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Palette options with multiple displays
The Microsoft Developer’s Network (MSDN)
Select-
Palette
and
RealizePalette
functions work across all
monitors if the primary monitor is palettized. The palettes
of all palettized devices are synchronized. If, however, the
primary monitor is not palettized,
SelectPalette
and
RealizePalette
select the palette into the background,
and palettized devices are not synchronized.
Desktop icons
The palette specifications of the primary display determine
how desktop icons are drawn. For example, the desktop
icons appear gray in a color screen if the primary display is
set to a gray palette.
The following table defines the palette options that work
on primary and secondary displays. The third column
indicates whether the listed palette combinations (in the
primary and secondary display columns) work.
Palette Options on Multiple Displays
Primary Display Secondary Display Combination OK
Commodity board at 16 bits
per pixel (bpp) Dynamic gray No
Commodity board at 16 bpp Static gray Yes
Commodity board at 16 bpp Nonlinear gray Yes
Commodity board at 16 bpp True color Yes
Dynamic gray Commodity board at 16 bpp Yes
Dynamic Gray Dynamic gray Yes
Dynamic gray Static gray No
Dynamic gray Nonlinear static gray Yes
Dynamic gray True color Yes