Am Montag, 1. März 2010 03:16:41 schrieb Tim Roberts: > You wrote: > >i am developing a windows service using python-win32. > >Now I am searching for a possibility to get a notification when a user is > >trying to shutdown the system. > >In certain cases I need to cancel this shutdown, > >Does anyone knows how this could be done? > > This is trickier than you might think. Many shutdowns cannot be blocked. > For example, if battery power is critically low, you're going down, like > it or not. Further, if someone has their laptop set to hibernate when the > close the lid, they're going to be really pissed off if your application > blocks that and the battery expires. > > On Vista and beyond, you can use ShutdownBlockReasonCreate to say "the > system should not be shutdown for a while". > > >Is it possible to catch system level events in python like in other > > >programming languages as for example C#: > Anything that can be done in C# can be done in Python. Do you have a C# > example you want to copy? > > >http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-win32/2008-January/006645.html > > Is this code not sufficient for your needs? Thanks for your answer!
The code is good to get a notification when the system shuts down. But I can not see a possibility to cancel the shutdown. I think what i need is something like the code below, but I don't know how to implement this in python: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/howdoi/?p=135 SystemEvents.SessionEnding += new SessionEndingEventHandler(SystemEvents_SessionEnding); void SystemEvents_SessionEnding(object sender, SessionEndingEventArgs e) { e.Cancel(); } The e.Cancel() should cancel the shutdown. My next problem is to tell the difference between a shutdown (poweroff) and a reboot. What I want to do is: * catch a shutdown * decide if it is a power off or reboot * do some tasks * shut down or restart the machine _______________________________________________ python-win32 mailing list python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
