On 15/02/2011, at 9:03 AM, Eric Wing wrote: > Is there an API in Snow Leopard to suppress/block/prevent the > screensaver from coming up? (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 > --
Hi Eric, I believe what you need is explained here:<http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#qa/qa2004/qa1160.html> The short answer: call UpdateSystemActivity(OverallAct); every 30 seconds with a timer. Ron _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
