How to prevent the computer going to sleep within a QT application.

[TheFlyingMooseMan]

For OS X, it is easy -- the code under Listing 3 works:
(https://developer.apple.com/library/content/qa/qa1340/_index.html)

I need a solution for both Windows and Linux.
Does anyone have any pointers or references?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Roy

[jsulm]

@TheFlyingMooseMan This is clearly out of scope of Qt.
But maybe someone knows...

[TheFlyingMooseMan]

@jsulm I tend to respectfully disagree, after all, it is one of many aspects of an application, but then, at the same time, maybe some else knows.

[ambershark]

@TheFlyingMooseMan This is most definitely outside the scope of Qt... But here is a few ways to do it with linux:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31498114/how-to-programatically-prevent-linux-computer-from-sleeping-or-turning-on-screen