C#

EliottA wrote:

to be honest I don't know of another way, and if it exists I'm not sure it would be entirely safe to the machine.

ManagementClass mc = new ManagementClass("CIM_PowerSupply");
object[] methodArgs = { 6, null };//with 6 being to power off
object result = mc.InvokeMethod("SetPowerState", methodArgs);

//using System.Management;
        void Shutdown()
        {
            ManagementClass W32_OS = new ManagementClass("Win32_OperatingSystem");
            ManagementBaseObject inParams, outParams;
            int result;
            W32_OS.Scope.Options.EnablePrivileges = true;
            foreach (ManagementObject obj in W32_OS.GetInstances())
            {
                inParams = obj.GetMethodParameters("Win32Shutdown");
                inParams["Flags"] = ShutDown.ForcedShutdown;
                inParams["Reserved"] = 0;
                outParams = obj.InvokeMethod("Win32Shutdown", inParams, null);
                result = Convert.ToInt32(outParams["returnValue"]);
                if (result != 0) throw new Win32Exception(result);
            }
        }
        public enum ShutDown
        {
            LogOff = 0,
            Shutdown = 1,
            Reboot = 2,
            ForcedLogOff = 4,
            ForcedShutdown = 5,
            ForcedReboot = 6,
            PowerOff = 8,
            ForcedPowerOff = 12
        }

using(DataModel.DatabaseDataContext context = GetDatabaseContext()) {
   var result = from b in context.Branches
                where b.Id == id
                select b;
   foreach(Branch branch in result) {
      ...
   }
}

string getCellValue(int row, int cell)
{
   string rtn = "";

   if (dataGridView1.Rows[row].Cells[0].Value != null) {
      rtn = dataGridView1.Rows[i].Cells[0].Value.ToString();
   }

   return rtn;
}

string getCellValue(DataGridViewCell cell)
{
   return (cell.Value != null ? cell.Value.ToString() : "");
}