[DUG] Delphi Digest, Vol 65, Issue 35

[Giovani Costi]

 John, you may use poScreenCenter if you want the form to be placed in the
center of your main monitor... if you use poDesktopCenter, you'll get half a
form in each monitor.

Cheers
Giovani


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> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:10:45 +1300
> From: "John Bird" <johnkbird at paradise.net.nz>
> Subject: [DUG]   Multi monitor question
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> a question about multi monitors - as the help is a bit vague about the form
> property Position.  In D7, D2007 there are these 2 options:
>
> poDesktopCenter
> poScreenCenter
>
> from the help:
>
> poScreenCenter The form remains the size you left it at design time, but is
> positioned in the center of the screen. In multi-monitor applications, the
> form may be moved from this center position so that it falls entirely on one
> monitor, as specified by the DefaultMonitor property.
>
> poDesktopCenter The form remains the size you left it at design time, but
> is positioned in the center of the screen. No adjustments are made for
> multi-monitor applications.
>
>
> I presume the normal way people use dual monitors is to have the desktop
> continue onto the second monitor?
>
> Question - With a dual monitor , which one puts the form in the middle of
> the first monitor?  I haven't tried it as my external  monitor is currently
> in another city and so its not much use.  That help is vague enough I
> wouldn't be sure until I tried it.   But for future compatibility it would
> be nice to know...
>
> John
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