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Just a quick update on what's happening.
I've been busy switching the Freshwater Aquarium from a DirectX6 base to a DirectX8.1 base. It's a tough job since most commands have different terminology and parameters. There are several reasons I have decided to do this now. When this issue first came up 3 years ago, nobody had DX8, so I would have lost most of my audience if I had used it. Nowadays, the majority of users have at least DX8.
Dual-screen support, which has been very difficult in DX6, is much easier in DX8.
The Preview Window in the Display Settings screen will also work when DX8 is used.
All monitor configurations will be available with the Microsoft framework for selecting them.
Sleep and standby functions should work normally (or at least as well as other MS screensavers).
Microsoft should be much more willing to help with code questions and testing than they were when I was using a framework which they no longer supported.
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