11 Dec
2005
11 Dec
'05
9:10 a.m.
On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 01:17:50 -0500 Richard Campbell eek2121@comcast.net wrote:
I believe screensavers are nothing more than exe files that respond to different switches. IIRC there is nothing else different about a screensaver. If you'd like the source, i might be able to dig it up. That being said, it's been YEARS (Windows 95 anyone? :P) since i've done it, so if i am mistaken, i apologize.
There's a great codeproject article on this, and your recollection is correct:
http://www.codeproject.com/cpp/smoovcpscreensaver.asp
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