How do I change the screensaver programmatically?
I'll answer my question with the piece of code that worked to me:
public sealed class Screensaver
{
Screensaver() { }
const int SPI_SETSCREENSAVEACTIVE = 0x0011;
[DllImport("user32", CharSet=CharSet.Auto)]
unsafe public static extern short SystemParametersInfo (int uiAction, int uiParam, int* pvParam, int fWinIni);
public static void Set(string path)
{
try
{
RegistryKey oKey = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("Control Panel",
true);
oKey = oKey.OpenSubKey("desktop", true);
oKey.SetValue("SCRNSAVE.EXE", path);
oKey.SetValue("ScreenSaveActive", "1");
unsafe
{
int nX = 1;
SystemParametersInfo(
SPI_SETSCREENSAVEACTIVE,
0,
&nX,
0
);
}
}
catch (Exception exc)
{
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(exc.ToString());
}
}
}
Then, when calling it from my application:
static string ResourcePath(string resource)
{
return Application.StartupPath + "\\Resources\\" + resource;
}
Program.Screensaver.Set(Program.ResourcePath("svr1.scr"));
I read somewhere I should write a name no longer than 8 characters (a bit weird, but XP is all like this), so my screensaver is called svr1.scr
(not really object oriented, but does the trick)