how to start screensave & how to disable entering screensave if screensave has setuped?

thans.

Start screensaver

Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long
Private Const WM_SYSCOMMAND = &H112
Private Const SC_SCREENSAVE = &HF140&


Private Sub Command1_Click()
SendMessage hwnd, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_SCREENSAVE, ByVal 0&
End Sub


Iouri Boutchkine
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Enable/disable screensaver

Private Declare Function SystemParametersInfo Lib "user32" Alias "SystemParametersInfoA" (ByVal uAction As Long, ByVal uParam As Long, ByVal lpvParam As Long, ByVal fuWinIni As Long) As Long
Private Const SPI_SETSCREENSAVEACTIVE = 17

Private Sub cmdDisabled_Click()
ToggleScreenSaverActive (False)
cmdEnabled.Enabled = True
cmdDisabled.Enabled = False
End Sub

Private Sub cmdEnabled_Click()
ToggleScreenSaverActive (True)
cmdEnabled.Enabled = False
cmdDisabled.Enabled = True
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()
cmdEnabled.Enabled = True
cmdEnabled.Enabled = False
End Sub

Public Function ToggleScreenSaverActive(Active As Boolean) As Boolean
Dim lActiveFlag As Long
Dim retvaL As Long
lActiveFlag = IIf(Active, 1, 0)
retvaL = SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETSCREENSAVEACTIVE, lActiveFlag, 0, 0)
ToggleScreenSaverActive = retvaL > 0
End Function




Iouri Boutchkine
[email protected]