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- From: rmt@dstos3.dsto.gov.au (Russell Thamm)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
- Subject: Re: using a mouse in a dos program whie it is a window
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- Date: 10 Sep 92 21:26:34 GMT
- 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:
- >Subject: Re: using a mouse in a dos program whie it is a window
- >From: lchiu@animal.gcs.co.nz (Laurence Chiu)
- >Date: 9 Sep 92 03:46:39 GMT
-
- >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
- >>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- >>Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
- >>Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7595. (919) 966-3711 [voice]; (919) 966-6125 [FAX]
- >>
- >>
-
- >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
-
- Read SYSINI.WRI, particularly the MOUSEINDOSBOX setting.
- It works fine with a Microsoft Mouse but I can't get a GENIUS mouse
- to work, presumably I need an updated mouse driver (cf Windows Manual).
-
- Unfortunately, the manual omits mention of the MouseInDosBox setting
- which is essential for using a mouse in a DOS application in a window.
-
- The bottom line is this:
-
- a) Load mouse driver before starting windows (you may need a new driver
- for a non-microsoft mouse).
-
- b) Modify SYSTEM.INI as specified in SYSINI.WRI.
-
- It should work.
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