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From: clubmac@runx.ips.oz (Macintosh Users Group)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: A serious bug for multi-screen environments
Message-ID: <1911@runx.ips.oz>
Date: 26 Dec 88 04:24:56 GMT
Organization: RUNX Un*x Timeshare.  Sydney, Australia.
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I have a Macintosh II with 5 megs of RAM at work, and a 2nd monitor which is a
Nutmeg 19 inch 2-bit monochrome. I have found that when using the standard Apple
colour monitor as the primary screen that there is a consistent bug implemented
in most programs, even the Finder!!!

When I drag a window from the primary 13-inch screen to the secondary 19-inch
screen, and I try to grow the window to the size of the 19-inch, the window is
restricted - it won't grow beyond the size of the 13-inch screen!

This phenomenon only exhibits itself when the larger screen is secondary. When I
use the Monitors cdev to make the 19-inch the primary screen, I can zoom the
window up to full size.

This is a real pain in the arse when using PageMaker and other programs that
perform better with larger screens, like Illustrator and FreeHand.

Obviously, most programmers are setting the sizeRect parameter in DragWindow to
the screenRect of the primary screen, which is an assumption that cannot be made
in multi-screen environments.

Now, even Apple make this assumption in the Finder.

Larry R. should be reading this, so I ask you Larry, why can't you just set the
sizeRect to be say  (0,0,32767,32767) ???

Regards,
Jason Haines - President, Club Mac
Australia's largest Macintosh Users Group, with over 1500 members.

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