Screensaver Problem. Help!

I've been learning SDL for the past few weeks, and I like it a lot. I made a program in which you can shoot a spaceman around on Mars's surface. I then wondered if I could make it a screen saver. So the first thing I did was change it from mars.exe to mars.scr. When I double-clicked, it worked. So then I right-clicked the file and click "install" (in Windows 2000). Then I went to "test" and it worked fine. So I figured it was all good. But when I set it to 1 minute and waited for it to come it, I just got a black screen for a second and then the program ended.

What am I missing?? Please help! Thanks in advance.

-Joe

Has your .exe been built as a screen saver or is it just an .exe? If so, there is more to a screen saver than that.

A screensaver does not have a WinMain() rather it uses ScreenSaverProc(). It should also contain ScreenSaverConfigureDialog() and RegisterDialogClasses() although both of these routines can be simple placeholders.

It is also necessary for all screensavers to have a special icon resource and a string for it's title, (24 characters max), used in the control panel.

If you have not got any of these things, it will not work.

There is more you can do, but these things you must do.

Check out these routines at MSDN or the compiler help.