Can I change my Windows desktop wallpaper programmatically in Java/Groovy?
You can do it easier:
import com.sun.jna.Library;
import com.sun.jna.Native;
import com.sun.jna.platform.win32.WinDef.HWND;
import com.sun.jna.platform.win32.WinDef.PVOID;
import com.sun.jna.win32.W32APIOptions;
public class Wallpaper {
public static interface User32 extends Library {
User32 INSTANCE = (User32) Native.loadLibrary("user32",User32.class,W32APIOptions.DEFAULT_OPTIONS);
boolean SystemParametersInfo (int one, int two, String s ,int three);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
User32.INSTANCE.SystemParametersInfo(0x0014, 0, "C:\\Users\\Public\\Pictures\\Sample Pictures\\Chrysanthemum.jpg" , 1);
}
}
You can write a batch file to change the wall-paper, and execute that batch file using,
Runtime.getRuntime.exec()
Sorry I'm a bit behind @ataylor's answer because I was preparing a snippet to do it. Yes, JNA is a correct approach. Here you go:
import java.util.HashMap;
import com.sun.jna.Native;
import com.sun.jna.platform.win32.WinDef.UINT_PTR;
import com.sun.jna.win32.*;
public class WallpaperChanger {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//supply your own path instead of using this one
String path = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Pictures\\Sample Pictures\\Chrysanthemum.jpg";
SPI.INSTANCE.SystemParametersInfo(
new UINT_PTR(SPI.SPI_SETDESKWALLPAPER),
new UINT_PTR(0),
path,
new UINT_PTR(SPI.SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE | SPI.SPIF_SENDWININICHANGE));
}
public interface SPI extends StdCallLibrary {
//from MSDN article
long SPI_SETDESKWALLPAPER = 20;
long SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE = 0x01;
long SPIF_SENDWININICHANGE = 0x02;
SPI INSTANCE = (SPI) Native.loadLibrary("user32", SPI.class, new HashMap<Object, Object>() {
{
put(OPTION_TYPE_MAPPER, W32APITypeMapper.UNICODE);
put(OPTION_FUNCTION_MAPPER, W32APIFunctionMapper.UNICODE);
}
});
boolean SystemParametersInfo(
UINT_PTR uiAction,
UINT_PTR uiParam,
String pvParam,
UINT_PTR fWinIni
);
}
}
You need to have the JNA libraries on the classpath for this to work. This was tested in Windows 7, there might be some nuances in XP but I think it should work. That API is presumably stable.
References
- Setting Wallpaper - Coding4Fun
- How to determine if a screensaver is running in Java?
- W32API.java
Edit (2010/01/20):
I had previously omitted the options SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE
and SPIF_SENDWININICHANGE
. These are now being used as they were suggested in the Coding4Fun MSDN article.