[Virtualacorn-list] Comparison of VRPC on Mac or Windows 7

[Roger Darlington]

On 5 Mar 2011, Chris Hughes  wrote:
> In message <51AEB5FA3C%mik.towse at xemik.com>
>           Mik Towse <mik.towse at xemik.com> wrote:

>> In article <c05a9bae51.chris at o2.co.uk> Chris Hughes  wrote:
>>> In message <4D70A10D.8050406 at druck.org.uk>
>>>           "David J. Ruck" <druck at druck.org.uk> wrote:
>>>> It is possible to do as a 3rd party did with MouseSync.dll as part of
>>>> CallWin32 about 10 years ago when VRPC was still Red Squirrel. It
>>>> seamlessly changed the pointer between the Windows and RISC OS ones when
>>>> entering and leaving the window, and was indispensable to smooth use of
>>>> VRPC.
>>> 
>>>> However it was broken by an update to VRPC around 5 years ago, and
>>>> despite many promises (see topics on VA forums), this essential
>>>> functionality has still not be incorporated in to the product.
>>> There is a free development SDK kit available from VA now see news
>>> area of website
>> I suppose, in principle, that's great, but in reality what does this
>> actually mean for most users? I don't have the skill or knowledge to produce
>> this essential upgrade. I suspect most VRPC users are in a similar position,
>> which probably means the likelihood of VRPC being changed to allow something
>> like MouseSync.dll to work is practical zero.

> Its means a developer can create a new or mofied one if they wish

So does any developer wish?

Virtual Acorn for instance?

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Cheers
Roger
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