Tell Windows XP to Standby programmatically

Question

How can I tell Windows XP to switch to standby mode programmatically with C/C++ native code?

Answer 1

A likely function in the Win32 API is SetSuspendState:

SetSuspendState(TRUE, FALSE, FALSE);

From: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa373201(VS.85).aspx