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From: Brian Farmer
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 1990 20:43

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In article <5538@hsv3.UUCP> jls@hsv3.UUCP (James Seidman) writes:
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>I'm trying to create a child window which can tell when the cursor goes in
>or out of it.  The state of the window needs to be different depending on
>whether or not the cursor is currently inside it.
>

Have you thought of setting a system hook?  WH_GETMESSAGE looks like the 
best bet for what you are trying to do.  This would let you monitor mouse 
movements on a system wide basis.

Brian Farmer

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From: brianf@umd5.umd.edu (Brian Farmer)
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Subject: Re: Tracking the mouse...
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