Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!humu!pegasus!tleylan From: tleylan@pegasus.com (Tom Leylan) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: Using a mouse with CLIPPER 5.0 ! Possible [ Y/N ] ? Message-ID: <1991May8.204016.20726@pegasus.com> Date: 8 May 91 20:40:16 GMT References: <17252.2824316c@ul.ie> Organization: Pegasus, Honolulu Lines: 28 In article dave@kharma writes: >parkere@ul.ie writes: > >> Can anyone tell me if it is possible to code, using C or Clipper >> functions, routines for handling a mouse. What I am trying to do is to >> create a menu system which will allow the users to use either the keypad >> or a mouse. >> >> Any help or source code on this would be much apprecited. >> >Let me answer this one in a different way. > Instead of hard coding the mouse instructions, why not I don't believe the difficulty is in deciding which assembler version to include with his app., I think he's having trouble doing it. These days the question "what version of Clipper" becomes important. If it is 5.01 (being received all over the place as we type) then you might want to pick up a mouse library for Clipper. One that comes to mind is dbdMOUSE from DataBaseDesigns. The author is Gary Gruber. He is in Bermuda Dunes, CA and the phone number I have is (619) 345-6595. I'm not certain if this is his new number or not but the phone co. would know. It is quite simple to write short C routines to monitor the mouse but what you would prefer is transparent monitoring so that a person can use the mouse or the cursor keys as they feel like it. tom