>Hi Amanda,
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>Does the fact that I'm running one of the screensavers from the above site (and have do so in years past) tell you anything< g >?
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>AFAIK, there's no problem with running a screensaver with VFP. There are, however, some considerations you might want to be aware of. The more graphical screen savers ( the "3D" ones that come with Windows, for example) can heavily tax the CPU, thus slowing down an application that's running if the screen saver appears during the course of the program's execution. This can significantly increase the amount of time it takes for an application to complete a task.
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>Is there anything the programmer can do about this? Yes! If you know in advance that a particular process might take several minutes, you can programmatically disable the screen saver, then re-enable it on completion. I've posted a file that will allow you to do this. It's in the download section under "Classes", and is titled "Disable/Enable Screen Saver". If you've encountered this type of situation in the past, you might want to take a look.

George,

Thanks! I'm glad I can bring back some of my favorite screensavers! Also, that helps with our users here too. They were told no screensavers and some really didn't care for that idea so they'll be pleased with your answer too.

Thanks again!