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Multi-Monitor functionality/Windows 10

Ashley

Our Citect SCADA dual-monitor workstations have run for a number of years on Windows 7, originally on Citect 7.50, then migrated to Citect 2016 and then onto our current platform Citect 2018R2 (update 07). On each version we have used the following INI settings which have worked fine:

[MultiMonitors]
DisableAutoStart = TRUE
Monitors = 2
ScreenWidth = 1920
StartupPage1 = startup_page
StartupPage2 = startup_page

We are now testing the system with our workstations on Windows 10. Workstation display setup looks ok, the extended desktop (spanning both monitors) looks ok, screen resolution (1920 x 1080) and the Windows monitor numbering (1|2) looks ok.

However we are now only getting one visible Citect runtime window on one monitor, and the other monitor stays on the Windows desktop. From the Windows taskbar there are still 2 instances of Citect runtime visible (as expected) but one of them is just shown fully white. See attached screenshot.

Has anybody seen this before on Windows 10? Does the particular build of Windows 10 perhaps affect Citect runtime, especially multi-monitor functionality?

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Ash

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  • Hi Ash,

    In 2018 and later we have new multi-monitor functionality. This system allows you to define up-front the screen profiles used throughout your system. (e.g. dual monitor station, and a single monitor station).

    You will find this in Citect Studio > Setup > Screen Profiles.

    When you create one or more Screen Profiles, a new page will appear in the Computer Setup Wizard. For each computer you can configure which Screen Profile it uses, and what the start page will be on each one. (Also check out Topology > Profiles if you are still using the main citect.ini)

    At runtime, this system will also adapt to the hardware it is given. For example, if the monitor sizes don't quite match, or perhaps the orientation has changed, it will do its best to display as you intended.

    I would recommend all upgraded systems move to the system. 

    Cheers,

    bradley

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  • Hi Ash,

    In 2018 and later we have new multi-monitor functionality. This system allows you to define up-front the screen profiles used throughout your system. (e.g. dual monitor station, and a single monitor station).

    You will find this in Citect Studio > Setup > Screen Profiles.

    When you create one or more Screen Profiles, a new page will appear in the Computer Setup Wizard. For each computer you can configure which Screen Profile it uses, and what the start page will be on each one. (Also check out Topology > Profiles if you are still using the main citect.ini)

    At runtime, this system will also adapt to the hardware it is given. For example, if the monitor sizes don't quite match, or perhaps the orientation has changed, it will do its best to display as you intended.

    I would recommend all upgraded systems move to the system. 

    Cheers,

    bradley

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