The Mouse Tool

The Mouse Tool located within the ROTIO is used to give communication from the mouse/virtual mouse to the tools that can manipulate the mouse ie either the Mouse State tool or the Mouse Step tool.

Using the Mouse Tool

Drag and drop the Mouse tool from the ROTIO to the ROTMain.
Now the tool is ready to be used within other tools. See the help files linked above for use within these tools.

In order for this tool to be used the user must first install the virtual mouse. To do this please follow the instructions below.

The install can be found on the CD drive under: AMHardware/IO_VirtualMouse

To install)
1) run vmouseinstaller.bat.
2) Select 'Continue Anyway' on Hardware Installation message.
3) On Found New Hardware Wizard in reponse to 'Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for software?' select 'No, not this time' and press Next.
4) On the next page choose 'Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)'
5) On the next page choose 'Don't search. I will choose the driver to install' and press Next.
6) On the next page choose the 'Have Disk' button.
7) Browse to and select the 'vmoufiltr.inf' file and press OK.
8) Select the 'Soft-Automation Virtual Mouse Filter' option and press Next.
9) Follow on screen prompts.