If you can require 10.5, then don't use UpdateSystemActivity(), instead, do this:
IOPMAssertionID assertionID ; IOReturn err = IOPMAssertionCreate ( kIOPMAssertionTypeNoDisplaySleep, kIOPMAssertionLevelOn, &assertionID); On 6/12/08 12:34 PM, Hank Heijink (Mailinglists) said: >Look into UpdateSystemActivity(). It's in the CoreServices framework. >If you call it with UsrActivity every 25 seconds or so, the display >won't dim and the computer won't go to sleep (unless it's forced to. >You can't prevent that). > >What is your app doing that you want to resort to something as drastic >as preventing sleep? Someone might be able to suggest a better >solution to your problem if you give more details. > >Hank > >On Jun 12, 2008, at 8:27 AM, Nick Rogers wrote: > >> Hi, >> When the computer goes into sleep mode my app also seems to be >> taking forever in doing the current task. >> So how can I prevent the computer from going into sleep mode when my >> app is running? _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]