Party's new Beta Software---- great features

I just got an email from Party inviting me to test their new beta software before a full-blown release... People are going to love this feature:

Resizing a table
To resize an individual table, drag the right or left hand side of the table in or out. The entire table will resize to scale.

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Full email below:

As one of PartyPoker.com's most valued VIP players, you are one of only 300 people invited to test a new feature on our software before it is officially released. This is one of many developments planned for the future.



We have designed this new feature for players who enjoy playing on more that one table at a time. It will enable you to tile, cascade and resize multiple tables.

Please click on the link below to download and try out the beta version of this feature




Test our new feature







Once you have thoroughly tested it, please send us your feedback by replying to this email and include screenshots if necessary. This will allow us to make any necessary adjustments before release.

When playing on the smaller tables, did you find the text, images and graphics: Much too small, Too small, just right, could be smaller
Were you able to resize individual tables successfully?
Did you find the tiling and cascading options useful?
Were the tiling and cascading buttons located in a convenient place?
Was your overall impression of the resizing, tiling and cascading options positive or negative?
Did you encounter any technical problems?
How many tables do you generally play?
What resolution do you generally have your monitor set to?
Any other comments



We thank you in advance for helping us to develop this new feature, which will help to maintain PartyPoker.com’s position as the world’s best poker room.
Regards,
PartyPoker.com development team

[handsome]

Very very interesting. Someone else posted about this in the Zoo as well. Post some screenshots if you can.

Will do.... I'll be playing with it more later this evening.

The most remarkable part about their email is that this is the FIRST time that I can remember Party Poker's software team ever soliciting comments from their players. Which makes me think that perhaps they will be more receptive to constructive comments.

I have my own list of things that I've emailed them about over the past few years which I'll be emailing along with my evaluation..... but if you guys have any gripes and suggestions---- add them and I can email those as well.

[golfcchs]

This is great I just wanted to start 8 tabling, but did not have another monitor to do so. Any idea when this will be coming out?

[Nicholasp27]

The minimum size for tables is now 512x387

so that means that, assuming that size is adequate for viewing the info,

we can now 9 table on 1600x1200 monitors
we can 4-table on 1024x768 laptops

[ilya]

This is AWESOME. Any idea about how soon they're gonna implement it?

Oh man...I just can't get over how great this is. /images/graemlins/grin.gif /images/graemlins/grin.gif /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Annulus]

sweet. this could potentially be some of the best news i have heard from party ever. if this works out im sure the other major sites will follow.

[swiftrhett]

This rocks the hasbah:
http://www.partypoker.com/marketing/ppbetadownload.htm

[zaphod]

So if this thing works it means that we all need to get bigger screens now.

http://slipperily.com/screenshot9tables2.jpg

This is with the tables at their smallest size on a 1600x1200 monitor.

Now--- whether or not I can play with the tables this small is something that I'll be finding out /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[pokerlaw]

yeah i messed around w/ it on my 1900x1200 resolution Inspiron 2100 and the print does get a bit tiny if you want to do more than 6 table, still quite sweet though.

I might have to buy one of those one eyed bifocals that the monopoly guy uses /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Nicholasp27]

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002L5A8O/002-4966101-2952017?v=glance

[ace_in_the_hole]

Is there any chance party will punish me for downlaoding from that link, or do they not care?

[eniven]

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I might have to buy one of those one eyed bifocals that the monopoly guy uses /images/graemlins/smile.gif

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You mean a monacle.

[Freudian]

They don't care.

[zaphod]

No. Take a look at the thread about this in the Internet forum.

lol

[Big Limpin']

after mopping the splooge up off my keyboard...i played some....only one set, but my eyes hurt already. I have to sit superclose to the monitor. Still, im quite exited. Took a while to mod the AHK scripts, but should be good to go now.

[Annulus]

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So if this thing works it means that we all need to get bigger screens now.

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For guys like me who only 4 table max, this is the perfect reason not to get a new monitor!!!

[ilya]

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Took a while to mod the AHK scripts, but should be good to go now.

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what's an AHK script?

[handsome]

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This rocks the hasbah:
http://www.partypoker.com/marketing/ppbetadownload.htm

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This owns.

