Detecting active desktop -- systemparametersinfo?
 

I need to know how to detect if active desktop is switched on.
My friend said that it could be done using systemparametersinfo but I cant find how to do it.
can someone please tell me how to do this.

:)

RE: Detecting active desktop -- systemparametersinfo?
 

Check for it using the shell32.dll. Like this:

uses shlobj

var
sfs: ShellFlagState;

try
SHGetSettings(sfs,SSF_DESKTOPHTML);
if sfs.Data > 0 then
ShowMessage('Active Desktop enabled');
except
//error handling
end;

The reason you need to make sure you have a try except is because if you run this code on a machine that does not have active desktop support, it will give an error because it does not recognize the dwmask parameter.

See Microsoft website for more details:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/psdk/shellcc/shell/functions/SHGetSettings.htm

RE: RE: Detecting active desktop -- systemparametersinfo?
 

I'll check this out and then accept as answer, cheers :)