Open Multiple Excel Files on Multiple Monitors

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Description	This function takes a list of excel files, and tries to open one on each monitor.
Language	C# (.Net)
Minimum Version	7.0.0+
Created By	Thomas Malloch (BFS)
Contributors	-
Date Created	Sep 29, 2014
Date Last Modified	Oct 3, 2014

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using System; using System.Drawing; // The 'windowHandle' parameter will contain the window handle for the: // - Active window when run by hotkey // - Window Location target when run by a Window Location rule // - TitleBar Button owner when run by a TitleBar Button // - Jump List owner when run from a Taskbar Jump List // - Currently focused window if none of these match public static class DisplayFusionFunction { public static void Run(IntPtr windowHandle) { //a list of excel files to open string[] excelFiles = { "excelFile1.xlsx", "excelFile2.xlsx", "excelFile3.xlsx" }; //get the monitors connected to the system uint[] monitors = BFS.Monitor.GetMonitorIDs(); //if we failed to get the monitors, exit the function if (monitors.Length == 0) return; //loop through the files for (int i = 0; i < excelFiles.Length; i++) { //get the excel file string excelFile = excelFiles[i]; //get the monitor uint monitor = monitors[i % monitors.Length]; //start excel with the specified file uint appId = BFS.Application.Start("C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office15\\EXCEL.EXE", excelFile); //get the main window of excel IntPtr excelWindow = BFS.Application.GetMainWindowByAppID(appId); //if we failed to get the excel window, continue to open the files and ignore this intance if(excelWindow == IntPtr.Zero) continue; //move the excel window to the specified monitor BFS.Window.MoveToMonitor(monitor, excelWindow); } } }