Re: New SwfSaver (Shockwave Flash screen saver)

[Laurent F. Somers]

At 07:32 29.7.1998 PDT, you wrote:

>>Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 13:06:54 +0800

>

>From: Horng Yui-Wei <hhorngficnet [dot] net>

>

>To: flashershocker [dot] com

>>Subject: New SwfSaver (Shockwave Flash screen saver)

>

>Reply-To: flashershocker [dot] com

>>

>>Thanks for everyone who give me feedback.

>>

>>I have uploaded a new version, get it at

>>http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Garden/1954/SwfSaver.zip

>>

>>What's new:

>>1. Full screen mode.

>>2. Hide cursor option.

>>

>>Problems:

>>1. No password support.

>>2. The screen does not wake up if your cursor is inside the movie.

>>   So you have to press the keyboard to wake up your monitor in full

>>screen mode.

>>

>

>I had the same problems in detecting a mouse -move event inside a movie 

>too when I tried to create a screen saver using the ocx in VB.

>

>Even when I fiddled around with the API I still couldn't get it to work.  

>Either the program quit as soon as it started, or it totally ignored any 

>mouse events at all (even right click)


If I remember correctly from when I did my Delphi screensaver, one trick to

pull this off is to ignore the mouse for the first few moments.


The other method, if there was one, was to post a message and process it

the slow way. Say no more.


regards,


Laurent

shadownett [dot] is

programmer/graphics/poet.





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