[raptor517]

any chance theyll fix the godamned button in HU cash games? holla

[needcash]

Very cool. Now I don't feel quite so bad about missing out on the awesome 2405fpw deal last week. The tile option is great.

[microbet]

Cool. Maybe I'll try multitabling on my projector.

[Big Limpin']

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Cool. Maybe I'll try multitabling on my projector.

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why has this topic never been discussed before? Brilliant.
i envision myself lying on my back in bed, projecting 9 tables onto the ceiling. Does the projection lose much/any sharpness?

[citanul]

depends on your projector yo. projectors have issues. i'm sure that anyone who's ever thought about buying one seriously knows all about them so i won't go in to it. they're great for a variety of things, but not for everything.

[microbet]

I didn't get a particularly high res projector (got it before I was playing poker online) and the picture is great. Awesome substitute for a big screen TV at a much lower price. The high res projectors are hella expensive though.

[citanul]

so, first issue i've had, and i haven't read all the other stuff in the thrad, but i don't think that it's been covered:

when i removed the bj and sidebet [censored] from the upgrade, it didn't run the software any more. i think that instead of straightout removing this time we'll have to replace them with invisibles or something, but clearly i'm not the person who's going to accomplish that masterful feat. anyone else?

c

[tigerite]

I posted a script ages ago to remove the BJ and stuff. And yes it still works with the beta. I can dig it out if it's really required but its on my old PC now.

[Big Limpin']

credit Freudian for this.....just open the BJ/SB icons in paint and resize them to next to nothing. I used paint cause its all i have. Open file, then IMAGE>STRECH/SKEW, and drop it to 1% of width, 1% of height. Save and you are good to go.
Also, table mods like greenfelt work fine.

[Big Limpin']

Oh, and i found hiding the windows taskbar allows for slightly larger tables upon tiling. Not much bigger, but seems to help.

[tigerite]

Or, just use the script I made.

[tigerite]

I found it

Somewhere in this post (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=singletable&Number=363502 5&Searchpage=1&Main=3630699&Words=RemoveBJ&topic=& Search=true#Post3635025)

[Iamafish]

$hit, this is exciting. Stars better pull through fast...

Very Cool. Has anyone gotten PlayerView to work with it?

[ClaytonN]

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$hit, this is exciting. Stars better pull through fast...

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this just assured the death of Stars to me, in every sense of the word. i say this as someone with a <1600x1200 monitor who can now four table with no overlap.

So once again:

WOO

YAY

WOO

YAY

[Bluff Daddy]

yay now that many more 4+ tabling 2+2ers

[The once and future king]

Yay

Stars sucks everyone play on party.

[Kev7554]

keeps crashing on me. No default settings.till needs work

[ilya]

The beta client seems incompatible with SNGPT.

[Nicholasp27]

probably because the hand histories are stored in another directory?

or did they change the format of the hand history?

[aujoz]

My feedback to the PP:

"Hey,

I just downloaded the beta trial at http://www.partypoker.com/marketing/ppbetadownload.htm

I use multiple monitors, and the windows would only tile on my "main" monitor - it would be good if they tiled onto the monitor that the windows were currently on.

[Bluff Daddy]

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The beta client seems incompatible with SNGPT.

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worked fine for me

[AA suited]

[ QUOTE ]
The minimum size for tables is now 512x387

so that means that, assuming that size is adequate for viewing the info,

we can now 9 table on 1600x1200 monitors
we can 4-table on 1024x768 laptops

[/ QUOTE ]

WOW.. 10 tabling (instead of 6tabling) on my Dell 1900x1200 laptop would be very cool!

Sweet Jesus! Party just won me back from Stars.

[AA suited]

hm.. best way to fit 6 tables on a 1600x1200 screen? (ie: optimum way to 6 table AND use up ALL the screen space?

(other 4 tables are on my smaller monitor)

[Nicholasp27]

do 3x2 with 533x400

that's 1599x1200

only one pixel left over!

[ilya]

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The beta client seems incompatible with SNGPT.

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worked fine for me

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yeah, i'm an idiot. it works fine once you specify the correct directory.

[AA suited]

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do 3x2 with 533x400

that's 1599x1200

only one pixel left over!

