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How to turn the monitor on/off

With this code you can turn on or off the monitor ;)

API Declarations
Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long
Private Const WM_SYSCOMMAND = &H112
Private Const SC_MONITORPOWER = &HF170


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'Turn Monitor on: ->
 SendMessage Me.hWnd, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER, ByVal 0&
'Turn Monitor off: ->
 SendMessage Me.hWnd, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER, ByVal -1&