Dual monitors - popup locations

I have RoboHelp HTML 2002 Build 949. I have a secondary
monitor that is on the left of the primary monitor so the x
coordinates are negative. When I open a help window on the
secondary monitor, and have text popups setup to appear when a
button or a piece of text is clicked, the popups appear on the
primary monitor with '0' x-coordinate and correct y-coordinate.
If the secondary monitor were to be on the right side of the
primary monitor, the popup appears correctly. If the help window is
on the primary monitor, the popup appears correctly. So my
conclusion is that RoboHelp HTML 2002 is not handling negative
coordinates situation (which arises in the case of dual monitors
when the primary monitor is on the right side) properly. Or there
is something that I can do programmatically.
Is there anything that can be done by me to fix this problem?
And/or is it true that RoboHelp HTML 2002 is not handling negative
coordiates situation?
Thanks!
Rajesh

Rajesh,
I use RoboHelp 2000, and the application doesn't handle the
dual monitor well. For instance, I can't get it to use the second
monitor as a default position. I think the application was written
before dual monitors became commonplace. I think your only option
would be to edit the BSSCDHTM.JS file - functions like
BSSCPopup_ResizeAfterLoad. Unfortunately, I can't tell you how to
do this because I'm not very fluent in javascript, especially when
it comes to the built in functions to get existing document
properties.
John

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If I start awesome using gdm (and external monitor plugged in) it doesn't show the mirrored displays and everything works as expected.
Because of the last two statements, I doubt the awesomewm configuration is the problem, but I can't imagine how to proceed debugging this. Any suggestions?
EDIT: And as usual, immediately after worrying at this for a day and then posting this thread, I found something that 'works'. Restarting awesome in this case fixes it, and it remains fixed thereafter (till the next restart).
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o_caino wrote:
Setting mpd as a systemd user service is very simple. This is what I did.
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[Unit]
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After=network.target sound.target
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ExecStart=/usr/bin/mpd --no-daemon
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[Install]
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Done.
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3. My dock is positioned on the left side of the left monitor. The menu bar is along the top of the left monitor, and all desktop icons are on the left monitor. The right monitor has no items on it.
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If I proceed to logon at that point, all the desktop items move to the right monitor and the computer thinks the positions are reversed. In other words, it behaves as though the right monitor (#2) is on the left of the desktop and left monitor (#1) is on the right.
Additionally, the Wacom tablet using either pen or mouse does not map over the full desktop range. If I use either card reader and then eject the card, no further card insertions will be recognized.
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I had discovered, that instead of completing the logon on a bad cold start, I could simply restart from the logon screen and all would work correctly.
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I assume you have installed the latest drivers for the card? I have that
card and dual monitors with no problems. By the way, go to the NVIDA
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PICS
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http://lh5.ggpht.com/BPfaffenberger/SGV5A7lA2QI/AAAAAAAABMI/CBuR4m3uGRA/IMG_0144 .JPG?imgmax=800
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