>>>I just got a 21" screen for developing and although it is much nicer than my former 17" screen, I still seem to want more real-estate. Has anyone been developing with two screens? You may be limited to Windows 98 for this....I don't know if NT supports dual screens.
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>>Hi Larry,
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>>I have tried this but with Win98 and two video cards.
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>>I don't liked, for these reasons:
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>>1. With two monitor you have to move more your neck (it's not a joke), and you will get tired early.
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>>2. VFOX doesn't remembers all the positioning besides the first monitor, and you have to setup by hand each time you start up the VFOX.
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>>I prefer to use a large monitor with proper resolution, actually i'm using a 19" and the resolution for 1152x864 and sometimes 1280x1024.
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>>Regards,
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>I am running a Win98 - multi-monitor setup with one 16 MB AGP, and one 4 MB PCI video card, (can't remember the make of either, but they weren't all that costly...) I have an inexpensive 17" magnavox monitor on the AGP card, and a very cheap 15" monitor on the PCI card.
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>The two monitors sit side by side on my desk. I think the resolutions are 1024 X 768, and 800 X 600, respectivley. I use the 17" monitor primarily, mostly for designing forms and coding, and running other apps as well. I use the 15" monitor for the debugger, and my Hacker's Guide. This way I can watch the debuger and my forms as I step through code, or, with a quick alt-tab, switch to the Hacker's guide (with form designer still visible on the big monitor) to answer a quick question.
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>I haven't had any problems with this setup, and would be extremely hard pressed to return to a normal one-monitor setup after having had the pleasure of using this design configuration. I'd recommend it to anyone!

One of the things I forgot to mention: (For those of you familiar with how the multi-monitor set-up works, please disregard...)

When I first heard about the multi-monitor setup, I was excited about being able to make an application fill both sceens. (Expanding your workable area in a form designer for example...) This doesn't work very well, especially in the case that both monitors are different sizes, or running different resolutions. The physical space betwen the viewable areas of the two screens was too annoying for me.

What works the best for me is to shrink the secondary app down, drag it to the second monitor, then maximize it. It will maximize on the secondary monitor only. This took me a little while to get used to, but once you get comfortable with it, I think it's great! After an application has been dragged to the secondary monitor and maximized (so that it maximizes on the secondary monitor), if that app is closed, and re-opened, it will open on the primary monitor, but shrunk. Minimizing, and then maximizing that application will make it maximize on the last monitor it was maximized on, without having to drag it to that monitor. This seems to work for most applications, but there have been a few that don't "remember" where they were last maximized.

Have fun!