==== MouGetDevStatus ====

**Bindings**: [[getdevstatus#C bindings|C]], [[getdevstatus#MASM bindings|MASM]]

This call returns status flags for the installed mouse device driver. 

//MouGetDevStatus// (DeviceStatus, DeviceHandle) 

//DeviceStatus// (**PUSHORT**) - output 
Address of the current status flag settings for the installed mouse device driver. 

The return value is a 2-byte set of bit flags. 

^Bit ^Description ^
|15-10 |Reserved, set to zero. |
|9 |Set if mouse data returned in mickeys, not pels. |
|8 |Set if the drawing operations for pointer draw routine are disabled. |
|7-4 |Reserved, set to zero. |
|3 |Set if pointer draw routine disabled by unsupported mode. |
|2 |Set if flush in progress. |
|1 |Set if block read in progress. |
|0 |Set if event queue busy with I/O. |

//DeviceHandle// (**HMOU**) - input 
Mouse device handle from a previous [[en:ibm:prcp:mou:open|MouOpen]]. 

//rc// (**USHORT**) - return 
Return code descriptions are: 

|0 |NO_ERROR |
|385 |ERROR_MOUSE_NO_DEVICE |
|466 |ERROR_MOU_DETACHED |
|501 |ERROR_MOUSE_NO_CONSOLE |
|505 |ERROR_MOU_EXTENDED_SG |

=== C bindings ===

<code c>
#define INCL_MOU

USHORT  rc = MouGetDevStatus(DeviceStatus, DeviceHandle);

PUSHORT          DeviceStatus;  /* Current status flags */
HMOU             DeviceHandle;  /* Mouse device handle */

USHORT           rc;            /* return code */
</code>

=== MASM bindings ===

<code asm>
EXTRN  MouGetDevStatus:FAR
INCL_MOU            EQU 1

PUSH@  WORD    DeviceStatus  ;Current status flags
PUSH   WORD    DeviceHandle  ;Mouse device handle
CALL   MouGetDevStatus

Returns WORD
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