Starting screen saver with Visual C++

[Guest_imported]

I'm writing a program that will load an icon and put it in the system tray, this icon will allow you to start the screensaver when you click on it. This way when you walk away from your computer, you can be sure that it's password protected the whole time. My problem is that I'm not quite sure on how to make the screensaver start.

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

theOtherThe

 

[Guest_imported]

Since apparently no one knows the answer...I'll tell you.

You simply call:

PostMessag(HWND_BROADCAST, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_SCREENSAVE, NULL);

in your program and presto, you've loaded your screensaver, password protected and everything. It's almost like magic, but a whole lot more fun.

Hope this helps...

theOtherThe