Portrait screen orientation: Switching to "Dual Horizontal" via event

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Hello again,

when I open a lister on a monitor with portrait screen orientation, my aim is that the lister is switched to "Dual Horizontal" layout.

As a first attempt I'm using event OnOpenLister(openListerData). With Lister properties .right - .left I can calculate the width and via .bottom - .top the height of the monitor. If ( iWidth < iHeight ) then the monitor is a portrait one.
But setting openListerData.Lister.dual = 2 (dual-display, horizontal layout) doesn't work, like .dual( 2 ).

That works of course only when a lister is opened. What I miss is an event when the entire Directory Opus window is moved to another monitor.
I'm aware of the SysInfo object, method Monitors and its return object Vector:Rect which will be usefull in the future.

Any hints?

Many thanks and greetings
opusfreak

2

Resize, move and maximize, minimize is something you cannot detect right now. I tried similar things in the past, like hiding the viewer pane if I resize the window to be small and such, but the current event (OnListerUIChange) does not provide detailed enough information about what happened (minimize/maximize e.g.) or does not fire at all (resize, move e.g.).

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Hello tbone,

thanks for your answer - as expected are events missing.

But how can I set a lister in dual-display, horizontal layout? As mentioned openListerData.Lister.dual = 2 doesn't work, like .dual( 2 ).

Many thanks and greetings
opusfreak

4

You need to run the commands which are already used in the buttons on the top right (in case your setup is similar to "stock").

Set DUAL=Toggle,Horiz Set DUAL=Toggle,Vert
In jscript code this could look something like this, in case you like to toggle into/out of dual horizontal layout:

cmd.RunCommand("Set DUAL=Toggle,Horiz");
5

Hello all,

the following instruction doesn't work:

DOpus.Create.Command.RunCommand( "Set DUAL=horiz" ) ;Any hints?

Many thanks and greetings
opusfreak

6

Any errors? Where do you run this?

7

DOpus.Create.Command will give you a new command object that does not have a lister/tab assigned to it. It will probably use the last active tab, which won't always be what you want.

You are often passed a command object to use that already has the details filled in. In most other situations you're passed a source folder tab or a lister which can be used to get it.

What's the context that your script is running in? Can you give the full script so we have all the details?

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Hello,

because I use event OnOpenLister(openListerData) I have an openListerData object with a lister property.

Many thanks and greetings
opusfreak

9

Try this..

var cmd = DOpus.Create.Command(); cmd.SetSourceTab(openListerData.lister.activetab); cmd.RunCommand( "Set DUAL=horiz" );

10

Hello Tbone,

yep, is working! Many thanks.

Greetings
opusfreak