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From: bj@cbmvax.commodore.com (Brian Jackson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Mouse Buttons
Message-ID: <16383@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 8 Dec 90 12:11:29 GMT
References: <1990Dec7.041658.14294@techbook.com> <faheyr.660601986@silver> <1990Dec7.223736.15332@engin.umich.edu>
Reply-To: bj@cbmvax.commodore.com (Brian Jackson)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1990Dec7.223736.15332@engin.umich.edu> milamber@caen.engin.umich.edu (Daryl Scott Cantrell) writes:
>In article <faheyr.660601986@silver> faheyr@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Bob Fahey <NECR0SIS>) writes:
>
>  To the query about 3rd mouse button (sorry, zapped it..):
>
>  Hmm, the only real way to do it is by looking at hardware registers.
>The GOOD way to program this is to write a device driver which takes
>this into account.  For the BAD way, modify your own code from above..

Actually, the middle mouse button is readable under DOS 1.3. The
message is properly sent from the input device but Intuition screens
it out before it gets to the user. A properly written input handler
can get at it. Example code and executables exist (they do on GEnie, I
know.)

bj

>|   // Daryl S. Cantrell                |   These opinions are       |

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