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- From: E. F. Neer <103115.2513@CompuServe.COM>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Disabling/enabling mouse in Windows
- Date: 1 Mar 1996 21:24:00 GMT
- Organization: CompuServe, Inc. (1-800-689-0736)
- Message-ID: <4h7ptg$qal$3@mhade.production.compuserve.com>
-
- I have a program originally written in C for DOS to control some
- hardware device.In that program I use the int86 function to
- capture a trackball input, which is used to drive an x-y table.
-
- Now I'm putting it all into Windows, trying to use MSVC 1.52.
- Here is a problem that I have:
-
- 1. If I configure Windows to use "No mouse or other pointing
- device", my application worksjust fine, and I'm able to drive my
- table with the trackball using the old int86 function. However,
- this way I'm not able to use the trackball for Windows, which is
- a bit of inconvenience.
-
- 2. If I configure Windows to use the trackball, I'm no longer
- able to drive my x-y table with it.
-
- Is there any way to make my program enable or disable mouse input
- for Windows?
- (Microsoft Technical Support specialist's answer: NO. But I hope
- that USENET people can
- find a way...)
-
- Any help or references would be greatly appreciated.
-
- Enge
-