Turn monitor on [Please Help]

[the182guy]

Hi,

I'm not sure if this is the correct category.

I am trying to find some code which will allow me to turn the monitor on, when it is in standby mode.

This is for a network administrator, who needs a remote administration project which i'm working on.

this is for vb6

Thanks for any reply

[the182guy]

This has been resolved now, I used an API that forces a keydown, which makes the monitor wake up.

Thanks anyway

[penagate]

Since random keypressings can do funny things, the best way is to use the pure API method

Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageW" ( _
    ByVal hWnd As Long, _
    ByVal uMsg As Long, _
    ByVal wParam As Long, _
    ByRef lParam As Any _
) As Long
 
Const HWND_BROADCAST = &HFFFF
Const WM_SYSCOMMAND = &H112
Const SC_MONITORPOWER = &HF170
 
' Turn monitor on
SendMessage HWND_BROADCAST, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER, ByVal -1&
 
' Turn monitor off
SendMessage HWND_BROADCAST, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER, ByVal 0&