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Multiple Monitors and Messagebox
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20/05/2010 11:49:39
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
OS:
Windows XP SP2
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Thread ID:
01465284
Message ID:
01465300
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84
>Our application does present messagebox's to the user and now that we have most using multiple monitors we are getting complaints that the messagebox is centered. (ie split between the 2 monitors)
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>Is there a solution to having the messagebox center on the monitor with the form? (i don't think there is with the standard messagebox)
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>What has others done in this case?
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>Thanks in advance

Use a variable that denotes whether or not dual monitors are present. for all of your messagebox calls, use a .prg that determines if it is false, then call messagebox(), otherwise, call a custom message window where you can specify where you want it to display.

Forgot to add: Doug H had two good articles on multiple monitors:
http://doughennig.blogspot.com/2007/04/handling-multiple-monitors.html
http://doughennig.blogspot.com/2010/02/multiple-monitor-class.html
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