Comments on: Multi-monitor programming pitfalls

By: Dennis Gurock

Dennis Gurock — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 23:16:54 +0000

Ah ok thanks, got it.

By: Joe Bain

Joe Bain — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:24:42 +0000

Set the bar to be "Always on Top".

My OS is XP Pro, not 2000.

By: Dennis Gurock

Dennis Gurock — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 21:24:25 +0000

Thanks for the screen shot. When I add a second toolbar / taskbar to my Desktop under Windows XP, all programs – including IE, Explorer etc – ignore it and are in front of it when maximized. I tried logout/login but they still ignore it.

I noticed that your Firefox is maximized and doesn’t hide the second taskbar under Windows 2000. Maybe it’s a bug in XP?

By: Joe Bain

Joe Bain — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:30:15 +0000

Here is my multi-montior/multi-taskbar desktop.

http://www.iegsoftware.com/images/Desktop.jpg

By: Dennis Gurock

Dennis Gurock — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 00:23:26 +0000

That’s a good point Joe. We will have to test that with SmartInspect, too.

I normally do not use multiple task bars so I never noticed any problems with most programs.

By: Joe Bain

Joe Bain — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 20:01:38 +0000

Another thing that most programs get wrong is windows task bars. They assume that there will only be 1 and it will be at the bottom of the monitor. You should handle any number of task bars in any possition.