High level mouse programming

Hmm, DirectInput is perhaps the most straight forward DirectX API to use, I find.

What are you having problems with? Initializing the mouse object? Or actually coding the mouses behaviour? The initialization is fairly straight forward, I can cut and paste some code from one of my programs, and you can just shove it into your directinput Init code and be straight off.

If it is the actual coding for the mouses behaviour, well that is really program specific, but it isn''t tough. Tell us exactly what the problem is and I am sure we can help you out.

In your Window procedure, the following messages could be of interest:

// mouse was moved - get position case WM_MOUSEMOVE: mouseX = GET_X_LPARAM(lParam); mouseY = GET_Y_LPARAM(lParam); return 0; // a mouse button was pressed or released case WM_LBUTTONDOWN: case WM_RBUTTONDOWN: case WM_LBUTTONUP: case WM_RBUTTONUP:

Not quite as good or efficient as properly written DInput, but if you''re after a quick solution...

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Simon O''''Connor
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Thanks guys... it is the actual initialisation I''m having problems with. It happens with every API I try to start using. (just a really dodgy setup of MS C++) Way too many errors to mention at the moment, but I''ll try to go the way of DInput when I have more time.