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From: Robert Comer on 13 Apr 2010 22:10 > Okay, that's good to know. So we're left just waiting for MSFT to > accurately pass the monitor metrics through to the guest VM, then. :-( I wouldn't know, I never use extended desktop like that, however I don't think it's passing parameter that's the problem, it's probably the drawing technology. In VPC2007 it was a directdraw problem, but I don't know about WVPC. -- Bob Comer "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote in message news:OjQ2Gf22KHA.4016(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Robert Comer wrote: >>>> Hm. Use VMWare instead? ;-) >>> >>> Does it have the seamless operation? >> >> Not quite as good as XP Mode -- it's called Unity, and it's also pretty >> slow. (it uses screen scraping rather than RDP) > > Okay, that's good to know. So we're left just waiting for MSFT to > accurately pass the monitor metrics through to the guest VM, then. :-( > > -- > .NET: It's About Trust! > http://vfred.mvps.org > >
From: Steve Rindsberg on 13 Apr 2010 23:55 In article <ufVSce22KHA.5820(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>, Karl E. Peterson wrote: > Steve Rindsberg wrote: > > [snippedy-doodah snippedy-yay] > > > >>> Hm. Use VMWare instead? ;-) > >> > >> Does it have the seamless operation? > > > > Unless you beat it pretty good, it's not even aware of the extended desktop. > > The copy of Windows running inside it is restricted to the VMware window > > (which can be full screen on one or another of the monitors). For example, > > if you doubleclick the title bar of the VMWare app, it expands to fill > > whichever monitor it's *mostly* on; it doesn't try to fill both monitors > > (ie, the expanded desktop). If you want it to do that, you'd make the app > > less than maximized then manually drag and size it to the desired > > shape/size. > > Okay, that sounds a whole like running ordinary VirtualPC VMs. They've > actually done something kind of crazy with what they now call "Windows > Virtual PC" that can be added onto non-consumer versions of Windows 7. > It makes it appear the software running in an XP VM is actually running > on Windows 7. But it fails to pass along the separate monitor > information. It's very cool, and at times very frustrating. Funny how > that goes, huh? AKA Version 1 bug? ;-) Been meaning to ask, though: got URL? Where do you download this pup? ============================== PPT Frequently Asked Questions http://www.pptfaq.com/ PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint http://www.pptools.com/
From: Karl E. Peterson on 14 Apr 2010 15:00 Steve Rindsberg wrote: > In article <ufVSce22KHA.5820(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>, Karl E. Peterson wrote: >> Steve Rindsberg wrote: >>> [snippedy-doodah snippedy-yay] >>> >>>>> Hm. Use VMWare instead? ;-) >>>> >>>> Does it have the seamless operation? >>> >>> Unless you beat it pretty good, it's not even aware of the extended >>> desktop. The copy of Windows running inside it is restricted to the >>> VMware window (which can be full screen on one or another of the >>> monitors). For example, if you doubleclick the title bar of the VMWare >>> app, it expands to fill whichever monitor it's *mostly* on; it doesn't >>> try to fill both monitors (ie, the expanded desktop). If you want it to >>> do that, you'd make the app less than maximized then manually drag and >>> size it to the desired shape/size. >> >> Okay, that sounds a whole like running ordinary VirtualPC VMs. They've >> actually done something kind of crazy with what they now call "Windows >> Virtual PC" that can be added onto non-consumer versions of Windows 7. >> It makes it appear the software running in an XP VM is actually running >> on Windows 7. But it fails to pass along the separate monitor >> information. It's very cool, and at times very frustrating. Funny how >> that goes, huh? > > AKA Version 1 bug? ;-) I'd like to think, yeah. But given the difficulty I've had describing it, I wonder if it's risen to anyone's attention yet. > Been meaning to ask, though: got URL? Where do you download this pup? http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/ Once you get an "XP Mode" VM running, anything you put in the "All Users" start menu will show up in your host Windows 7 start menu, under the VirtualPC group, and can be fired up as you would any other "native" application. If the VM isn't already running, that starts up (in the background, unseen) first. The "seamless" app just runs as would any other, except that it's XP themed rather than all Aero'd out. <g> -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org
