save window position

brown705 · Post by **brown705** » 2005 May 27, 15:26

Hi all:

I'm just getting into this xplorer2 lite program, and I very much like what I see so far.

One issue I am having is with the window position. I want to have the program maximized on my seconary display when launched, but it continues to launch as a window (non-maximized) on my primary display. I have done Actions -> Save Settings Now and I have tried leaving "Save Program State on Exit" checked in the options; neither make the program save its window position, though they do save the configuration of the program properly.

Any ideas? Thanks.

Michael

Post by **nikos** » 2005 May 28, 10:22

what about placing it somewhere in the 2nd monitor but not maximised? will the position be remembered then?

brown705 · Post by **brown705** » 2005 May 31, 16:41

No, it does not remember the position then, either.

Any ideas? Is this a bug in the "save window position" coding?

Thanks.

Michael

Post by **nikos** » 2005 May 31, 16:51

i have a dual window display and it works for me ok
for testing, leave a small-ish window near the centre on the 2nd monitor; will that be remembered?

brown705 · Post by **brown705** » 2005 May 31, 16:59

Not only is a small-ish window in the center of the secondary display not remembered, but when I launch it again, the window appears on the primary display sized larger than the small one that I saved (on the second display).

Michael

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2005 May 31, 17:01

Is this an XP vs w2000 difference?

brown705 · Post by **brown705** » 2005 May 31, 17:07

I'm running Windows XP with SP2.

Michael

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2005 May 31, 17:09

Last I heard, nikos was running w2k
What about your video cards, any differences there?
(signing off now -- just pointing out what seemed to missing information)

Post by **nikos** » 2005 May 31, 17:22

unfortunately i don't have a dual-monitor xp system to test this on...

brown705 · Post by **brown705** » 2005 May 31, 17:33

I have a Matrox G450 AGP dual-head card running in "separate" resolution mode. This mode treats the two heads as two separate displays, rather than streching display one across two monitors.

Michael

Post by **nikos** » 2005 May 31, 18:01

This mode treats the two heads as two separate displays, rather than streching display one across two monitors

that must be the problem
how did you activate this mode?

brown705 · Post by **brown705** » 2005 May 31, 18:11

In the Matrox Millenium G450 drivers advanced configuration, "DualHead" tab, Features -> DualHead Multi-Display. By clicking "Change Settings...", you'll get a window that asks if you'd like "separate" or "same" resolution across both displays. It is the difference between having one long (or tall) rectangular display across two monitors, or treating each monitor (head) as its own display, where you can have different resolutions and color depths. It really is the same as if you had two, single-display video cards. You can change the orientation of the two displays in the standard display drivers "Settings" tab, just like if you had multiple, single-display video cards.

Which means for testing purposes, you should be able to use two single-display video cards to replicate this configuration (at least I'd like to think so).

Michael

Post by **nikos** » 2005 May 31, 18:13

i'll file this as a bug and look into it at some point