RSS Screensaver Starter Kit

RSS Screensaver Starter Kit

• gurpreet11

  Open the *.vbproj file with notepad.exe, scroll to the bottom and you will find:
  
  
  <Copy SourceFiles="$(TargetDir)\$(TargetName).exe" DestinationFiles="$(ProjectDir)\bin\ssNews.scr" SkipUnchangedFiles="true" />
    </Target>
  
  Change ssNews.scr to the new name.
  

• Buddy

  How about where is the "RSS Screensaver Starter Kit" for starters
  
  George J.
  
  
  

• PJ. van de Sande

  Dude... that's not even funny.
  I've had this C# Express for a LONG time!  I ordered it as soon as Beta1 was released... and I never knew about this! 
  How pathetic is that.
  Hey, RSS site feed for a Screen Saver is a really good idea!!!  Unless of course you move the mouse to try and click on a link... hmm... I'll have to check it out!  Thanks!
  
  

• TommyBB

  In the product
  
  From either Visual Basic 2005 Express or Visual C# 2005 Express Edition, click File...New Project... and select the RSS Screensaver Starter Kit.
  
  Let us know what you think!
  

• dodgeshadow

  I have the same problem as Benjamino... Is there a fix for this
  
  Using VB Express
  

• ozctrlaltdel

  How does the RSS Screensaver Starter Kit generate the *.scr file   I cannot find any settings or custom steps for this file.

  
  

• Seba Gomez &amp;#40;gmail&amp;#41;

  Hi,
  
  I have used the Screensaver starter kit.
  
  It will come up up with the MSDN default RSS feed.
  
  but...
  
  settings does not work... there is an error message when i click it.
  this is probably because i could not find ssNews.scr.config when the instructions said to copy to sys32. Basicly, the main problem is that I cannot change RSS feed
  
  HELP!
  
  thanks,
  
  Benjamino
  
  

• DCollin

  Hi,
  I'm very new to programming in general and Visual C# in particular.  I'm going through the online video tutorials and I have a tutorial book also that i am going through.
  
  I can not even get the ScreenSaver to compile.
  
  The errors I got were :
  Warning    1    Load of property 'RootNamespace' failed. 
  The string for the root namespace must be a valid identifier.
  
  and several of these in each file:
  Error    2    Unexpected character '$'   caused by lines like this :
  namespace $safeprojectname$.Rss
  
  I went through all the files and changed $safeprojectname$ to ScreenSaver
  
  Now I get the original warning about "RootNamespace" and also the error listed below
  Error    2    Assembly generation failed -- Error emitting 'System.Runtime.InteropServices.GuidAttribute' attribute --'Incorrect UUID format.' 
  This error does not link to any line of code nor does the warning..
  
  I know it's probably something very simple as I'm not really sure what the warning and error are trying to tell me.
  
  Thanks for any help.
  
  Larry
  
  
  
  

• Shortimer

  I think that may be the case, but I cannot find a custom step to do that in the project settings.  Any idea where that could be stored if it is not a post-build step
  

• bbossi

  I was wondering if you ever fixed the $safeprojectname$ error I am having the same error with the online version of the Movie Collection Database project.
  

• Neet

  BigJoe wrote:

  How does the RSS Screensaver Starter Kit generate the *.scr file   I cannot find any settings or custom steps for this file.

  
  
  If I'm right the *.scr file are *.exe renamed file.
  So you can simply rename them.
  But I'm not sure of this .
  

• wetheral

  I agree, however something odd occured.
  
  The first when I compiled it, the 2 files where there.
  
  the 2nd time that I made a new 'screen saver starter kit' (opening a new one)
  
  It did not show the 2 files, only 1
  
  
  

• Soe

  BigJoe wrote:

  How does the RSS Screensaver Starter Kit generate the *.scr file   I cannot find any settings or custom steps for this file.

  Other than the instructions below on how to compile and install the application, I do not or have not seen adaquate instructions on how to build the exe as a .scr file.

  Installing the Screen Saver on Your Computer

  The following steps describe how to install the screen saver application on your computer.

  To install the screen saver:

  1. If you haven't already done so, load the Starter Kit into Visual Basic.

  2. On the File menu, click Save All.

  3. If you are requested to enter a location to save the project, select a directory or accept the default location. Make a note of where the project is saved - by default it will be in a directory under \My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects.

  4. On the Build menu, click Build Solution.
     This creates an executable file for the screen saver.

  5. Open up the directory specified in step 3 containing the saved project.

  6. Open the bin\Debug subdirectory. This is where the debug version of your executable file is located. Its default name is ScreenSaver1.exe but you may have given it a different name when you created the project the first time. Change the ".exe" extension on this file to ".scr".

     Note: If you do not see the file extensions in Windows Explorer, then click on Folder Options under the Tools menu, click on the View tab, and uncheck the checkbox labeled "Hide extensions for known file types".

  7. Right-click on the .scr file and select "Install".
     This opens up the Windows Screen Saver Dialog Box.

  8. Click the Preview button in the Windows Screen Saver Dialog Box.
     The screen saver launches. Press any key to stop it.

  9. Click the Settings button in the Windows Screen Saver Dialog Box to see the screen saver options. Try changing the background image or the RSS feed.

  10. Click OK.
       

  You have now installed your own Windows screen saver.

  
  

• mat_net

  BigJoe wrote:

  How does the RSS Screensaver Starter Kit generate the *.scr file   I cannot find any settings or custom steps for this file.

    No ssNews.scr.config file created on my machine either.
   
  Not very encouraging for a newbie five minutes into the instructions. 
  
  
  
• RSS Screensaver Starter Kit