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Mouse Selection Changes Mode Command At DOS |
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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
Problem
Solutions: A customer was having a problem with WP altering his MODE command at DOS. His mode command was set at COM1:9600,8,n,1,p LPT1:=COM1 and in WP, the printer was set to COM1:9600,8,N,1. When at DOS, if a Print Screen was run, the screen printed at the speed requested in the MODE command. However, if the customer went into WP, did nothing, then exited from WP; when he did a Print Screen, it printed very slowly. When the customer then checked his current mode it had changed and had a significantly reduced Baud. The customer eventually determined that the problem was his Mouse selection. He has a PC-Trac Trackball mouse on an IBM PS/2. A PC-Trac Trackball Mouse can be connected serially or through a dedicated mouse port that is not a COM port. This customer was selecting his mouse as PC-Trac Trackball (Serial), which was adding information for that mouse and its port (COM1 as default) to his .SET file and that information was changing his DOS mode command. When he selected the IBM PS/2 Mouse his problem was solved. When using a COM port (either 1 or 2) for other purposes (i.e., printing), using a serial mouse in WP on the same port will change the setting of that COM port. The user should use different COM ports for his mouse and printer. If the user has a mouse port, found on IBM PS/2 (and some other computers), he could connect his mouse to it if he wants to attach some other device to his COM port. If the user needs to use the COM port as both a connection to his mouse and some other device (he has no other COM ports or no mouse port) he could use a batch file to reset his mode characteristics. |
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