Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!jarthur!dfoster From: dfoster@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Derek R. Foster) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Turbo C++ bug fixes? Message-ID: <8867@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> Date: 4 Oct 90 18:25:55 GMT References: <1990Sep30.150138.12592@uwasa.fi> <8843@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711 Lines: 71 Regarding my problems with my mouse cursor disappearing in Turbo C++: I received e-mail replies from the following people: David Quasar Bianco Russ Nelson tamboer Richard L Impett Russ Nelson Keith L. Fries jwbirdsa ahodgson Plus several people's net replies which you've probably seen if you're reading this. Everyone seemed to think the problem was in my mouse driver, which is apparently outdated. I've listed a few responses below which add more details / workarounds. Thanks to all who replied! From: David "Quasar" Bianco >Its not a bug in TC++! its your mouse driver....get a >newer version and it will probably end your >trouble From: tamboer@cs.vu.nl >I had the same problem and thought it was a bug, too. >But when I used the .com version of my mouse driver instead of the >.sys version, the problem went away. Perhaps you should try to load >your drivers/TSRs in a different order. >I hope this helps, > Erik From: Richard L Impett > Look in the front >of the TC++ manuals- somewhere they state which version of the mouse >driver you need for several varieties of mouse. It's on page 3 of the "getting started" manual. Just for reference: Microsoft Mouse version 6.1 or later Logitech Mouse version 3.4 or later Mouse Systems PC Mouse version 6.22 or later (my problem) IMSI mouse version 6.11 or later. From: Keith L. Fries >RE: Turbo C++ mouse disappearing. This was discussed earlier. Borland >is assuming that you are using the latest and greatest mouse driver, which >has some new features. Even though your mouse cursor disappears it is >probably still active. There is a menu pick to re-draw the screen, this >will bring back the mouse cursor. It may be on the furthest left menu pick. >(I don't have the documentation here so I can't be more specific.) > >It's a kludge, but it should get you going with your current mouse driver. From: jwbirdsa@amc.COM (James Birdsall) > Turbo C++ (and the >other mouseable releases: TD 2.0, TProf 1.0) are said to use a very recent >driver call which saves and/or restores the mouse state or something like that. >And they specifically warn in the docs that new mouse drivers may be needed. Again, thanks for the help! Derek Riippa Foster