Christian Lippka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Something we should discuss is if we need support for displays that are
> not part of the desktop. For OOo this would currently not work on
> windows as there is no free direct x canvas implementation. But even
> if there was a canvas implementation that could theoreticaly work
> with a non desktop display, for some features we still need the
> posibility to overlay windows on the presentation. F.e. plugins or
> controls.
>
> Thorsten, ist it safe to assume that we never will support such
> displays?
>
Hi Christian, *,

these are IMHO two orthogonal concepts - the monitor to put the show
on, and the specific display settings on that monitor. The current
discussion is about the former.

And no, I don't think it's safe to assume that we'll never support
fullscreen exclusive mode on Windows - the achievable performance
gains and the tearing-less frame switching makes this highly
desirable. How to cope with form layer and plugins needs to be
discussed - possibly, one could simply pop up a warning with "you've
selected the sexy fullscreen exclusive mode - your crappy Flash plugin
won't work. You have been warned", or somesuch. Or just disable the
feature for slideshows with such inappropriate content.

Quite generally, I'd prefer a full-blown monitor object, instead of a
naked int or a handle, at least for a VCL-wide solution. For the
small-scale slideshow-mode-only solution, I'm of course fine with the
proposed screen number.

Cheers,

-- 

Thorsten

If you're not failing some of the time, you're not trying hard enough.

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