Switch Montior Off

[Cheetah]

Hi there,

Is there a way to switch the monitor off in VB.NET?

Thanks.

EDIT:

Also how do i reference to the directory that the published .exe is in. So i can refer to a file in the same directory.

 

[vis781]

I don't think you can turn it off, unless your pc has an finger it can push the button with
.However you can certainly send it into standby...

 Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" 
(ByVal hWnd As Intptr, ByVal wMsg As Integer, ByVal wParam As Integer, ByVal lParam As Int32) As Integer 
 
Const SC_MONITORPOWER As Integer = &HF170
Const MONITOR_ON As Short = -1
Const MONITOR_OFF As Short = 2
Const WM_SYSCOMMAND As Short = &H112S

To use...

SendMessage([COLOR=red]HANDLE TO THE MAIN FORM GOES HERE[/COLOR], WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER, MONITOR_OFF)

 

[Cheetah]

EDIT.

Figured it out, thanks