[/ QUOTE ]

nope. that's 1599 x 800. you have the bottom 1/3 of the screen ununsed/wasted /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Nicholasp27]

oops

i was doing 3x3

the problem with doing 6 is that u'd do 3x2 but the tables and your res are 4:3 resolution, not 3:2, so u can't do it perfectly

if u match the vert res of 1200, then u have to do 800x600, but u don't have 2400, only 1600 horiz

if u match the horiz res of 1600 with 533, then u have to do 400, but then u only use up 800 vert

[downtown]

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Cool. Maybe I'll try multitabling on my new 50" plasma.

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[citanul]

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Cool. Maybe I'll try multitabling on my new 50" plasma.

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have fun destroying your new tv.

[Nicholasp27]

keep the contrast down and don't do it the first 100 hours of the tv's usage and u'll be fine

but don't multitable party all day every day...switch up the source and use different table mods every few hours

[FieryJustice]

I feel like a n00b, but is there a way to make the tables pop up a certain size every time and in the correct places?

[Bluff Daddy]

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Cool. Maybe I'll try multitabling on my new 50" plasma.

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have fun destroying your new tv.

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who buys plasma these days anyway?

[citanul]

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Cool. Maybe I'll try multitabling on my new 50" plasma.

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have fun destroying your new tv.

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who buys plasma these days anyway?

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people who like good televisions?

[downtown]

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Cool. Maybe I'll try multitabling on my new 50" plasma.

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have fun destroying your new tv.

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I'll rearrange the tables every now and again for you, thanks for the concern. /images/graemlins/laugh.gif I doubt I'll actually do this for longer than 1 hour / however long it takes to just see how it looks / balla factor. 2001FPs are just built for the job much better.

Actually, from what I'm reading, burn-in is a lot less of an issue these days, unless you like to just watch CNN / Bloomberg all day or something.

And "who buys plasmas these days anyway?"

10-tablers? Just a guess.

/end hijack

[Mr_J]

This is so hot, I've got 9 tables open on the dell and it's very playable...damn it I bought a desktop and 2 crts (for 3 monitors) a month ago, wasting $1500 in the process, since my original laptop+2001 setup will now 13table.

Edited to say, what about all those guys with quad 2001s?? Lol and I'm bitching about an extra (clean) computer and a couple of crts.

[curtains]

best thing ever

[Mr_J]

The tables are fine. Run 9 on my dell in dvi, and 4 on my crt. Now just need to work out how to get another lobby open so I can play 18 across 2 dells.

[downtown]

[ QUOTE ]
The tables are fine. Run 9 on my dell in dvi, and 4 on my crt. Now just need to work out how to get another lobby open so I can play 18 across 2 dells.

[/ QUOTE ]

Click really quickly on the desktop shortcut. It will open multiple instances of the client, ala the old Empire multiple-client trick.

This doesn't work with your same acct on both open lobbies (obviously, perhaps). I don't have a working 2nd Party acct to see if it works, but I would be interested in hearing your results.

[Neuge]

Damn, you can 20 table on an Apple 30" Cinema monitor now.

Wow mr. VIP, i wish i was as important as you; i would absolutely love this feature!!

[bjb23]

go to the internet forum, there is a link there. im too lazy right now to post it.

btw, this is seriously the coolest thing ever.

am i the only one who gets headaches? How do you get PokerAce HUD to work? It doesn't display the numbers right when you have resized the tables.

And is it possible to save a certain widthxheight ?

I'll now try and see if those mods still work. Maybe that's why I got a headache.. all those colors.

[Bluff Daddy]

mods work fine, now everybody and their dog will be 203843823043 tabling

How many 2+2ers are gonna be slangin 2001fp's on ebay in the near future?

[Freudian]

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How many 2+2ers are gonna be slangin 2001fp's on ebay in the near future?

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I'm going to 8-table on my two Dells in the future also. Why should I sacrifice comfort just because I can make the tables really small?

[KingMedicine]

ok, two questions, both of which have been asked in this thread, but, as far as i can tell, have not been answered.

1. Is there a way to save the table settings? meaning, once you get the perfect size for your monitor/liking, is there way to make party open all new tables in that same size? while playing around with this, i couldnt figure it out, but that isnt saying much.

