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Suspending a Monitor Into the Powersave State

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If you find the need to put the monitor into rest, you can do so using the following example:

  • Create an standard EXE project
  • Add a CommandButton to Form1
  • Insert the following lines of code into Form1:
    •  	Private Const SC_MONITORPOWER = &HF170&	Private Const WM_SYSCOMMAND = &H112&	Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib
    





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