Using DesktopX as screensaver?

June 28, 2004 5:18 PM from

I was contemplating how I could use my DesktopX fishies as a screensaver. I thought of putting the "show desktop" command in the task scheduler, but that didn't work as it only runs once per day. Any suggestions?

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Reply #1 June 28, 2004 5:59 PM from

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Try making a Widget, with fish swimming on a background that is set to always on top, so it hides your desktop. Then script it to turn off on mouse-move or something to that effect. Then all you do is link to the Widget, and run it when you want to have the screensaver on. Though that would defeat the purpose of an actual screensaver, I'm not sure if it's possible to make it function like a real screensaver, where if you leave for 20 minutes, it turns on by itself. It might be possible through scripting, but I don't know enough about that to give you a definitive answer.

If you're not an experienced DX scripting wizard, then making a DX screensaver is not gonna be easy...

Reply #2 June 28, 2004 6:10 PM from

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I'm not a DX scripter (yet) but I think with a little effort I can manage it. I assume its possible to set the Z-order in script. Can I make one fish the "leader" so that if he's behind everything, all of the fishes linked to him are? I have some experience in other programming languages and script languages, so I am not too worried about the complexity. Thanks though. I thought there might be a simple way, it almost seems like it should be a built in option.

Reply #3 June 28, 2004 6:42 PM from

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Well, I don't know about one fish being the "leader", but you can group a set of fish, then you can "see" the fish as one big group instead of individual fish, know what I mean?

If you are interested in learning more about scripting, then the Stardock DX Scripting Guide is a must read. Here's a link... https://www.stardock.com/products/desktopx/Docs/DXScriptingGuide.pdf

Reply #4 June 28, 2004 8:38 PM from

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#3 by Scribe Hus - 6/28/2004 6:42:48 PM Well, I don't know about one fish being the "leader",

....who does..???????

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