Dual Monitors

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Gary

I have an interesting problem. I need to write a small utility that will
display a list of names on a TV monitor. Should be simple. Here is the
twist. I need to run the program on a PC. I need a UI that allows the user
to enter new names and using a next button advance the list my one. On the
PC I need the user to be able to see what is currently display on the TV
while at the same time allowing him to update the list. Now the twist, I
only want to see the list on the TV. I know this will require two video
cards, or a video card with dual outputs. How do I send different video to
each of the video outputs? How do I choose which video goes to which output.

Thank you for your time.

Gary
 
Hi Gary,

The TV or a secondary monitor will be listed in the AllScreens property of
the System.Windows.Forms.Screen class. You can put any window in any screen
you want. Typically the TV will be the screen which is not primary, but you
might want to give the user the option to select which screen various parts
of the application should be displayed in. Moving a modal window to the "TV"
screen by adjusting its location and maximize it might be sufficient. The
location can be found in the Screen class.
 
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