Does anyone know of a source of mouse functions for a console application in the visual C++.net developement environment package?
Thanks,
Ross
RossSCann 0 Newbie Poster
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Jump to Postwin32 api GetConsoleCursorInfo()
Jump to Post[EDIT] Alas, AD, the cursor info is for the little blinking square or underline in the output console display.
Ah yes -- that only sets the size of that blinking cursor. Need to call ReadConsoleInput() to retrieve the mouse events.
Jump to PostHere are some example console programs. I have not used to code for a few years, but since its win32 api functions I suppose the programs will work with modern compilers.
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Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster
Duoas 1,025 Postaholic Featured Poster
I don't know about .NET, but the Win32 functions are all listed here: Console Functions (MSDN).
You will need to enable mouse input with SetConsoleMode.
You can read it using ReadConsoleInput.
Use GetStdHandle to get a windows handle for the console input.
Use GetNumberOfConsoleInputEvents to poll for any console input, or use the console input handle with one of the wait functions.
Hope this helps.
[EDIT] Alas, AD, the cursor info is for the little blinking square or underline in the output console display.
Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster
[EDIT] Alas, AD, the cursor info is for the little blinking square or underline in the output console display.
Ah yes -- that only sets the size of that blinking cursor. Need to call ReadConsoleInput() to retrieve the mouse events.
Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster
Here are some example console programs. I have not used to code for a few years, but since its win32 api functions I suppose the programs will work with modern compilers.
RossSCann 0 Newbie Poster
Here are some example console programs. I have not used to code for a few years, but since its win32 api functions I suppose the programs will work with modern compilers.
Unfortunately none of the samples have mouse functions.
Ross
RossSCann 0 Newbie Poster
The cost of MSDN is way more than a hobby programmer can justify
Duoas 1,025 Postaholic Featured Poster
Those links don't work for you?
[EDIT]
Don't you dare put words in my mouth. If you want to edit your own posts again have fun.
Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster
Those links don't work for you?
Don't you dare put words in my mouth. If you want to edit your own posts again have fun.
I agree completely and apologize for that error. I meant to quote your post, not edit it. I removed my post and put it below.
MSDN is FREE for god's sake. www.microsoft.com But I suspect you are talking about the subscriptions which have huge annual fees.
Duoas 1,025 Postaholic Featured Poster
Ah, I understand what happened.
Sorry RossSCann, I thought you had done the edit. (And I had flagged the post as "bad".)
Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster
Ah, I understand what happened.
Sorry RossSCann, I thought you had done the edit. (And I had flagged the post as "bad".)
I took care of that too. :)
Duoas 1,025 Postaholic Featured Poster
You rock AD! :cool:
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