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Jeroen 2002-04-16 01:33
Situation:
Ultramon has this feature with which you can assign a hotkey to confine your mouse pointer to a window.
In my case I would like to start my PC running an application on my first monitor and, say, a multimedia presentation (video) on the second monitor. I do not want users to be able to move the mouse pointer to the second monitor where the presentation is running. I can assign a hotkey to confine the cursor to the application running on my first monitor, but what I need is that this function kicks in automatically after startup. Is this in anyway possible?
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Christian Studer 2002-04-16 01:48
You'll be able to do this with Beta 7, there's a new feature called Virtual Independent Displays that allows you to treat one or more monitors as detached from the desktop. Detached means that the user doesn't have access to this monitor (with the mouse etc).
Please note that this feature is currently only accessible via scripting, there is no user interface. I will be able to assist you with developing the script.
This feature is fully integrated with UltraMon, so as far as UltraMon is concerned, detached monitors are disabled.
BTW, the confine mouse feature will be removed in Beta 7. A new hotkey, Lock Mouse to Primary Monitor, will be added, which also works with games. If anyone requires the confine mouse feature, please let me know.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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Jeroen 2002-04-16 02:12
Thanks for the reply.
When will the Beta 7 version be available? Or is it available already? If so, where can I obtain it?
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Christian Studer 2002-04-16 02:18
Beta 7 is scheduled for end of April.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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Jeroen 2002-04-16 02:21
The previous post is a mistake.
What do I need to do to get this "detached monitor" option enabled. I'm not a programmer, so I could really use some help.
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Christian Studer 2002-04-16 02:27
Basically the script will need to detach the desired monitors, then start the application that you want to run on the detached monitor.
I'll be able to help with developing the script, will only take a couple lines of code.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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