Load Monitor Profile, Launch Application, Set Monitor Profile Back After Exit

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Description	This function demonstrates how to change your screen resolution, launch an application or game, then change the resolution back once the application/game has exited. Note: You must create monitor profiles with the desired settings for this function to work correctly.
Language	C# (.Net)
Minimum Version	7.0.0+
Created By	Thomas Malloch (BFS)
Contributors	-
Date Created	Sep 29, 2014
Date Last Modified	Oct 3, 2014

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using System; using System.Drawing; // The 'windowHandle' parameter will contain the window handle for the: // - Active window when run by hotkey // - Window Location target when run by a Window Location rule // - TitleBar Button owner when run by a TitleBar Button // - Jump List owner when run from a Taskbar Jump List // - Currently focused window if none of these match public static class DisplayFusionFunction { public static void Run(IntPtr windowHandle) { //load a monitor profile with the desired resolution settings BFS.DisplayFusion.LoadMonitorProfile("Modified Resolution Profile"); //start a process and capture its application id uint appId = BFS.Application.Start("J:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\SteamApps\\common\\Orion Dino Beatdown\\Binaries\\Win32\\DinoHordeGame.exe", ""); //wait forever for the above process to exit const int waitForever = 0; BFS.Application.WaitForExitByAppID(appId, waitForever); //load a monitor profile with your original resolution settings BFS.DisplayFusion.LoadMonitorProfile("Original Resolution Profile"); } }