Steve Rindsberg wrote:

> Karl E. Peterson wrote:

>> Steve Rindsberg wrote:

>>> Thanks ...
>>>
>>> Not sure what I'll use it for, but something will come up, no doubt.
>>> <g>

>>
>> It's the /only/ way to run 16-bit apps in x64, for one thing.

>
> Y'mean the only MS-supplied way? I expect a VWare hosted XP/other Windows
> instance would work ok too.

Sorry, yeah, I'm sure that'd be fine as well. I just have a thing for
"free" when it does the job. :-)

>> Also, it
>> seems FrontPage is totally hosed on w7.

>
> For some, a big deal, I guess. For me, a big shrug.

I know I'm in a shrinking minority on that one, too.

>> And, one of the cooler uses
>> I've put it to is this very one - having side by side installs of
>> different Office versions. :-)

>
> <vmware_here>Shrug</vmware_here>

Heheheh... Okay, there ya go. :-)

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> Well, I think the way these "seamless" apps (is there a better way to

> describe them?) are behaving is a pretty good one.

For my purposes it works really well!.

>Whoda thunk to make sure the primary was on the right???

I never would have, though something's tickling my brain about that,
something to do with directdraw maybe?

> Huh. Well that just sounds darned cool! What constitutes a "RAIL
> server" -- any old RDP host?

I don't know if it's any of them, but something like MED-V also uses it, and
probably other things. I wonder if the Citrix app sharing is similar...

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"Karl E. Peterson" <karl@newsgroup> wrote in message
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> Robert Comer wrote:

>>> Yeah, the more I thought about it last night, that realization dawned on
>>> me. That would definitely seem to be the better enhancement request,
>>> but I'm guessing the odds of that are pretty darned low, huh?

>>
>> You never know, if you request it and give a darn good reason most people
>> need it, they're pretty open to suggestions.

>
> Well, I think the way these "seamless" apps (is there a better way to
> describe them?) are behaving is a pretty good one. Whoda thunk to make
> sure the primary was on the right???
>

>>> Whazzat?

>>
>> RAIL is an RDP way of sharing application windows, it's not just a WVPC
>> thing.
>>
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...ROT.10%29.aspx

>
> Huh. Well that just sounds darned cool! What constitutes a "RAIL
> server" -- any old RDP host?
>
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>
>

Robert Comer wrote:

>> Well, I think the way these "seamless" apps (is there a better way to
>> describe them?) are behaving is a pretty good one.

>
> For my purposes it works really well!.

Yeah, me too. Now. <g>

>>Whoda thunk to make sure the primary was on the right???

>
> I never would have, though something's tickling my brain about that,
> something to do with directdraw maybe?

Looking at my system coords now that I've moved the primary to the
right, I see:

0: "Virtual", (-1600,0)-(1600,1200), Desktop: False, VGA: False,
Visible: True

1: "\\.\DISPLAY1", (0,0)-(1600,1200), Workarea: (0,0)-(1600,1160),
Desktop: True, VGA: False, Visible: True, Primary

2: "\\.\DISPLAY2", (-1600,0)-(0,1200), Desktop: True, VGA: False,
Visible: True

I'm thinking it may have to do with positive coordinate space? The
monitor on the left now ranges from -1600 to 0 on the X axis! So is
the driver just too stupid to consider that visible space?

>> Huh. Well that just sounds darned cool! What constitutes a "RAIL server"
>> -- any old RDP host?

>
> I don't know if it's any of them, but something like MED-V also uses it, and
> probably other things. I wonder if the Citrix app sharing is similar...

Heh, well, I have no idea about MED-V either. But if I could run a
remote app as though it were local, from any machine I connect to via
RDP, I'd be a very happy camper.

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> I'm thinking it may have to do with positive coordinate space? The

> monitor on the left now ranges from -1600 to 0 on the X axis! So is the
> driver just too stupid to consider that visible space?

I don't know, it's beyond my knowledge. Seems awfully odd though.

> Heh, well, I have no idea about MED-V either. But if I could run a remote
> app as though it were local, from any machine I connect to via RDP, I'd be
> a very happy camper.

I think there's some kind of toolkit for RAIL, I'll see if I can find where
I saw it.

--
Bob Comer

"Karl E. Peterson" <karl@newsgroup> wrote in message
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> Robert Comer wrote:

>>> Well, I think the way these "seamless" apps (is there a better way to
>>> describe them?) are behaving is a pretty good one.

>>
>> For my purposes it works really well!.

>
> Yeah, me too. Now. <g>
>

>>>Whoda thunk to make sure the primary was on the right???

>>
>> I never would have, though something's tickling my brain about that,
>> something to do with directdraw maybe?

>
> Looking at my system coords now that I've moved the primary to the right,
> I see:
>
> 0: "Virtual", (-1600,0)-(1600,1200), Desktop: False, VGA: False, Visible:
> True
>
> 1: "\\.\DISPLAY1", (0,0)-(1600,1200), Workarea: (0,0)-(1600,1160),
> Desktop: True, VGA: False, Visible: True, Primary
>
> 2: "\\.\DISPLAY2", (-1600,0)-(0,1200), Desktop: True, VGA: False, Visible:
> True
>
> I'm thinking it may have to do with positive coordinate space? The
> monitor on the left now ranges from -1600 to 0 on the X axis! So is the
> driver just too stupid to consider that visible space?
>

>>> Huh. Well that just sounds darned cool! What constitutes a "RAIL
>>> server" -- any old RDP host?

>>
>> I don't know if it's any of them, but something like MED-V also uses it,
>> and probably other things. I wonder if the Citrix app sharing is
>> similar...

>
> Heh, well, I have no idea about MED-V either. But if I could run a remote
> app as though it were local, from any machine I connect to via RDP, I'd be
> a very happy camper.
>
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> .NET: It's About Trust!
> http://vfred.mvps.org
>
>