Q76068: PRB: Pen Cursor Does Not Appear When Tablet Used

Article: Q76068
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 18-FEB-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows for Pen Computing, version 1.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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After installing Microsoft Windows for Pen Computing, no mouse cursor appears on
the screen.

CAUSE
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The tablet drivers supplied with Windows for Pen Computing are not mouse
drivers. The mouse cursor is displayed only if a mouse driver detects the
presence of mouse hardware on the system.

RESOLUTION
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To ensure that the mouse cursor is shown, you must either load a mouse driver or
load the YESMOUSE.DRV file in place of a mouse driver. Mouse hardware is
required to use a mouse driver; mouse hardware is not required to use the
YESMOUSE driver.

MORE INFORMATION
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When the Pen Windows system queries the hardware to determine whether a mouse is
installed, the YESMOUSE driver acts as the mouse hardware. Therefore, Pen
Windows acts as if a mouse is installed.

To install the YESMOUSE driver, modify the "mouse.drv" line in the [boot] section
of the SYSTEM.INI file as follows:

     [boot]
     mouse.drv=yesmouse.drv

If the YESMOUSE.DRV file is not in the Windows system directory, in the
SYSTEM.INI file, specify the complete path to the YESMOUSE.DRV file.

Additional query words: 1.00

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWinPenSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWinPen100
Version           : :1.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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