Adjust screen brightness using C#

Question

How do I adjust the screen brightness in C#?

Answer 1

[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
public struct PHYSICAL_MONITOR
{
    public IntPtr hPhysicalMonitor;

    [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 128)]
    public string szPhysicalMonitorDescription;
}

public class BrightnessController : IDisposable
{
    [DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint = "MonitorFromWindow")]
    public static extern IntPtr MonitorFromWindow([In] IntPtr hwnd, uint dwFlags);

    [DllImport("dxva2.dll", EntryPoint = "DestroyPhysicalMonitors")]
    [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
    public static extern bool DestroyPhysicalMonitors(uint dwPhysicalMonitorArraySize, ref PHYSICAL_MONITOR[] pPhysicalMonitorArray);

    [DllImport("dxva2.dll", EntryPoint = "GetNumberOfPhysicalMonitorsFromHMONITOR")]
    [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
    public static extern bool GetNumberOfPhysicalMonitorsFromHMONITOR(IntPtr hMonitor, ref uint pdwNumberOfPhysicalMonitors);

    [DllImport("dxva2.dll", EntryPoint = "GetPhysicalMonitorsFromHMONITOR")]
    [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
    public static extern bool GetPhysicalMonitorsFromHMONITOR(IntPtr hMonitor, uint dwPhysicalMonitorArraySize, [Out] PHYSICAL_MONITOR[] pPhysicalMonitorArray);

    [DllImport("dxva2.dll", EntryPoint = "GetMonitorBrightness")]
    [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
    public static extern bool GetMonitorBrightness(IntPtr handle, ref uint minimumBrightness, ref uint currentBrightness, ref uint maxBrightness);

    [DllImport("dxva2.dll", EntryPoint = "SetMonitorBrightness")]
    [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
    public static extern bool SetMonitorBrightness(IntPtr handle, uint newBrightness);

    private uint _physicalMonitorsCount = 0;
    private PHYSICAL_MONITOR[] _physicalMonitorArray;

    private IntPtr _firstMonitorHandle;

    private uint _minValue = 0;
    private uint _maxValue = 0;
    private uint _currentValue = 0;

    public BrightnessController(IntPtr windowHandle)
    {
        uint dwFlags = 0u;
        IntPtr ptr = MonitorFromWindow(windowHandle, dwFlags);
        if (!GetNumberOfPhysicalMonitorsFromHMONITOR(ptr, ref _physicalMonitorsCount))
        {
            throw new Exception("Cannot get monitor count!");
        }
        _physicalMonitorArray = new PHYSICAL_MONITOR[_physicalMonitorsCount];

        if (!GetPhysicalMonitorsFromHMONITOR(ptr, _physicalMonitorsCount, _physicalMonitorArray))
        {
            throw new Exception("Cannot get phisical monitor handle!");
        }
        _firstMonitorHandle = _physicalMonitorArray[0].hPhysicalMonitor;

        if (!GetMonitorBrightness(_firstMonitorHandle, ref _minValue, ref _currentValue, ref _maxValue))
        {
            throw new Exception("Cannot get monitor brightness!");
        }
    }

    public void SetBrightness(int newValue) // 0 ~ 100
    {
        newValue = Math.Min(newValue, Math.Max(0, newValue));
        _currentValue = (_maxValue - _minValue) * (uint)newValue / 100u + _minValue;
        SetMonitorBrightness(_firstMonitorHandle, _currentValue);
    }

    public void Dispose()
    {
        Dispose(true);
        GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
    }

    protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
    {
        if (disposing)
        {
            if (_physicalMonitorsCount > 0)
            {
                DestroyPhysicalMonitors(_physicalMonitorsCount, ref _physicalMonitorArray);
            }
        }
    }
}