2. would 18 tabling be possible - if a person could get 9 on each of 2 monitors - ive read that it might be possible to open 2 party clients at the same time given a household has 2 accounts. has anyone tried this and in what manner do you get 2 client open? also, can anyone see any issues with party for having 2 accounts in one household logged on at the same time (obviously the software wouldnt let you sit at the same table, nor would i think that would be a beneficial thing anyway)?

thx!
--KingMedicine

[stupidsucker]

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How many 2+2ers are gonna be slangin 2001fp's on ebay in the near future?

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WTB @ decent 2nd hand price

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How many 2+2ers are gonna be slangin 2001fp's on ebay in the near future?

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I'm going to 8-table on my two Dells in the future also. Why should I sacrifice comfort just because I can make the tables really small?

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I'm not sure yet. I like the fact that I don't have to move my head/eyes all the time; less space to cover, if you know what I mean. /images/graemlins/smile.gif But of course it is small...

[AA suited]

6 tabling on a dell 2001f... oh my eyes...

even on a 20" LCD, i had to squint and get closer to the screen to read the cards.

going to try another set w/slightly bigger tables this time.

[Annulus]

I downloaded the Beta version and just to get a taste I 4-tabled the $6 sngs. OMG are these games horrible, i played like a total donk, i was in push or fold mode the whole time and I was ITM in 3 out of 4. But, back to the thread, the screens are small, and you have to squint a bit, but overall it is awesome. For guys like me who usually only 2-3 table on laptops, this makes things alot easier.

I do have one problem tho, and im not sure if this has been addressed yet, but with this new version we lose all of our notes we have on players. Is their any way to keep our player notes? thanks.

So far, my opinion is that there are two main things that would greatly improve the software--- and correct me or add additional suggestions please...

1) Ability to have a "default" table size, so that once you have a size that works for you, you can have future tables always open in that size.

2) Recognition of a second monitor (for tiling)---- and possibly, ability to set Monitor 2 as a default monitor.

Also--- I've always wanted a "manual refresh" button in the lobby, which I will be asking for.... Anything else?

The Beta client was installed in a different directory... All you have to do is copy "Notes.txt" from your old Party directory and paste it into the Beta directory... Make sure you do it while not running the PartyPoker client though.

In fact--- if you are a big fan of your notes, it's a very good idea to frequently back up your Notes.txt file...

[Annulus]

thanks bro. now, if you don't mind could you give me a step by step way of transferring the notes, im a computer degenerate.

also, i agree that would be great if we had a custom setting that we could have automatically.

thanks in advance---little anus /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[jon462]

this is incredibly cool.. 9 tabling is the new 8 tabling /images/graemlins/grin.gif

little anus /images/graemlins/smile.gif,

assuming you have Windows XP---
1) right click the Start button... select Explore
2) Click on the directory "Program Files"
3) Click on directory "Party Poker"
4) Select the file "Notes.txt"
5) Hit the Ctrl-C keys (ctrl-c is the shortcut for "copy".. it's universal across every Microsoft program)
6) Go back to the directory "Program Files"
7) Click on the directory "Party Poker Beta"
8) Hit the Ctrl-V keys (ctrl-v is the shortcut for "paste")
9) You'll get a prompt asking if you want to replace the file... make sure that you didn't do things backwards, and that the file you are replacing is smaller (fewer bytes) than the one you are pasting in (more bytes).

Hope this helps.

When Party releases the non-Beta real version, your notes will automatically be preserved... it's just because this Beta version is being installed in a different directory that you see this problem...

However--- that means if you use the Beta client, add notes to people, and then Party releases the real version, you will then have to transfer your new notes from the Party Poker Beta directory over to the real Party Poker directory.

[jon462]

I found a bug that Im not sure anyone else has noticed. I deleted the sidebet and blackjack icons to remove temptation (well, annoyance in the case of sidebet).. it doesnt seem to mind that I remove the sidebet icons, but with the beta version I am unable to open a table w/o the blackjack table icon (i dont have this problem with the regular version)..

[Annulus]

thanks alot for the instructions. i can just transfer them again when the newer version is released.

[Degen]

thank you god (and david sklansky), for 2+2

[cleinen]

Instead of removing the icon for sidebets go in and resize it down to 1 pixel.

