Screen width function that takes multiple monitors into account

[Ryan]

So I've noticed that Screen Width function of the Window Control object returns the width of a single screen, even when multiple monitors are in use. For example, at 1024x768 resolution I want screen width to be 1024x2 when 2 monitors are in use, and 1024x1 when 1 monitor is in use. Is there a MMF2 function that caters for this?

[danjo]

i havent tried and do not know if it would work nor even suitable, but have you experimented with ultimate fullscreen?

[Ryan]

I tried Ultimate Full Screen and two other screen width/height extensions and none of them could detect multiple monitors. I think it's safe to assume that there's a gap in MMF extensions when it comes to working this stuff out and it would make a welcome addition to the software.

It would be good to beable to detect the resolution of the 2nd monitor as you can often have mismatched resolutions. Also to detect whether the 2nd monitor is operating or not.

Currently you can only test for Actual X Position of mouse (mouse object) greater or equal to Screen Width (Window Control), and you only find this out when the user places their mouse over the second monitor.

[BEARFACE]

Multiple monitors and mismatched resolutions especially do not work well in MMF2 at all. You can't do a full screen window on the larger monitor, unless it is set as the "primary" of the two in Windows.