hi Colin, >It should work. Here's something I did that uses that exact >technique, of having a small stage that grabs the desktop and then >makes itself as big as the desktop: > >http://eightleggedfreaks.warnerbros.com/screensavers/EightLeggedFreaks.hqx > >http://eightleggedfreaks.warnerbros.com/screensavers/ELFreaksInstaller.zip > >(that's Mac first, PC second) > >There is a brief flash sometimes, but hopefully the user isn't >watching their screen at the time the screen saver kicks in. >
yea I got the black flash too but I like your spiders though. I've figured out a method that works for me and doesn't create a black flash. I'm using a MIAW and using the window type to specify a 1x1 pixel mask while I grab the desktop. when the MIAW has grabbed the desktop it notifies the launcher movie which sets the window type of the MIAW to a 1-bit cast member which is the same size of the screen. The only noticeable difference is that I loose the menu names on the desktop menu bar but I can live with that. thanks again, adam [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
