Re: HELP: DOS - mouse problems under Windows 2000 on an IBM Laptop

I really don't see the use for CTMOUSE in this case.

If it works for W2K GUI, it should work in a W2K Console as well.

If it is a real 16bit DOS application, and you don't have a mouse
it in, you can always try to make a shortcut to it, and alter its
options. Enable legacy mouse support this way, and then launch
your app with this shortcut.

This has to work! Even with usb mice, etc...


greetz
koder



----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Pollack" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 5:34 AM
Subject: Re: [fd-dev] HELP: DOS - mouse problems under Windows
2000 on an IBM Laptop


> Bad news, Paul.  The /v switch did get the DOS shell read
either the
> TrackPoint (a new achievement for the DOS shell) or an external
mouse, so
> you were right about that.  But my DOS program didn't behave
any
> differently:  a mouse pointer icon appeared mid-screen (it
doesn't appear at
> all without ctmouse running), but it remained frustratingly
frozen.
>
> - alan
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
---------
>
> ctmouse will find the com port mouse correctly if you use the
/v
> switch.  Otherwise it will always find the PS2 (trackpoint)
mouse
> first and it is not supported under DOS.  This worked for me.
>
> Paul
>
> > I'm in trouble trying to use a DOS program  under Windows
2000 on an
> IBM
> > Thinkpad 570E.  Running under either COMMAND or CMD, my DOS
program
> > starts fine.  But it won't recognize the mouse, neither the
built in
> > TrackPoint nor an extermal mouse.  I tried loading up CTMOUSE
> (version
> > 2.0), but got error messages saying that CTMOUSE could not
access
> COM1
> > or COM4. Running my program did seem slightly different,
> nonetheless,
> > after CTMOUSE was run:  a mouse pointer appeared on the
screen,
> although
> > but did not respond to the mouse movement, nor did mouse
clicks do
> > anything.  (Withour CTMOUSE running, no mouse pointer icon
appears
> at
> > all on screen.)   Any solution?
> >
> > If there is no way to get the my DOS program to read a mouse
under
> the
> > Windows 2000 DOS utility, maybe I can partition my hard drive
to let
> me
> > boot from DOS at startup when I need to use the DOS program,
and
> from
> > Windows 2000 at other times.   If that's be best I can do, it
would
> be
> > OK, as long as my program will then read the mouse or
TrackPoint.
> I'd
> > even resort to booting from a DOS floppy if needed, if that
works.
> But
> > here are my other problems:  I don't know how to partition
and use
> > multiple OS's;  and if resorting to floppy boot is the only
option,
> I
> > don't seem to have a DOS system disk anywhere.
> >
> > Can you help out this confused neophyte?  (In the 60's and
70's I
> was a
> > programmer, but left the field and know nothing about the art
of
> Windows
> > work.)
> >
> > - alan pollack
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