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Re: "Kicking" the screensaver/display timers



Check out IOPMAssertionCreate() with type kIOPMAssertionTypeNoDisplaySleep. This is new in 10.5.

It's described in the 10.5 Darwin release notes here:
http://developer.apple.com/releasenotes/Darwin/RN-IOKitPowerManagment/index.html

And discussed in practice here on a cocoa mailing list:
http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/message/cocoa/2008/6/19/210697

-Ethan

On Jul 18, 2008, at 4:24 PM, Shayne Wissler wrote:

Hello,

I need an API call/approach for "kicking" the the
display-sleep/screensaver timers, as if the user had moved the mouse
or pressed a key. I need a program to be able to wake up the display
and/or stop the screensaver, without having the user interact with the
mouse or keyboard. (E.g., for an app used in a classroom situation to
broadcast a message to a Mac hanging on a wall that happened to be in
sleep mode).

Any pointers to a relevant API would be appreciated.


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