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DWORD batIdle, acIdle, wakeUpIdle, shortestIdle;
TCHAR szOutput[200];
// Get the values.
SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETBATTERYIDLETIMEOUT,0,&batIdle,0);
SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETEXTERNALIDLETIMEOUT,0,&acIdle,0);
SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETWAKEUPIDLETIMEOUT,0,&wakeUpIdle,0);
// Determine which is the lowest nonzero value.
shortestIdle=batIdle;
shortestIdle=((acIdle>0)&&(acIdle<shortestIdle)) ? acIdle : (((wakeUpIdle>0)&&(wakeUpIdle<shortestIdle)) ? wakeUpIdle : shortestIdle);
if (shortestIdle==0)
// If all values are zero, the device can never time out.
wsprintf(szOutput,_T("Battery Idle Timeout: %d\nAC Power Idle Timeout: %d\nWakeup Idle Timeout: %d\nThe device will not time out."),batIdle, acIdle, wakeUpIdle);
else
{
// Otherwise, you need to reset the idle timer more
// frequently than the lowest time-out value.
wsprintf(szOutput,_T("Battery Idle Timeout: %d\nAC Power
Idle Timeout: %d\nWakeup Idle Timeout: %d\nYou need to
call SystemIdleTimerReset at least every %d
sec"),batIdle, acIdle, wakeUpIdle, shortestIdle-1);
}
MessageBox(hWnd,szOutput,_T("Results"),MB_OK);