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cklm
cklm

Reputation: 927

Can I deactivate a monitor/display with node/electron?

I, I'm writing an app with electron (http://electron.atom.io/). I would like to deactivate the monitor/display of the pc and only activate it again, when something in the app happens (for energy-saving). Is there a way to do this? The only think I found, is the powerSaveBlocker (http://electron.atom.io/docs/api/power-save-blocker/) which doesn't help me...

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1223

Answers (2)

Aakash Uniyal
Aakash Uniyal

Reputation: 1559

One of the ways you can do that is by executing batch files from electron/node in Windows , shell scripts in Linux and whatever MAC OS uses to execute commands.

These scripts would contain the OS level commands to turn on/off the display which are easily available .

When to fire these scripts would depend on your application logic .

Upvotes: 0

Vadim Macagon
Vadim Macagon

Reputation: 14847

You'll need to use native system APIs to do this, on Windows you can use one of the solutions proposed in Turn on/off monitor.

Upvotes: 2

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