home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Blanker
-
- Causes the monitor screen to go blank or display an animation if no input has
- been received within a specified period of time. This helps preserve your
- monitor.
-
- Format
-
- BLANKER [CX_PRIORITY <priority>] [CX_POPKEY <key>] [CX_POPUP=<yes | no>]
- [SECONDS <timeout>] [CYCLECOLORS <yes | no>] [ANIMATION <yes | no>]
-
- Template
-
- CX_PRIORITY/N/K;CX_POPKEY/K,CX_POPUP/S,SECONDS/N/K,CYCLECOLORS/K,ANIMATION/K
-
- Location
-
- SYS:Tools/Commodities
-
- The arguments for Blanker are the same as the Tool Types in Blanker's
- Information window.
-
- Press Ctrl+C or use the BREAK command to exit Blanker when it is started from
- a the Shell.
-
- Example 1:
-
- 1> BLANKER SECONDS 45
-
- The Blanker window opens and 45 is displayed inside its text gadget. If no
- mouse or keyboard input is received during a 45 second interval, the screen
- goes blank.
-
- Example 2:
-
- 1> BLANKER CX_POPUP=no
-
- The Blanker program starts. If no input is received within 60 seconds (the
- default), the screen goes blank. The Blanker window does not open.
-
- A further example using Blanker appears in Chapter 8.
-