Selecting which monitor a form is displayed on

[wayne]

Does anyone know how to select the monitor that a form will be
displayed on at runtime? I would like to be able to display a list in
a form on the first monitor and a list of detailed reports in the
other. Does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks,
Wayne

 

[Morten Wennevik [C# MVP]]

Hi Wayne,

There is a Screen class that can help you with this. It has properties
like PrimaryScreen, AllScreens, WorkingSize and so on that you can use to
determine how many screens, which is the primary and their sizes etc.

 

[Code Monkey]

Example (from another kind soul who helped me with a similar problem):

To open a form on the DEFAULT monitor which is also centered to the
screen:

<code>

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Rectangle wa = Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea;
Location = new Point(((wa.Width - Width)/2) + wa.X,
((wa.Height - Width)/2) + wa.Y);
}

</code>

 

[wayne]

Thanks this works for me.

Wayne