PRB: Screen Saver Description Not Displayed in Win 95 & Win 98

• Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK), on platform(s):
  • Microsoft Windows 98
  • Microsoft Windows 95
  • Microsoft Win32s version 1.3

SYMPTOMS

When you view the list of screen savers in the Display Properties dialog box in Windows 95 and Windows 98, your screen saver is displayed with the file name instead of the description string.

CAUSE

Windows identifes the file name as being a long file name because after calling FindFirstFile, it compares the file name to the alternate file name with case sensitivity. If the case on the file names is different, it identifies the file name as a long file name. The alternate file name is always uppercase.

RESOLUTION

There are two solutions. The first and best is to name the file with a long file name that is identical to the description.

The second solution is to rename the file so that the case is the same. The case can be seen using an MS-DOS box. The first file name seen is the alternate file name and the second seen is the long file name. Use the MS-DOS box to rename the file to all uppercase.

NOTE: The descriptive text for screen savers is not taken from IDS_DESCRIPTION as stated in the documentation, but from the module name defined in the .def file. This should be in this form:

   SCRNSAVE:<decriptive text> 

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

Keywords          : kbScreenSaver kbGrpUser kbWinOS95 kbWinOS98 
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Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: March 5, 1999