Hi all you experts,

I have a text only application and I would like to be able to switch on a screen saver (moving text randamly around the screen) so I can extened the life of the display.

I was wondering if someone has some sample codes as to how to tricker the screen saver after say 5 mins? (and some sample screen saver codes would be nice)

thetime = TIMER

elapsedtime = TIMER - thetime

elapsedtime is in seconds, so you could use that to know that five minutes has passed (60*5). If the user moves the mouse or uses the keyboard then set thetime = TIMER again to reset the counter.

Obviously elapsedtime = TIMER-thetime should be in a closed loop and thetime = TIMER should be outside of that loop (or in the condition for the mouse and keyboard to reset the counter).

ok so how do I do the moving text? Say something like

"Screen Saver active"
"Press clear to resume"

and then have that bounce around the screen in random places