Ah, was not aware of that Thanks for fixing this though! -Paul
-----Original Message----- From: James Weatherall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 12:21 PM To: 'Paul Haskew' Subject: RE: Bug issue - viewer starting window location Paul, The reason for not using the scheme used by VNC 3.3.7 is that it was very primitive and didn't know anything about multi-monitor systems (which is the root of the problem in this case). Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Haskew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 03 March 2005 20:16 > To: 'James Weatherall' > Subject: RE: Bug issue - viewer starting window location > > Thank you for your diligent work to find the problem. > > -Paul > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Weatherall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 12:13 PM > To: 'Paul Haskew'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com > Subject: RE: Bug issue - viewer starting window location > > Paul, > > VNC Viewer Free Edition 4.1 attempts to center the window on > the specified > monitor (usually the primary monitor), and the clips the window to lay > completely within the "working area", i.e. within the area > not covered by > any toolbars, the taskbar etc. > > We did not see the problem you describe during testing and, > sure enough, we > don't see it now on our primary Windows XP SP2 test system. > We've since > tried it on some other systems and have now reproduced it and > located the > problem (which was timing related, possibly explaining why > our test system > didn't exhibit it). > > Cheers, > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paul Haskew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 03 March 2005 19:20 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com > > Subject: Bug issue - viewer starting window location > > > > I had this bug with v4 free, and still now in v4.1. > > > > > > > > The starting location you have set for the viewer upon > > connection to a VNC server is 0,0, which is bad for those of > > us who run our task bar at the top of the screen. > > > > > > > > This forces me to have to right click on the program in the > > taskbar, select move and use my arrow keys to move it down. > > > > > > > > Can this be changed somewhere via a config file, or registry > > setting? Or possibly use the same viewer window location > > method you did in 3.3.7, which opens exactly centered on the screen. > > > > > > > > System info: > > > > > > > > Server: Windows XP Pro SP2 > > > > Viewer (Client): Windows XP Pro SP2 > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > -Paul Haskew > > > > > > > > PS - I posted this to the new group so others could test > this as well. _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
