Thread: Using SetTimer & WM_TIMER question...?

I've got this example "Using Timer Functions to Trap Mouse Input" below from MSDN but not very helpful...

Code:

HICON hIcon1;               // icon handle 
POINT ptOld;                // previous cursor location 
UINT uResult;               // SetTimer's return value 
HINSTANCE hinstance;        // handle to current instance 
 
//
// Perform application initialization here. 
//
 
wc.hIcon = LoadIcon(hinstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(400)); 
wc.hCursor = LoadCursor(hinstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(200)); 
 
// Record the initial cursor position. 
 
GetCursorPos(&ptOld); 
 
// Set the timer for the mousetrap. 
 
uResult = SetTimer(hwnd,             // handle to main window 
    IDT_MOUSETRAP,                   // timer identifier 
    10000,                           // 10-second interval 
    (TIMERPROC) NULL);               // no timer callback 
 
if (uResult == 0) 
{ 
    ErrorHandler("No timer is available."); 
} 
 
LONG APIENTRY MainWndProc( 
    HWND hwnd,          // handle to main window 
    UINT message,       // type of message 
    WPARAM  wParam,     // additional information 
    LPARAM  lParam)     // additional information 
{ 
 
    HDC hdc;        // handle to device context 
    POINT pt;       // current cursor location 
    RECT rc;        // location of minimized window 
 
    switch (message) 
    { 
        //
        // Process other messages. 
        // 
 
        case WM_TIMER: 
        // If the window is minimized, compare the current 
        // cursor position with the one from 10 seconds 
        // earlier. If the cursor position has not changed, 
        // move the cursor to the icon. 
 
            if (IsIconic(hwnd)) 
            { 
                GetCursorPos(&pt); 
 
                if ((pt.x == ptOld.x) && (pt.y == ptOld.y)) 
                { 
                    GetWindowRect(hwnd, &rc); 
                    SetCursorPos(rc.left, rc.top); 
                } 
                else 
                { 
                    ptOld.x = pt.x; 
                    ptOld.y = pt.y; 
                } 
            } 
 
            return 0; 
 
        case WM_DESTROY: 
 
        // Destroy the timer. 
 
            KillTimer(hwnd, IDT_MOUSETRAP); 
            PostQuitMessage(0); 
            break; 
 
        //
        // Process other messages. 
        // 
 
}

From code above, where should the following lines of code be inserted in my program?

Code:

HICON hIcon1;               // icon handle 
POINT ptOld;                // previous cursor location 
UINT uResult;               // SetTimer's return value 
HINSTANCE hinstance;        // handle to current instance 
 
//
// Perform application initialization here. 
//
 
wc.hIcon = LoadIcon(hinstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(400)); 
wc.hCursor = LoadCursor(hinstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(200)); 
 
// Record the initial cursor position. 
 
GetCursorPos(&ptOld); 
 
// Set the timer for the mousetrap. 
 
uResult = SetTimer(hwnd,             // handle to main window 
    IDT_MOUSETRAP,                   // timer identifier 
    10000,                           // 10-second interval 
    (TIMERPROC) NULL);               // no timer callback 
 
if (uResult == 0) 
{ 
    ErrorHandler("No timer is available."); 
}

Is it in WinMain()?

Originally Posted by matsp

It can go in WndMain if you like - all that is really required is that the hWnd of your main window is available, and that you use a unique timer ID, particularly if you want to cancel the timer again, you need to know the ID.

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Mats

I actually did put all of it in WinMain() but get compiler errors..

error C2065: 'IDT_MOUSETRAP' : undeclared identifier

&

ErrorHandler(); function is not part of API apparently.. How can microsoft give examples of non existing functions? thanx mat

For ErrorHandler() you could just use a MessageBox.