Re: How to program the mouse in SVGA mode?

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From: Joe Huffman
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 03:53

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smhkotmans@mswe.dnet.ms.philips.nl writes:

>I have a question regarding graphical mouse programming in 640x480 or 800x600
>SVGA mode.
>In VGA mode, my program can show and manipulate the mouse cursor just fine.
>When i switch over to SVGA mode, the mouse cursor is not visible any more
>although the mouse driver still reports the mouse as being present.

>What extra/completely different must i do to get the mouse working correctly
>in SVGA mode?

You have to actually draw the cursor yourself.  Or you can buy a graphics
package that handles the mouse for you (my company FlashTek has a package
called Flash Graphics that does this).
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Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 03:53:28 GMT
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