From:	Randy Granger <umgrang0 AT cc DOT umanitoba DOT ca>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	using joystick with Allegro for djgpp
Date:	Sun, 29 Aug 1999 15:51:07 -0400
Organization:	The University of Manitoba
Message-ID:	<37C98F2B.D6C484BE@cc.umanitoba.ca>
NNTP-Posting-Host:	annex4-20.cc.umanitoba.ca
Mime-Version:	1.0
X-Trace:	canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca 935959851 25401 130.179.153.180 (29 Aug 1999 20:50:51 GMT)
X-Complaints-To:	Postmaster AT cc DOT umanitoba DOT ca
NNTP-Posting-Date:	29 Aug 1999 20:50:51 GMT
X-Mailer:	Mozilla 4.61 [en] (Win98; I)
X-Accept-Language:	en
Lines:	13
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
DJ-Gateway:	from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Reply-To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com

Not sure where to ask this, thought I'd give this group a try.
I'm using djgpp 2.01 and the Allegro library 3.1
I've made a game that uses joystick input, and the game can go for
several minutes without the need of the keyboard/mouse.
This causes a problem if the user is running windows and has a screen
saver on.
There is no input, so the screen saver starts, and the game becomes
non-responsive after that.

Is there a way I can stop a screen saver from being activated while a
user is using the joystick?

Thanks.

- Raw text -