Thanks! That worked. I had to use DISPLAY2 on my computer. The
displays seemed to be numbered 1 and 2, not 0 and 1.
-B
On Aug 21, 2006, at 5:02 AM, James Weatherall wrote:
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
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