how to start a screen saver through vb.net code

[raju]

Hai,

I am working in an embedded application.

I need to start screen saver, in a form, how to start screen
saver through vb.net code.

Already i am having screen saver otherwise is it possible to
call, already available screen saver from windows directory( file in
the extension of .scr)


Anybody know the answer pl. let me know.

Thanks for advance.

Raj.

 

[Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]]

Start *what* screen saver? Windows CE-based devices generally don't use
screen savers in the sense of desktop Windows. Why? Well, first, virtually
all Windows CE devices are using LCD screens which don't get any benefit
from a screen saver. Burn-in is not a significant problem on LCDs. Second,
many Windows CE devices are running on batteries. What's the biggest user
of batteries? The screen backlight. It makes just about *zero* sense to
keep the screen powered on such a device (and I'd argue that it's the same
on the desktop, if you discount the value of having pretty patterns on your
screen; maybe that has a soothing effect). Why are you wanting to do this?
What device is your application running on?

Paul T.

 

[raju]

Hello Paul G. Tobey,

Thanks for u r reply.

My application is going to run on a device, like a "display
keyboard".

In that, our company wants to display any screen saver, when it is
in idle time. so that, I need this.

So, pl. let me know the answer. and at the same time, how to get
the idle time (time between interaction from user to device) bec., i
need to start screen saver in one form.

In another form i need to logout the screen, if there is no
interaction from user.


Regards,
Raju.

 

[Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]]

Well, they may think that they want to do that, but they're wrong. I'm
sorry, but you're way off of what you should be doing with this. Everything
that you've described is a complete waste of time.

There are no built-in screen savers, so you'll have to do it yourself, if
you can't convince yourself that it's the wrong thing to do. There has been
previous traffic here and in other groups in microsoft.public.windowsce.*
concerning detecting idle time. You can use groups.google.com to search.

Paul T.