Access & Outlook - Dual Monitors

[Tom Coffinger]

I am a fledglying Access/VBA person with a medium complexity Access app
which makes numerous calls to Outlook for sending mails. All works fine
with one very annoying exception.

On my setup I am running dual monitors. When working with Access visible on
the second monitor, if I trigger an event that launches a email, it locks
up. The exact same function works fine if I am working on the primary
monitor. Here is what I THINK is happening.

When launching an email from another office app, the security box pops to
the front warning someone is sending an email, which you then have to click
on yes. This box never paints anywhere when on the secondary monitor. ( How
ever on the primary monitor, it immediatly paints and you can click yes. )
I am relatively sure that this is the cause of the lockup, however, I have
not been able to see a process that looks like it is this security dialouge,
that I could kill or bring to the front.

Has anyone else seen this kind of issue? Have any ideas of how to force
outlook to finish opening that dialouge box? Obviously I can just run
Access on the primary monitor, but, that kind of defeats the purpose.


Specs

Offce 2k3 current on patches
Winxp Pro current on patches
A.D. - logged in with local and domain admin rights


Thanks!!

 

[Lynn Trapp]

I doubt there is anything that Access folks can do to help you. You might
check with your computer manufacturer and/or post the message in a Windows
newsgroup.

--
Lynn Trapp
MS Access MVP
www.ltcomputerdesigns.com
Access Security: www.ltcomputerdesigns.com/Security.htm
Jeff Conrad's Access Junkie List:
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[Tom Coffinger]

Lynn,

I actually think it is an issue with either Outlook or the video card
drivers. I've posted elsewhere too, just hoping someone has already been
down this road. I cannot be the only one with dual monitors who writes
Access ;-0

 

[Lynn Trapp]

You could be right about the video drivers, Tom. I have a dual monitor setup
but have never tried exactly what you mention. I'll see if I have time to
test it out shortly and see if I get the same results as you.

--
Lynn Trapp
MS Access MVP
www.ltcomputerdesigns.com
Access Security: www.ltcomputerdesigns.com/Security.htm
Jeff Conrad's Access Junkie List:
http://home.bendbroadband.com/conradsystems/accessjunkie.html

 

[jwm]

I also have employed multiple monitors for several years and haven't
experienced that behavior.

You might try checking the forum at Realtime Soft to see if anyone has
encountered a similar situation:

http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon/forum/topics.asp?forum=1&tmpl=UltraMon/

I've used UltaMon since its earliest iteration with zero problems over
several systems...you might consider giving it a test drive...

 

[Arvin Meyer]

Lynn,

I actually think it is an issue with either Outlook or the video card
drivers. I've posted elsewhere too, just hoping someone has already been
down this road. I cannot be the only one with dual monitors who writes
Access ;-0

I see some of the same problems and I attribute them to the video card or
drivers. At the office, I have Dell machines and Dell monitors, and
occasionally have the same problems. At home I use high quality Asus
motherboards and video cards and never have a problem. In one case, I
brought 1 of my home monitors to work (a Dell 20 inch LCD) and it would have
the problem, and when I took it back home, the problem didn't exist (at
home) So I must attribute it to the Dell card or driver. Since the problems
are intermittant, I just turn off the second monitor at work when they
occur.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
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