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  1. Jan 7th, 2009, 10:58 PM #1
    FredKrugar
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    Explain this program?

    http://www.fatfreesoft.com/2desk.php

    How does this work? It basically creates 2 desktops and when you press an icon, it changes to the second desktop. See the site for more details. Could this be done in visual basic?
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  2. Jan 8th, 2009, 03:33 AM #2
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    Re: Explain this program?

    It looks like it resizes your desktop window to double the width but positioned all to one side or the other. Then you can position or "work"' on one side and switch to the other side., simulating a dual monitor desktop with a single desktop.

    Yes, it could be done in VB6 with the use of several APIs
    Might be a good place to start - http://allapi.mentalis.org/apilist/M...omWindow.shtml
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  3. Jan 8th, 2009, 04:46 AM #3
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    Re: Explain this program?

    Ubuntu has this feature of having several desktops, so do most Linux OSes

    All the program does is... try to imitate this feature
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