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StarBlankerII
©1990 Randy Spencer
This is a modification of the screen blanker that comes with 2.0.
Instead of just clearing the screen to black this program will present a
star field as inspired by Leo's "Stars" program.
StarBlankerII will not run without 2.0.
This is a more solid version of the screen blanker distributed several
months ago. This version, while lacking source, is finally user
configurable. The original version allowed you to modify a few things but
was highly undocumented and in error.
Changes in this version include:
· Less code running in the input handlers timespace
· Ability to pick corner of the screen to blank immediatly in
· Documentation on setting the programs Hot Key from the icon
· Will not get lost behind a screen that pops to front
· No longer competes with running programs:
Will only run when all other programs are done (-100 priority)
If another program pops to front, blanker gives up for timeout
The most important omission in the first version was documentation on
setting options from the icon. StarBlankerII corrects this as well as adds
much more power to the configuration. Users may save their favorite
settings simply by specifying what they want the blanker to do as tooltypes
in the blankers icon. The tool types that are recognized by StarBlankerII:
CX_POPUP=NO Settings may be "YES" or "NO" (no quotes needed)
DONOTWAIT If this option is present WorkBench will not
wait for the program to finish
SECONDS=300 Number of seconds before the program should blank
CX_POPKEY=shift f1 Name of Hot Key to bring up interaction window
(see the Commodities documentation for more info)
BLANK_CORNER=3 Corner to place the mouse in to blank the screen
immediately, the four corners are:
1 -- Top Left
2 -- Bottom Left
3 -- Top Right
4 -- Bottom Right
Use the number of the corner, not the name
DONOTBLANK_CORNER=4 Corner to place the mouse in to NEVER blank
SPACING=5 The number of pixels around the corner to
consider being "in" that corner
The program runs at a normal priority until you let the scren blank, at
which time the rendering portion of the code drops down to a -100 priority
which will keep the stars from moving until all other programs have
finished doing their thing. This means that if you have a program that
runs constantly you will not see the smooth motion of the stars, however
there is the advantage that if you are running a program in the background
that will finish eventually you can watch the stars to see when the program
has finished and do not need to unblank the screen.
Randy Spencer
spencer@BIX or my BBS: (415) 222-9416