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From:	Anton Helm <tony AT dictator DOT nt DOT tuwien DOT ac DOT at>
Subject:	Re: Another NT4.0 problem?
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At 09:17 AM 9/30/99 +0200, you wrote:
 >Eli Zaretskii wrote:

 >No messages at all.  Just back to the prompt.  Sometimes it gets into RHIDE,
 >but as soon as I move the mouse, out it goes (could this be mouse related I
 >wonder?).

Yes. This is a common "feature" of DJGPP compiled programs that use mouse when
running in WinNT 4.0.

If you run such a program and produce a mouse interrupt (by moving or clicking)
the program dies (and also kills mouse support for that DOS-box). Starting the
program again usually works fine (but without mouse). I've seen this behavior 
on various programs compiled with DJGPP v2.x. e.g. there is a version of DISPLAY
somwhere around that shows similar behavior. 

There are also some interresting effects if you activate a different window
between the two invocations of the program.

BTW: Isn't there a commandline switch (-M ?) for RHIDE to make it work 
better with NT's mouse handler?

Ever tried to install NT 4.0 without mouse ? Bloody job :-)

Tony



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