Screen Saver /p parameter- Help needed.

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Shawn Mehaffie

Does anyone know where to go for a good example of the code that needs to be
written to display your screen saver in the windows dialog preview pane? I
know how to do it in VB6, but the same code does not work in VB.Net. Any
help would be really appreciated so I can finish up a screen saver I have
created.

S. Shawn Mehaffie
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Hi Shawn,

There is a sample in the 101 samples on MSDN and also in this resource kit.
(I do not know if they are the same because I never tried them)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...B9-5AEB-4F46-9BF0-2B3E3664BE77&displaylang=en

However I advice you to use the resource kit because there is so much more
in it and is much easier to handle and is newer

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/vbrkit/default.aspx

And if you have problems installing it

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/vbrkit/faq/#installvdir

I hope this helps a little bit?

Cor
 
Does anyone know where to go for a good example of the code that needs to be
written to display your screen saver in the windows dialog preview pane? I
know how to do it in VB6, but the same code does not work in VB.Net. Any
help would be really appreciated so I can finish up a screen saver I have
created.

S. Shawn Mehaffie
(e-mail address removed)
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What technique are you using in VB6? Straight API for the drawing or are
you setting a vb form as as a child of the preview window and then using
native VB graphics commands to write to the window?

Either way, the process should be the same. It is more then likely a
problem in your api calls... Would it be possible for you to post the
piece of relevant code, along with any api declarations?

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* "Shawn Mehaffie said:
Does anyone know where to go for a good example of the code that needs to be
written to display your screen saver in the windows dialog preview pane? I
know how to do it in VB6, but the same code does not work in VB.Net. Any
help would be really appreciated so I can finish up a screen saver I have
created.
Click to expand...

GotDotNet User Sample: Collide - A C# Physics Screensaver
<URL:http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/...mpleGuid=d8ed903c-4efd-483d-92f2-c07e5d3f68ed>
 
Which sample is the code in from the VB.Net REsource Kit? I already have
the resource kit installed but cannot tell which one to look at based on the
directory name.

Thanks,

S. Shawn Mehaffie
 
* "Shawn Mehaffie said:
Does anyone know where to go for a good example of the code that needs to be
written to display your screen saver in the windows dialog preview pane? I
know how to do it in VB6, but the same code does not work in VB.Net. Any
help would be really appreciated so I can finish up a screen saver I have
created.
Click to expand...

GotDotNet User Sample: Collide - A C# Physics Screensaver
<URL:http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/...mpleGuid=d8ed903c-4efd-483d-92f2-c07e5d3f68ed>
 
* "Shawn Mehaffie said:
Which sample is the code in from the VB.Net REsource Kit? I already have
the resource kit installed but cannot tell which one to look at based on the
directory name.
Click to expand...

AFAIK the sample included in the 101 samples does not show how to
implement the preview.
 
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