Mouse Won't Scroll in Visual Basic 2003 Windows

Question

If you do Visual Basic programming, you can understand how annoying it is to not be able to scroll the code with you mouse wheel. That's what happened to me when I switched from Office 2000 to Office 2003. I have a corded optical 'Dell' mouse (made by Microsoft). All the help articles I read in the Microsoft archives assummed I have an IntelliPoint driver, which clearly I do not. So I'm wondering if I'll screw up anything by downloading an IntelliPoint driver? Any guesses?

abach · Answer

I agree. When I bought my Intellimouse wireless, it had Intellipoint 5.0 and it does not scroll in the VBA code window. I have not found any updates, fixes, etc to solve this, so I now use the scroll bar in the window.

SidBord · Answer

Thanx for a shoulder to cry on. I was beginning to think I was imagining all this. Dell support has been zero help.

Mary G · Answer

Try installing the latest Intellipoint software. It has a troubleshooter that might help. Download it here: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouse/download.asp

SidBord · Answer

There seems to be some dispute about what kind of mouse I have. It appears to be a Logitech corded wheel mouse, and that's what the Dell Support screens say it is, but the Device Manager on my computer is explicit about it being manufactured by Microsoft. It even gives the details about the Microsoft driver (circa 2001) that is installed. The support guy in India tells me that I do not have an IntelliMouse, so don't install the IntelliPoint driver.
Actually, I have determined that I am unable to scroll any windows associated with the Visual Basic system. Everything else seems to work. I don't know whether it is the VBA software itself, or if VBA is on the Universal Scrolling Exception List. The mouse hardware I believe is working just fine. Pffft!

JRosenfeld · Answer

Hadn't noticed before, but just tried in Excel 2002/XP VBA editor and the wheel does not work in that either (Intellipoint 4.1). It works in all other software. I'll try v 5, see if it works then.

PS: No, made no difference to mouse operation (optical wheel mousebtw).

Message Edited by JRosenfeld on 04-21-2004 01:20 AM

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