Integration with the display fusion application about displaymagician

[terrymacdonald]

Split off from issues #6 so it's on it's own.

[terrymacdonald]

@mauroartioli I have investigated the DisplayFusion integration, and it is a little outside the scope of what I'm trying to do with DisplayMagician. I'm very focused on adding features that allow people to run their sim racing/flight sim games as easily as possible. This feels like it is a 'nice to have' feature, and as such I'll add an 'apply a desktop background' to the long term backlog so I don't forget it.

If you are already running the DisplayFusion application, then it looks like you will be already able to integrate it with DisplayMagician to change settings. Rather than just save a desktop shortcut from the Display Profiles window, you can create a Game Shortcut that doesn't actually run a game. That will accomplish the same outcome you suggested in your original issue.

I've included some instructions that should work for you below:

• Visit the Display Fusion Command Line Tool and figure out what settings you will need for the Game Shortcut: https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/displayfusion-command-line-tool-displayfusioncommandexe/?ID=06d90ec9-5e5a-4be2-8540-6b52fbb4536e#first (e.g. DisplayFusionCommand.exe -wallpaperloadprofile "Horse Pictures")
• Once you know the command line you need, then create a new Game Shortcut in DisplayMagician.
• Select the DisplayProfile you want to run.
• Click on the '3. Choose what happens before' tab, then check the 'Choose a program to start first' checkbox, then
  • Select the DisplayFusion command line tool using the Choose button
  • check the 'pass arguments to program' checkbox
  • paste in the rest of the DisplayFusion command line parameters you worked out earlier.
• Click on the '4. Choose Game to start' tab, and select 'Don't start a Game' radiobutton.
• Click on the '5. Choose what happens afterwards' tab, and select the 'Keep using the Display Profile after Game ends (permanent change) radiobutton.
• Save the Game Shortcut
• When you are in the ShortcutLibrary, select the Game Shortcut you just made, and then click on the 'Save to Desktop' button.

You should then have a shortcut that will change to a particular desktop layout, and then will change the desktop wallpaper using DisplayFusion!

Hope that works for you. I've not tried it myself, but it looks like it should work. Good luck!

I'll now close this case as a 'wontfix' for now, although I will put this on my long term roadmap for when I have some spare time.