Screen saver programming?

Original Post

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Apr 8, 2006 at 10:50 AM

Hey. Lately, I've been wanting to code some screensavers for friends and family. I saw the tutorial on nehe's website and it makes sense, but how do you set up your visual studio project in order to compile for a screensaver (*.scr)? Thanks.

Kambiz

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Kambiz

Apr 8, 2006 at 10:56 AM

Just rename the .exe to .scr when you want to use it as an screensaver.
Or you can do this: click on Project - Properties – Linker – General and set Output file to $(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).scr
Windows will start your screen saver with one of these command line options:
/c Show the options dialog
/p Show the preview
/s Show screensaver form

blueshogun96

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blueshogun96

Apr 8, 2006 at 11:06 AM

Oh, didn't know it was so easy, thanks

Colin Jeanne

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Colin Jeanne

Apr 8, 2006 at 11:36 AM

Here are some more instructions on how to create a screensaver for Windows using C++.

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