Barry, VNC Server supports remoting of individual monitors' contents via the command-line/registry option DisplayDevice, which should be set to something like:
\\.\DISPLAY0 for the primary display \\.\DISPLAY1 for the second display And so on. Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barry Brown > Sent: 21 August 2006 07:54 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Feature request: choose which monitor to serve > > I'm happy that WinVNC includes extended-desktop support. But > would it > be possible to specify in the server which monitor to serve, rather > than serving the entire extended desktop? > > When I do presentations, I hook up my laptop to a projector. I then > extend the desktop across both monitors. The presentation software > puts slightly different things on each display. > > * The primary (laptop) display shows not only the slide I'm > projecting, but also a "filmstrip" of the available slides and some > controls. This way I can jump around the presentation easily. > > * The external display, however, just shows the current slide. There > are no window borders, scroll bars, or anything. > > My idea is this: use VNC to mirror the external display on other > computers. This would allow me to run the presentation "untethered." > That is, I'd be free to roam around the room, using VNC over > the wifi > connection to remotely display the presentation on another computer > which, in turn, would be connected to the projector. > > I have a couple of ideas of how this could work on the server side. > > In the VNC Server options, the user would be able to specify whether > they wanted to server the entire extended desktop (as is done in the > latest versions of the server), or pick which monitor to > serve. Being > able to select only one monitor would cut down on the number > of updates. > > Perhaps the various options could be mapped to TCP ports. Say, 5900 > for the whole extended desktop, 5901 for monitor 1, 5902 for monitor > 2, etc. > > Taking this idea a step further, it might be handy to be able to > serve an arbitrary portion of the overall desktop. Let's say I only > want clients to be able to see one particular part of my screen. The > VNC Server options could display a small representation of my > desktop > and I'd drag a marquee to specify which portion to serve. > > Is any of this feasible? > > Barry > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [email protected] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
