Having fun with multiple monitors

[richmond62]

I thought I would be clever (normally a bad idea in my case), so set up a preferences page
in my Devawriter Pro:
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This pops a value into a custom property of the main stack
called "POZZZ": "LL", "MM" or "RR" (which should be self-explanatory).

Should all be dead simple . . .

HOWEVER, I have 3 monitors attached to my Mac Mini:
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BUT when I click on the right-hand picture the stack ends up on the right hand side of my left-most monitor,

when I click on the left hand side picture the stack ends up on the left hand side of the central monitor.

[Klaus]

What did you script for this so far? That info COULD be helpful.
Do you use -> line 1 of the screenrects as the reference for positioning the stack?

[richmond62]

line 1 of the screenrects

A line that is worth such a lot . . .

I'm doing this:

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switch the POZZZ of stack "DWPro"
      put ((item one of the screenLoc) * 2) into WIDD
   case "LL"
      set the left of stack "DWPro" to 10
      break
   case "RR"
      set the right of stack "DWPro" to (WIDD - 10)
      break
   case "MM"
      set the loc of stack "DWPro" to the screenLoc
      break
end switch

[richmond62]

This:

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switch the POZZZ of stack "DWPro"
      put (item 3 of line 1 of the screenrects) into WIDD
      put (item 4 of line 1 of the screenrects) into HITE
   case "LL"
      set the left of stack "DWPro" to 10
      set the top of stack "DWPro" to 100
      break
   case "RR"
      set the loc of stack "DWPro" to (WIDD - 510),(HITE/2)
      set the top of stack "DWPro" to 100
      break
   case "MM"
      set the loc of stack "DWPro" to the screenLoc
      set the top of stack "DWPro" to 100
      break
end switch

if POZZZ is "RR" still pushes the stack over onto the right hand side of the left hand monitor.

[Klaus]

What about this one:

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...
  lock screen
  
  ## Not sure if it is a good idea to put this inside of the SWITCH structure.
   put (item 3 of line 1 of the screenrects) into WIDD
   put (item 4 of line 1 of the screenrects) into HITE
   switch the POZZZ of stack "DWPro"
      case "LL"
         set the left of stack "DWPro" to 10
         break
      case "RR"
         ## !!! Just like LL
         set the right of stack "DWPro" to WIDD
         ## !!! 8-)
         break
      case "MM"
         set the loc of stack "DWPro" to the screenLoc
         break
   end switch
   
   ## Avoid too much typing:
   set the top of stack "DWPro" to 100
   unlock screen
...

[richmond62]

Still throws the stack off to the left monitor with "RR"

[Klaus]

Please post all lines of your "screenrects".
-> item 3 of line 1 of the screenrects ## WIDD
Is definitively the right border of your main monitor, so this SHOULD do the right thing.

[richmond62]

0,0,1920,1080
1920,0,3200,1024
-1600,0,0,1200

[Klaus]

OK, what I exspected. So:

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answer WIDD

Should show -> 1920
Does it?

[richmond62]

NO: neither

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answer WIDD

or

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put WIDD

inwith the cardScript return anything at all.

BUT

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put (item 3 of line 1 of the screenrects)

returns 1920 when I run it in the messageBox.

[Klaus]

Please post your final/last script that does not work!

Maybe I was right with?

## Not sure if it is a good idea to put this inside of the SWITCH structure.

[richmond62]

You are a genius (or just gifted with the voice of experience) as moving 'that' out
of the switch statement did the job:

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on preOpencard
   set the vis of stack "DWPro" to false
   set the lockScreen to true
   set the title of stack "DWPro" to "       "
   set the width of stack "DWPro" to 1000
   set the height of stack "DWPro" to 688
   ---
   put (item 3 of line 1 of the screenrects) into WIDD
   put (item 4 of line 1 of the screenrects) into HITE
   put WIDD
   ---
   switch the POZZZ of stack "DWPro"
      case "LL"
         set the left of stack "DWPro" to 10
         break
      case "RR"
         set the right of stack "DWPro" to (WIDD - 10)
         break
      case "MM"
         set the loc of stack "DWPro" to the screenLoc
         break
   end switch
   set the top of stack "DWPro" to 100
   set the lockScreen to false
   set the vis of stack "DWPro" to true
end preOpencard

HOWEVER . . . I wish I could understand why that was not working inside the switch structure.

Thank you for taking the time to help me, once again.

[Klaus]

I already posted this two hours ago, why didn't you take my advice the first time resp. tried my script?
That was a rhetorical question!

[richmond62]

why didn't you take my advice the first time

How can I start?

Bloody-mindedness?

Likes to paddle his own canoe?

Death-wish?

It wasn't really 2 hours as I was asleep with the cat for 1 hour of that.

HOWEVER . . . I still do not understand why putting data into a variable inside a switch statement did not work.

[Klaus]

Maybe because it just doesn't work this way?
Since this is not related to SWITCH in any way?

And please look up "rhetorical" somewhere.