[microbet]

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Instead of removing the icon for sidebets go in and resize it down to 1 pixel.

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If you don't have any software that will do this, you should just be able to replace it with another image. Google image search for pixel, selecting small size images in the advanced search.

[citanul]

if you don't have any software that will do this, you're not using windows, which probably means you don't care.

[microbet]

Buh, I guess you can do this with paint now? Didn't used to be able to do that with jpeg or gif in paint.

[citrus]

Hello,

I have not been sucessfull finding the URL to obtain the Beta Software. I was not invited by Party Poker,, however can somebody post the URL to download the update.

I am dying to get ahold of this.

Thank you /images/graemlins/confused.gif

[sng-sam]

before citanul tears you a new one...read the entire thread the link is included

Straight Flushes,

SAM

[Newt_Buggs]

Dell's going to get their monitor profits cut in half /images/graemlins/grin.gif. I wish they had come out with this 6 months ago before I bought all of these LCDs.

[swiftrhett]

9 tables is too small on my 19 inch CRT. I played 3 sets on it with no trouble, but I'm afraid it will dammage my eyes if I do it a long time. I think this is much easier to see on a 2001fp, and I am considering getting some still.

[jgunnip]

anybody using poker ace hud with the smaller tables? how do you get it to overlay properly?

[mlagoo]

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anybody using poker ace hud with the smaller tables? how do you get it to overlay properly? [/quote

it doesnt. i read on their website that they are going to try and put out a patch sometime "before the end of the year" that works with the resizable tables.

[jgunnip]

The beta is also randomly shutting down for me...weird. it's also having trouble reloading 9 tables...poop.

[Slim Pickens]

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anybody using poker ace hud with the smaller tables? how do you get it to overlay properly?

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http://pokeracesoftware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=899

[jgunnip]

Thanks for the link. right now I can't even get the program to open up and i'm getting blinded out on nine tables. This is very fustrating, anybody else have this problem?

[Mr_J]

It's a beta, it's kinda silly to be playing for real money on it...

[fluorescenthippo]

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The beta is also randomly shutting down for me...weird. it's also having trouble reloading 9 tables...poop.

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doesnt the regular version shut down randomly also? i know it used to a few weeks ago

[BDarch]

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The beta is also randomly shutting down for me...weird. it's also having trouble reloading 9 tables...poop.

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yea I had the same thing happen to me a couple times

[Mr_J]

So I'm guessing quite a few of you are actually playing seriously on the beta??

[mlagoo]

i 6-8 tabled maybe 10-15 sets (dont really remember), and it didnt screw up. although i lost my connection once and my backup was out as well so i lost like 6 buyins =(

i think its grrrrrrreat.

[jukofyork]

I wrote this (http://www.freewebs.com/jukofyork/Party%20Beta%20Auto%20Resizer%20(v0.1).zip) litle utility for myself, so that the new beta will <font color="red">remember</font> our customized table sizes.

By using this utility, a fixed custon table dimension (eg: 512x387) can be set and thereafter ALL tables will then always auto-resize to these dimensions automatically.

Still maybee buggy and currently it cant save the custom dimensions to disk, so they have to be setup each time the app is reloaded, but maybee it will be of help to some one here... /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Juk /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[jukofyork]

Main thread running here (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&amp;Number=4187930&amp;page=0&amp;vc=1) .

Juk /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[jukofyork]

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1. Is there a way to save the table settings? meaning, once you get the perfect size for your monitor/liking, is there way to make party open all new tables in that same size? while playing around with this, i couldnt figure it out, but that isnt saying much.

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I had same problems, so I wrote this (http://www.freewebs.com/jukofyork/Party%20Poker%20Beta%20-%20Automatic%20Window%20Resizer.html) util yesterday... seems to be working...

Juk /images/graemlins/smile.gif

I am REALLY REALLY glad I saw this thread. I was just about ready to sell my relatively new Vaio to get one with 1600x1200 screen in order to 8 table with my 21" monitor attached.

If this works out I will save myself the $1300 I would have add to plop down (after selling off my "old" laptop).

STOKED!

Well, I just 9-tabled the $33s on my 21" monitor. My eyes hurt and my neck is aching a little.

