Automatically Disable/Re-Enable Screen Saver

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Description	This function works best when run via a Window Location rule. When the application specified in the Window Location rule is launched, this function will disable the screen saver. After the program closes, the screen saver will be re-enabled.
Language	C#
Minimum Version	7.0.0+
Created By	Keith Lammers (BFS)
Contributors	-
Date Created	Nov 4, 2014
Date Last Modified	Nov 4, 2014

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using System; using System.Drawing; // The 'windowHandle' parameter will contain the window handle for the: // - Active window when run by hotkey // - Window Location target when run by a Window Location rule // - TitleBar Button owner when run by a TitleBar Button // - Jump List owner when run from a Taskbar Jump List // - Currently focused window if none of these match public static class DisplayFusionFunction { public static void Run(IntPtr windowHandle) { // Prevents the screen saver from starting BFS.DisplayFusion.RunFunction("Disable Screen Saver"); // Waits for a program to exit, then allows the screen saver to start again BFS.Application.WaitForExitByFile("C:\\Windows\\system32\\calc.exe", 0); BFS.DisplayFusion.RunFunction("Enable Screen Saver"); } }