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The following are selected extracts from past CySlice support emails.

Mouse Buttons under Windows NT/2K

Problem:
"... we still seem to be having problems with the chained slice tool. We have all tested out our different machines and we're all getting the same problem that the right mouse button is not drawing chained slices. In v2 on our SG machines the tool is as fine as it always was but when we try and use v3 on our NT's the tool doesn't work at all. Could this be something to do with the NT issue."

Solutions:
"... what sort of mouse is it? I know with my microsoft scroll mouse I need to go into the mouse control panel to disable special functions on the middle button."

"If you have no luck fiddling with the mouse settings, try setting the HEADUS_GLUT_NUM_MOUSE_BUTTONS environment variable to 3. Under NT you can do this by right clicking on the "My Computer" desktop icon, select Properties, click on the Advanced tab, then the "Environment Variables" button, then click on "New..." under user variables. Once the variable has been set, rerun CySlice and see if you get any further."

Further Info: The HEADUS_GLUT_NUM_MOUSE_BUTTONS variable can be used to force recognition of a two button mouse; I occasionally need to do this when working from my laptop. If I boot with the scroll mouse plugged in, all is OK. If I then suspend the OS and restart without the mouse plugged in, I need to set HEADUS_GLUT_NUM_MOUSE_BUTTONS to 2 to make sure CySlice recognizes the change to the two button only touch pad.

Similarly, if I boot without the mouse plugged in, but then plug it in at a later date, I need to set HEADUS_GLUT_NUM_MOUSE_BUTTONS to 3.

Remember: With all environment variable changes, you need to exit and restart CySlice for the change to be recognized.

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