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Mor3bane
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DesktopWorkArea

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Hi
I am trying to use DesktopWorkArea to force load a skin which is activated through the context menu, on a specific monitor.
I have three, and DesktopWorkArea@3 does not seem to do this.

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[Rainmeter]
Update=5000
DesktopWorkArea@3
Also in SublimeText the DesktopWorkArea@3 does not appear to be colored as would a correctly typed function.
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Re: DesktopWorkArea

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Mor3bane wrote:I have three, and DesktopWorkArea@3 does not seem to do this.
DesktopWorkArea@3 is related to the fourth monitor, not to the third. They are indexed from 0, not from 1. So, for the third screen, try to work with DesktopWorkArea@2.
Also note that using the DesktopWorkArea@3 option (or whatever index) without a value (in the [Rainmeter] section) is meaningless. You have to add four numbers, which define the area for the maximized windows.
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balala wrote:
Also note that using the DesktopWorkArea@3 option (or whatever index) without a value (in the [Rainmeter] section) is meaningless. You have to add four numbers, which define the area for the maximized windows.[/quote]
[color=#BF40FF]Balala[/color] can you please clarify this? Specifically the "four numbers"?
Just poking at it, it seems that I have to define the size of the window? I am trying to place a meter[u] skin [/u]by default to a specific monitor, not a "window"...

Is there a parameter format for the four numbers?
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Re: DesktopWorkArea

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What you mean by
Mor3bane wrote:a meter skin
?
I suppose you want to place certain skin to a specific screen.
If so, you have to just drag the appropriate skin to the appropriate screen, using your mouse.
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dvo wrote:your prim. monitor is @0 ...... so your 4th monitor is @3 i think you wanna know this... :17oops
your saying you have 3 monitors.... so you have 0,1,2 :D
Right. That's exactly what I also said in my first reply, above.
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dvo wrote:your prim. monitor is @0 ...... so your 4th monitor is @3 i think you wanna know this... :17oops
your saying you have 3 monitors.... so you have 0,1,2 :D
Ah yes, thanks balala and dvo.

The "four numbers" means a choice between the possible number of screens where your example mentioned having 4 monitors.

Got it.
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Mor3bane wrote:Got it.
I'm glad. :thumbup:
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