Question

How do I turn off a monitor using VB.NET code? OK, actually I found the C# solution. But I need the VB.NET solution. I have tried an online C# to VB.NET converter, but the converter is complaining that there are errors in it.

How can the following C# code be translated to VB.NET?

using System.Runtime.InteropServices; //to DllImport

public int WM_SYSCOMMAND = 0x0112;
public int SC_MONITORPOWER = 0xF170; //Using the system pre-defined MSDN constants that can be used by the SendMessage() function .

[DllImport("user32.dll")]
private static extern int SendMessage(int hWnd, int hMsg, int wParam, int lParam);
//To call a DLL function from C#, you must provide this declaration.

private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    SendMessage( this.Handle.ToInt32() , WM_SYSCOMMAND , SC_MONITORPOWER ,2 );//DLL function
}

UPDATE:

I use the online developer Fusion converter.

Answer 1

Try this

Public WM_SYSCOMMAND As Integer = &H112
Public SC_MONITORPOWER As Integer = &Hf170

<DllImport("user32.dll")> _
Private Shared Function SendMessage(hWnd As Integer, hMsg As Integer, wParam As Integer, lParam As Integer) As Integer
End Function

Private Sub button1_Click(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs)
    SendMessage(Me.Handle.ToInt32(), WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER, 2)
End Sub