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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
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To: "Mike T Frizzell" <frizzell AT dhc DOT net>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 10:05:12 +0000
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Subject: Re: occasional RHIDE mouse problem
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"Mike T Frizzell" <frizzell AT dhc DOT net> wrote:

> Greetings all,
> I have a Pentium Pro 180 MHz with 32 MB of memory with 68% systrem resource
> free.  I am using Windows 95 and RHIDE to compile and run, but sometimes I
> lose mouse control of the cursor and/or to control the interface. I can
> still use the "Alt-F" and "TAB" key approach.  The system isn't hung, it's
> just the mouse that fails for RHIDE only.  I can quit RHIDE and the mouse is
> still working  for Windows and I can get back into RHIDE where the cursor
> begins working properly again.
> 
> Typically this is what happens:
> * From windows I select the icon that starts up RHIDE in Full-screen mode.
> * I left-click on OK in the "About RHIDE" window.
> * I select (left-click) File/Open, left-click  on "hello.cpp" to hi-lite it
> and left-click on "Open".  A window appears with the "hello.cpp" source.  So
> far so good.
> * I left-click on "Run" on the command menu and then left-click on "Run"
> again in the pop-up panel.  The compile succeeds and an "Information" popup
> window appears with an "Ok".
>   At this point (too often), I no longer have mouse control.  I can use
> Alt-F5 to see the user screen to see the program output.  The program has
> successfully run.  I hit "Esc" to return to RHIDE.  But the mouse is still
> useless within RHIDE.  Has anyone else experienced this? What may be causing
> this?  

The video mode selected in RHIDE. Try different modes.

> Is it preferable to run RHIDE is "Full-screen" mode, in a "window",
> or reboot in DOS mode?

In the following order:
1) Rebooting in DOS or just without loading the W95 GUI. (you'll lose 
multitasking and LFNs).
2) Full-Screen.
3) Windowed. That's because when a DOS program is windowed all the screen is 
virtualized and the video drivers fails to emulate the things and sometimes 
just crash the system. 

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