WACOM DRIVER DISKETTE VERSION 2.22 For IBM PC, PS/2 and Compatible Systems Copyright WACOM Co., Ltd. 1995 This document contains information that is important, and information that is too new to have been incorporated in the User's Manual. ************************************************************************************************** This document contains ONLY information about the use of Wacom tablets under the operating system Microsoft Windows95. ************************************************************************************************** Included in this document: 1) "SOFTWARE DISK CONTENTS"-This describes the contents of the WACOM Driver Disk. 2) "SOFTWARE INSTALLATION"-Instruction for installing in Windows95 and for DOS installation. 3) "SOFTWARE INSTALLATION MODIFICATIONS"-Instructions for installation of additional software packages and information about special settings. 4) "ERASER-AWARE APPLICATIONS"-Information on applications that support the Erasing UltraPen. 5) "APPLICATION INFORMATION"-Information concerning settings of application software with WACOM Tablets. 6) "LATE BREAKING NEWS ABOUT THE WACOM DRIVER FOR WINDOWS"-Information on features that are not currently available in the driver. 7) "KNOWN BUGS"-A description of known bugs and compatibility issues. 8) "MODIFICATIONS TO WINDOWS SYSTEM.INI AND REGISTRY"-Lists the files the installer copies and the modifications that are made to the Windows SYSTEM.INI and Registry. 9) "OBTAINING SOFTWARE UPDATES"-Contains information on downloading software updates. ****************************** SOFTWARE DISK CONTENTS ****************************** The WACOM software diskette contains several files in the root directory (INSTALL.BAT, PEN.INF, README.TXT, SETUP.EXE, and SETUP.LST). There are directories containing software drivers, test utilities, and installation files. The directories are: ADI Contains ADI 4.2 protected-mode drivers for AutoCAD release 12 and 13. ADOBE Contains the plugin for pressure and eraser support for Windows 95. DOS Contains files for installing your WACOM Tablet under DOS and the utilities for testing your tablet. SETUP Contains setup files for installing your WACOM Tablet in Windows. WIN Contains software drivers for Windows 3.1 and 95. WIN\NT Contains software drivers for Windows NT. ****************************** SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ****************************** --- WINDOWS 95 INSTALLATION --- 1) Install your tablet hardware. If it has a power switch, turn it on. 2) Turn on your computer, Windows 95 will start. 3) If the New Hardware Found dialog box appears as Windows 95 starts up, cancel the automatic installation process. 4) After Windows95 has started completely, insert the backup copy of your WACOM software diskette in a floppy drive. 5) Select Run under the Start button. Type A:\SETUP and click OK. Follow the instructions on the screen. 6) Restart Windows to activate your tablet. --- DOS INSTALLATION --- IMPORTANT: If you are using a DOS shell under Windows 95 or NT to emulate DOS, do not install the DOS drivers. The tablet will be able to control the mouse pointer, in a DOS shell, once the WACOM driver for Windows is installed. 1) Insert the backup copy of your WACOM software diskette into a floppy drive. 2) At the system prompt, type the drive name, a colon, and the INSTALL command (for example, A:\INSTALL). 3) Use your keyboard arrow keys to select DOS installation. Press Enter. 4) Follow the instructions on the screen. The installation program creates a WACOM directory and copies the appropriate files there. It also asks if you want to modify the AUTOEXEC.BAT file to automatically load the WMOUSE driver, and add the WACOM directory to your path. ***************************************** SOFTWARE INSTALLATION MODIFICATIONS ***************************************** --- WINDOWS 95 --- 1) To add Windows 3.0 mode support, edit the 'SYSTEM.INI' and change the 'mouse.drv' line to read 'mouse.drv=wacpen.drv'. Restart and check the Windows 3.0 mode box in the Preferences window. 