Daniel F. Administrators Posted November 29, 2003 Administrators Share Posted November 29, 2003 Version 2.0 is out!What's new: Configuration screen supports Windows XP themes Main news, software news, gamer news, and new forum posts can now be enabled and disabled Support for gamer news added (see above), not enabled by default The title text in the screensaver is changed for each section The user can now choose to go to the page associated with the active section when [Enter] is pressed, ex. the software section is active, the user presses [Enter], and Neowin opens to software news About box added (with scrolling credits!) @Voodoo: Could you add/update software news with this new version, as well as update the Neowin file to this? Thanks a lot, for this and all the support. BTW: look at the about box under Special Thanks. done & thanks for the thanks ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/119221-neowinnet-news-screen-saver/page/2/#findComment-1417284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smufie Posted November 29, 2003 Share Posted November 29, 2003 Just installed the new update, and I can't seem to find either the new options or the about box... does the installer overwrite the files automatically? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/119221-neowinnet-news-screen-saver/page/2/#findComment-1417441 Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsnotabigtruck Posted November 29, 2003 Author Share Posted November 29, 2003 (edited) Just installed the new update, and I can't seem to find either the new options or the about box... does the installer overwrite the files automatically? The link on the Software News page didn't get updated. :p Download here. @Voodoo: Could you please update the file? I just downloaded and it's version 1.1. Thanks a lot. :p It looks like some people downloaded it from the news page which links to the outdated Neowin copy and they got same old 1.1 instead of 2.0. :rofl: Edited November 29, 2003 by memodude Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/119221-neowinnet-news-screen-saver/page/2/#findComment-1417884 Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsnotabigtruck Posted November 29, 2003 Author Share Posted November 29, 2003 I just found a mouse delay bug, which I just fixed. I'll roll this as well as proxy support in v2.1. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/119221-neowinnet-news-screen-saver/page/2/#findComment-1417905 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smufie Posted November 29, 2003 Share Posted November 29, 2003 Ah, that's a lot better, thanks :) Again, good work! You should post in the Dev Forum how you make a screensaver in C# :-) Oh, and just a quicky Q: How do you enable support for XP themes without a manifest while? Did you embed it? Because I tried that and it didn't work! Thanks in advance! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/119221-neowinnet-news-screen-saver/page/2/#findComment-1417977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsnotabigtruck Posted November 29, 2003 Author Share Posted November 29, 2003 Ah, that's a lot better, thanks :)Again, good work! You should post in the Dev Forum how you make a screensaver in C# :-) Oh, and just a quicky Q: How do you enable support for XP themes without a manifest while? Did you embed it? Because I tried that and it didn't work! Thanks in advance! Yes, I used an embedded manifest. This is a good FAQ for embedding manifests (requires VS.NET). For everyone who has had proxy problems: Try this new version of FastMemo.Services.RSS.dll which has proxy support. It uses your Internet Explorer proxy settings and does not support automatic configuration scripts, meaning you must have static proxy settings set in IE. To install, download this file to your system folder (usually C:\WINDOWS\System32 on Windows XP, C:\WinNT\System32 on Windows 2000 and NT 4.0, and C:\WINDOWS\System on Windows 98 and ME). Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/119221-neowinnet-news-screen-saver/page/2/#findComment-1418011 Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsnotabigtruck Posted November 29, 2003 Author Share Posted November 29, 2003 Forgot the attachment. :p FastMemo.Services.RSS.dll Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/119221-neowinnet-news-screen-saver/page/2/#findComment-1418191 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel F. Administrators Posted November 29, 2003 Administrators Share Posted November 29, 2003 The link on the Software News page didn't get updated. :p Download here.@Voodoo: Could you please update the file? I just downloaded and it's version 1.1. Thanks a lot. :p It looks like some people downloaded it from the news page which links to the outdated Neowin copy and they got same old 1.1 instead of 2.0. :rofl: done Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/119221-neowinnet-news-screen-saver/page/2/#findComment-1418196 Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsnotabigtruck Posted November 29, 2003 Author Share Posted November 29, 2003 done Thanks. But...I've got a new version. Could you please update the news post to that? I know this is hectic, and maybe frustrating. You update the post, and I've dished out a new version. :rofl: I most likely won't have another version for a little while, I've just been adding lots of feature requests (2.0) and bugfixes (2.1, 1.1)! :p Thanks a lot for the help, the hosting, and updating the news post with each release. :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/119221-neowinnet-news-screen-saver/page/2/#findComment-1418274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hav0c Posted November 29, 2003 Share Posted November 29, 2003 Cool stuff!! Thx (Y) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/119221-neowinnet-news-screen-saver/page/2/#findComment-1418681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsnotabigtruck Posted November 29, 2003 Author Share Posted November 29, 2003 Cool stuff!! Thx (Y) Glad you like it! :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/119221-neowinnet-news-screen-saver/page/2/#findComment-1418815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbo Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 Is there any way you can stop it beeping every second if there is no net connection. I've just been out only to come back and find that its been steadily beeping for the last few hours. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/119221-neowinnet-news-screen-saver/page/2/#findComment-1418970 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicedreams Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 Can you add some support for KVM's? I have 2 monitors, 2 computers, and one keyboard/mouse I use with a 2-port KVM. I have to press SCROLL LOCK + SCROLL LOCK to switch between PCs so when the screen saver is launched, if I press this to get to my other PC, the screen saver shuts off. Can you have an option to make it so there is an option so you have to press ESC or something to turn off the screen saver? THX! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/119221-neowinnet-news-screen-saver/page/2/#findComment-1419181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsnotabigtruck Posted November 30, 2003 Author Share Posted November 30, 2003 I will make it ignore Scroll Lock (a common switch key for KVMs) when pressed. :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/119221-neowinnet-news-screen-saver/page/2/#findComment-1419197 Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsnotabigtruck Posted November 30, 2003 Author Share Posted November 30, 2003 Is there any way you can stop it beeping every second if there is no net connection. I've just been out only to come back and find that its been steadily beeping for the last few hours. I might add detection of an active Internet connection. :D However, this screensaver is more for always-on connections. :rofl: :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/119221-neowinnet-news-screen-saver/page/2/#findComment-1419202 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicedreams Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 Another thing...Can you make it so you can cycle through different site's news and forums listings also? Have it like have a different theme for each site info that it shows. Thanks for going to add the ingnore scroll lock key thing. Do you think once you have finalized this program you will do like quoted? