Xibo Client could run as a screensaver
via Gummio "Will be a version of the XIBO client that run as a screen saver, scr file?
That would be nice possibility for a corporate to display a inhouse information to the employee."
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- None
- Priority:
- Undefined
- Drafter:
- gummio
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- Dan Garner
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- None
- Implementation:
-
Implemented
- Milestone target:
-
1.7.0-alpha
- Started by
- Dan Garner
- Completed by
- Dan Garner
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Suggestion:
That could be achived by creating a small progam which will open, run xibo with parameter, (..\xibo.exe -screensaver) and close itself.
In Xibo: once runed with parameter, any double click in application will exit
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Response from KEJ in absence of a better way to add feedback!
According to MS's support pages;
Window's Screensavers are simply .exe files that accept simple parameters.
The arguments Windows passes to a screensaver are:
•/s - load the screensaver
•/c - load the configuration screen
•/p - load the preview
This should be easily achievable using the current code base and simplify the installer needs as well.
I'll try to provide the devs with patches.
UPDATE - Gabriel Fournier:
My student association needed Xibo as a screensaver.
It doesn't quite comply with Windows' standard screensaver parameters, but it exits when the user moves the mouse, just like a screensaver is expected to behave. I don't intend to integrate exit on keyboard event today, though I suppose it is as easy to implement as the mouse interaction.
For deployment, I strongly advise to build in release configuration, with both DEBUG and TRACE logs disabled (else, you get a hangup on exit when the logs are saved after a long run).
You can find the patch I made over 1.5.2 mainframe.cs code here: http://
and my full modified mainframe.cs here:
http://
Happy coding!
