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Re: Prevent Monitor Standby and ScreenSaver Activation

15-Oct-07 6:05

Hi, I'm writing a MediaPlayer so I need to keep the monitor on and screen saver disabled during the life of my application. I understand that I need to handle certain windows messages SC_SCREENSAVE, SC_MONITORPOWER but I'm not sure how. So Please Advice

Thanks...

led mike15-Oct-07 6:42

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms646360.aspx[^]

15-Oct-07 6:42

Some code which can do the trick

Sukhjinder_K15-Oct-07 6:58

15-Oct-07 6:58

I got the following suggestion from someone
START
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
switch (message)
{
case WM_SYSCOMMAND:

switch (wParam)
{
// disable screen saver and monitor power-saving mode
case SC_SCREENSAVE:
case SC_MONITORPOWER:

return 0;
}

break;

case WM_DESTROY:

PostQuitMessage(0);

return 0;
}

return DefWindowProc(hwnd, message, wParam, lParam);
}
END

I goggled and tried to find various Constants used and replaced them with their values

protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
{
switch (m.Msg)
{
//case WM_SYSCOMMAND: //REPLACED
case 0x0112:

switch (m.WParam.ToInt32())
{
// disable screen saver and monitor power-saving mode

//case SC_SCREENSAVE: //REPLACED
case 0xF140:

//case SC_MONITORPOWER: //REPLACED
case 0xF170:

return;
}
break;
//case WM_DESTROY: //REPLACED
case 0003:
PostQuitMessage(0); // Wont Compile in C#
return;
}

base.DefWndProc(ref m);
//return DefWindowProc(hwnd, message, wParam, lParam);
}

NOw the Function PostQuitMessage(0) wont compile and without my whole Control layout goes wrong

I checked the link you provided but being very new to Windows Programming & C# I dont know how to use all this.

So your thoughts...

Thanks...

Skippums15-Oct-07 7:30

Skippums

15-Oct-07 7:30

Include the following in your code:

[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public external void PostQuitMessage(int returnVal);

Jeff

Sukhjinder_K15-Oct-07 18:35

15-Oct-07 18:35

After Updating the code and running my observations are that my MainForm does not show anymore and the app just exits (Runs fine after removing the following bit of code).

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll")]<br />
		public static extern void PostQuitMessage(int returnVal);<br />
		<br />
		protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)<br />
		{<br />
			switch (m.Msg)<br />
			{<br />
				case 0x0112:<br />
					//case WM_SYSCOMMAND:<br />
<br />
					switch (m.WParam.ToInt32())<br />
					{<br />
							// disable screen saver and monitor power-saving mode<br />
						case 0xF140:<br />
							//case SC_SCREENSAVE:<br />
						case 0xF170:<br />
							//case SC_MONITORPOWER:<br />
<br />
							return;<br />
					}<br />
<br />
					break;<br />
<br />
					//case WM_DESTROY:<br />
				case 0003:<br />
					PostQuitMessage(0);<br />
				return;<br />
			}<br />
<br />
			//return DefWindowProc(hwnd, message, wParam, lParam);<br />
			base.DefWndProc(ref m);<br />
		}

Skippums16-Oct-07 5:05

Skippums

16-Oct-07 5:05

Put in some breakpoints and find the path that the code is taking to exit your application. Then post the results here so we can get a better idea of what is going on. Why do you call base.DefWndProc instead of base.WndProc?

Jeff

led mike15-Oct-07 7:41

New to C# and Writing Media Player

15-Oct-07 7:41

Sukhjinder_K wrote:
being very new to Windows Programming

Sukhjinder_K wrote:
I'm writing a MediaPlayer

very new and writing a MediaPlayer

Sukhjinder_K wrote:
So your thoughts...

My thought is, that does not compute.

Sukhjinder_K15-Oct-07 17:03

15-Oct-07 17:03

I have programmed in Java a lot. So I'm just new to Windows Programming and C# and have never done Windows Message handling (or anything having HWND in it) before. I was looking for a Free Media Player which had what I needed, I couldn't find one. So I decided to build one on my own. And I chose C# to learn a new Language/Platform.

Thanks for your thoughts Mike...

Hariharan.R16-Oct-07 2:31

Hariharan.R

16-Oct-07 2:31

Did you check it switching to appropriate Case block?

Solution

Sukhjinder_K16-Oct-07 18:27

How to read JavaScript's variables values in webBrowser control using C#

16-Oct-07 18:27

Thanks Everybody for your help. Here is the Solution

const int WM_SYSCOMMAND = 0x0112, SC_SCREENSAVE = 0xF140, SC_MONITORPOWER = 0xF170;<br />
protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)<br />
{<br />
	if( m.Msg == WM_SYSCOMMAND )	//Intercept System Command<br />
	{<br />
		if( m.WParam.ToInt32() == SC_SCREENSAVE || m.WParam.ToInt32() == SC_MONITORPOWER )<br />
		{	//Intercept ScreenSaver and Monitor Power Messages<br />
			//MessageBox.Show("Reached SC/PowerCondition");<br />
			return;<br />
		}<br />
	}			<br />
	base.WndProc(ref m);<br />
}

A.Asif15-Oct-07 5:41

A.Asif

15-Oct-07 5:41

Hi All,

I am writting a C# project in which am using Browser Control. The object of this project to read values of JavaScript's variables values on the current page ,and add those values to ListBox control. Can anybody show me how to do this. Please help if you can I need to do this ASAP for my job.

