Dim All Monitors Except Primary

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Description	This script will dim all monitors except the Primary. When the script is run a second time, the monitors are returned to normal.
Language	C#.net
Minimum Version	7.1.0+
Created By	Thomas Malloch (BFS)
Contributors	-
Date Created	Mar 13, 2015
Date Last Modified	Aug 15, 2016

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using System; using System.Drawing; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.Threading; using System.Collections.Generic; // 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 { private static readonly string SettingName = "DimMonitor_TransparentForm_Running"; public static void Run(IntPtr windowHandle) { //toggle the setting from running to not running, and vice versa ToggleSetting(); //check to see if we should exit bool isExiting = !IsTransparentWindowRunning(); //if we are exiting, exit if(isExiting) return; //add all but the primary monitor to the list of monitors that will be dimmed List<Form> forms = new List<Form>(); foreach(uint id in BFS.Monitor.GetMonitorIDs()) { if(BFS.Monitor.GetMonitorBoundsByID(id).Equals(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds)) continue; forms.Add(new TransparentForm(id, 30m)); } //this will open the forms we added to the list by using our custom application context Application.Run(new MultipleFormApplicationContext(forms)); } //this function toggles the script settings from running to not running private static void ToggleSetting() { string status = BFS.ScriptSettings.ReadValue(SettingName); if(status.Equals("running", StringComparison.Ordinal)) BFS.ScriptSettings.WriteValue(SettingName, "not"); else BFS.ScriptSettings.WriteValue(SettingName, "running"); } //this function allows us to see the currect state of the script private static bool IsTransparentWindowRunning() { string status = BFS.ScriptSettings.ReadValue(SettingName); return status.Equals("running", StringComparison.Ordinal); } //extend the ApplicationContext class to support opening multiple forms private class MultipleFormApplicationContext : ApplicationContext { internal MultipleFormApplicationContext(List<Form> forms) { //open each of the forms, and add our closing event to them foreach(Form form in forms) { form.FormClosed += OnFormClosed; form.Show(); } } //when all the forms close, make sure to exit the application private void OnFormClosed(object sender, EventArgs e) { if(Application.OpenForms.Count == 0) ExitThread(); } } //extend the Form class to get the behavior we want private class TransparentForm : Form { //this will tell us what monitor to open on private uint MonitorId; //this will tell us what transparency to use private decimal Transparency; //the contructor for our class internal TransparentForm(uint monitorId, decimal transparency) { this.MonitorId = monitorId; this.Transparency = transparency; this.SuspendLayout(); //setup the layout of this form this.BackColor = Color.Black; this.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.None; this.ShowInTaskbar = false; //setup the form load event this.Load += Form_Load; this.ResumeLayout(false); } private void Form_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { //set the window to be always on top BFS.Window.SetAlwaysOnTop(this.Handle, true); //make the window transparent BFS.Window.SetTransparency(this.Handle, this.Transparency); //add a windows style to the current style that will //tell this window to ignore user input uint style = (uint)BFS.Window.GetWindowStyleEx(this.Handle); BFS.Window.SetWindowStyleEx((BFS.WindowEnum.WindowStyleEx)(style | (uint)BFS.WindowEnum.WindowStyleEx.WS_EX_TRANSPARENT | (uint)BFS.WindowEnum.WindowStyleEx.WS_EX_LAYERED), this.Handle); //move the window to the desired monitor this.Bounds = BFS.Monitor.GetMonitorBoundsByID(this.MonitorId); //start up a thread to listen for an exit event new Thread(new ThreadStart(ExitListener)).Start(); } private void ExitListener() { while(true) { //if we should close, tell the main thread to close the form if(!IsTransparentWindowRunning()) { try { this.Invoke((MethodInvoker) delegate { this.Close(); }); } catch //something went wrong, ignore { } break; } //sleep for a quarter of a second BFS.General.ThreadWait(250); } } } }