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Screen Saver Function Call
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I have been using this code to call the screen saver and blank the windows screen:

But for some reason it stopped working!?

Does anyone know of a screen saver function call that actually works?

Thanks, Erik.

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' declare external libraries.
Declare Dynamic Library "user32"
  Function SendMessageA%& (ByVal hWnd%&, Byval Msg~&, Byval wParam~%&, Byval lParam%&)
End Declare

' declare screen saver call constants
Const wm_syscommand = &H112&
Const sc_screensave = &HF140&
Sleep 2
s%& = SendMessageA(&HFFFF&, wm_syscommand, sc_screensave, 0&)
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Screen Saver Function Call - by eoredson - 12-16-2022, 06:11 AM
RE: Screen Saver Function Call - by SMcNeill - 12-16-2022, 06:52 AM
RE: Screen Saver Function Call - by SMcNeill - 12-16-2022, 06:59 AM
RE: Screen Saver Function Call - by SMcNeill - 12-16-2022, 02:54 PM
RE: Screen Saver Function Call - by eoredson - 12-16-2022, 11:54 PM
RE: Screen Saver Function Call - by eoredson - 12-17-2022, 12:37 AM
RE: Screen Saver Function Call - by SMcNeill - 12-17-2022, 12:46 AM
RE: Screen Saver Function Call - by eoredson - 12-17-2022, 01:38 AM
RE: Screen Saver Function Call - by Pete - 12-17-2022, 01:33 AM
RE: Screen Saver Function Call - by Pete - 12-17-2022, 05:01 AM
RE: Screen Saver Function Call - by eoredson - 01-02-2023, 04:55 AM

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