This is part of Family API which allow to create dual-os version of program runs under OS/2 and DOS

Note: This is legacy API call. It is recommended to use 32-bit equivalent

MouGetDevStatus

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

Syntax

MouGetDevStatus (DeviceStatus, DeviceHandle)

Parameters

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.

Return Code

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

Bindings

C

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

MASM

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