Win95B TrackMouseEvent not in User32.dll

[Harold Hunt]

Carl,

> Sorry for not doing this through the mailing lists, but I don't
> subscribe and I figured you should know about this problem if
> you haven't heard from others on this.  When I searched for
> TrackMouseEvent in the online mailing list, I did not see
> reference to this recent problem.

First: If you don't want to subscribe to the cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com mailing
list, you can alternatively read through the archives and post from your
normal email account with a note that we should cc you on replies.  The list
is not restricted to posting by members.

> The XWIN.EXE file is linked to missing export
> USR32.DLL:TrackMouseEvent.

Second: Thanks for the bug report.  I should actually have been calling
_TrackMouseEvent from comctl32.dll, which calls TrackMouseEvent in
user32.dll if it is present, otherwise it emulates it.  _TrackMouseEvent is
available on Windows 95 with IE 3.0 or later.

This fix will be in the next Test and stable release.

Heh... I just read the rest of your message... you pointed me to the same
answer :)  Silly me...

> I realize that Win95 is a bit old now, but XFree86/Cygwin is
> advertised to work on Win95.  Unfortunately, I have a lot of
> stuff on this system, which has been inhibiting me from
> upgrading to Win98 or later.  Maybe this will force me to do
> this onerous task.  Is the plan to drop support for Win95?  Can
> I readily back-off to a version that works with Win95B via
> the Cygwin setup?

No plan to drop support for Windows 95, just a mistake.  You'll recall my
famous last words when I committed the TrackMouseEvent patch, "I don't
remember why we weren't using TrackMouseEvent before, oh well."

Harold

> -----Original Message-----
> From: holmberg@tiac.net [mailto:holmberg@tiac.net]
> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 8:04 AM
> To: Harold Hunt
> Cc: holmberg@tiac.net
> Subject: Win95B TrackMouseEvent not in User32.dll
>
>
> Harold,
>
> Sorry for not doing this through the mailing lists, but I don't
> subscribe and I figured you should know about this problem if
> you haven't heard from others on this.  When I searched for
> TrackMouseEvent in the online mailing list, I did not see
> reference to this recent problem.
>
> I've been using XFree86 under cygwin for some time now on a
> Win95B system.  However, in order to synchronize and get this
> code under the Cygwin setup management, I updated to the latest
> version through cygwin setup.  Now I no longer have a
> functioning XFree86 system.
>
> The error that occurs is:
>
> The XWIN.EXE file is linked to missing export
> USR32.DLL:TrackMouseEvent.
>
> I searched on the WWW and found references that indicated that
> for Win95, the export is _TrackMouseEvent in COMCTL32.DLL (this
> comes with IE3.02 and higher but can install independently).
>
> I realize that Win95 is a bit old now, but XFree86/Cygwin is
> advertised to work on Win95.  Unfortunately, I have a lot of
> stuff on this system, which has been inhibiting me from
> upgrading to Win98 or later.  Maybe this will force me to do
> this onerous task.  Is the plan to drop support for Win95?  Can
> I readily back-off to a version that works with Win95B via
> the Cygwin setup?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carl Holmberg
>
>
>
>
>