Mouse Click

Ummm well, left and right click gets into events and event handling...that is, Win32 programming.

I suggest you start by doing some google searches on this topic ;) As an added bonus, if you learn Win32, you can leave the boring old console and start making pretty GUIs...haha

talk about some confusing stuff, python has spoiled me lol

Yes, writing GUI in c++ is pretty difficult stuff. Other languages such as python, vb, and C# are better suited for that.

I don't think you can process mouse events like that in console programs. The program needs a message pump in order to get and process windows event messages, and console programs don't have that capability.

Read this about windows console functions

It looks to me like the code you wrote never releases the click. This is how you fully emulate a mouse click:

mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN | MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP, 0, 0, 0, 0); // Left click
mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTDOWN | MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTUP, 0, 0, 0, 0); // Right click

It looks to me like the code you wrote never releases the click. This is how you fully emulate a mouse click:

mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN | MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP, 0, 0, 0, 0); // Left click
mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTDOWN | MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTUP, 0, 0, 0, 0); // Right click

does this work?

does this work?

Yes it does :)

Yes it does :)

Not in console programs.

It works with me :-/

As long as you include the window header I think you can still use any of the functions there.
heres an example of what you can do with a console application.

#include <windows.h>
#include <cmath>

int main() {
	system("start c:\\windows\\system32\\mspaint.exe");
	HWND paint;

	do {
		paint = FindWindow("MSPaintApp", "Untitled - Paint");
		Sleep(10);
	} while (paint == NULL);

	Sleep(200);
	RECT r;
	GetWindowRect(paint, &r);
	RECT cr;
	GetClientRect(paint, &cr);

	int x = r.left + (cr.right / 2);
	int y = r.top + (cr.bottom / 2);

	SetCursorPos(x,y);

	POINT p;
	GetCursorPos(&p);
	paint = WindowFromPoint(p);

	GetWindowRect(paint, &r);
	GetClientRect(paint, &cr);

	x = r.left + (cr.right / 2);
	y = r.top + (cr.bottom / 2);

	SetCursorPos(x,y);

	int radius = 0;
	double angle = 0;

	int max = min(cr.right/2,cr.bottom/2);

	mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN, 0, 0, 0, 0);

	for (; radius < max; radius++, angle += 0.1) {
		SetCursorPos(x+(cos(angle)*radius), y+(sin(angle)*radius));
		Sleep(20);
	}

	mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP, x, y, 0, 0);

	return 0;
}

You are right -- it does work, and even in console programs :) Change main() like this too:

int main() {
	HWND paint = GetConsoleWindow();

Not only that, most people think that it is entirely impossible to do graphics in console applications. Heres the proof againts that:

#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0500
#include<windows.h>
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

int main() {
	HWND console = GetConsoleWindow();
	HDC hdc = GetDC(console);
	SelectObject(hdc, CreatePen(0, 30, RGB(255,255,255)));
	POINT p;
	GetCursorPos(&p);
	ScreenToClient(console, &p);
	MoveToEx(hdc, p.x, p.y, NULL);
	for (;;) {
		GetCursorPos(&p);
		ScreenToClient(console, &p);
		LineTo(hdc, p.x, p.y);
		Sleep(1);
	}
	ReleaseDC(console, hdc);
	cin.ignore();
	return 0;
}

how very interesting...

I suppose my point was only that, why would you want to detect a mouse click if only using a text-based console...Hence why I would have never considered exploring the subject on a console...

Thanks for that will!

Well, programs used to always be made in console windows for example, Turbo C++ from before I was born would have fully text based menus and therefore need to be able to detect the cursor positions and mouse clicks.

http://www.weiqigao.com/blog/images/turbo-cpp.png