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GetSystemPowerState

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

4/8/2010

This function returns the current system power state.

Syntax

DWORD GetSystemPowerState(
  LPWSTR pBuffer,
  DWORD Length,
  PDWORD pFlags
);

Parameters

  • pBuffer
    [out] Buffer to receive the system power state name.
  • Length
    [in] Length of pBuffer in characters.
  • pFlags
    [out] Receives the system power state flags, which is the bitwise-OR of the POWER_STATE_XXX flags defined in the Pm.h header file.

Return Value

  • ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER
    Indicates that the buffer is too small.
  • ERROR_NOT_FOUND
    Indicates an unknown error.
  • ERROR_SUCCESS
    Indicates success.
  • Win32 error code
    Used for all other errors.

See Also

Concepts

Power States

Other Resources

Power Management Functions