Multi Screen Application

[Phil Jones]

I'm wanting to write something that sends different UI to different screens
(ie. a multi-screen application). I think the [Forms.Screen] class may be
the thing to use here, but I'm not sure.

I can see from the docs how you get listing of device information, but how
do you go about directing visuals at a particular device.

Any help, or pointers in the right direction, for how to do this
multi-screen stuff would be really appreciated.
Thanks...

 

[Joe White]

Your app doesn't need to support this explicitly -- you can just display
multiple windows, and the user can drag each form onto whichever monitor
they want.

If you need to start individual forms on individual screens, then first find
the screen you're interested in (by iterating through the Screen.AllScreens
array, and identifying your favorite form according to whatever criteria you
require), and then read that screen's WorkingArea property and make sure
your form fits within that rectangle.

 

[Phil Jones]

Hey thanks Joe. That's put me on the right track. Much appreciated....
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Phil

Your app doesn't need to support this explicitly -- you can just display
multiple windows, and the user can drag each form onto whichever monitor
they want.

If you need to start individual forms on individual screens, then first find
the screen you're interested in (by iterating through the Screen.AllScreens
array, and identifying your favorite form according to whatever criteria you
require), and then read that screen's WorkingArea property and make sure
your form fits within that rectangle.

I'm wanting to write something that sends different UI to different screens
(ie. a multi-screen application). I think the [Forms.Screen] class may be
the thing to use here, but I'm not sure.

I can see from the docs how you get listing of device information, but how
do you go about directing visuals at a particular device.

Any help, or pointers in the right direction, for how to do this
multi-screen stuff would be really appreciated.
Thanks...