Multiple monitors
Author
Hello all
Is it possible to use a dual-monitor video card it the following manner ?
First monitor should contain a management interface
Second monitor should contain a full screen opengl rendering
device controlled by the interface displayed on the 1st monitor
Can you direct me to some example showing a dual monitor
setup for a simple application ?
Thank you very much
spanac
In general (there are specific exceptions), OpenGL will not use hardware acceleration on anything except the primary display. Any rendering done on secondary displays (or windows that span displays) will all be done in slow, software mode. So for your question, you''ll want to consider putting the managment interface on the secondary monitor, and the OpenGL rendering on the primary.
Author
Ok, this is no problem. All i want is display some text
in OpenGL mode but i need full screen.
I want to use the tv-out for utputing the full screen opengl
texts and the monitor for the interface. I want to be able
to modify the texts displayed by opengl using the interface.
On ATI videocards i saw there is an option with which i can
specify which output is the primary one (i can select the tv-out
as being my primary display and the monitor as being the
secondary one). I guess i can do the same with nvidia also.
My problem is however the way i can spread the two things
(opengl window and application window) onto two displays.
Can you help me ? I have been reading a few articles but i could
not find a specific one. In one there was a talk about extending
the desktop onto the second display and then create a viewport
that is maximised on that one. Do you think this is the only
possible way or is there a way to specify the display no# when
i create the opengl window ?
Thank you again for your time
spanac
in OpenGL mode but i need full screen.
I want to use the tv-out for utputing the full screen opengl
texts and the monitor for the interface. I want to be able
to modify the texts displayed by opengl using the interface.
On ATI videocards i saw there is an option with which i can
specify which output is the primary one (i can select the tv-out
as being my primary display and the monitor as being the
secondary one). I guess i can do the same with nvidia also.
My problem is however the way i can spread the two things
(opengl window and application window) onto two displays.
Can you help me ? I have been reading a few articles but i could
not find a specific one. In one there was a talk about extending
the desktop onto the second display and then create a viewport
that is maximised on that one. Do you think this is the only
possible way or is there a way to specify the display no# when
i create the opengl window ?
Thank you again for your time
spanac
I know it is possible using a virtual desktop (with nvidia using nView Desktop Manager if i remember correctly).
WWW.TREEPENGUIN.TK
WWW.TREEPENGUIN.TK
Multi-monitor support can be a real can of worms. For example, sometimes multi-monitor displays are treated as one device and must have the same resolution and sometimes they are treated as two devices can can have separate resolutions. The one device ones frequently turn off the secondary monitor if you go full screen on the first. The best way to do full screen reliably is to make a window that is sized to the full screen if you can afford to do that.
Here is a quick and dirty program the creates a window that fills each monitor:
[edited by - mauman on April 20, 2004 3:55:59 PM]
Here is a quick and dirty program the creates a window that fills each monitor:
#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN#include <windows.h>#include <vector>// Get monitor rectanglesBOOL CALLBACK MonitorEnumCallback( HMONITOR hMonitor, // handle to display monitor HDC hdcMonitor, // handle to monitor DC LPRECT lprcMonitor, // monitor intersection rectangle LPARAM dwData // data ){ std::vector<RECT>* pvRectangles = (std::vector<RECT>*)dwData; pvRectangles->push_back( *lprcMonitor ); return TRUE;}int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPTSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow){ if ( GetSystemMetrics( SM_CMONITORS ) == 1 ) { MessageBox( 0, "There is only one monitor on this system", "One Monitor", MB_ICONERROR ); } else { // Get the rectangles for each locical screen std::vector<RECT> vScreenRectangles; EnumDisplayMonitors( 0, 0, MonitorEnumCallback, (LPARAM)(&vScreenRectangles) ); // I KNOW, I'm Assuming that a DWORD and a poiter are the same size, my bad! int i = 1; for ( std::vector<RECT>::iterator it = vScreenRectangles.begin(); it != vScreenRectangles.end(); ++it ) { RECT r = *it; // Determine if it's the primary monitor bool bPrimary = r.left == 0 && r.top == 0 && r.right == GetSystemMetrics (SM_CXSCREEN) && r.bottom == GetSystemMetrics (SM_CYSCREEN); char szTitle[80]; sprintf( szTitle, "Window %i - %s Monitor (Press Escape Key to exit)", i++, bPrimary ? "Primary" : "Secondary" ); CreateWindow( "static", szTitle, WS_VISIBLE | SS_CENTER, r.left, r.top, r.right - r.left, r.bottom - r.top, 0, 0, hInstance, 0 ); } // Message loop... MSG msg; while (GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0)) { // Exit if the escape key is pressed if ( msg.message == WM_KEYDOWN && msg.wParam == VK_ESCAPE ) { break; } TranslateMessage(&msg); DispatchMessage(&msg); } } return 0;}[edited by - mauman on April 20, 2004 3:55:59 PM]
Taking the code posted by MauMan, can''t you capture the HDC of the monitor in MonitorEnumCallback and use it to create your HRC and then do all your rendering?
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