Winnt

[Eric Swarthout]

This sounds very intresting.  I don't know anything about DirectDraw though,
but I'll take a look at this.

Thx
----- Original Message -----
From: Celine Fages <celine.fages "at" silogic.fr>
To: <vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: Winnt


> Hi !
>
> I've got an idea which could help you !
> Do you know DirectDraw (included in DirectX) ? with this, you can do
overlay
> surfaces.
> WinVNC can only capture the primary surface. If you make a "please wait"
> fullscreen window displayed in an overlay surface, the user will only see
> this
> window. and you will see what happens below in the primary surface !
>
> I hope this helps you !
> Ciline
>
> Eric Swarthout a icrit :
>
> > Changing the screen resolution and/or refresh rate did work.  I'm just
not
> > sure that a blank screen is much better than them seeing what I am
doing.
> > >From the marketing point of view, any time one of our machines is down
it
> > looks bad, and I was trying to minimize this by at least providing a
nice
> > "please wait" type approach.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Ho-Kuo Chan <hchan "at" Matrox.COM>
> > To: <vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 10:22 AM
> > Subject: Re: Winnt
> >
> > > VNC will disconnect on a resolution change. You would then have to
> > > reconnect.
> > >
> > > "Robert S. Huss" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm not sure how VNC handles changes in screen resolution (ie, do
you
> > need
> > > > to disconnect and reconnect?), but you could increase the screen
> > resolution
> > > > past what the monitor can handle.  The monitor would then show some
> > "Scan
> > > > out of Range" error, while a VNC connection would see it just fine.
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