Microsoft KB Archive/30396

OS/2 Compatibility Box, Mouse, and Graphics Mode

PSS ID Number: Q30396 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

4.00 5.00

OS/2

= SUMMARY =

When attempting to run Word version 4.00 in the OS/2 compatibility box:

  If an OS/2 mouse driver is loaded, you cannot load a DOS mouse driver. The operating system will return an error message.   If Word 4.00 is run in the compatibility box with an OS/2 mouse driver loaded, you will not get a mouse cursor in VGA graphics mode (because the OS/2 mouse drivers do not support VGA high-resolution graphics). However, Word will give you a mouse cursor if you start Word with a /c switch for text mode. To get a mouse cursor in graphics mode while running Word in the compatibility box, you must load a DOS mouse driver. 

Note: Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word version 4.00. This problem has been resolved in beginning with Word version 5.00.

KBCategory: kbother KBSubcategory: Additional reference words: os2 ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1994.