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- From: 5916rahmank@vms.csd.mu.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
- Subject: Re: using a mouse in a dos program whie it is a window
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 04:08:49 GMT
- Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
- Lines: 38
- Message-ID: <0096060C.822C1660@vms.csd.mu.edu>
- References: <1992Sep7.181426.137158@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> <1992Sep7.220048.12029@samba.oit.unc.edu>,<BuAL5w.B7I@animal.gcs.co.nz>
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- In article <BuAL5w.B7I@animal.gcs.co.nz>, lchiu@animal.gcs.co.nz (Laurence Chiu) writes:
- |>In article <1992Sep7.220048.12029@samba.oit.unc.edu> areid@med.unc.edu (Alfred Reid) writes:
- |>>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
- |>
- |>Not exactly true. To get the mouse to work in a Window you need two things
- |>1. A mouse driver loaded outside of Windows. There should be one on the
- |>Windows disk as mouse.sy_ or mouse.co_. Needs to be expanded.
- |>2. A Win 3.1 compliant video driver. If you're using standard VGA then
- |>that would work. If you are using svga on ET4000, Trident, etc. cards then
- |>you will need to locate the 3.1 drivers on the various FTP sites. Although
- |>3.0 drivers will work, things like mouse in a Window and scalable fonts in
- |>a dos windows will not.
- |>
- |>Laurence Chiu
- >
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-
- On the other hand, you can save all the troubles just by
- editing the system.ini file
-
- Locate [386Enh]. Under this section find
- local=CON
- and change this line to
- local=$PCMOUSE
- Now restart the windows.
-
- -Anis.
-