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