ChangeWindowMessageFilter could not be located in a screen saver

[ahmd]

Hi:


I'm writing a screen saver to work under Windows XP/Vista/7. It seems to work fine under Vista/7 but on Windows XP it gives out an error that the entry point for ChangeWindowMessageFilter could not be located in USER32.dll. The thing is that I was not linking to that API and my only guess is that it came from ScrnSavw.lib that I'm linking to in order to make a screen saver.

Can someone tell me how to make my project compatible with Windows XP?

[Igor Vartanov]

Get some previous screen saver SDK version compatible with XP?
Implement your screen saver some other way, in C# for example?
Get rid of the saver at all? Who needs one? For example, I have a habit to disable screensavers, always and unconditionally.

[ahmd]

Thanks, Igor. I did find this resolution yesterday, but unfortunately the latest version of the ScrnSavw.lib file I was able to get hold of is from VS 2003. If someone still has a copy of VS 2005, can you attach your version of that file (it's in the SDK folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows)?

PS. I'm not writing this screen saver for my own pleasure, it's a request from a client.

[Igor Vartanov]

Please never mind, 'twas just a joke.