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Another Screensaver with WPF

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27 Jan 2012CDDL8 min read 71.9K   4.3K   63  
Lessons learnt from writing a screensaver with WPF
using System;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Windows;
using RZWScreenSaver.Properties;

namespace RZWScreenSaver{
    enum MainCommand{
        Invalid,
        ShowSaver,
        ConfigureSaver,
        PreviewSaver,
        RunAsBackground,
    }
    class InvalidArgumentException : Exception{
        public InvalidArgumentException(int code, string message) : base(message){
            ExitCode = code;
        }
        public int ExitCode { get; private set; }
    }

    static public class MainApp{
        static public int Rand(int maxValue){
            //return r.Next(maxValue * 2) % maxValue;
            return r.Next(maxValue);
        }
        static public int Rand(){
            return r.Next();
        }
        public const int InvalidArgumentError = -1;
        public const int InvalidWindowHandleError = -2;

        [STAThread]
        static public int Main(string[] arg){
            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException += onUnhandledException;
            System.Windows.Forms.Application.EnableVisualStyles();

            Settings.Default.AppInitialize();

            #region Debug: print arguments & Settings

            Debug.WriteLine("User app path = " + System.Windows.Forms.Application.LocalUserAppDataPath);
            Debug.WriteLine("Principal = " + System.Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipal.ToString());
            Debug.WriteLine("Authenticated? " + System.Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity.IsAuthenticated);

            Debug.WriteLine("arg count = " + arg.Length);
            for(int i=0; i < arg.Length; ++i)
                Debug.WriteLine(String.Format("arg #{0} = {1}", i.ToString(), arg[i]));

            foreach (var provider in Settings.Default.Providers){
                Debug.WriteLine("Provider = " + provider.ToString());
                var localProvider = provider as LocalFileSettingsProvider;
                if (localProvider != null)
                    Debug.WriteLine("Name = " + localProvider.ApplicationName);
            }
            if (Settings.Default.PicturePaths != null)
                foreach (var set in Settings.Default.PicturePaths){
                    Debug.Write("Begin Set...");
                    foreach(var folder in set){
                        var inclusion = folder.Inclusion == InclusionMode.Exclude
                                            ? "[X]"
                                            : folder.Inclusion == InclusionMode.Single ? "[S]" : "[R]";
                        Debug.WriteLine(inclusion + folder.Path);
                    }
                }
            else
                Debug.WriteLine("No image source!");

            #endregion

            MainCommand command;
            IntPtr previewWindow;
            try{
                command = extractCommand(arg, out previewWindow);
            }
            catch (InvalidArgumentException e){
                Trace.WriteLine(e.Message);
                return e.ExitCode;
            }
            var a = new Application();
            var w = new ScreenSaverEngine();
            switch (command){
                case MainCommand.ShowSaver:
                w.SaveScreen();
                break;
            case MainCommand.PreviewSaver:
                w.PreviewScreen(previewWindow);
                break;
            case MainCommand.ConfigureSaver:
                w.ConfigureSaver(previewWindow);
                break;
            case MainCommand.RunAsBackground:
                w.RunAsBackground();
                break;
            default:
                Trace.WriteLine("FATAL: Unhandle main command " + command);
                break;
            }
            return a.Run();
        }
        static MainCommand extractCommand(string[] arg, out IntPtr previewWindow){
            if (arg.Length == 0){
                previewWindow = IntPtr.Zero;
                return MainCommand.RunAsBackground;
            }
            var mode = arg.Length > 0 ? arg[0].ToUpper() : "/S";
            if (mode.StartsWith("/S")){
                previewWindow = IntPtr.Zero;
                return MainCommand.ShowSaver;
            }
            else if (mode.StartsWith("/P")){
                if (arg.Length > 1){
                    long hwnd;
                    if (!long.TryParse(arg[1], out hwnd)){
                        throw new InvalidArgumentException(InvalidWindowHandleError, "ERROR: Invalid window handle " + arg[1]);
                    }else
                        Debug.WriteLine("Preview window handle = " + arg[1]);
                    previewWindow = new IntPtr(hwnd);
                    return MainCommand.PreviewSaver;
                } else{
                    throw new InvalidArgumentException(InvalidWindowHandleError, "ERROR: No window handle suppplied.");
                }
            }else if (mode.StartsWith("/C")){
                // Configuration mode
                // E.g. from "/c:12345" we need to capture 12345, which is the parent HWND in decimal
                var settingsParam = new Regex(@"/c:(\d+)", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
                Match settingsParamMatch = settingsParam.Match(arg[0]);
                previewWindow = IntPtr.Zero;
                if (settingsParamMatch.Success){
                    CaptureCollection captures = settingsParamMatch.Groups[1].Captures;
                    if (captures.Count == 1){
                        long hwnd;
                        if (!long.TryParse(captures[0].ToString(), out hwnd))
                            throw new InvalidArgumentException(InvalidWindowHandleError,
                                                               "ERROR: Invalid window handle " + arg[1]);
                        previewWindow = new IntPtr(hwnd);
                    }
                }
                return MainCommand.ConfigureSaver;
            }else{
                if (mode != "/D")
                    Trace.WriteLine("Mode not support: " + mode);
                previewWindow = IntPtr.Zero;
                return MainCommand.RunAsBackground;
            }
        }
        static void onUnhandledException(object sender, UnhandledExceptionEventArgs e){
            MessageBox.Show(e.ExceptionObject.ToString(), "Unhandled Exception", MessageBoxButton.OK, MessageBoxImage.Exclamation);
        }
        static readonly Random r = new Random();
    }
}

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