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MS-Mouse Button #2 doesn't work???

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From: dedgar
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 21:36
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Hello All

Just a question I thought I would throw out to the collective wisdom of the
net.  I am writing a program (in assembler) that uses the mouse, I set
my own user defined mouse handler and ask it to send me notification of
button down presses for the right mouse button.  Heres the problem:

With a microsoft mouse I don't ever get any notification about presses on
the right button (left button no problem).  With a $25 no-name
clone mouse in microsoft mode both buttons work fine.  The MS mouse 
will change its primary button between left and right just fine when 
the cpanel setup program is used.  So my question is - is there some
trick I am missing here? some undocumented "feature" needed to make
true microsoft mice report their right button status. Or have I just
got a dud mouse/driver.  It is a genuine microsoft one - sez so right
on it.

All help gratefully appreciated

							Dale Edgar
							Cybernetic Control Inc.
							DEDGAR@MTA.CA
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Subject: MS-Mouse Button #2 doesn't work???
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