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Summary

Retrieves the power status of the system.

C# Signature:

[DllImport("coredll.dll")]
static extern bool GetSystemPowerStatusEx(out SYSTEM_POWER_STATUS_EX pStatus,
bool fUpdate);

VB .NET Signature:

Declare Function GetSystemPowerStatusEx Lib "coredll.dll" _
(<Out()> ByRef pStatus As SYSTEM_POWER_STATUS_EX, _
ByVal fUpdate As Boolean) As Boolean

User-Defined Types:

SYSTEM_POWER_STATUS_EX

Notes:

None.

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Sample Code:

    public static byte GetBatteryLeftPercentage()
    {
        SYSTEM_POWER_STATUS_EX powerStatus;
        GetSystemPowerStatusEx(powerStatus, true);
        return powerStatus.BackupBatteryLifePercent;
    }

Alternative Managed API:

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