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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: Logitech mouse problem in 3.1
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.142413.3984@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <123990003@hpindda.cup.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 14:24:13 GMT
- Lines: 34
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- In <123990003@hpindda.cup.hp.com> jpm@hpindda.cup.hp.com (John Mckiernan) writes:
-
- >When I run it in a window (typically) and
- >it is the 'current' application, moving the mouse anywhere
- >on the screen generates all kinds of spurious data, and in
- >some cases PC+ is terminated. If I revert to the original
- >Windows mouse drivers, the problem is still there. The
- >'solution' so far is to revert to my original LOGITECH
- >drivers, but lose mouse support in DOS windows.
-
- >Anybody have any clues, tips or suggestions ?
-
- This isn't a 'bug', it's a 'feature'. Procomm+ has mouse support in
- it. When you move the mouse you are supposed to be generating cursor
- key codes. With mouse support in DOS windows enabled, Procomm+ is
- seeing your mouse movements (the 'noise' you're getting is on the
- order of streams of ^[A and stuff like that, right?) and generating
- the cursor key codes for the kind of terminal it thinks it is. It
- only happens when Procomm+ is the foreground window because that's the
- only time it receives control of the mouse and keyboard.
-
- There is no way to turn off the mouse support inside Procomm+ (BAD =
- Broken As Designed), but I have heard rumours (and rumours only) that
- Datastorm has a patch that will disable it. You might want to contact
- their support BBS and ask about it. Until then, all I can suggest is
- using ALT-TAB to get into and out of the Windows with Procomm+ in it,
- and don't touch the mouse in the meantime.
-
-
- --
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- in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
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