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Creating a Screen Saver in VB.NET

I need some help creating a screensaver in VB.NET

How do I detect a mouse movement while the screen saver is running,
then close the screen saver?

Thanks

JamesMc
Nov 20 '05 #1
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Hi,

There is a sample in the 101 visual basic code samples.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
Ken
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I need some help creating a screensaver in VB.NET

How do I detect a mouse movement while the screen saver is running,
then close the screen saver?

Thanks

JamesMc

Nov 20 '05 #2
* pl****@yahoo.co m.au (James Mc) scripsit:
I need some help creating a screensaver in VB.NET

How do I detect a mouse movement while the screen saver is running,
then close the screen saver?


Did you have a look here:

<http://groups.google.d e/groups?ie=UTF-8&q=dotnet+scre en+saver>

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Nov 20 '05 #3
I did this and referenced this article before implementing it. This is C#
code but simple enough that you should be able to translate to VB.NET with
little trouble.

http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/scrframework.asp
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How do I detect a mouse movement while the screen saver is running,
then close the screen saver?

Thanks

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Nov 20 '05 #4

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