Activating screensaver (power off screen)

Is there af way to power off a monitor (energy save) form VB?

I would the screen to 'go black/switch off' when a form is empty, and back on when there is something on the form.

Best wishes
Jakob

Yes, SetSystemPowerState does the thing:

Code:

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Public Declare Function SetSystemPowerState Lib "kernel32" (ByVal fSuspend As Long, ByVal fForce As Long) As Long
...
SetSystemPowerState(1, 0) 'Power down with prompt
...
SetSystemPowerState(1, 1) 'Power down without prompting

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It could take some time to recover from power-down to normal state.