GetCursorPos

This function retrieves the cursor’s position, in screen coordinates.

At a Glance

Header file: Winuser.h
Windows CE versions: 1.0 and later

Syntax

BOOL GetCursorPos( LPPOINT lpPoint );

Parameters

lpPoint

[out] Long pointer to a POINT structure that receives the screen coordinates of the cursor.

Return Values

Nonzero indicates success. Zero indicates failure. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

The cursor position is always given in screen coordinates and is not affected by the mapping mode of the window that contains the cursor.

The calling process must have WINSTA_READATTRIBUTES access to the window station.

See also

ClipCursor, POINT, SetCursor, SetCursorPos, ShowCursor