Awesome! Got to try this when I get home. I remember talking about having something like this a while ago but I didn't have the screenblanker header files so I couldn't have a go at writing one myself. The first thing I'm going to do is link it up with a Hollywood script that displays pictures from a directory as a slideshow.

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very cool blanker indeed

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Good stuff,
Nice to see the source code as well, perhaps ill have a bash at writing a blanker myself.

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This is brill! Can't get any bugger to work though.

I've copied & pasted some of the examples & still nothing but a clock comes up. Anyone have any idea what I might be doing wrong?

FuZion.

@Curty

You still need the Blanker SDK, to compile it.

RWO

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@Curty
As RWO says you'd need the header files but they weren't included in the last SDK released, maybe because the API isn't finalized yet.

However, if you want to make a blanker, you could use either the Commander or Rainbow sources and send me the changes, I'll gladly compile it for you.

@FuZion
I don't know what could be wrong, make sure you press enter after typing a string in the variable or command gadgets.
Note that unless your command opens its own screen or brings WB to front, the clock screen will stay in front. That part is normal.

In the next version I'll add an option to not display the blanker screen at all since it's not needed when you open your own screen or want to display something on the workbench.

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I don't know what could be wrong, make sure you press enter after typing a string in the variable or command gadgets. Note that unless your command opens its own screen or brings WB to front, the clock screen will stay in front. That part is normal. In the next version I'll add an option to not display the blanker screen at all since it's not needed when you open your own screen or want to display something on the workbench.

I tried your suggested command for a picshow slide show but got an
objection from OS4:

"A task is illegally calling a system only function"

Line length is too limited for long paths so I
had to put in an assign. Pressed return after entering commands.
All I continued to see was the clock. Lost AmiDock a few times too
but have not pinned down the fatal sequence.

Noel

alexc for this fine blanker.

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Okey I'm impressed.. 140 download for a ScreenSaver Module

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@NoelFuller

I had something like that too. I tried the example that obtains the current temperature from Wet and it complained about illegal use of GetEnv(). I can't remember what the specific error message was though.

@AmigAlex

What version of OS4 are you running? I got the error message with update 4.

Hans

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i get the same problem as Noelfuller...

update 4

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Same problem here.

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Ditto. Got the Grim appearing when pasting in any of the examples in the readme.

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@Hans and all,

Hmm, those who tested it with update 4 didn't report any problem, perhaps they didn't try changing the env or loading a program.

Naturally all the examples worked and still work fine here :-|

I'm running the OS4 beta but I thought I had avoided using any function which isn't available on update 4.

I'll take a closer look at these symptoms, though if anyone can run commands and/or set the variable without the reported problems, do let me know too.


@NoelFuller

I think it's a bug in classes/getfile.gadget that it cuts off any string longer than 107 chars. AFAIK it should accept strings of up to 256 chars, (even more would be better IMO but one would argue that command arguments should be entered in a seperate string gadget).

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@AmigAlex

Cheers Alex. I'll keep my eyes peeled for an update.

While I'm here I'd like to throw an idea forward. It'd be nice to be able to have a selection of commands than can be run. One for PicShow, one for the weather temp, one for what's being played in a music player, one for... You get the point Maybe a list of commands & when you edit each of these, you get the Variable, Command 1 & Command 2 lines for each separately.

FuZion.

Nice!

Does it support DPMS?? If so, can it be immediately activated using hotkey?

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Does it support DPMS?? If so, can it be immediately activated using hotkey?

ScreenBlankerEngine has DPMS support built in so the blanker modules don't have to worry about it. And yes, you can activate it using a hotkey. This can be set using the ScreenBlanker editor in the prefs drawer.

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AmigAlex
I'm running the OS4 beta but I thought I had avoided using any function which isn't available on update 4.

Somebody's NOT intuition oriented! It runs fine until you require ScreenMode function for something. Is it the -- blanker engine -- ?? I hung up on v51.2 in OS4Update#4. Please verify!


After three years of AmigaONE, I've come to conclude-- it's a pile of #2!

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Well, it's a pitty but the blanker I released won't work as it should with the public screenblanker engine.

The reason is that it starts my blanker module as a Task which in the AmigaOS world means functions such as GetEnv() and Execute()/System() cannot be called.

A real bummer because it's a pretty cool blanker module and I worked very hard to make it.

That leaves me with two scenarios:

1)
Either I leave it as it is, and thus until the newer screenblanker engine is available, you can only use it to display the clock... or

2)
I change all the code using some "task-callable" functions only and handcrafting replacements for GetEnv() and System()

I'd rather not have to spend time rewriting it when it's only as a temporary workaround while I could spend that time working on the new features for v1.1, but since there's no OS4 update #5 planned before the final release which may or may not come out by the end of the year, it might be better to do this anyway so that you can enjoy the blanker to its full extent a lot sooner.

We'll see.

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