Re: Selecting display in dual monitor system

From:

"AliR $VC++ MVP$" <AliR@online.nospam>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.mfc

Date:

Fri, 16 May 2008 15:00:25 -0500

Message-ID:

<WIlXj.4647$nW2.2470@nlpi064.nbdc.sbc.com>

What's the error? I don't see why you would get an error.

You can enumurate the monitors on a system using EnumDisplayMonitors, and
get information (resolution, starting x position...) using GetMonitorInfo.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms534813(VS.85).aspx

Also see this:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.vc.mfc/browse_thread/thread/a6b7f93e956d02a/495e0d78c9b84174?lnk=gst&q=EnumDisplayMonitors#495e0d78c9b84174

AliR.

"Mike Mellen" <Mike.Mellen@intellikey.com> wrote in message
news:%239w4c24tIHA.2064@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

I have an XP system with two monitors. I am writing an MFC application to
display information during a simulated game show that a local community
theatre is producing. During the show, one monitor will display the score,
the other will display information pertinent to the current game.

I have each of the individual display modes (score and game) working. I'm
using a CWnd derived class to display full-screen windows and paint/draw
the information onto the window.

My problem is that I can only get the display to output to one monitor.
How do I select or identify a particular monitor as the one to use for
display? I've tried playing around with the MoveWindow parameters to move
the display to the "right" on the primary monitor enough to push it onto
the second monitor, but I get an error if I move it all the way onto the
second monitor.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.