On 4 Nov 98, Gary Almes wrote:
> - How would they be programmed? In a "real" language like C? Macromedia
> Director?
> - How are they developed so that they can run in the Windows
> environment? Do they need
> to be modules of a screen saver program like After Dark, or can they stand
> alone?
OK... the short answer is roughly, "Yes, yes, yes, yes and yes" :)
Screen savers can be programmed from scratch in C, VisualBasic and what
have you. If you're programming for Windows there is a screen saver
library available that most programmers use; you create a source code
module containing three required functions and link them to the screen
saver library. Microsoft has some general information on this process at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/developer/sdk/inetsdk/help/itt/shell/scrnsave.htm
However, there are numerous applications available these days that
eliminate the need for programming; they do everything from create simple
slide shows at the low end to integrating multimedia of various kinds at
the high end. And yes, you can use Macromedia to generate screen
savers. And there are various ways of compiling screen savers as
standalone "applications".
For a listing of various make-your-own utilities, go to:
http://hotfiles.zdnet.com
... and enter as your search terms: screen saver create. This will bring up
a variety of saver-related files.
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