Unix/Win Screensaver test (please)

[Andrew Thompson]

I have been playing with the new SaverBeans
ScreenSaver SDK available from..
<https://jdic.dev.java.net/documentation/incubator/screensaver/index.html>

Now I have thrown together an 'Hello World'* screensaver,
<http://www.physci.org/test/ss/starzoom/>

I was hoping to get some tests on other machines,
my Windows runs it, but offers to send 'it crashed'
reports off to MS occasionally on exit. Mind you,
my system often does that when I close IE, so I do
not know whether to take it seriously.

Comments welcome.

* Actually it is an 'Hello Galaxy' screensaver.. ;-)

Yeh.. I know it's trivial, but I have been
wanting to make my own screensavers for
about well, ..forever!

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[minsc]

I have been playing with the new SaverBeans
ScreenSaver SDK available from..
<https://jdic.dev.java.net/documentation/incubator/screensaver/index.html>

Now I have thrown together an 'Hello World'* screensaver,
<http://www.physci.org/test/ss/starzoom/>

I was hoping to get some tests on other machines,
my Windows runs it, but offers to send 'it crashed'
reports off to MS occasionally on exit. Mind you,
my system often does that when I close IE, so I do
not know whether to take it seriously.

Comments welcome.

* Actually it is an 'Hello Galaxy' screensaver.. ;-)

Yeh.. I know it's trivial, but I have been
wanting to make my own screensavers for
about well, ..forever!

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I tried on my xp box, and it didn't work. When I doubleclick the src
file, i get a "this program performed an illegal operation and has to be
shut down" window. Sorry

greetz,
pieter.

 

[Andrew Thompson]

Andrew Thompson wrote: ... ...
I tried on my xp box,

Thank you!

..and it didn't work. When I doubleclick the src
file,

..scr? It needs to be in WINDOWS/system32 according
to the docs, but I had better luck putting it in
WINNT/system32 ..you also need to put the two
..jar files in the same place.

..i get a "this program performed an illegal operation and has to be
shut down" window. Sorry

What version of Java you running?
<http://www.physci.org/pc/properties.jsp?prop=java.version>

...Or better still, to test the desktop
Java, rather than your browser, do same with
<http://www.physci.org/pc/JTest.jar>

Oh, and purely to be a mongrel, ..just
moments ago I uploaded a new version,
though I think a 'new version' is not
the fix for this problem, since I just
tweaked a few minor things.

 

[Roedy Green]

..Or better still, to test the desktop
Java, rather than your browser, do same with
<http://www.physci.org/pc/JTest.jar>

For a fancier version that display all the properties, see
http://mindprod.com/wassup.html
It too can be downloaded and run locally as well as an Applet.

 

[Andrew Thompson]

For a fancier version that display all the properties,

What properties is my app. missing?

..see
http://mindprod.com/wassup.html

Of course ..wassup is 'fancier',
no argument there. ;-)

 

[Andrew Thompson]

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 20:56:00 GMT, Andrew Thompson wrote:

...now updated

I have been playing with the new SaverBeans
ScreenSaver SDK available from..
<https://jdic.dev.java.net/documentation/incubator/screensaver/index.html>

Now I have thrown together an 'Hello World'* screensaver,
<http://www.physci.org/test/ss/starzoom/>

I was hoping to get some tests on other machines,
my Windows runs it, but offers to send 'it crashed'
reports off to MS occasionally on exit. Mind you,
my system often does that when I close IE, so I do
not know whether to take it seriously.

Comments welcome.

* Actually it is an 'Hello Galaxy' screensaver.. ;-)

Yeh.. I know it's trivial, but I have been
wanting to make my own screensavers for
about well, ..forever!

[ NOTE: F'Ups set to c.l.j.programmer ]