From: Karl E. Peterson on 14 Apr 2010 15:08 Robert Comer wrote: >> Okay, that's good to know. So we're left just waiting for MSFT to >> accurately pass the monitor metrics through to the guest VM, then. :-( > > I wouldn't know, I never use extended desktop like that, however I don't > think it's passing parameter that's the problem, it's probably the drawing > technology. In VPC2007 it was a directdraw problem, but I don't know about > WVPC. I could find out definitely enough, I guess, by just writing up a quick little monitor enumeration applet and running it in that mode. But I think, from the time I've spent working with the monitor API, that it's pretty clear what's happening. The seamless apps are simply being told there's one monitor, and its dimensions are given as that of the entire virtual monitor which is the accumulamulated area of all physical monitors combined. IOW, say you have two monitors, side by side. Both running at 1280x1024, with the 0,0 point at the upper-left of monitor 1, which is on the left. The coordinate space for the twp physical displays would be something like: 0,0 1279,0 1280,0 2559,0 *1* *2* 0,1023 1279,1023 1280,1023 2559,1023 (Hope you have a fixed-width font! <g>) But monitor "0" is the virtual display, that covers the whole thing. It's coordinates would be: 0,0 2559,0 *0* 0,1023 2559,1023 That's the one being given to the seamless apps, when they inquire about monitor dimensions. This also explains why their popup dialogs (msgbox's, etc) so often appear split between the two monitors. They're simply centering themselves on what they see as "the" monitor. -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org
From: Chirag on 15 Apr 2010 00:33
"Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote in message news:ue8AwXA3KHA.3844(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Robert Comer wrote: >>> Okay, that's good to know. So we're left just waiting for MSFT to >>> accurately pass the monitor metrics through to the guest VM, then. :-( >> >> I wouldn't know, I never use extended desktop like that, however I don't >> think it's passing parameter that's the problem, it's probably the >> drawing technology. In VPC2007 it was a directdraw problem, but I don't >> know about WVPC. > > I could find out definitely enough, I guess, by just writing up a quick > little monitor enumeration applet and running it in that mode. But I > think, from the time I've spent working with the monitor API, that it's > pretty clear what's happening. The seamless apps are simply being told > there's one monitor, and its dimensions are given as that of the entire > virtual monitor which is the accumulamulated area of all physical monitors > combined. > > IOW, say you have two monitors, side by side. Both running at 1280x1024, > with the 0,0 point at the upper-left of monitor 1, which is on the left. > The coordinate space for the twp physical displays would be something > like: > > 0,0 1279,0 1280,0 2559,0 > > *1* *2* > > 0,1023 1279,1023 1280,1023 2559,1023 > > (Hope you have a fixed-width font! <g>) > > But monitor "0" is the virtual display, that covers the whole thing. It's > coordinates would be: > > 0,0 2559,0 > > *0* > > 0,1023 2559,1023 > > That's the one being given to the seamless apps, when they inquire about > monitor dimensions. This also explains why their popup dialogs (msgbox's, > etc) so often appear split between the two monitors. They're simply > centering themselves on what they see as "the" monitor. In that case, for slide shows, all you need to do is resize the slide show to half of its width. I quickly wrapped this up in an add-in - WVPC Assistant - http://officeone.mvps.org/wvpcassist/WVPCAssistant10.exe. Install it within your WVPC instance. Now Whenever you start PowerPoint slide show within your WVPC instance, the slide show will be resized to half so that it shows up on the first monitor. Current limitations of the add-in: (1) It works only with 2 monitors, (2) Both the monitors need to be of the same resolution, (3) It doesn't care if you run it within WVPC or on regular Windows - it just resizes the slide show in first half. - Chirag PowerShow - View multiple PowerPoint slide shows simultaneously http://officeone.mvps.org/powershow/powershow.html |