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> some investigation into the allegro source i find that mickeys are
> obtained by using win32::GetCursorPos() which i presume only works
> until the cursor hits the edge of the screen.
Yes.
> i have found some directInput code that apparently gets the raw mickeys
> here is a sample:
>
> DIMOUSESTATE diMouseState;
> LONG MouseX, MouseY;
> if(lpdiMouse->GetDeviceState(sizeof(diMouseState), &diMouseState) ==
> DI_OK) {
> MouseX = diMouseState.lX;
> MouseY = diMouseState.lY;
> }
>
>
> i think this is what needs to be done to get real mickeys from
> DirectInput.
Using DirectInput alone doesn't work because you need to have a seamless
transition between the Windows desktop and the Allegro window.
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Eric Botcazou