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Newcomers DBPro Corner / Multi-Display problems

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pontifex
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Posted: 24th Sep 2004 08:32
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Hi there,

I run a P4 machine with XP. I have three displays connected:
1xSony 23" with 1920x1200
2xSony 21" with 1280x1024

The 23" panel and one 21" panel are directly running split desktop and the third is attached on a second WinXP box, displaying the desktop via "MaxiVista". Anyhow, XP takes it as 3 screens, which is not too rare for developers, I guess.

A phenomenon I was able to watch with a lot of games is, that the game starts on the main screen, the others are displaying, whats left in the main screen resolution.

This is bothering! Icons jump around, windows move and stay on the wrong screen when you fire up the code, depending on the main screen resolution.

setting a display should take the main screen (windows indicates the one) and change that resolution and not the whole thing.

I know that this is not a DB problem, but still, I can not fix it in my own code either... or?

Regards,
P!

it's not my fault
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BatVink
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Posted: 24th Sep 2004 18:22
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Eek!

I have a laptop and extended desktop to a standard monitor. They both run from the same graphics card. I don't have the problem you are describing, so I would suggest it's not DB or DirectX.

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Philip
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Posted: 25th Sep 2004 09:05
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Guten tag.

Haben Sie ein, er, gutes tag?

Ok. I admit I don't speak German.

Ich kann nur ein bitchen Deutsch sprechen aber mein Deutsch ist furchtbar.

Philip

What do you mean, bears aren't supposed to wear hats and a tie? P3.2ghz / 1 gig / GeForce FX 5900 128meg / WinXP home
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pontifex
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Posted: 27th Sep 2004 03:01
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hi,

batvink: it is not a DB problem or a DirectX problem, rather a problem, that I can not access multiple displays...

e.g. the command for "set display" lacks a "display panel" number.

what if I have 3 dual head graphic cards and want to change the resolution of display number 3 ?

I know that this is not a major thing to problemize, but still: if you want to use your second display to show the actual map of a game or the invetory of your weapons... how do you adress the second display or even check, if there are more than 1?

philip: yes it is "guten tag", but english is just fine

regards,
P!

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