2) To add Pen Services 2.0 support, edit the 'SYSTEM.INI' and add the lines 'OpenDrv16=penwindows' to the [Pen Driver] section, and 'penwindows=penwin.dll' to the [drivers] section. The Windows 95 version of the file "penwin.dll" must be located in the \SYSTEM subdirectory of Windows 95. To enable the side switch add "BarrelEvent=1" to the registry under "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pen". Note: Wintab support must be disabled and any pen drivers from Microsoft must be disabled. ******************************* ERASER-AWARE APPLICATIONS ******************************* ArtPad II and UltraPad are fully compatible with all Windows applications, including your favorite business applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Or, use one of the many graphics applications (such as those shown below) that are eraser-aware: Fractal Design Dabbler 1.1a & 2 Support for the Erasing UltraPen is built-in. When the eraser end of the UltraPen is placed on the tablet, Dabbler will automatically switch to the eraser tool. Fractal Design Painter 4 Fractal Design Painter 4 has built-in support for the eraser. It allows you to freely assign the eraser to any tool in the tool palette. In the tool-selection menu, simply use the eraser to select the tool you want to assign to the eraser, and use the tip to select the tool you want to assign to the pen tip. Painter will remember your selection for each end of the pen, and turning the pen around will switch from one tool to the other. FutureWave SmartSketch 1.0R2 & 95 Support for the Erasing UltraPen is built-in. When the eraser end of the UltraPen is placed on the tablet, SmartSketch will automatically switch to the eraser tool. Adobe Photoshop 3.0.4 Eraser support under Windows 95 requires the PRESSURE.8BX plugin located in the ADOBE subdirectory. When the eraser end of UltraPen is placed on the tablet, Photoshop will automatically switch to the eraser tool. Ron Scott QFX 5.1 Support for the Erasing UltraPen is built-in. When the eraser end of the UltraPen is placed on the tablet, QFX will either undo the last paint stroke or erase with pressure. Corel Draw / PhotoPaint 6 Support for the Erasing UltraPen will be built-in starting at revision 6.00.118. ***************************** APPLICATION INFORMATION ***************************** AutoCad Release 13 Only releases 13c4 and higher work fully under Windows95 with Wintab compatible digitizers. Apply AutoCAD13patches to fix this bug (available from AutoDesk). MicroStation 5 / 95 Some cursor button assignments inside MicroStation require special button settings of the WACOM Control Panel. WACOM recommends to start with DEFAULT settings of MicroStation button assignments. Depending on the required button assignments, it may be necessary to change the button settings in the Wacom Control Panel before the new assignments inside MicroStation. If there are any problems in partitioning the tablet inside MicroStation, enter the Wacom Control Panel and re-define the puck button assignments. ****************************** LATE BREAKING NEWS ABOUT THE WACOM DRIVER FOR WINDOWS ****************************** The following features in the WACOM Control Panel are not currently functional, they will be available in future releases of the driver. The next driver release is scheduled for October 1995. This driver can be downloaded from the WACOM BBS, Internet, America Online and CompuServe. --- WINDOWS 95 --- Orientation: Allows you to change the orientation of the tablet. ABS, REL Buttons: These menu strips buttons are inactive until the next release of the WACOM driver. The tablet can be switched to relative mode by setting aspect to relative in the Scaling Setup window of the WACOM control panel. Portion of Tablet / Set Tablet: Allows you to define the active tablet area with the pen or the puck. Load / Save: Allows to load and save specific driver settings ****************************** KNOWN BUGS ****************************** --- WINDOWS 95 --- 1) If the WACOM message appears on the button of the screen during start-up of Windows95 but the cursor can not be moved with the pen or puck, delete the tablet id (f.e. WAC0608) in the Registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\SERENUM using REGEDIT.EXE. 2) If the tablet is not found by Windows95, change the name of the Windows file SERENUM.VXD (f.e. to SERENUM.VX1) and install the WACOM driver again. 