[comp.lang.c++] TC++ Environment/Mouse Question

ecollins@nmsu.edu (Edward Collins) (07/12/90)

Has anyone noticed a problem with the environment in that whenever you
execute a program and then return to the environment the mouse cursor
is not displayed?  A refresh of the window does the trick to bring it
back, but this is getting to be a real pain.  I've used the env on two
different machines with two different mice and have gotten the same
results. Any ideas/solutions?

Thanks,

Mike.


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sidney@saturn.ucsc.edu (Sidney Markowitz ) (07/14/90)

In article <ECOLLINS.90Jul11175118@teewi.nmsu.edu>
 ecollins@nmsu.edu (Edward Collins) writes:
>
>Has anyone noticed a problem with the environment in that whenever you
>execute a program and then return to the environment the mouse cursor
>is not displayed?

This is a symptom of a mouse driver that does not support the latest
Microsoft standard. At least you don't get random crashes which is
another symptom of an old mouse driver. Check with your mouse
manufacturer to make sure that you have the latest version of the
driver. The most common ones are Logitech which is at 4.10, Microsoft
which is at something like 7.3, and Mouse Systems at 6.23. All these
numbers are subject to the vagaries of my memory.

This is also a symptom of a worse problem -- People asking
comp.lang.c++, a general forum about the C++ language, questions that
can easily be handled by Borland tech support and are not of
particular interest to the C++ community. In my experience, Borland's
tech support forum on Compuserve is the best source of information for
questions like these.  Telephone calls can work too, though a bbs
lends itself much better to the gathering and disemination of
information like this.

-- sidney markowitz <sidney@saturn.ucsc.edu>