Re: Mouse control

["Ben Humphrey" <benjina@mindspring.com>]

I think you can just test for WM_MOUSEMOVE :)

----- Original Message -----
From: Lionel Pinkhard <lionelpi@mweb.co.za>
To: <gameprogrammer@gameprogrammer.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 1980 10:39 PM
Subject: Mouse control


> Hi,
>
> Can somebody tell me how to use a mouse? I know, I know, but you know what
I mean. I've been thinking about reading from the communications port (of
course I'll let the user pick which one), or 0011 1111 1000, whatever you
prefer :-). But I don't know what to expect. Can somebody try to explain the
format of the mouse or something? An example program would be appreciated.
And, is a mouse more complicated than a modem? Also, I assume that this
would not be operating system dependent. But what about other programs that
use the mouse? Such as gpm, Windows, etc. Is it possible to share with these
programs (don't think so)? Or can I termporarily disable them and re-enable
them when returning control to the operating system?
>
> Also, can somebody tell me how to do the same with a joystick? I think it
should be simpler, there's nothing that could interfere (AFAIK anyway). But
what about force-feedback? I know that DirectX can handle this, but what
about operating systems other than Windows? I'm sure that if DirectX can do
it, that it can be done manually.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Lionel Pinkhard
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