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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.