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Chapter 5 - MonitorMouse for DOS
If you require a cursor and one is not being displayed, see Using
PATCHMSE.EXE
below.
Command Line Flags
NOMOUSE.COM supports two command line flags. Flags consist of a hyphen
and a letter, in upper or lower case:
NOMOUSE {-x | -h}
where:
-h
displays these flags
-x
extracts NOMOUSE.COM from memory
If an error message is displayed when using the -x flag indicating
NOMOUSE.COM cannot be extracted, a TSR loaded after it may be interfering
with its extraction. Generally you should extract TSR's in the reverse order from
which they were loaded.
Using PATCHMSE.EXE
You may also create your own version of NOMOUSE.COM by patching your
MOUSE.COM so it will install without detecting a mouse. A patched mouse
driver will display a mouse cursor in DOS programs.
To patch your mouse driver, use the PATCHMSE.EXE utility installed by the
DOS and Windows Driver Disk INSTALL program. First, change into the
directory where your MOUSE.COM is located, then run PATCHMSE specifying
its path. For example,
\TOUCH\PATCHMSE
The program will list the versions of MOUSE.COM it knows how to patch. Select
the version you have, or abort the program if your mouse driver is not listed.
PATCHMSE will make a patched copy of the driver called NOMOUSE.COM. If
the version of MOUSE.COM does not match the version you specified, the driver
will not be patched.
Next, change your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to load the NOMOUSE.COM you just
created instead of MOUSE.COM (or the NOMOUSE.COM used by the Elo
INSTALL program).
