b39y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (10/09/90)
Hi - several weeks ago I read about a person who had a similar problem - If anyone remebers the solution, I'd appreciate a post or mail. I have a DOS game which requires mouse support (CONQUEST.EXE from chyde.uwasa.fi) - it runs fine on my 386sx system. When I load Windows and create a PIF for the program, and try to run it, I get the message "Mouse not found" (or loaded or something.) I get similar response when I choose DOS Prompt from the Main group and type in the game name. Is there a way to get DOS applications mouse access once Windows is running? I have a Microsoft mouse and am using the Windows mouse driver. I just remembered that I have another DOS Mouse-using program which I haven't tried running from Windows; I'll give that a shot and see if the same problem happens. Suggestions? Dave Rodger (B39Y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu) Cornell University
JIM@auvm.auvm.edu (Jim McIntosh) (10/13/90)
In article <1990Oct9.102529.322@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>, b39y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu says: >I have a DOS game which requires mouse support (CONQUEST.EXE from >chyde.uwasa.fi) - it runs fine on my 386sx system. When I load Windows and >create a PIF for the program, and try to run it, I get the message "Mouse not >found" (or loaded or something.) I get similar response when I choose DOS >Prompt from the Main group and type in the game name. Is there a way to get >DOS applications mouse access once Windows is running? I have found that I can only give mouse support to an application if I write a bat file which (a) load the mouse driver and then (b) starts the application. This *only* works if the application is started in full-screen mode. If it starts in a window the mouse driver will not load because it can't find the mouse. --- Jim McIntosh (JIM@AUVM) The American University Washington DC 20016 USA
ballerup@diku.dk (Per G|tterup) (10/16/90)
JIM@auvm.auvm.edu (Jim McIntosh) writes: => In article <1990Oct9.102529.322@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>, b39y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu => says: => >I have a DOS game which requires mouse support (CONQUEST.EXE from => >chyde.uwasa.fi) - it runs fine on my 386sx system. When I load Windows and => >create a PIF for the program, and try to run it, I get the message "Mouse not => >found" (or loaded or something.) I get similar response when I choose DOS => >Prompt from the Main group and type in the game name. Is there a way to get => >DOS applications mouse access once Windows is running? => I have found that I can only give mouse support to an application if I => write a bat file which (a) load the mouse driver and then (b) starts the => application. This *only* works if the application is started in => full-screen mode. If it starts in a window the mouse driver will not load => because it can't find the mouse. Well, after some problems with color suppression that DID have something to do with the mouse driver, everything is running fine. This also includes mouse control in DOS apps. when running full-screen (but not in a window!). All I did was to load the mouse driver supplied with Windows 3.0 in my AUTOEXEC.BAT before loading windows. Now whenever I launch a DOS appl. full-screen the mouse works just fine without exception! Have you tried that? - Use ONLY the mouse driver supplied with Windows? It works here! - I'll be back... -- | Per Gotterup | "The most mercifull thing in the | | Student, DIKU (Inst. of Comp. Sci.) | world, I think, is the inability | | University of Copenhagen, Denmark | of the human mind to correlate all | | Internet: ballerup@freja.diku.dk | its contents." - H.P. Lovecraft - |