Building a Better Mousetrap Programmer's Guide to Interfacing with the Mouse for IBM And...

Name: Building a Better Mousetrap Programmer's Guide to Interfacing with the Mouse for IBM And...
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ISBN: 9780078819308

ISBN-10: 007881930X

ISBN-13: 9780078819308

Edition: 1993

Authors: Jeffrey Donovan

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Description:

This guide teaches programmers how to interface with the mouse and the mouse drive. It starts with the very basics such as showing and hiding the mouse cursor, before moving on to intermediate and advanced topics such as menu handling, crosshair management, CAD-type operations, and more.

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne
Binding: Book, Other
Pages: 800
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English



Foreword


Acknowledgments


Introduction



How To Communicate with the Mouse: Interrupt 33 Hex



The Video Function Library



The Ten Necessary Mouse Functions



How To Keep A Mouse from Turning into a Rat



Tracking the Mouse Cursor and Emulating Cursor Movement with the Keyboard



Determining the Button Status and Limiting the Range of Movement



Creating an Event Handler



Using the Event Handler



Handling Menus



Using the Mouse as a Crosshair



Using the Mouse in CAD-Type Operations



The Optional Mouse Functions



Setting the Speed: Mickeys and Pixels



Changing and Managing the Graphics Mouse Cursor



The Mouse's Text Cursor



Combining the Functions into One Library



Building Your Own Mouse Cursor



Building the Sprite Driver



The New Mouse Function Library and Sprite Cursor



The Sprite Cursor in the 800 x 600 16-Color Mode



Sprite Usage Rules and Features



The Generic Windows Program



Windows Mouse Button Messages



Changing the Windows Cursor



Additional Windows Mouse-Related Topics


A The 50 Documented Mouse Functions


B Windows Mouse and Cursor Functions


C Windows Mouse Messages