MouGetDevStatus

Bindings: C, 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 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

#define INCL_MOU
 
USHORT  rc = MouGetDevStatus(DeviceStatus, DeviceHandle);
 
PUSHORT          DeviceStatus;  /* Current status flags */
HMOU             DeviceHandle;  /* Mouse device handle */
 
USHORT           rc;            /* return code */

MASM bindings

EXTRN  MouGetDevStatus:FAR
INCL_MOU            EQU 1
 
PUSH@  WORD    DeviceStatus  ;Current status flags
PUSH   WORD    DeviceHandle  ;Mouse device handle
CALL   MouGetDevStatus
 
Returns WORD