I'm trying to turn a monitor off from a Python script. I can do this using the program "wizmo", so its possible from Windows. I found this script which describes a method using SendMessage:
http://fci-h.blogspot.com/2007/03/turn-off-your-monitor-via-code-c.html Translated to Python, here's what I have so far: SC_MONITORPOWER = 0xF170 win32gui.SendMessage(handle, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER, 2) That follows this general structure: SendMessage(Me.hWnd, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER, ByVal MONITOR_OFF) My problem is getting the handle. I'm used to getting the handles of windows, but in this case I'm sending the command to the operating system itself. I'm guessing its a DLL call? There's a link to a working C example here: http://www.4shared.com/file/11593987/2d23f157/Turn_Your_Monitor_BY_Essawy.html Does anyone have any tips? _______________________________________________ python-win32 mailing list python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32