Mouse Problem

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Richard K. Noll wrote:
> 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.

Some programs are persnickety with what input they'll take for some 
reason -- I've noticed that when VNC'ing into a machine some mouse 
events are completely ignored by ZoneAlarm, for example. You may be out 
of lucky; I've found no solution.