Re: Mouse control

[Lionel Pinkhard <lionelpi@mweb.co.za>]

Could you give me a little more detail, please? I've never used WM_MOUSEMOVE. Is there somewhere I can get info on this?

Ciao,

Lionel

P.s. Thanks a lot for the help with the circle routine, it works great!

In response to the following message from Ben Humphrey, dated Thu, Jul 06, 2000 12:44:51p -0700:
> 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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