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On Feb 14, 2011, at 2:38 PM, Jean-Daniel Dupas wrote:

> 
> Le 14 févr. 2011 à 23:03, Eric Wing a écrit :
> 
>> Is there an API in Snow Leopard to suppress/block/prevent the
>> screensaver from coming up?
> 
> The new API is supposed to be IOPMAssertionCreateWithName() with 
> kIOPMAssertionTypeNoDisplaySleep, but AFAIK, it does not prevent screen saver 
> (at least it wasn't the last time I try).
> So, I think you're stuck with the UpdateSystemActivity(UsrActivity) function.
> 
>> (I work with a lot of games/multimedia
>> where I don't want the screen to go to screensaver and the input
>> devices in use may not reset the idle counter.) For some reason I
>> thought there might have been a new API for this, but I can't find it.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Eric
> 
> -- Jean-Daniel
> 
> 
> 
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