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From: peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: setting the mouse pointers position
Message-ID: <16265@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 3 Dec 90 20:33:55 GMT
References: <90337.181519GUTEST8@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be>
Reply-To: peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <90337.181519GUTEST8@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be> GUTEST8@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be writes:
>Is there any way to set the mouse coordinates in a proper way ?
>I'm trying to write a record/replay-ish program and need to
>reset the mouse coordinates when starting up.

You can send a POINTERPOS input event.  It allows you to specify
mouse coordinates in 640 x 400 (640 x 512 PAL).  This is the
same as IBase->MouseX/Y.

2.0 has a NEWPOINTERPOS event which can accept a screen pointer,
allowing you to give mouse coordinates in screen resolution units.

>Ives Aerts: GUTEST8@BLEKUL11.BITNET  Multitasking: a MUST (not only
>            GHGAEAB@BLEKUL11.BITNET   for schyzophrenics...)

     Peter
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