Microsoft KB Archive/75725

= Installing a BallPoint Mouse in OS/2 Version 1.1, 1.2x, or 1.3 =

Article ID: 75725

Article Last Modified on 7/30/2001



This article was previously published under Q75725



SUMMARY
The Microsoft BallPoint Mouse can be installed with OS/2 versions 1.2x or version 1.3 using either the OS/2-supplied Mouse drivers or the Microsoft OS/2 Mouse drivers supplied with the BallPoint Mouse. This information applies to version 1.0 of the Microsoft BallPoint Mouse.



MORE INFORMATION
Unless the answer is YES to one of the following questions, you should install your BallPoint Mouse in the same way you would a Microsoft 400ppi Serial Mouse. For more information on installing a Microsoft 400ppi Serial Mouse, query on the words:

Mouse and OS/2 and install


 * 1) Do you plan on running Microsoft Paintbrush version 4.0 in the OS/2 DOS Compatibility Box?
 * 2) If this is OS/2 version 1.2x, do you plan on connecting the BallPoint Mouse to the PS/2-style Mouse Port on a machine other then an IBM PS/2 model 50 or above?
 * 3) Are you left handed, or do you plan on using your BallPoint Mouse in any way other then attached to the right hand side of the keyboard?
 * 4) Do you plan on changing the default button settings, or do you want to be able to use the &quot;Clicklock&quot; feature?

If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then you will have to manually set up your BallPoint Mouse.

Manual Installation of the BallPoint Mouse:
 Copy the appropriate file, OS2MOUSE.V1x, to the C:\OS2 directory according to which version of OS/2 is on the machine. Find the following line in the CONFIG.SYS file :

DEVICE=C:\OS2\POINTDD.SYS

(DO NOT DELETE THIS LINE!) Following the line listed in Step 2 should be a line that references your current Mouse driver. Edit the CONFIG.SYS file to remove this line. (The specific contents of this will line vary according to the type of Mouse you selected when installing OS/2). The following is an example of the line to removed.

DEVICE=C:\OS2\IBMMOU1.SYS

 If you are using OS/2 1.2x or 1.3, you must also remove the next line, which references MOUSE.SYS from your CONFIG.SYS file. The following is an example of the line to be removed:

DEVICE=C:\OS2\MOUSE.SYS TYPE=MSSER$

(Remove the line similar to this example from the CONFIG.SYS.) Insert one of the following lines in the CONFIG.SYS file just after the line loading POINTDD.SYS, with the same appropriate named driver you copied to the C:\OS2 directory:

DEVICE=C:\OS2\OS2MOUSE.V1x

 Set the orientation and buttons for OS/2.

Because there is no Mouse Control Panel supplied for OS/2, you must set the BallPoint Mouse orientation and make button assignments at startup through settings on the DEVICE= line in your CONFIG.SYS file.

 To set orientation, use the ROTATE= option to specify the number of degrees of rotation from the default (right-hand side) BallPoint position.</li> To set buttons, use the BUTTONS= option. The BUTTONS= option specifies button assignments for all four BallPoint Mouse buttons. The letter P designates the Primary button, S designates the Secondary button, and zero (0) indicates an unassigned button.

When you use the BUTTONS= option, a value must be given for each of the four BallPoint Mouse buttons, and only one button at a time can be either Primary or Secondary. The two unassigned buttons become the Clicklock pair if this feature is used (see below).

Note: For more information on rotation angles and button numbering 1-4, see Appendix A in the BallPoint Mouse user's guide.

Example: The default (right-hand side) configuration for the BallPoint Mouse is represented by the following line in CONFIG.SYS:

DEVICE=C:\OS2\OS2MOUSE.V12 ROTATE=0 BUTTONS=P0S0

Note that button numbers 1 and 3 are Primary and Secondary, respectively.

A left-hand configuration is represented by:

DEVICE=C:\OS2\OS2MOUSE.V12 ROTATE=180 BUTTONS=0P0S

Buttons numbers 2 and 4 are Primary and Secondary, respectively.</li> To enable the Clicklock feature for OS/2, use the CLICKLOCK= option:

DEVICE=C:\OS2\OS2MOUSE.V12 CLICKLOCK=ON

To disable Clicklock, use CLICKLOCK=OFF.

Note: The OS/2 options ROTATE=, BUTTONS=, and CLICKLOCK= can appear in any order on the DEVICE= line in CONFIG.SYS, and none of these are required.</li> Restart the computer.</li></ol> </li></ol>

Additional query words: 1.10 1.1x 1.20 1.30 1.3x setup

Keywords: KB75725

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