@msdn=http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?qu=$$$ @pinvoke=http://pinvoke.net/$$$.htm Summary: The SHQueryUserNotificationState API !!!!C# Signature: [DllImport("shell32.dll")] static extern int SHQueryUserNotificationState( out QUERY_USER_NOTIFICATION_STATE pquns); !!!!VB Signature: Declare Function SHQueryUserNotificationState Lib "shell32.dll" (TODO) As int !!!!User-Defined Types: enum QUERY_USER_NOTIFICATION_STATE { QUNS_NOT_PRESENT = 1, QUNS_BUSY = 2, QUNS_RUNNING_D3D_FULL_SCREEN = 3, QUNS_PRESENTATION_MODE = 4, QUNS_ACCEPTS_NOTIFICATIONS = 5, QUNS_QUIET_TIME = 6 }; !!!!Alternative Managed API: Do you know one? Please contribute it! !!!!Notes: None. !!!!Tips & Tricks: Please add some! !!!!Sample Code: void Main() { Console.WriteLine("user notification state: {0}", QueryUserNotificationState.State()); } // Define other methods and classes here class QueryUserNotificationState { public enum UserNotificationState { /// <summary> /// A screen saver is displayed, the machine is locked, /// or a nonactive Fast User Switching session is in progress. /// </summary> NotPresent = 1, /// <summary> /// A full-screen application is running or Presentation Settings are applied. /// Presentation Settings allow a user to put their machine into a state fit /// for an uninterrupted presentation, such as a set of PowerPoint slides, with a single click. /// </summary> Busy = 2, /// <summary> /// A full-screen (exclusive mode) Direct3D application is running. /// </summary> RunningDirect3dFullScreen = 3, /// <summary> /// The user has activated Windows presentation settings to block notifications and pop-up messages. /// </summary> PresentationMode = 4, /// <summary> /// None of the other states are found, notifications can be freely sent. /// </summary> AcceptsNotifications = 5, /// <summary> /// Introduced in Windows 7. The current user is in "quiet time", which is the first hour after /// a new user logs into his or her account for the first time. During this time, most notifications /// should not be sent or shown. This lets a user become accustomed to a new computer system /// without those distractions. /// Quiet time also occurs for each user after an operating system upgrade or clean installation. /// </summary> QuietTime = 6 }; [DllImport("shell32.dll")] static extern int SHQueryUserNotificationState(out UserNotificationState userNotificationState); public static UserNotificationState State() { UserNotificationState state; var returnVal = SHQueryUserNotificationState(out state); return state; } } Documentation: SHQueryUserNotificationState@msdn on MSDN
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