Mulitple monitors

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Tony Parkinson

I'm currently creating a relatively complex database
using Access 2002, which requires a number of forms to be
open at any one time. In order to keep the screen views
readable I would like to use two monitors.

The problem I'm facing is that; whilst I have set up the
two monitors successfully and can place programs on
either screen, I can't separate my database so that one
form will appear on one screen and other forms open on
the other screen.

Is this possible, the operating system is Windows XP with
a graphics accelerator card (Bulldog)splitting and
controlling the monitors.

Thanks
 
Unless your graphics driver supports "spanning" where any windows can
stretch across multiple monitors, the main Access window can appear on only
one monitor.

However, if you set the popup property of a form to True, it opens outside
the Access window, and can be moved onto the other monitor.

Because they are outside the Access window, you may need to consider the
impact of menus and toolbars for your Popup forms.
 
You can save the form position, and use DoCmd.MoveSize
to move a form.

(david)
 
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