How to disable a mouse in a console

GaPe · 05-24-2002, 05:37 AM

Hi!

I noticed that if I have a mouse enabled in my console program and even if I do not move the mouse, it's still moving in some way (it seems that windows are refreshing the mouse every 500ms, i think).
I know this beacuse I'm checking the MOUSE_MOVED message.
I was checking the MSDN library but I found nothing.

Anyone knows how to disable a mouse in a console with the WINAPI functions?

alpha561 · 05-24-2002, 06:47 AM

Rather than that, couldn't you just make it so the user can only use the keyboard (i.e.- don't provide any mouse support)?

**Fordy** · 05-24-2002, 07:07 AM

To kill the cursor on a console I think you need to be in full screen mode......

You might want to look at a full Win32 app if you want more functionality

GaPe · 05-24-2002, 08:32 AM

alpha561

NO WAY! The keyboard and the mouse are already completely coded. Now, I'm debbuging some things, like this for example.

Fordy
You misunderstood the question. I do not want to kill the cursor, I just want to disable the mouse.

**Fordy** · 05-24-2002, 08:35 AM

Then you want to stop the system sending your app mouse messages?....

You cant!! That is beyond the scope of your application....

What problem is it causing you?

GaPe · 05-24-2002, 08:53 AM

There must be a way. I read something about the MOUSE_ENABLE_INPUT in the MSDN library but I don't know if this is it.

The problem is, uf that will be hard to explain. You try that and you'll get it.

Point your mouse on the menu, doesn't matter in which application you'll do that, click the command (FILE menu for example) and the menu will expand (will be opened). Now if you go with your mouse over some command, the command will than be selected. Now you leave your mouse alone and just use the keyboard (keys UP and DOWN) for selecting other commands. Now you see that, let's say, when you leave your mouse alone it was pointing on a command A. Then you press a key (UP or DOWN) and now the selected command is command B. In Windows application you'll notice that the command A will never get selected until you'll move the mouse or use the keyboard.
This is the problem in my console application. The mouse is pointing on a command A and when I use the keyboard, the command B will get selected but after 0.5 s, the command A will be again selected.

I hope this will help you to understand better my problem

.

C_Coder · 05-24-2002, 11:59 AM

Not sure how accurate this is but you can set the console mode

Code:

SetConsoleMode( hStdin, ENABLE_LINE_INPUT );

where hStdin is a handle to the input buffer, this should stop the mouse messages from being placed in the input buffer. So just call this function when you want to ignore the mouse, to reactivate the mouse use

Code:

SetConsoleMode( hStdin, ENABLE_MOUSE_INPUT );

check out your docs though as there are other macros you can use ofr different needs.
Hope that helps

GaPe · 05-26-2002, 05:45 AM

I think this is the way but I have one HUGE problem. When the user is using the keyboard (UP, DOWN and RETURN keys) then the mouse will be disabled. And if the user is using mouse the keyboard will be disabled. I think this is impossible to code, beacuse if I disable the mouse, then how to enable it when the mouse moved or the button was clicked if the mouse is disabled?

05-24-2002, 05:37 AM	#1
GaPe Code Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 669	How to disable a mouse in a console Hi! I noticed that if I have a mouse enabled in my console program and even if I do not move the mouse, it's still moving in some way (it seems that windows are refreshing the mouse every 500ms, i think). I know this beacuse I'm checking the MOUSE_MOVED message. I was checking the MSDN library but I found nothing. Anyone knows how to disable a mouse in a console with the WINAPI functions? __________________ Current projects: 1) User Interface Development Kit (C++) 2) HTML SDK (C++) 3) Classes (C++) 4) INI Editor (Delphi)
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05-24-2002, 06:47 AM	#2
alpha561 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 18	Rather than that, couldn't you just make it so the user can only use the keyboard (i.e.- don't provide any mouse support)? __________________ alpha561 "You don't want to sell me death sticks"
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05-24-2002, 07:07 AM	#3
Fordy &TH of undefined behavior Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 5,220	To kill the cursor on a console I think you need to be in full screen mode...... You might want to look at a full Win32 app if you want more functionality __________________ "If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut." Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) Board Rules
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05-24-2002, 08:32 AM	#4
GaPe Code Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 669	alpha561 NO WAY! The keyboard and the mouse are already completely coded. Now, I'm debbuging some things, like this for example. Fordy You misunderstood the question. I do not want to kill the cursor, I just want to disable the mouse. __________________ Current projects: 1) User Interface Development Kit (C++) 2) HTML SDK (C++) 3) Classes (C++) 4) INI Editor (Delphi)
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05-24-2002, 08:35 AM	#5
Fordy &TH of undefined behavior Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 5,220	Then you want to stop the system sending your app mouse messages?.... You cant!! That is beyond the scope of your application.... What problem is it causing you? __________________ "If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut." Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) Board Rules
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05-24-2002, 08:53 AM	#6
GaPe Code Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 669	There must be a way. I read something about the MOUSE_ENABLE_INPUT in the MSDN library but I don't know if this is it. The problem is, uf that will be hard to explain. You try that and you'll get it. Point your mouse on the menu, doesn't matter in which application you'll do that, click the command (FILE menu for example) and the menu will expand (will be opened). Now if you go with your mouse over some command, the command will than be selected. Now you leave your mouse alone and just use the keyboard (keys UP and DOWN) for selecting other commands. Now you see that, let's say, when you leave your mouse alone it was pointing on a command A. Then you press a key (UP or DOWN) and now the selected command is command B. In Windows application you'll notice that the command A will never get selected until you'll move the mouse or use the keyboard. This is the problem in my console application. The mouse is pointing on a command A and when I use the keyboard, the command B will get selected but after 0.5 s, the command A will be again selected. I hope this will help you to understand better my problem . __________________ Current projects: 1) User Interface Development Kit (C++) 2) HTML SDK (C++) 3) Classes (C++) 4) INI Editor (Delphi)
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05-24-2002, 11:59 AM	#7
C_Coder Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 522	Not sure how accurate this is but you can set the console mode Code: SetConsoleMode( hStdin, ENABLE_LINE_INPUT ); where hStdin is a handle to the input buffer, this should stop the mouse messages from being placed in the input buffer. So just call this function when you want to ignore the mouse, to reactivate the mouse use Code: SetConsoleMode( hStdin, ENABLE_MOUSE_INPUT ); check out your docs though as there are other macros you can use ofr different needs. Hope that helps __________________ All spelling mistakes, syntatical errors and stupid comments are intentional.
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05-26-2002, 05:45 AM	#8
GaPe Code Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 669	I think this is the way but I have one HUGE problem. When the user is using the keyboard (UP, DOWN and RETURN keys) then the mouse will be disabled. And if the user is using mouse the keyboard will be disabled. I think this is impossible to code, beacuse if I disable the mouse, then how to enable it when the mouse moved or the button was clicked if the mouse is disabled? __________________ Current projects: 1) User Interface Development Kit (C++) 2) HTML SDK (C++) 3) Classes (C++) 4) INI Editor (Delphi)
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