could avoid going to unmanaged code.
And what's the problem? Use the registry and make it up through it!
--
... blood, sugar, sex, magic ...
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In Win32 I could use a combination of setting the screen saver name via the
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