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Article #68861Joystick mouse pointer
From: Mike Yates
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 00:00
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Does anyone know of a Windows mouse-driver for Analogue joysticks? There are two excellent DOS programs available as shareware: JOYMOUSE.COM and PMM.COM (poor man's mouse). Neither works in or even "under" Windows. I have used JOYMOUSE with great success in DOS spreadsheets (QuattroPro and AsEasyAs) where it is far BETTER than a mouse for moving fast in a very large sheet. For Windows 3.11or 95, however, I have found nothing other than JOYSTK.VBX and JOYSTICK.CPL which are aimed purely at use of the Analogue joystick in games designed for digital sticks. I'm sure a fairly simple mouse-driver could use the VBX to read the Analogue port, but I don't have the tools (or specific knowledge) to write one. I challenged several programmer contributors to comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.drivers about a year ago, with no results! -- Mike Yates Frome Somerset England
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