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From: bonneau@hyper.hyper.com (Paul Bonneau)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: "button" class tracking cursor after leaving window???? how???
Message-ID: <1991Mar7.141518.27938@hyper.hyper.com>
Date: 7 Mar 91 14:15:18 GMT
References: <kilmer.668117072@sysp1>
Reply-To: bonneau@hyper.UUCP (Paul Bonneau,,)
Organization: HyperCube Inc.
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In article <kilmer.668117072@sysp1> kilmer@hq.af.mil writes:
>Does anyone know how the "button" class tracks the mouse movement when 
>someone presses the left mouse button, then leaves the button window, the
>proc. that handles the button class is able to track the mouse moving
>all over the screen, until the user releases the mouse button.
>
Try SetCapture() and ReleaseCapture().

cheers - Paul Bonneau.