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Executing C# Screensaver on 2+ monitors

I am in the process of making a screensaver that spans multiple monitors but I have one problem. Its with this code:

for (int i = Screen.AllScreens.GetLowerBound(0);
i <= Screen.AllScreens.GetUpperBound(0); i++)
System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(new InfoSaver.InfoSaverForm(i));

You will see that it is useing the Application run and this will start the screensaver on the first monitor but it then waits for the screansaver to be closed before starting the second monitor. how do i change this to get it to fire on both??

joshpowers

I would think a good start would be to run them in seperate threads instead of using Application.Run
Using System.Threading

malich1

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I understand how to do that in VB.net but not in C#. What needs to be done?

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malich1

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Maybe this will help:
using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace InfoSaverF
{
      public class DotNETScreenSaver
      {
            [STAThread]
            static void Main(string[] args)
{
                  InfoSaver.InfoSaverForm[]frm;
                  frm = new InfoSaver.InfoSaverForm[Screen.AllScreens.Length];

                  if (args.Length > 0)
                  {
                        if (args[0].ToLower().Trim().Substring(0,2) == "/c")
                        {
                              MessageBox.Show("This Screen Saver has no options you can set.", "InfoSaver", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation);
                        }
                        else if (args[0].ToLower() == "/s")
                        {
                              MessageBox.Show("This Screen Saver has no options you can set.", "InfoSaver", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation);
                        }
                  }
                  else
                  {
                  for (int i = Screen.AllScreens.GetLowerBound(0); i <= Screen.AllScreens.GetUpperBound(0); i++)
                  frm[Screen.AllScreens.GetLowerBound(0)-i]=new InfoSaver.InfoSaverForm(i);
                  }
            }
      }
}