Make multiple monitors go to sleep with Windows API?

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Published on 2009-03-29T22:51:23Z Indexed on 2010/03/20 21:01 UTC
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How exactly would I make both of my monitors go to sleep, I want to write an application myself because I'd like to add certain functionality, and so far I can't find anything on MSDN relating to making your display go to sleep.

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