Dual monitor resolution question

[Cybernetic]

Hello all,

I did a quick search on this and didnt find what i was looking for, so here i am asking for help.

I have a GUI which gets scaled based on the resolution of the current computer.

IE: $GUI = GUICreate("Test", @DesktopWidth / 1.5, @DesktopHeight / 1.5, @DesktopWidth / 6, @DesktopHeight / 6)

Now this works just fine when you only have 1 monitor. However, if you have 2 or more monitors, it will spread the GUI across all the monitors and it looks stretched and dumb.

Is there a way to make it only use 1 monitor even if you have multiple monitors?

Thank you for any help.

[kaotkbliss]

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There are a few (I know, I've responded to them)

Here is the main functions

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#Region thanks to xrxca for these functions
Func _GetMonitorFromPoint($XorPoint = 0, $y = 0)
    Local $MousePos, $myX, $myY
    If @NumParams = 0 Then
        $MousePos = MouseGetPos()
        $myX = $MousePos[0]
        $myY = $MousePos[1]
    ElseIf (@NumParams = 1) And IsArray($XorPoint) Then
        $myX = $XorPoint[0]
        $myY = $XorPoint[1]
    Else
        $myX = $XorPoint
        $myY = $y
    EndIf
    If $__MonitorList[0][0] == 0 Then
        _GetMonitors()
    EndIf
    Local $i = 0
    Local $Monitor = 0
    For $i = 1 To $__MonitorList[0][0]
        If ($myX >= $__MonitorList[$i][1]) _
                And ($myX < $__MonitorList[$i][3]) _
                And ($myY >= $__MonitorList[$i][2]) _
                And ($myY < $__MonitorList[$i][4]) Then $Monitor = $i
    Next
    Return $Monitor
EndFunc   ;==>_GetMonitorFromPoint

Func _GetMonitors()
    $__MonitorList[0][0] = 0 ;  Added so that the global array is reset if this is called multiple times
    Local $handle = DllCallbackRegister("_MonitorEnumProc", "int", "hwnd;hwnd;ptr;lparam")
    DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "EnumDisplayMonitors", "hwnd", 0, "ptr", 0, "ptr", DllCallbackGetPtr($handle), "lparam", 0)
    DllCallbackFree($handle)
    Local $i = 0
    For $i = 1 To $__MonitorList[0][0]
        If $__MonitorList[$i][1] < $__MonitorList[0][1] Then $__MonitorList[0][1] = $__MonitorList[$i][1]
        If $__MonitorList[$i][2] < $__MonitorList[0][2] Then $__MonitorList[0][2] = $__MonitorList[$i][2]
        If $__MonitorList[$i][3] > $__MonitorList[0][3] Then $__MonitorList[0][3] = $__MonitorList[$i][3]
        If $__MonitorList[$i][4] > $__MonitorList[0][4] Then $__MonitorList[0][4] = $__MonitorList[$i][4]
    Next
    Return $__MonitorList
EndFunc   ;==>_GetMonitors

Func _MonitorEnumProc($hMonitor, $hDC, $lRect, $lParam)
    Local $Rect = DllStructCreate("int left;int top;int right;int bottom", $lRect)
    $__MonitorList[0][0] += 1
    ReDim $__MonitorList[$__MonitorList[0][0] + 1][5]
    If $hDC = $hDC Then
    EndIf
    If $lParam = $lParam Then
    EndIf
    $__MonitorList[$__MonitorList[0][0]][0] = $hMonitor
    $__MonitorList[$__MonitorList[0][0]][1] = DllStructGetData($Rect, "left")
    $__MonitorList[$__MonitorList[0][0]][2] = DllStructGetData($Rect, "top")
    $__MonitorList[$__MonitorList[0][0]][3] = DllStructGetData($Rect, "right")
    $__MonitorList[$__MonitorList[0][0]][4] = DllStructGetData($Rect, "bottom")
    Return 1 ; Return 1 to continue enumeration
EndFunc   ;==>_MonitorEnumProc
#EndRegion thanks to xrxca for these functions

You'll need to add these globals

Global $__MonitorList[1][5]
$__MonitorList[0][0] = 0

I can't remember off hand which of these 2 functions has it

 _GetMonitors()

or

 _GetMonitorFromPoint()

I believe you use _GetMonitorFromPoint() using your gui's location to get the monitor it's on, Then use that result for your  _GetMonitors(). The resulting array has the width and height in it.

example:

$mainmon = _GetMonitorFromPoint()
If $mainmon = 0 Then $mainmon = 1
$res1 = _GetMonitors()
$curresx = $res1[$mainmon][3]
$curresy = $res1[$mainmon][4]

I use these functions to figure out which screen my program is on and bumps it to the edge of the screen if someone tries to move it off screen so I know they will do what you need. Just need to play a little.

[Cybernetic]

Hi,

 Thanks for the response, however, the comp im trying to get this working on has 3 monitors and it is setup so all 3 monitors are acting as 1 monitor. I didnt realise this before.

Now that i know this, im not going to worry about it.

Thank you for your help anyway.

[kaotkbliss]

Is that what the function provided returns as well, 1 single monitor?

[kaotkbliss]

I do hope you come back to this thread because I think I may have an idea that could help you get on the right track.

Are all your monitors the same size? you can divide the total width by 3 to get each resolution then scale from there.

Then it's just a matter of maths to get it positioned where you want (0,0 for the first monitor's corner, 1281,0 for the second, etc)