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Article #3323Re: How do I disable Mouse Input?
From: Hans van Oostrom
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1991 16:44
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1991 16:44
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In article <1405@ssp18.idca.tds.philips.nl>, hansh@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (Hans Helmonds) writes... >Who knows a way to temporarily disable every mouse input to the system >and leave keyboard input and buffering enabled? >EnableHardwareInput() works only if you want to disable both mouse and >keyboard input. > The program that wants to disable the mouse could do a SetCapture. This will send all th mouse messages to the specified window. There you can do whatever you want with it (like ignore it). ReleaseCapture sets everything back. The window that sets the capture doesn't has to be visible. Hans van Oostrom PO Box J-254, JHMHC hans@ufpine (BITNET) Gainesville, FL 32601, USA hans@pine.circa.ufl.edu (INTERNET) >>> Hoe ver je ook gaat, overal zie je landgenoten <<<
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!noao!ncar!gatech!mailer.cc.fsu.edu!uflorida!pine.circa.ufl.edu!hans From: hans@pine.circa.ufl.edu (Hans van Oostrom) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer Subject: Re: How do I disable Mouse Input? Message-ID: <29292@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Date: 20 Jun 91 16:44:55 GMT References: <1405@ssp18.idca.tds.philips.nl> Sender: news@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU Reply-To: hans@pine.circa.ufl.edu Organization: University of Florida - Dept. of Anesthesiology Lines: 18 News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4