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    copied!<p>I'm currently tearing my hair out with this problem.</p> <p>Where I'm up to:</p> <p>I can </p> <ul> <li>Generate an image for each screen</li> <li>Create a mega-image for two screens next to each other.</li> <li>Setting this as a tiled wallpaper.</li> </ul> <p>What I want to do:</p> <ul> <li>Support any number of monitors</li> <li>Support all offsets of monitors, such as monitors above, or below, or diagonal.</li> </ul> <p>I have read this MSDN article and found it very helpful:</p> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2007/09/24/5083738.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2007/09/24/5083738.aspx</a></p> <p>But I am still stuck on the logic I need to use to:</p> <ul> <li>Calculate what size image I need for any variation of monitors</li> <li>Create the wallpaper applying the offset of monitors</li> </ul> <p>My program is laid out as follows:</p> <p>ScreenInfo Class:</p> <pre><code>public Bitmap ChosenWallPaper { get; private set; } public Rectangle ScreenArea { get; private set; } int ScreenNumber { get; set; } public string ScreenDescription { get { return "Screen: " + ScreenNumber + " " + ScreenArea.ToString(); } } public ScreenInfo(int screenNumber) { this.ScreenNumber = screenNumber; ScreenArea = new Rectangle(Screen.AllScreens[screenNumber].Bounds.X, Screen.AllScreens[screenNumber].Bounds.Y, Screen.AllScreens[screenNumber].Bounds.Width, Screen.AllScreens[screenNumber].Bounds.Height); } </code></pre> <p>ScreenCollection Class</p> <pre><code>public List&lt;ScreenInfo&gt; ScreenList { get; private set; } public ScreenCollection() { ScreenList = new List&lt;ScreenInfo&gt;(); for (int i = 0; i &lt; Screen.AllScreens.Count(); i++) { ScreenList.Add(new ScreenInfo(i)); } } public Rectangle CalculateMainBitmapSize() { } </code></pre> <p>The rest of my source code hasn't been implemented yet.</p> <p>Thanks!</p> <p>EDIT:</p> <p>I've figured out how to represent two monitors with each other with some REALLY hacky, horrible code, but I'm starting to understand how the monitors are laid out a bit more...</p> <pre><code>private void SizeScreens() { pictureBox1.Height = Desktops.ScreenList[0].ScreenArea.Height / 10; pictureBox1.Width = Desktops.ScreenList[0].ScreenArea.Width / 10; pictureBox2.Height = Desktops.ScreenList[1].ScreenArea.Height / 10; pictureBox2.Width = Desktops.ScreenList[1].ScreenArea.Width / 10; } private void PositionScreens() { Point Screen1Location = new Point(Desktops.ScreenList[0].ScreenArea.X,Desktops.ScreenList[0].ScreenArea.Y); Point Screen2Location = new Point(Origin.X + (Desktops.ScreenList[1].ScreenArea.X / 10),Origin.Y + (Desktops.ScreenList[1].ScreenArea.Y / 10)); pictureBox1.Location = Origin; pictureBox2.Location = Screen2Location; } </code></pre>
 

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