How do i find out whether a mouse button is down or not at any time and not only the moment it's clicked? I tried making a bool variable that get changed to true when the window procedure function is called with WM_LBUTTONDOWN and to false in the case of WM_LBUTTONUP but it wont get the WM_LBUTTONUP message when i bring up a modal dialog box.
OS: Windows 7, XUbuntu 11.10, Arch Linux
IDE: CodeBlocks
Compiler: GCC
There's a few other commands you could experiment, ie. MK_LBUTTON and perhaps even WM_MOUSEMOVE might be of some help to you. Too lazy to find you a link, but check MSDN. Or, if you're even lazier than I am, maybe someone else will throw you the answer!
i read the msdn page for WM_LBUTTONDOWN and WM_MOUSEMOVE...
so it's one of the possible wParam values whenever theres a mouse action message?
is there an alternative solution to this that i can use outside the window procedure?
OS: Windows 7, XUbuntu 11.10, Arch Linux
IDE: CodeBlocks
Compiler: GCC
I don't understand what your problem is. You want to read WM_LBUTTONUP and WM_LBUTTONDOWN messages in a dialog box? Why not subclass the dialog box callback procedure (by writing your own and replacing yours with the former)?
General information on mouse input:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms674719.aspx
no, the problem is if a modal dialog box comes up while the mouse button is down, i don't get a WM_LBUTTONUP message
OS: Windows 7, XUbuntu 11.10, Arch Linux
IDE: CodeBlocks
Compiler: GCC
