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Anandh Kishan
Anandh Kishan

Reputation: 75

Can I write a c program that actually alerts about my laptop battery?

Is it possible to write in C to get the alert. If yes, what is the concept to be applied to get an alert when my battery goes down by 40% or gets high to 80%?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 153

Answers (1)

Rajeshkumar
Rajeshkumar

Reputation: 798

You have to use Windows API to get the battery information. Please refer to the link: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa372659(v=vs.85).aspx

The following ioctls are used to get the battery information

IOCTL_BATTERY_QUERY_INFORMATION

IOCTL_BATTERY_QUERY_STATUS

IOCTL_BATTERY_QUERY_TAG

IOCTL_BATTERY_SET_INFORMATION

GetSystemPowerStatus function is used to get the power status in windows. Refer to the link: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa372693(v=vs.85).aspx

Upvotes: 1

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