xdaggerfilms 2010-12-08 07:50
I want to open multiple pdf's to specific monitors
I am running 8 monitors.
drop and dragging the file onto ultramon shortcut would be ideal.
Any ideas?
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Christian Studer 2010-12-08 10:01
Would you want an icon on each monitor, and if you drop a PDF file onto the icon the file gets opened on that monitor?
Or would you need to always open the same 8 files on your 8 monitors?
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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xdaggerfilms 2010-12-08 10:42
I have 4 monitors in front of me and 4 monitors behind me , want to be able to open different page drawings on each of the monitors, without having to drag the windows to each monitor.
I have used your short cut option to open multiple instances of a pdf reader , but i still have to drag the file to each open pdf reader. would like to have a shortcuts all group together on one monitor so i can drag and drop individual files to each shortcut representing each of the monitors.
thanks
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Christian Studer 2010-12-09 08:50
You could do this with the OpenDocOnMonX script. This worked fine for me on Windows 7 with Adobe Reader 9, but you would need to test if it also works with your PDF application.
To set this up:
1) save the OpenDocOnMonX.vbs script to a folder of your choice
2) create a new batch file (.bat file), and enter the following command:
<folder>\OpenDocOnMonX.vbs %1 <monNumber>
For example: C:\Temp\OpenDocOnMonX.vbs %1 3
3) repeat step 2 for each monitor, and change <monNumber> accordingly
If you now drop a file on the icon for the batch file, the script will open the file in the associated application, and will then move it to the specified monitor.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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xdaggerfilms 2010-12-13 10:13
Thanks
You said you used adobe reader 9 ,
I keep getting a script error using it.
line:27
char:2
error:unspecified error
code: 80004005
source:(null)
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Christian Studer 2010-12-14 08:42
You'll get this if the file passed to the script doesn't exist. What's the batch file you're using? You can post the content here or mail it to me at support@realtimesoft.com.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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Rick Rollings 2010-12-31 08:30
I used the script and batch file you suggested with Acrobat X. It works fine for the first pdf file I open. It opens on Monitor 3 like I want. But once that one is open, the rest open on Monitor 1. What am I doing wrong?
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Christian Studer 2011-01-01 08:31
The problem is that version 10 launches a second instance of itself which contains the actual application window, but UltraMon only looks for windows from the original instance.
I have uploaded a new script, OpenDocOnMonX2, which works around this by moving the foreground window instead.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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UltraMonNewbie 2011-01-02 15:13
I would like every Adobe .pdf file to open to a Monitor 2. Using Adobe acrobat reader 10 on Vista. If I changed to a previous version of Reader ... would that help ? Would Full Version Adobe work better ? Thanks.
I added a compatibility with Reader 10, "Use alternative method to add windows buttons" and that has worked. But a Reader 10 shortcut didn't help.
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Christian Studer 2011-01-03 09:08
Moving to version 9 should fix the problem, alternatively I could also upload a script which launches Acrobat, then moves it to the desired monitor, you could then use that to launch Adobe Reader instead of the regular application shortcut.
If you're interested in this, let me know and I'll upload a script which does this.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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UltraMonNewbie 2011-01-10 17:24
I've started using PDF-XChange PDF Viewer and it works much better than Reader 10.
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