/// <summary> /// Indicates if we're running on battery power.

/// If we are, then disable CPU wasting things like animations, background operations, network, I/O, etc /// </summary> public static Boolean IsRunningOnBattery { get { PowerLineStatus pls = System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation.PowerStatus.PowerLineStatus; if (pls == PowerLineStatus.Offline) { //Offline means running on battery return true; } else { return false; } } }

using System; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; namespace PowerStateExample { [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)] public class PowerState { public ACLineStatus ACLineStatus; public BatteryFlag BatteryFlag; public Byte BatteryLifePercent; public Byte Reserved1; public Int32 BatteryLifeTime; public Int32 BatteryFullLifeTime; // direct instantation not intended, use GetPowerState. private PowerState() {} public static PowerState GetPowerState() { PowerState state = new PowerState(); if (GetSystemPowerStatusRef(state)) return state; throw new ApplicationException("Unable to get power state"); } [DllImport("Kernel32", EntryPoint = "GetSystemPowerStatus")] private static extern bool GetSystemPowerStatusRef(PowerState sps); } // Note: Underlying type of byte to match Win32 header public enum ACLineStatus : byte { Offline = 0, Online = 1, Unknown = 255 } public enum BatteryFlag : byte

{ High = 1, Low = 2, Critical = 4, Charging = 8, NoSystemBattery = 128, Unknown = 255 } // Program class with main entry point to display an example. class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { PowerState state = PowerState.GetPowerState(); Console.WriteLine("AC Line: {0}", state.ACLineStatus); Console.WriteLine("Battery: {0}", state.BatteryFlag); Console.WriteLine("Battery life %: {0}", state.BatteryLifePercent); } }