(Since this is the Graphics forum, I thought I'd use a color in the subject---woo ha ha.)

I'm writing a custom screensaver (in VB6) that some of you may find pretty boring---it displays random text and quotes. However, I'd really appreciate your help with a couple of things:

(1) As usual, I copy the .scr file to Windows/System, then choose it from the Screen Savers list in Display Properties. The screensaver then runs after the designated time.

However, from that point on, Windows no longer shows the screensaver's title in the Screen Savers box; it's reset to "(None)." And yet Windows keeps running the screensaver normally. How come it can't remember the name? And why does it keep using it when the box says "(None)"?

(2) I'd like to add the option to smoothly scroll the text across the screen. I've tried Move (with the text in a picture box)---and it's very fast, even with DoEvents in the loop (which you need, right?). However, when I try to control the speed by adding a timer-check loop:

TimesUp = False
Do
DoEvents
If TimesUp = True then Exit Do
Loop

...everything slows to a crawl---even with the timer set to 1 millisecond.

Am I doing this all wrong? If I need to use API calls, etc., do you think you could explain it so even a non-genius like I could understand?

Thanks for your help!