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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: Mouse in DOS boxes
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.200955.23374@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <sph0301.145.726792062@utsph.sph.uth.tmc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 20:09:55 GMT
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- In <sph0301.145.726792062@utsph.sph.uth.tmc.edu> sph0301@utsph.sph.uth.tmc.edu writes:
-
- >I've noticed something strange recently while trying to use the mouse
- >with DOS applications running in a window. I tried this with three
- >DOS applications (WordPerfect 5.1, Paradox 4.0 and Quattro Pro 4.0)
- >and got different results with each one.
-
- >Paradox: mouse works fine in a window
-
- >Quattro Pro: mouse doesn't work at all in a window
-
- >WordPerfect: I have two cursors on the screen, the normal mouse arrow and
- > also a block cursor - they sort of track each other but don't usually
- > coincide. If I can get them to coincide or move the mouse so that the
- > block cursor is at the top of the screen, then clicking the mouse
- > button will activate the menu. Unfortunately, the block cursor is
- > usually about 1/4 inch below and to the right of the arrow cursor.
-
- >I'm using a Microsoft mouse and the driver says version 8.2a. PC is a
- >Gateway 486DX. Any ideas why this should be happening?
-
- Is your mouse driver loaded high? Some applications don't handle that
- very well.
-
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