PInvokeStackImb alance was detected.

[John Sudds]

The MDA appears on the call to OpenDesktop.

I have tried a variety of approaches (including specifying the A and W
variant with ExactSpelling=t rue, and PreserveSig=tru e) but none of them seem
to work. This code was copied from a 1.1 sample that purported to work
without an error.
public static class Desktop
{
private const long DESKTOP_SWITCHD ESKTOP = 0x0100L;

[DllImport("user 32.dll", CharSet=CharSet .Auto, PreserveSig=tru e)]
private static extern IntPtr OpenDesktop(str ing lpszDesktop, int
dwFlags, bool fInherit, long dwDesiredAccess );

[DllImport("user 32.dll")]
private static extern bool SwitchDesktop(I ntPtr hDesktop);

public static bool IsLocked()
{
IntPtr hdt = OpenDesktop("De fault", 0, false,
DESKTOP_SWITCHD ESKTOP);

if (IntPtr.Zero == hdt)
return false;

return SwitchDesktop(h dt);
}
}

[Mattias Sjögren]

John,

[DllImport("user 32.dll", CharSet=CharSet .Auto, PreserveSig=tru e)]
private static extern IntPtr OpenDesktop(str ing lpszDesktop, int
dwFlags, bool fInherit, long dwDesiredAccess );

^^^^

Should be a (u)int.
Mattias

--
Mattias Sjögren [C# MVP] mattias @ mvps.org
http://www.msjogren.net/dotnet/ | http://www.dotnetinterop.com
Please reply only to the newsgroup.

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

"John Sudds" <John Su***@discussio ns.microsoft.co m> wrote in message
news:98******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...
| The MDA appears on the call to OpenDesktop.
|
| I have tried a variety of approaches (including specifying the A and W
| variant with ExactSpelling=t rue, and PreserveSig=tru e) but none of them
seem
| to work. This code was copied from a 1.1 sample that purported to work
| without an error.
|
|
| public static class Desktop
| {
| private const long DESKTOP_SWITCHD ESKTOP = 0x0100L;
|
| [DllImport("user 32.dll", CharSet=CharSet .Auto, PreserveSig=tru e)]
| private static extern IntPtr OpenDesktop(str ing lpszDesktop, int
| dwFlags, bool fInherit, long dwDesiredAccess );
|
| [DllImport("user 32.dll")]
| private static extern bool SwitchDesktop(I ntPtr hDesktop);
|
| public static bool IsLocked()
| {
| IntPtr hdt = OpenDesktop("De fault", 0, false,
| DESKTOP_SWITCHD ESKTOP);
|
| if (IntPtr.Zero == hdt)
| return false;
|
| return SwitchDesktop(h dt);
| }
| }
|

The last argument is not a long it should be an unsigned int.
The MDA did not exist in v1.1, so that means it's only reported now.

Willy.

[John Sudds]

THANKS to both of you! My problem was that ACCESS_MASK (the last param of
OpenDesktop) is unsigned.
"John Sudds" wrote:

The MDA appears on the call to OpenDesktop.

I have tried a variety of approaches (including specifying the A and W
variant with ExactSpelling=t rue, and PreserveSig=tru e) but none of them seem
to work. This code was copied from a 1.1 sample that purported to work
without an error.
public static class Desktop
{
private const long DESKTOP_SWITCHD ESKTOP = 0x0100L;

[DllImport("user 32.dll", CharSet=CharSet .Auto, PreserveSig=tru e)]
private static extern IntPtr OpenDesktop(str ing lpszDesktop, int
dwFlags, bool fInherit, long dwDesiredAccess );

[DllImport("user 32.dll")]
private static extern bool SwitchDesktop(I ntPtr hDesktop);

public static bool IsLocked()
{
IntPtr hdt = OpenDesktop("De fault", 0, false,
DESKTOP_SWITCHD ESKTOP);

if (IntPtr.Zero == hdt)
return false;

return SwitchDesktop(h dt);
}
}

[John Sudds]

For those who are interested in the final rewrite, here it is. This code is
running inside a screen saver, and accurately detects whether the Default
desktop has been locked (before, after, or during).

public static class Desktop
{
private const uint DESKTOP_READOBJ ECTS = 0x0001;
private const uint DESKTOP_WRITEOB JECTS = 0x0080;
private const uint DESKTOP_SWITCHD ESKTOP = 0x0100;
private const uint AccessUnlocked = DESKTOP_READOBJ ECTS |
DESKTOP_WRITEOB JECTS | DESKTOP_SWITCHD ESKTOP;

[DllImport("user 32.dll", CharSet=CharSet .Auto, SetLastError=tr ue)]
private static extern IntPtr OpenDesktop(str ing lpszDesktop, int
dwFlags,
bool fInherit, uint dwDesiredAccess );

[DllImport("user 32.dll")]
private static extern bool SwitchDesktop(I ntPtr hDesktop);

public static bool IsNotLocked()
{
IntPtr hdt = OpenDesktop("De fault", 0, false, AccessUnlocked) ;

// If we can make the switch, the desktop is not locked
if (SwitchDesktop( hdt))
return true;

return false;
}
}