Detecting the ScreenSaver State

[Anthony]

In C++ you can detect the screensaver state by using something like:

BOOL b=SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETSCREENSAVERRUNNING, NULL, &bOn, FALSE);

Is there an equivalent method that I can use in C#? If not, how can I
determine the state of the screen saver?

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-Anthony

[Ahmed Qurashi]

This is from one of the forums, so you can test it yourself, but the idea is
to use interop to get the state from the SPI enum:

[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Auto)]
public static extern int SystemParametersInfo(int uAction,
int uParam, ref int lpvParam, int fuWinIni);

const int SPI_GETSCREENSAVERRUNNING = 114;
int screenSaverRunning = -1;

// is the screen saver running?

int ok = SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETSCREENSAVERRUNNING, 0, ref
screenSaverRunning, 0);

if (ok == 0)
{
Console.WriteLine("Call to SystemParametersInfo failed.");
}

if (screenSaverRunning != 0)
{
// screen saver is running

}

ok,
aq

"Anthony" <An*****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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In C++ you can detect the screensaver state by using something like:

BOOL b=SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETSCREENSAVERRUNNING, NULL, &bOn, FALSE);

Is there an equivalent method that I can use in C#? If not, how can I
determine the state of the screen saver?

--
-Anthony

[Anthony]

Thanks!!! This is what I need

"Ahmed Qurashi" wrote:

This is from one of the forums, so you can test it yourself, but the idea is
to use interop to get the state from the SPI enum:

[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Auto)]
public static extern int SystemParametersInfo(int uAction,
int uParam, ref int lpvParam, int fuWinIni);

const int SPI_GETSCREENSAVERRUNNING = 114;
int screenSaverRunning = -1;

// is the screen saver running?

int ok = SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETSCREENSAVERRUNNING, 0, ref
screenSaverRunning, 0);

if (ok == 0)
{
Console.WriteLine("Call to SystemParametersInfo failed.");
}

if (screenSaverRunning != 0)
{
// screen saver is running

}

ok,
aq

"Anthony" <An*****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F3**********************************@microsof t.com...

In C++ you can detect the screensaver state by using something like:

BOOL b=SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETSCREENSAVERRUNNING, NULL, &bOn, FALSE);

Is there an equivalent method that I can use in C#? If not, how can I
determine the state of the screen saver?

--
-Anthony