home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!concert!samba!areid
- From: areid@med.unc.edu (Alfred Reid)
- Subject: Re: using a mouse in a dos program whie it is a window
- Message-ID: <1992Sep7.220048.12029@samba.oit.unc.edu>
- Summary: Maximize DOS window in Win 3.1 to make it mouse-aware
- Sender: usenet@samba.oit.unc.edu
- Nntp-Posting-Host: pelham.med.unc.edu
- Organization: UNC-CH School of Medicine
- References: <1992Sep7.181426.137158@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 22:00:48 GMT
- Lines: 17
-
- CKT0@LEHIGH.EDU writes...
- >I have been unable to find info on or figue out how to use my mouse in a dos
- >appclation while it is running as a window. I am using windows 3.1 and I have
- >hurd this is possible. Dose anyone know how? Help would be apprecated.
-
- The DOS window must be full-screen *before* starting the application.
- Don't know if this is generally the case but that's how it works with the
- three mouse-aware DOS apps that I use under Windows 3.1 (WP 5.1,
- DrawPerfect 1.1, and Lotus 123 2.2). Your mileage may vary.
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Alfred Reid areid@med.unc.edu
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
- Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7595. (919) 966-3711 [voice]; (919) 966-6125 [FAX]
-
-
-