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

C bindings

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

MASM bindings

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