Form Location on single/dual monitors

[Nilam2477]

I have wizard kind of windows application with many forms. I have set the form Location this.Location = new Point(100, 100);
This works fine with single monitor. If the user connects to multiple monitors i want the form to be displayed in both the monitors. How can set the form Location? Also also if the user switches back to single monitor the Form should display in one monitor?

[dip_developer]

I have wizard kind of windows application with many forms. I have set the form Location this.Location = new Point(100, 100);
This works fine with single monitor. If the user connects to multiple monitors i want the form to be displayed in both the monitors. How can set the form Location? Also also if the user switches back to single monitor the Form should display in one monitor?

I didnt understand your query....please clearly state your problem....

[Shashi Sadasivan]

Use the Screens.AllScreens to get a Screen array.

if the number of screens are more than one, then with Scheen.Primary you willg et to know if it is the main / primary screen.

To set the location of the form to any particular screen use the
myForm.Location = screen.WorkingArea.Location; //which is the 0,0 for that screen

you might have to manually check the number of screens and then decide accordingly. Unless i am missing something. I implemented a 4 screen application, and had to make sure that it would run for 1 to 4 screens, and hence had 4 cases, might look for a way to reducce that code

[Nilam2477]

Thanks for your answer,
My requirement is to display the same Form in both the monitors. It should occupy both the monitors (half of the form in one monitor and other half in the 2nd monitor) Is it possible?

[Shashi Sadasivan]

You may want to iterate through all the screens, and compare which has the least point (ie, screen location)
and use that for the location of form.
and then find the max position of the right hand corner, and then you would have to give the size to the form.

however the form should not be maximized as it would revert itself to the bounds of only one screen.

Good luck with that

[Nilam2477]

Thank you for your suggestions but i still cant get this working.
My form size is fixed. I dont want to change the Form size. I just need to change the Form Location.
For one monitor i set the Form location as this.Location = new Point(100, 100);
how can get the location in case of 2 monitors.

[Plater]

Why would you want it to start out split like that? Seems like it would be very obnoxious to have a big plastic bar or two (and possibly some air) between the form.
You will have to do some deciphering to discover which orientaion the monitors are in, (They don't have to be linked left-right, they could top-bottom) then determine the master viewable area dimensions and computer where the center point is. Then compute the offset of the center point in your form to the top-left corner of your form and apply that offset to the center of the viewable area and set your form there.


As an alternative, you could try one of the windows standard locations of "center"