I think that small but useful utilities like this one should really be free. MouScroll is copyrighted, but you are encouraged to make copies for others as long as no fee is charged for it, the software is not altered, and MouScroll is not distributed as part of another system. In no event shall the author of MouScroll be liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of the use of or inability to use this free software.
If you don't agree to these terms, you are not allowed to use or distribute MouScroll!
To uninstall MouScroll: Exit the program, delete the program files, remove the Start Menu entry and delete MOUSCR.INI in your Windows directory. MouScroll does not write anything to the Registry (which it probably should do instead of cluttering your Windows directory with another INI file) or to your Windows System directory (which really no program should do).
To configure MouScroll, click its taskbar button. If you started MouScroll with the /HIDE parameter, just start it again to make it visible.
To scroll a window, move the mouse pointer anywhere on a scrollable window, hold down the mouse button you defined for scrolling and move the mouse in the direction to scroll.
To close a window, move the mouse pointer anywhere on the window and double-click the mouse button you defined for scrolling.
To quit MouScroll, right-click its taskbar button and choose Close. Or open the configuration dialog and choose Exit.
Some applications (Winword and some others) do not use regular scrollable windows and don't react on MouScroll's 'faked' scroll messages.
Sometimes the timer-controlled scrolling continues after you release the mouse button. Just click it again to stop scrolling. (If you can help me with this, write me.)
This program is dedicated to all programmers who write free programs, and to all users who like small, but useful utilities.
If you have any questions or suggestions, contact me:
Thomas Hattinger
Internet E-mail: that@chello.at
WWW: http://that.at/
V0.50 (1996-09-16) - First experiments
V0.60 (1996-09-26) - Added config dialog, made Win16 version
V0.80 (1996-10-17) - Added timer scrolling mode
V0.90 (1996-11-11) - Made timer handling Win16 compatible
V0.91 (not released) - Added online help
V0.92 (not released) - Added /HIDE command line option
V0.93 (1997-02-07) - Added check for Winword's dialogs to prevent crashing
V0.94 (1997-04-06) - Added proper handling of scrollbar controls
MouScroll now works well with Winword dialog boxes.
Winword document windows still refuse to scroll. :-(
I experimented with emulating the scrollbar "thumb" instead of the scroll arrows
to achieve smoother scrolling for some programs, but it didn't work right,
so I had to remove it again.
V0.99 (1998-10-31) - Added FastClose™, Hide and Exit buttons
Converted Online Help to HTML
Updated e-mail and WWW links
Dropped support for Win16
Updated icon
V1.00 (1998-11-01) - Released V0.99 as Release Candidate 1
Made WWW address in dialog clickable
V1.01 (1998-11-14) - Enhanced FastClose to FastAction™
Increased timer speed
V1.02 (1999-02-10) - Act on WS_POPUP windows without system menu
V1.10 (1999-05-30) - Added AutoCopy feature
V1.11 (2001-10-29) - Fixed a minor bug, updated contact info
The configuration dialog allows extensive customization of MouScroll to your personal preferences. To open the configuration dialog, click the MouScroll button in the taskbar. If you started MouScroll in hidden mode (with /HIDE), starting it again will make it visible.
Options:
Choose the mouse button you want to use for scrolling. If you only have a two-button mouse, you can use the right button to scroll.
Note: This will interfere with many applications' context menu handling and with the right-mouse-button-dragging, but it works well in the old Windows Help application, File Manager, Lotus Notes 3 and many other applications which don't use the right mouse button.
Choose Normal to scroll in the direction you move the mouse.
Choose Inverted to move the window's contents in the direction you move the mouse. (I personally think this is more intuitive and, thus, this is the default.)
Direct response means your mouse movement is directly translated to scrolling. If you stop moving the mouse, scrolling stops, too. This somehow works like dragging the scroll box in the scroll bars.
Timer controlled works with a timer, like clicking the scroll bar arrows. Scrolling will continue while you hold down the mouse button until you release it. If you move the mouse in another direction from the starting point while still holding down the 'scroll' button, the scrolling direction changes accordingly.
This is the number of pixels you can move the mouse with the 'scroll' button held down until scrolling begins. Choose or enter a smaller number for higher sensitivity.
In timer mode, the scrolling speed is calculated from this setting and from the distance you move the mouse away from the point where you pressed the 'scroll' button.
Choose an action to perform when you double-click the 'scroll' button.
If you select the checkbox Copy window text to clipboard on single-click, the window text of the current control is copied to the clipboard if you click the 'scroll' button without moving the mouse. Note this does not work in all cases and only with standard Windows controls (technical: Everything that works with GetWindowText).