MonOff (Simple .exe to turn off your monitor with a click!)

This is just a simple executable that I've made to make it easier for LCD and CRT users alike, to save energy in a easy way!

You might say, "oh, I could just press the power button on my computer..."

Yes, that is true....but why do that when all you have to do is move your mouse or strike a key to wake your monitor up?

I find this useful for me because I am a laptop user; where there obviously is no monitor off switch. Yes, I could close my monitor, but whatever .

Anyway, if you find it useful, enjoy it .

MonOff.zip

Attachment: MonOff.zip

#482264

Pretty handy for my laptop, thanks!

#482266

Exactly what led me to make it . Glad you like it .

#482269

very nice, all you gotta do is whip up a version for leopard/tiger now

#482271

Yeah, AppleScript is a pain in the arse for me though :slant:

#482272

will this work on a multi-monitor setup?

#482274

Yes, it shuts off all monitors connected to the computer.

Works with me on:

Desktop with 2 monitors on 2 seperate video cards

Desktop with 2 monitors on 1 video card

Laptop with built in monitor and external monitor

Laptop with one monitor

#482311

// edit: naaah

#482315

thanks for the clarification Phantom_Lord.

This is really useful!

#482358

for mac, if you have an unused screen corner you can set it to put the display to sleep.

Also, on macbooks, you can turn the screen brightness all the way down and it shuts off the display. It takes less than a second when you hold down the brightness down key.

#482377

The display doesn't actually turn off, virstulte. In the right light, you can actually see what's on there! It's unfortunate, but I'm sure someone's written a program to turn off the screen without making the computer go to sleep.

-NC

#482384

I'd like to bump this thread, to further what NC was saying.

The display doesn't actually turn off, virstulte. In the right light, you can actually see what's on there! It's unfortunate, but I'm sure someone's written a program to turn off the screen without making the computer go to sleep.

That's right, it just turns off the backlight. I use a program called InsomniaX so that when I shut the lid the computer doesn't go to sleep. Also; using the hotcorners to sleep the display puts the whole display to sleep, not just the backlight.

#493626

In which language is it? And how can you control the backlight?

#493649