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Function name : LockWorkStation

Group: System Shutdown - Library: user32

The LockWorkStation function locks the workstation"s display, protecting it from unauthorized use.

Code examples:

Locking the workstation

Declaration:

BOOL LockWorkStation(VOID);

FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER LockWorkStation IN user32

Parameters:

This function has no parameters.

Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

Comments:

This function is callable only by processes running on the interactive desktop. In addition, the user must be logged on, and the workstation cannot already be locked.

It has the same result as pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del and clicking Lock Workstation. To unlock the workstation, the user must log in. To receive notification when the user logs in, use the WTSRegisterSessionNotification function to receive WM_WTSSESSION_CHANGE messages.

Windows NT/2000/XP: Included in Windows 2000 and later.
Windows 95/98/Me: Unsupported.