3) If the mouse was replaced by a WACOM Tablet and the cursor disappears from the screen after a few seconds, it is necessary to expand the file OLDMOUSE.DR_ (located in the WIN subdirectory on the WACOM install floppy) to OLDMOUSE.DRV in the windows\system subdirectory. (Example: A:\WIN\>expand oldmouse.dr_ c.\windows\system\oldmouse.drv) Then the file SYSTEM.INI has to be edited: The line "mouse.drv" in the [boot] section has to be changed to mouse.drv=oldmouse.drv After a restart of Windows95 the problem should have disappeared. 4) If you are leaving your Microsoft Mouse attached, you will no longer be able to access the extended mouse features from within the Mouse control panel with Mouse driver v8.2 or above. To access the extended features of the 9.0 mouse driver, run MOUSEMGR.EXE (you usually have an icon for Mouse Manager in your Mouse group). ****************************** MODIFICATIONS TO WINDOWS SYSTEM.INI AND REGISTRY ****************************** --- WINDOWS 95 SETUP MODIFICATIONS --- The Windows setup procedure makes the following changes to the system. The following files are expanded from the WIN subdirectory on the WACOM software diskette; To the WINDOWS\SYSTEM subdirectory: WACOM .CP_ -> WACOM .CPL (Control panel) WACOM .DR_ -> WACOM .DRV (Main driver) WACOM .VX_ -> WACOM .VXD (Virtual driver, Windows 3.1 only) WACPEN.DR_ -> WACPEN.DRV (Windows 3.0 compatible mode) WINTAB.DL_ -> WINTAB.DLL (Pressure library) WINTAB32.DL_ -> WINTAB32.DLL (Pressure library) WTT16.DL_ -> WTT16.DLL (Pressure library) To the WINDOWS subdirectory: WACOMEXT.DL_ -> WACOMEXT.DLL (Context Aware driver) ARTPADII.HL_ -> ARTPADII.HLP (ArtPad II Help file) ARTZII.HL_ -> ARTZII.HLP (UltraPad Help file) NOTE: If install is Plug-n-Play see below. The setup program on this disk will make the following changes to your SYSTEM.INI file. Under the [boot] section: [boot] . . ;oldmouse=????? The current mouse driver is copyed to OLDMOUSE.DRV and the name is held in ';oldmouse'. If the mouse driver is replaced by WACPEN.DRV; wacpen will load the oldmouse driver. Under the [drivers] section: [drivers] . . pen=wacom.drv Setup adds a new section to your SYSTEM.INI file called [Pen Driver]. Under the [Pen Driver] section: [Pen Driver] ComPort=1 9600baud=1 The setup program on this disk addes the following sections to your registry file. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wac HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WACOM.Settings HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\WACOM HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Wacom\Eraser The Plug-n-Play install adds all the above except: The registry enteries: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\WACOM And it also adds: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\SERENUM\{tablet id} HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\PEN --- WHAT TO DO IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS AFTER --- --- INSTALLING THE WACOM DRIVER FOR WINDOWS --- When the Windows setup program is run, your current SYSTEM.INI file is copied to a backup file named SYSWAC.000. The filename increments each time an install is performed. In the event that after installation Windows 95 fails to start, from your Windows directory (C:\WINDOWS) type 'copy SYSWAC.??? SYSTEM.INI'. Your settings before you ran setup will be restored and Windows should work as it did before the install. If you have any problems with installation please refer to the troubleshooting section in the manual. ****************************** OBTAINING SOFTWARE UPDATES ****************************** Software updates are available for download from the following services: America Online: Choose the GoTo menu, choose Keywords, and type WACOM. CompuServe: Type GO WACOM at any"!" prompt. Internet: Anonymous FTP: ftp.wacom.com/pub/drivers/ibmpc. Worldwide Web: http://www.wacom.com/drivers.html. WACOM BBS Germany: xx49 - (0)2131 - 120 317 (Modem settings 1200-14.4 Kbaud,8,N,1) WACOM and UltraPad are registered trademarks and ArtPad and UltraPen are trademarks of WACOM Co. Ltd. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.