[Dxbase] Re: Dual monitor BUGS

Sun Dec 18 09:30:26 EST 2005

Gang,
I use dual monitors (extended desktop) 100% of the time at work. I can't
comment on Dxbase oddities when using extended desktop but I have seen many
other programs behave the same way. As more and more people go to dual
monitors (I love it at work) it would probably be good for Jack and the gang
to consider if some of the problems can be solved. I can't think of any
Microshaft applications that exhibit problems but...
Also, when in extended desktop it's even more important to have windows that
are 'undocked' so you can put them on either screen without any problems.
N1MM or Writelog are good examples of having all the windows undocked.
As far as moving windows from screen to screen you are correct, it can't be
done if maximized. All programs behave this way.
Interestingly, when I take my laptop home (it's the dual monitor driver at
the office) SOME of the apps, if I leave them non-maximized on the secondary
monitor, will not show on the screen, others will. Something you learn to
live with I guess. I default to my large monitor as primary when at work.
The video driver has a lot to do with this I think.
Hope this is of some (very little) help.
Jim, KK1W
-----Original Message-----
From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Peter Dougherty (W2IRT)
Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 9:13 AM
To: dxbase at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Dxbase] Re: Dual monitor BUGS
At 04:01 18-12-05, you wrote:
>From: Charles Gallo <Charlie at TheGallos.com>
> Discovered 2 bugs in DXBase2006 today
>>I just got flat screen for my birthday (I have a nice XYL), and have 
>discovered that if you run DXBase on your "secondary" monitor, and you 
>grab the scrollbar - the little popup that tells you were you are shows 
>up on the main monitor
>>The second, and worse bug is that when you go to pull down a combo box 
>(single select listbox?) in the LOG window, it does NOT appear

<snip>
>From: "FireBrick" <w9ol at billnjudy.com>
>>that does not occur on either of my in-shack dual monitor computer 
>systems. If I move DXB to the 'secondary' monitor on either, the drop 
>downs appear on the secondary.
>>One of my system is a NVIDIA dual port and other is a Matrox dual port. 
>Check the software that came with your dual port as most have a 'open 
>within program' option.

Just checked and it does exactly what Charles described. I normally 
run DX Base on my left monitor, which is display number one. I moved 
it to the right (I had to use the mid-size window to do so, dragging 
the top bar doesn't work when it's full-screen for some reason) and 
restored it to full-size.
Once it was fully up on the right side I attempted to click the IOTA 
drop-down list, then the prefix, mode and QSL VIA boxes. They would 
not open at all, and only every second click would even permit the 
button to depress. When the button was "clicked" but didn't appear to 
do anything, using the arrows WOULD allow you to change the contents 
of the box (but with no list displayed). Click it again, and use the 
arrows, and you'd move between records. If the screen is in the 
non-maximized mode and spans the two monitors it behaves the same 
(drop down boxes work if it's on the primary but do not work properly 
if they're on the secondary).
I can also confirm that the pop-up box containing [ROW: 12345678], 
which appears when you move the scroll bar up or down to show which 
record number you're using, will only appear on the primary display, 
and always hugging the right border of the screen. This one's no real 
biggie, to be honest.
I'm using an NVidia dual-display card (one analogue, one digital) and 
a pair of matched Samsung 172N LCD flat-panels under Win2K Pro.
My radio computer is my only dual-headed box so I have nothing else 
to try it on.
- Peter
W2IRT
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