Question about Visual Basics 6.0 and a scroll mouse

leeland

Diamond Member
Dec 12, 2000
3,659
0
76
is there a way to enable the scroll mouse part of a mouse when viewing your code ??? it is highly irritating when i want to scroll down the code, and have to keep on grabbing the scroll bar....my mouse works, just curious if it is a option that can be enabled or just the way the program is


thanks
leeland
 

Pocatello

Diamond Member
Oct 11, 1999
9,754
2
76
You probably should download the lastest drivers for you mouse. Had the same problem with my intellimouse USB in VB6 running Windows 98.
 

leeland

Diamond Member
Dec 12, 2000
3,659
0
76
huh, well here is a another question, i have the latest intelli mouse, and also the mouses at school don't work either in VB....i am running windows XP at home and the mouse auto detected and works in virtually every other application...just don't understand why it doesn't work with VB

thanks for the reply

leeland
 

Pocatello

Diamond Member
Oct 11, 1999
9,754
2
76
Goto control panel, check your mouse properties. If it's shown as a regular two-button mouse (generic), then you should download the drivers. If you install the drivers, then in the mouse properties, the mouse will be shown as an intellimouse or whatever with wheel. The only time I needed to update the drivers for my intellimouse was using VB, I didn't have the problem with any other apps either.
 

leeland

Diamond Member
Dec 12, 2000
3,659
0
76
thanks for the info, i will have to give that a try then when i get back to my rig

leeland

p.s. so after you downloaded the drivers for the mouse, you were able to scroll in your code...i know this is a stupid question since this is the point of the thread but just wanted to make sure we are on the same page

EDIT:


well i found them and linked them for myself basically...i appreciate the help and the recomendation

leeland IntelliMouse Drivers for XP
 

Pocatello

Diamond Member
Oct 11, 1999
9,754
2
76
Yep, the scrolling work, both in my Win2K machine and my mom's Win98 machine (for VB 6).