James - Much appreciated because you answered the basic question about why I can't; and you explained the part I missed about Sherry's way of doing it. I now see what she meant and have played enuf to understand it.
Thank you both very much. John On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 1:19 PM, James Cook <jc1...@gmail.com> wrote: > John, > > The split-screen windows and the other windows (event, individual, > etc) are not the same type of window technically speaking. (FWIW, the > former *probably* being what is called an MDI window, while the others > are *probably* dialog windows.) From the user's point of view, > there's nothing you can do about that, it's in the code. The main > difference between the window types is that MDI windows are > constrained by their parent's frame (the main application window), > while the others are not. This is why you can move the dialogs over > to the other monitor w/o any problems, but cannot with the split > screen windows. Your only option is as Sherry recommended, to > manually resize (and thus stretch) the main application window to span > both monitors simultaneously. > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp> > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > Online technical support: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > > > > -- Genealogy - - - - - it's in my blood! Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
