Windows "Mouse Keys" function affects filePro screen graphics drawing on all platforms (Windows, Unix/Linux)

[mschw at athenet.net]

     If you are getting "odd" graphics key functions when using the numeric
key pad on your computer to draw graphics in filepro, check to see if your
Windows "Mouse Keys" Ease of Access function is turned on.   

 

     Yesterday I tried toggling "graphics mode on" in "define screens" on a
Linux computer I was accessing through an RDP session.  I was surprised when
I got "odd" characters on the screen instead of the expected graphic
characters.  (And, yes, I had my Num Lock on.)     

 

     After considerable troubleshooting, I finally figured out that the odd
characters were because I had "Mouse Keys" turned on.  Here is an
explanation of the problem and the fix:

 

 
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/num-lock-is-not-workin
g/68eabc72-7d8e-4326-8b25-030581936fb2

 

     I had Mouse Keys turned on because a remote-control app I use operates
better win Mouse Keys turned on.

 

    All the other functions I tested on both Windows and Linux versions of
filePro, such as using the function keys, seem to work correctly with Mouse
Keys turned on.  The only problem I could find was graphics drawing.

 

     Note that this affects Windows, Linux and Unix versions of filePro,
regardless of which terminal emulator you are using or whether or not you
are using a Windows RDP terminal server.  When accessing an RDP session, you
have to check whether "Mouse Keys "on" is set on BOTH the Windows computer
you are using AND the RDP terminal server session you are accessing.    

 

Mike Schwartz

 

 

     

 

 

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