Hi Boingo,
I have created a mechanism to use Scratch-projects as screensavers for Windows as part of my "Chirp" project (http:chirp.scratchr.org/blog). The source code is part of the download.
Since Scratch is basically a Squeak image you can canibalize this idea for you own screensavers. This is how it would work:
1) create a Squeak app (image) and lock it down in fullscreen mode
2) - optional, makes life easier - create an installer that'll save the whereabouts of your image in the windows registry
2) write a little *.src calling the squeak vm with your customized image (a *.scr is just an exe, you should make sure that only a single instance can run at a time), and copy it to the windows directory.
Even easier would be to just rename the vm (squeak.exe) to myScreenSaver.scr (myScreenSaver.image) being your customized squeak image....
Cheers,
Jens
Boingo wrote:
Hi everyone,
I was wondering if it is possible to generate a screensaver in Squeak,
for any OS I guess. Ideally, no menu/close box/window border/etc
would be viewable, but I could settle for it being there if I had to.
The intent is to create an animation in Squeak that would be started
and displayed when the screensaver was called for. Has anyone does
this or something close?
Thanks in advance.
