How do I tell if my application is running in an RDP session

Question

I have a .net winforms app which has a few animation effects, fade ins and scroll animations etc. These work fine however if I\'m in a Remote Desktop Protocol session the a

Answer 1

See a similar question i asked: How to check if we’re running on battery?

Because if you're running on battery you also want to disable animations.

/// 

/// Indicates if we're running in a remote desktop session.
/// If we are, then you MUST disable animations and double buffering i.e. Pay your taxes!
/// 
/// 
/// 
public static Boolean IsRemoteSession
{
    //This is just a friendly wrapper around the built-in way
    get    
    {
        return System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation.TerminalServerSession;    
    }
}

And then to check if you're running on battery:

/// 

/// Indicates if we're running on battery power.
/// If we are, then disable CPU wasting things like animations, background operations, network, I/O, etc
/// 
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;
      }
   }
}

Which you can just combine into one:

public Boolean UseAnimations()
{
   return 
      (!System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation.TerminalServerSession) &&
      (System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation.PowerStatus.PowerLineStatus != PowerLineStatus.Offline);
}

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Note: This question was already asked (Determine if a program is running on a Remote Desktop)