A complete C# Screensaver that does double-buffering on multiple monitor systems!

Garry Freemyer

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Example screensaver in source code. Does a mini-preview too!

swarmscreensaver_src.zip
- SwarmScreenSaver
  - CodeCommentReport
    - banner.htm
    - banner.jpg
    - CodeCommentReportError.htm
    - commentreport.css
    - CommonCode
    - darkcorner.jpg
    - gradleft.jpg
    - gradtop.jpg
    - graycorner.jpg
    - Insects
    - minus.jpg
    - plus.jpg
    - Solution_SwarmScreenSaver.HTM
    - SwarmScreenSaver
      - CWP0.HTM
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      - SwarmScreenSaver.HTM
    - titletile.jpg
    - vt.js
  - CommonCode
  - Insects
  - SwarmScreenSaver.sln
  - SwarmScreenSaver
    - App.ico
    - clsInsects.cs
    - ConfigForm.cs
    - ConfigForm.resx
    - Entrypoint.cs
    - GettingStarted.txt
    - MiniPreview.cs
    - ScreenSaver.cs
    - ScreenSaverForm.cs
    - ScreenSaverForm.resx
    - StructsAndFunctions.cs
    - SwarmScreenSaver.csproj
    - SwarmScreenSaver.csproj.user
    - SwarmScreenSaverAssemblyInfo.cs
    - XmlSwarmScreenSaverConfig.cs

<!-- saved from url=(0014)about:Swarm -->
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<TITLE>SwarmScreenSaver.EntryPoint</TITLE>
<LINK REL=STYLESHEET HREF="../CommentReport.css" TYPE="text/css">
</HEAD>
<BODY topmargin=0 rightmargin=0 leftmargin=0 style="background-image: url(../titletile.jpg); background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position: 0 0;" >
<DIV CLASS="PageHeading">SwarmScreenSaver.EntryPoint Class</DIV>
<DIV CLASS="Description">

Entrypoint.cs is a class file that is the main entry point for the entire program.<br></br>
It handles Configuration requests, creates and runs instances of Mini-preview and ScreenSaver<br></br>
which does the actual Screensaving. To install this program, run setup to a folder <br></br>
of your making and then rename Swarm.exe to swarm.scr and move it to your System32<br></br>
subdirectory and then right-click on the desktop and choose properties and<br></br>
select swarm and hit OK. Enjoy your new Screensaver. If you have source code included<br></br>
you should see a zip file or folder called CodeCommentReport. Inside is a web page version <br></br>
of the documentation for the source code and info on use of the source as a template for<br></br>
your own screensaver projects. Written in Visual C# from Visual Studio 2003 Universal.
<P>

</DIV>
<IMG src="../GradLeft.jpg" width=7 height=378 alt="" border="0" style="position:absolute; left:10; top:18;z-Index:2">
<IMG src="../GradTop.jpg" width=352 height=7 alt="" border="0" align="top" style="position:absolute; left:10; top:18; z-index:1">
<DIV CLASS="Remarks">
<SPAN CLASS="RemarkHdrX">Access: </SPAN>Public</DIV>
<DIV CLASS="Remarks">
<SPAN CLASS="RemarkHdrX">Base Classes: </SPAN>Object</DIV>
<TABLE CLASS="InfoTable" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
<TR height=20>
<TD width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD valign=top align=left width=9 bgcolor="#cccc66"><IMG SRC="../graycorner.jpg" align=top></TD>
<TD CLASS="TableLightLabel" WIDTH=206>Members</TD>
<TD CLASS="TableLightLabel" >Description</TD>
<TD width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR height=20>
<TD width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD CLASS="TableLightDesc">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD CLASS="TableLightDesc"><A HREF="CWP81.HTM" TARGET="CNTFRAME">ParseArgsToPrefixAndArgInt</A></TD>
<TD CLASS="TableLightDesc">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR height=20>
<TD width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD CLASS="TableLightDesc">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD CLASS="TableLightDesc"><A HREF="CWP82.HTM" TARGET="CNTFRAME">Main</A></TD>
<TD CLASS="TableLightDesc">
Main is the entry point.
<P>
</TD>
<TD width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR></TABLE>
</BODY>
</HTML>

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Garry Freemyer

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United States

Hello, I have been a professional hairpuller aka programmer for a large company during the last nine years. The acquiring company is closing down the california office so I'll be out of work at the end of June at the latest. I program in a variety of laguages, C#, C++, C, Visual Basic, SQl Server among others. I live north of Sacramento in Paradise CA. I've been programming since the early 1980 and people accuse me of going bald. I'm not going bald, my hair is just migrating south and into my ears.

I am a firm believer that the most widely used programming language is #$@$@$%#$%^ but folks tend to object to the unusual synatax where each word has a colorful meaning and sentences are limited to three words max, while the punching bag flys back and forth so fast it heats up from friction like a meteorite through the air.

In short, I'm nuts, but I'm good at what I do.

Programming is like beating my head against a brick wall, it hurts so bad I can't stand it, but when I stop beating my head against the wall (Solve the problem), it feels so good I gotta do it again!

A complete C# Screensaver that does double-buffering on multiple monitor systems!

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