From:	"Paweł Stołowski" <yogin AT polbox DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: using joystick with Allegro for djgpp
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Date:	Tue, 31 Aug 1999 20:10:10 GMT
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Randy Granger wrote
>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?


There is a simple workaround of this problem: go to the properties of your
dos-application and make sure, that the check-box "allow screen saver" (or
something like this - I use Polish Windows) is unchecked. It should work.
You may include
your .pif file with the game.
I know: this is not perfect...

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