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/119221-neowinnet-news-screen-saver/page/2/#findComment-1419257 Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsnotabigtruck Posted November 30, 2003 Author Share Posted November 30, 2003 @nicedreams: No. This is a Neowin screensaver. :p Sorry :rofl:! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/119221-neowinnet-news-screen-saver/page/2/#findComment-1419494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicedreams Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 no problem... still a kick ass program. keep up the good work. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/119221-neowinnet-news-screen-saver/page/2/#findComment-1419756 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mipra Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 Great one..Have been enjoying it Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/119221-neowinnet-news-screen-saver/page/2/#findComment-1420231 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuxi Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 Is it possible to have the Neowin logo at the top move around, if it stays in the same place it kind of defeats the purpose of a screen saver :) I'm thinking the same thing... ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/119221-neowinnet-news-screen-saver/page/2/#findComment-1420966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfhound Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 As a suggestion to the neowin logo, you could keep it in it's notch but possibly include some sort of 3d Spin effect? Just something to move it around. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/119221-neowinnet-news-screen-saver/page/2/#findComment-1420977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishX Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 Has anyone else noticed that it's not rendering punctuation marks like apostrophes and such correctly? Not sure, but it almost looks like HTML of special characters. I noticed this when it was displaying the latest forum threads. I can only assume people used quotes or apostrophes in their topic titles. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/119221-neowinnet-news-screen-saver/page/2/#findComment-1423355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smufie Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 I think it's because XML doesn't support those characters completely. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/119221-neowinnet-news-screen-saver/page/2/#findComment-1424018 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japlabot Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 when I had the screensaver running without a network connection, I got an error with .net framework.... See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box. ************** Exception Text ************** System.Net.WebException: The underlying connection was closed: The remote name could not be resolved. at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.CheckFinalStatus() at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.EndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse() at FastMemo.Services.RSS._FileDownloader.DownloadWithETags(Uri URI, String LastETag) at FastMemo.Services.RSS.RSSDocument..ctor(Uri URI) at FastMemo.NeoSaver.Form1.Timer1_Tick(Object sender, EventArgs e) at FastMemo.NeoSaver.Form1.Form1_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam) ************** Loaded Assemblies ************** mscorlib Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0 Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573 CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/microsoft.net/framework/v1.1.4322/mscorlib.dll ---------------------------------------- FastMemo.NeoSaver Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.0.0 CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/System32/NEOWIN~1.SCR ---------------------------------------- Microsoft.VisualBasic Assembly Version: 7.0.5000.0 Win32 Version: 7.10.3052.4 CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/microsoft.visualbasic/7.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/microsoft.visualbasic.dll ---------------------------------------- System.Windows.Forms Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0 Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573 CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.windows.forms/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.windows.forms.dll ---------------------------------------- System Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0 Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573 CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.dll ---------------------------------------- System.Drawing Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0 Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573 CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.drawing/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/system.drawing.dll ---------------------------------------- FastMemo.Services.XMLSettings Assembly Version: 1.0.1358.32101 Win32 Version: 1.0.1358.32101 CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/System32/FastMemo.Services.XMLSettings.DLL ---------------------------------------- FastMemo.Services.Collections Assembly Version: 1.0.1358.31966 Win32 Version: 1.0.1358.31966 CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/System32/FastMemo.Services.Collections.DLL ---------------------------------------- System.Xml Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0 Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573 CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.xml/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.xml.dll ---------------------------------------- FastMemo.Services.RSS Assembly Version: 1.0.1345.35550 Win32 Version: 1.0.1345.35550 CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/System32/FastMemo.Services.RSS.DLL ---------------------------------------- ************** JIT Debugging ************** To enable just in time (JIT) debugging, the config file for this application or machine (machine.config) must have the jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section. The application must also be compiled with debugging enabled. For example: <configuration> <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" /> </configuration> When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the machine rather than being handled by this dialog. And not all the text fits on the screen @ 800x600 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/119221-neowinnet-news-screen-saver/page/2/#findComment-1433376 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smufie Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 Yes, I used an embedded manifest. This is a good FAQ for embedding manifests (requires VS.NET). Hey, look what I just found in the Application class... Application.EnableVisualStyles(); Initialize that command and you no longer need manifest files, makes it a lot easier! Just thought you would know :-) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/119221-neowinnet-news-screen-saver/page/2/#findComment-1433538 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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