Re: How to power off the monitor?

As long as you aren't prone to C-sickness, there are lots of good examples here: <<<http://www.codeproject.com/>>>
Including this one which pertains to SC_MONITORwhatever <<<http://www.codeproject.com/system/display_states.asp>>>
<<<http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/Monitor_management_guide.asp>>>

Found with Google (and twenty-twenty requirements hindsight)
<<<http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=turn+off+monitor+power+code+windows>>>

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From: sftalk-bounce_at_forth.com [mailto:sftalk-bounce_at_forth.com] On Behalf Of Morten A. Steien
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 6:10 AM
To: sftalk_at_forth.com
Subject: [sftalk] Re: How to power off the monitor?

On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:21:55 +0100, Bruno Gauthier <bgauthier_at_free.fr> wrote:

> Morten A. Steien a écrit :
>> On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 18:40:19 +0100, Richard Owlett <rcowlett_at_atlascomm.net> wrote:
>>
>>> morten.steien_at_chello.no wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does anybody know how I can power off (and on) the monitor from my program?
>>>> <Snip>
>>
> Hi Morten,
>
> : MonitorSleep
> 500 sleep drop
> HWND_BROADCAST WM_SYSCOMMAND SC_MONITORPOWER 2 SendMessage drop \
> Power Off the monitor
> begin \
> ekey? \
> until \
> HWND_BROADCAST WM_SYSCOMMAND SC_MONITORPOWER -1 SendMessage drop \
> Power On the monitor
> ;

That was EXACTLY what I was looking for. :-)
I have searched a lot in google and masdn but could not find it.
Thank you very much for your help.

--
Med Vennlig Hilsen,
Morten A. Steien
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