Thanks,

Asif

Re: How to read JavaScript's variables values in webBrowser control using C#

led mike15-Oct-07 6:36

Re: How to read JavaScript's variables values in webBrowser control using C#

15-Oct-07 6:36

A.Asif wrote:
am using Browser Control.

There are many articles on MSDN and I imagine some on CodeProject as well for using the Browser Control in C#, try starting there.

A.Asif15-Oct-07 9:30

A.Asif

15-Oct-07 9:30

I did research almost erevry site including microsoft but found no luck to my perticullar problem.
So please help if you can

Thanks,

Asif

Re: How to read JavaScript's variables values in webBrowser control using C#

leppie16-Oct-07 2:45

leppie

16-Oct-07 2:45

Add a reference to the MSHTML.dll and cast to the DOM types as explained in some document you read (you said you did them all). Then simply use the DOM to get the values.

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Re: How to read JavaScript's variables values in webBrowser control using C#

A.Asif16-Oct-07 3:34

A.Asif

16-Oct-07 3:34

Thanks for your help! I am trying DOM but don't seems to work for me, can you please show me or send me some sytax how to get this values. I'll really apreciate your help.

Thanks

Asif

Getting text from one form into second form

MumbleB15-Oct-07 5:37

MumbleB

15-Oct-07 5:37

Hi Guys. I have a very stupid/simple question for you. I have two forms in my project, one a logon form called from my main form. When the user enters his username on the logon form I want to move the username into a label on my mainform. Can somebody please advise me on how to do this? Sigh | :sigh:

Thanks in advance.

Re: Getting text from one form into second form

Giorgi Dalakishvili15-Oct-07 5:46

Giorgi Dalakishvili

15-Oct-07 5:46

Have a look at this: Passing Values between Forms in .NET 1.x with C# and VB.NET examples[^]

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how to track backgroundworker threads

jikubhai15-Oct-07 5:28

jikubhai

15-Oct-07 5:28

I am using backgroundworker thread in my application... i need to track each background worker and need to show the status in a datagrid ...

my application is used for database administrating ...

backups
restore
attaching

so various activities are going in different background workdes and their status need to show on a datagrid ... and each row in the datagrid should updated correctly ....

can someone write a small piece of code ....

thankzzzzzzzz

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Event Listeners

Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr.15-Oct-07 5:41

Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr.

15-Oct-07 5:41

Have your background threads fire events for different states. Then your UI thread can listen to those events and respond appropriately.

You can also poll the status of the background threads by keeping track of the object reference, however, the event model is easier.

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Re: how to track backgroundworker threads

Giorgi Dalakishvili15-Oct-07 5:45

Giorgi Dalakishvili

15-Oct-07 5:45

You can use ProgressChanged event of the backgroundworker component to report progress

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Re: how to track backgroundworker threads

jikubhai15-Oct-07 23:07

jikubhai

15-Oct-07 23:07

can you just write a small piece of code to update the activities into a datagridview ....

i mean, if i am click on a button control to run backup activity and it will update into a datagrid row as dbname, backup going on and when i click again on same button control and it need to appear in the grid as second row ... with dbname, backup going on ... .and when the first thread completes, the grid first row need to update with dbname, backupcompleted ... how could i do this ... please write a small piece of code ...

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Retrieving MS Outlook Contacts

s3rro15-Oct-07 4:34

s3rro

15-Oct-07 4:34

Hi I am writing an application which retrieves your outlook contacts.
Right now I am able pop up the contacts window of the Outlook, but I want the specific fields to be printed in my checkedlistbox

I used the following code to pop up the contacts window. Now I want to get he name+last name and the fax number to printed in my chckedlistbox. But I cant find the object under OutlookItems to print the whole contacts list. Any Help?

try
{
Outlook.Application oApp = new Outlook.Application();

// Get the NameSpace information.
Outlook.NameSpace oNS = oApp.GetNamespace("mapi");

// Log on by using a dialog box to choose the profile.
oNS.Logon(System.Reflection.Missing.Value, System.Reflection.Missing.Value, true, true);

// Get the default Contacts folder.
Outlook.MAPIFolder oContacts = oNS.GetDefaultFolder(Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderContacts);

// Get the Items collection from the folder.
Outlook.Items oItems = (Outlook.Items)oContacts.Items;

// Get the first contact item in the Items collection.
Outlook.ContactItem oCt = (Outlook.ContactItem)oItems.GetLast();

string faxNum;
faxNum = oCt.BusinessFaxNumber.Replace("(", "").Replace(")", "").Replace("-", "").Replace(" ", "");
this.txtRecipientFax.Text = faxNum;

// Display the contact.
//oCt.Display(true);

Re: Retrieving MS Outlook Contacts

led mike15-Oct-07 4:44