ID Number: Q12012
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MS-DOS
Summary:
Below is a program example to test mouse usage from a C program. The
mouse driver must be installed first. This type of information is
described in the "Mouse Programming Interface" chapter of the
"Microsoft Mouse Programmer's Reference" available from Microsoft
Press.
More Information:
Sample Code
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <dos.h>
int m1=0,m2=0,m3=0,m4=0;
union REGS Mouse_regs;
void mouse(void)
{
Mouse_regs.x.ax=m1;
Mouse_regs.x.bx=m2;
Mouse_regs.x.cx=m3;
Mouse_regs.x.dx=m4;
int86(0x33,&Mouse_regs,&Mouse_regs);
m1=Mouse_regs.x.ax;
m2=Mouse_regs.x.bx;
m3=Mouse_regs.x.cx;
m4=Mouse_regs.x.dx;
}
void main(void)
{
/* Turn on the mouse */
m1 = 1; /* SHOW MOUSE Opcode -- See reference */
m2 = m3 = m4 = 0; /* Additional parameters (init=0) */
mouse(); /* Make it happen */
for (;;) /* Loop until both buttons are down */
{
m1=3; /* Get mouse status */
m2=m3=m4=0;
mouse();
if (m2 & 1)
printf("Left button down\n");
if (m2 & 2)
printf("Right button down\n");
if (m2 & 1 && m2 & 2)
{
printf("BOTH!\n");
exit(0);
}
}
}
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