How to force java web start to start the splash screen and later window on same display monitor with IE

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Scenario: Laptop has multiple monitors, use projector as second monitor.

Bring IE to the projector monitor, type jnlp path to start the java web start, but the Java splash screen (for first time, later time it will show application's splash window) shown on laptop own monitor (first monitor of the system). And so is the later window of the java web start application. I need to manually drag the window but the audience missed the splash window.

Question: is there a way to tell javaws to show Java splash screen, and application splash screen for future to appear on the same display with the browser that started it? Also, how to let the java application to know which display it was on since the user might put IE on any monitor he has?

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Often, a "second monitor" is just an extension of the same virtual "desktop". If you had a 1024x768 primary (for example), and a 1024x768 secondary, then the upper left corner of the primary would be (10,10) ... and the upper left corner of the secondary would be (1023, 10). You could position your windows (including the splash screen) accordingly. Try it, and let us know if it works for you. – paulsm4
Java application can definitely move itself to a different monitor. The question is how to detect where the browser is. And also how to notify javaws to show the splash window on the "detected" monitor? – Hai Bi

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The JWS splash, unlike the AWT based SplashScreen, does not provide any programmer control. So the answer to your question is 'it cannot be done'.

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Answering your question partially, you can change your splash screen through in the JNLP file changing the icon tag attributes.

References. http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/javaws/developersguide/faq.html#206

https://blogs.oracle.com/thejavatutorials/entry/changing_the_java_web_start