Re: WinRT keep display on

I'm not sure why this call isn't working.  SDL's main thread on WinRT is,
at present, typically the main thread.

Did the exception contain any more info?

I can plan on looking into this when I get a chance, hopefully in within
the next few weeks, but make no guarantees.

-- David L.


On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 7:54 AM, hardcoredaniel <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> I'm trying to keep the screen programmatically on for some time, but I'm
> not doing it right. This is my simple code:
>
> --------------------------
>
>     using namespace Windows::System::Display;
>
>     DisplayRequest ^ request = ref new DisplayRequest();
>
>     if (keepOn != 0)
>     {
>         request->RequestActive();
>     }
>     else
>     {
>         request->RequestRelease();
>     }
>
> ---------------------------
>
> but there must be sth. fundamentally wrong with it, because when I call
> RequestRelease() I get an exception from WinRT about calling something at
> an unexpected time. I'm calling it from SDL's main thread, which is
> probably not the UI thread.
>
> I saw in your code for the game bar that you are using something called a
> "dispatcher", I suppose this is to run sth. on the UI thread. Do I need to
> do the same for DisplayRequest()? Anything else I have missed?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Daniel
>
>
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