Mouse Problem

[James Weatherall]

Richard,

Are you saying that switching VNC Personal Edition to use Relative Pointer
Motion did not help?

Regards,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard K. Noll [mailto:noll "at" engr.wisc.edu] 
> Sent: 01 June 2007 23:31
> To: 'James Weatherall'
> Subject: RE: Mouse Problem
> 
> Hello James,
> 
> OK, I installed and tried the VNC Personal version which did 
> not solve my
> mouse problem.  Any ideas.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Rick
> 
> Richard K. Noll
> University of Wisconsin
> Materials Science Center
> 608-263-3667
> noll "at" engr.wisc.edu
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Weatherall [mailto:jnw "at" realvnc.com] 
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 4:18 AM
> To: 'Richard K. Noll'
> Cc: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: RE: Mouse Problem
> 
> Richard,
> 
> Re-reading the problem as you've described it, it sounds like 
> the microscope
> software is probably using relative pointer motion during 
> these drag events,
> while VNC Free Edition will be sending absolute pointer 
> events & so will not
> give the desired results.
> 
> VNC Personal & Enterprise Edition viewers & servers support 
> relative pointer
> motion natively.  You can download a free 30-day trial from
> http://www.realvnc.com/download.html to see whether this 
> resolves the issue
> for you, if you wish.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Wez @ RealVNC Ltd
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard K. Noll [mailto:noll "at" engr.wisc.edu] 
> > Sent: 31 May 2007 22:41
> > To: 'James Weatherall'
> > Subject: RE: Mouse Problem
> > 
> > Hello James,
> > 
> > Thanks for the ideas.  I've downloaded spy++ but I'm not 
> > exactly sure how to
> > get the desired information.
> > Yes, I'm using VNC Free Edition 4.1.2 on both ends.  I'm 
> > really disappointed
> > that I can't get this to work because VNC looks like the most 
> > promising
> > solution to remote controlling my instrument.  I've tried 
> > Remote Desktop,
> > Net Meeting and Breeze so far.  Remote desktop works well, 
> > but doesn't allow
> > the server end to see what is going on.  Net Meeting and 
> > Breeze are much too
> > slow.  VNC works great in all respects except this mouse 
> > issue which is a
> > show stopper.  Any help that you can give me would be most 
> > appreciated.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Rick
> > 
> > Richard K. Noll
> > University of Wisconsin
> > Materials Science Center
> > 608-263-3667
> > noll "at" engr.wisc.edu
> >  
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: James Weatherall [mailto:jnw "at" realvnc.com] 
> > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 4:20 AM
> > To: 'Richard K. Noll'; vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> > Subject: RE: Mouse Problem
> > 
> > Hi Richard,
> > 
> > You could try running Spy++ to verify that the microscope 
> > software's window
> > is receiving the LBUTTON, MBUTTON and RBUTTON messages 
> appropriately.
> > 
> > Are you using VNC Free Edition 4.1.2 at both ends of the connection?
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com 
> > > [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Richard K. Noll
> > > Sent: 24 May 2007 21:43
> > > To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> > > Subject: Mouse Problem
> > > 
> > > Hello VNC Users,
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > I am trying to remote control an electron microscope using 
> > > the free version
> > > of VNC.  The microscope control functions require that you 
> > > hold either the
> > > left or middle mouse button (three button mouse), then slide 
> > > the mouse in
> > > order to change the control.  However, when using VNC, the 
> > > control does not
> > > change.  It is as if a mouse click is sent, but the button 
> > > hold with motion
> > > are not sent.  I have tried to see if this functionality 
> > > works by testing it
> > > in Paint and it seems to work fine there so I'm at a loss.
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > Does anyone have an idea.
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > Thanks
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > Richard K. Noll
> > > 
> > > University of Wisconsin
> > > 
> > > Materials Science Center
> > > 
> > > 608-263-3667
> > > 
> > > noll "at" engr.wisc.edu
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