I love it, but definitely needs to let me choose which monitor to tile the tables on, as I had to size them around myself and that was a major pain in the arse. If I could just get 9 tables onto the second monitor and then hit the tile button, that would be fantastic.

[jukofyork]

Hi,

Sry dont have a two monitor setup, but can I ask what happens if you try to tile with dual monitors (does it try to tile over both monitors? [from what u describe it tries to tile both displays seperately?]).

I only ask because it may be very easy to force the windows onto a ceratin display (prolly no harder than what I allready wrote to auto-resize windiows - I will look into it as soon as I get time).

Juk /images/graemlins/smile.gif

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Hi,

Sry dont have a two monitor setup, but can I ask what happens if you try to tile with dual monitors (does it try to tile over both monitors? [from what u describe it tries to tile both displays seperately?]).

I only ask because it may be very easy to force the windows onto a ceratin display (prolly no harder than what I allready wrote to auto-resize windiows - I will look into it as soon as I get time).

Juk /images/graemlins/smile.gif

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From what I can tell you cannot tile with dual monitors. All the windows tile onto the primary monitor. So what I have been doing is firing up four, tiling, then firing up four more and moving those manually to my second monitor.

If I could direct where the windows get tiled, my life would be way easier and I would be a very grateful person.

[jukofyork]

Hi again,

If you only have 4 tables on each display, then the util called 'Multi-Table-Helper' will do what you want. It can tile 4 windows in each display fully automatically (I am currently using this along with the auto-resize tool I wrote, and as soon as I open a new table, it gets first resized, then moved using MTH to a free tiling location).

I know MTH has just become payware (see here (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&amp;Number=4216440&amp;page=)), but possibly the demo is time limited and will let u try this out first.

Hope this helps - Juk /images/graemlins/smile.gif

I have MTH but just noticed that option. I'll have to try it out. Does it work with resized beta tables, do you know? In other words, I want the fully sized tables on my second monitor (1600x1200) but resized on my laptop.

[jukofyork]

I see where your problem lies now (sry, hard for me to picture, because I not have dual monitor setup) /images/graemlins/smile.gif

I think MTH will work fine with the 8 tables across two displays (I guess even if they are differnt resolutions - again I can't be sure bc never seen MTH working on dual monitors). BUT, I think the problem will then be with my auto-resizing util - it will resize all party windows it sees to the dimensions you set, regardless of different resolutions.

There are a number of 'fixes' I can see for your problem:

1. Try putting the high-res monitor to the same as the laptop (but this will mean poor display on high-res).

2. On my LCD monitor I can do 'fake' resolutions of higher than 1024x768 (its physical maximum), but the image quality is about the same as when the party tables are smaller (if this works then this may be your best solution at the moment, but I not sure if your laptop LCD screen will work like my monitor...).

3. You could run my util as normal (assuming it is working ok over two displays... can u confrim this?). But when you finally get 8 tables displayed, uncheck the 'enabled' button on my app, and resize all of the 1600x1200 tables by hand.

I think maybe the best solution might be a mixture of MTH (for tiling the tables accross the screens) and an altered version of my auto-resizing app, which can re-size tables differntly for each display. I will look into this now and read up on how ms-windows handles mutiple displays and see how I can addapt my code.

Juk /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[jukofyork]

If you look at the page:

http://www.freewebs.com/jukofyork/Party%20Poker%20Beta%20-%20Automatic%20Window%20Resizer.html

Then you should see a version 0.3a of Auto-Resizer available to download. I cannot verify if this works (again bc I dont have dual monitors), but it *should* work and should be able to ONLY resize tables on the monitor it itself if running on (*should* be able to minimize Auto-Resizer, and it *should* still work and keep on only Auto-Resizing on the monitor it was last on before it was minimized).

The only difference now, is that if you have multiple monitors, then a copy of Auto-Resizer needs to be running on each of the monitors now (if the code works then I will fix this up more).

Any feedback would be appriciated, as I stress again I cannot test this code due to my setup and until get some feedback /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Juk /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[jukofyork]

Please read/post to this thread if possible for anything related to Auto-Resizer:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&amp;Number=4222327

Just to try avoid confusion - Juk /images/graemlins/smile.gif