Re: Disabling screen turning off

FROM : Jeff Nouwen
DATE : Fri May 02 15:14:30 2008

On May-2-2008, at 2:26 AM, Jere Gmail wrote:
> I know I can stop the machine from going to sleep through calling 
> the function
> UpdateSystemActivity ( UInt8 activity );
> But I also want to stop it from turning off the screen, as quicktime 
> or vlc do.
> How can I do this?


Pass in UsrActivity as your activity value:
UsrActivity
   Delays idle sleep and dimming by timeout time.
   Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.
   Declared in Power.h

- Jeff