MouGetEventMask

Bindings: C, MASM

This call returns the current value of the mouse event queue mask.

MouGetEventMask (EventMask, DeviceHandle)

EventMask (PUSHORT) - output Address in application storage where the current mouse device driver's event mask is returned to the caller by the mouse device driver.

The EventMask is set by MouSetEventMask, and has the following definition:

Bit Description
15-7 Reserved, set to zero.
6 Set to report button 3 press/release events, without mouse motion.
5 Set to report button 3 press/release events, with mouse motion.
4 Set to report button 2 press/release events, without mouse motion.
3 Set to report button 2 press/release events, with mouse motion.
2 Set to report button 1 press/release events, without mouse motion.
1 Set to report button 1 press/release events, with mouse motion.
0 Set to report mouse motion events with no button press/release events.

DeviceHandle (HMOU) - input Handle of the mouse device 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

Remarks

Buttons are logically numbered from left to right.

C bindings

#define INCL_MOU
 
USHORT  rc = MouGetEventMask(EventMask, DeviceHandle);
 
PUSHORT          EventMask;     /* Event Mask word */
HMOU             DeviceHandle;  /* Mouse device handle */
 
USHORT           rc;            /* return code */

MASM bindings

EXTRN  MouGetEventMask:FAR
INCL_MOU            EQU 1
 
PUSH@  WORD    EventMask     ;Event Mask word
PUSH   WORD    DeviceHandle  ;Mouse device handle
CALL   MouGetEventMask
 
Return WORD