Tool button pick problem

[Mark Gottwig]

Toolbar icon selection with a mouse has been unreliable during a drawing
session. Picking an icon does not always activate the macro. The mouse
driver does not seem to be the problem as I have tried a standard two
button mouse as well. The processing speed is not an issue as I have
recently upgraded to a dual processor system.

I am using Intellimouse 2.2, Windows NT Server 4.0 and a dual processor
system, with release 14. I had the same problem in NT Workstation 4.0 and
a single processor system.

Icon selection must be deliberate and slow to be successful. Any
sugestions?
Mark Gottwig

[Owen Wengerd]

Mark:

This is a common problem caused by the standard toolbar button behavior of
reacting when it is released instead of when it is pressed. Furthermore, if
you move off the button before releasing, it is not activated. This is one
of the problems addressed by my shareware QuikPik utility
http://www.manusoft.com/quikpik.htm ). :)
--
Owen Wengerd
President, ManuSoft ==> http://www.manusoft.com
VP Americas, CADLock, Inc. ==> http://www.cadlock.com

Mark Gottwig wrote in message <01be1d69$45ae6060$01010101@server>...

>Toolbar icon selection with a mouse has been unreliable during a drawing
>session.

>[...]

[Lisa M]

Mark -

The problem is a windows problem - icons are actually activated when released,
not when depressed. So, you must be still over your icon when you release, or
else the command is not activated. I find this a problem also when I'm moving
around quickly, but that's how it is.

Hope this helps

Lisa

Mark Gottwig wrote:

> Toolbar icon selection with a mouse has been unreliable during a drawing

[Reppert, Margo]

We have experienced this problem also. Seemed to become much more noticable
when everyone migrated to NT. I will check out Manusoft.
Margo