RE: Remote secondary monitor

You can actually do this yourself very easily using the Desktop API's from VB 
or C++.  Here's some info on the concept.


About Desktops
Windows NT is divided at the top level into Window Stations and Desktops. More 
than one of each of these objects can be present at the same time, but only one 
Desktop within one Window Station can be interactive at any time. The 
definitions of Window Stations and Desktops can be looked up in more detail at 
MSDN; here's a quick overview:
A Window Station contains a clipboard, global atoms and any desktops. The 
Window Station assigned to the logon session of the interactive user also 
contains the keyboard, mouse and display device. Only this Window Station can 
be displayed to the user, or receive user input.
A Desktop has a logical display surface and contains windows, menus and hooks. 
Only one desktop at a time is active. The active desktop is called the Input 
Desktop and is the one that is displayed to the active user and that receives 
user input.
Under Windows XP, you will find that a logged on Windows Station typically 
contains three desktops:
Default - where Explorer (normally) runs and where you spend most of your time.
Winlogin - where the login screen is shown.
Disconnect - used by Terminal Services.

-----Original Message-----
    From: "David Gibbs"<david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Sent: 10/10/05 8:56:55 AM
    To: "PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users"<pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Subject: [PCTECH] Remote secondary monitor
      Folks:
    
    I found a cool utility that you might find useful.
    
    If you have a laptop ... and find yourself needing a second monitor,
    this utility will let you use that laptop as a second monitor via tcp/ip.
    
    It's called MaxiVista ... what it does is basically install a 'virtual'
    display adapter in Windows ... and sends the display information over to
    a 'viewer' application that you run on another system.
    
    Obviously there are some limitations on what you can display on the
    secondary display, but for normal operations it works quite seamlessly.
    
    I think you can use it for up to 4 different remote systems if you want.
    
    The URL is http://www.maxivista.com/
    
    
    david
    
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