Gang, I use dual monitors (extended desktop) 100% of the time at work. I can't comment on Dxbase oddities when using extended desktop but I have seen many other programs behave the same way. As more and more people go to dual monitors (I love it at work) it would probably be good for Jack and the gang to consider if some of the problems can be solved. I can't think of any Microshaft applications that exhibit problems but...
Also, when in extended desktop it's even more important to have windows that are 'undocked' so you can put them on either screen without any problems. N1MM or Writelog are good examples of having all the windows undocked. As far as moving windows from screen to screen you are correct, it can't be done if maximized. All programs behave this way. Interestingly, when I take my laptop home (it's the dual monitor driver at the office) SOME of the apps, if I leave them non-maximized on the secondary monitor, will not show on the screen, others will. Something you learn to live with I guess. I default to my large monitor as primary when at work. The video driver has a lot to do with this I think. Hope this is of some (very little) help. Jim, KK1W -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Dougherty (W2IRT) Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 9:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Dxbase] Re: Dual monitor BUGS At 04:01 18-12-05, you wrote: >From: Charles Gallo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Discovered 2 bugs in DXBase2006 today > >I just got flat screen for my birthday (I have a nice XYL), and have >discovered that if you run DXBase on your "secondary" monitor, and you >grab the scrollbar - the little popup that tells you were you are shows >up on the main monitor > >The second, and worse bug is that when you go to pull down a combo box >(single select listbox?) in the LOG window, it does NOT appear <snip> >From: "FireBrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >that does not occur on either of my in-shack dual monitor computer >systems. If I move DXB to the 'secondary' monitor on either, the drop >downs appear on the secondary. > >One of my system is a NVIDIA dual port and other is a Matrox dual port. >Check the software that came with your dual port as most have a 'open >within program' option. Just checked and it does exactly what Charles described. I normally run DX Base on my left monitor, which is display number one. I moved it to the right (I had to use the mid-size window to do so, dragging the top bar doesn't work when it's full-screen for some reason) and restored it to full-size. Once it was fully up on the right side I attempted to click the IOTA drop-down list, then the prefix, mode and QSL VIA boxes. They would not open at all, and only every second click would even permit the button to depress. When the button was "clicked" but didn't appear to do anything, using the arrows WOULD allow you to change the contents of the box (but with no list displayed). Click it again, and use the arrows, and you'd move between records. If the screen is in the non-maximized mode and spans the two monitors it behaves the same (drop down boxes work if it's on the primary but do not work properly if they're on the secondary). I can also confirm that the pop-up box containing [ROW: 12345678], which appears when you move the scroll bar up or down to show which record number you're using, will only appear on the primary display, and always hugging the right border of the screen. This one's no real biggie, to be honest. I'm using an NVidia dual-display card (one analogue, one digital) and a pair of matched Samsung 172N LCD flat-panels under Win2K Pro. My radio computer is my only dual-headed box so I have nothing else to try it on. - Peter W2IRT ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected]
