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[rouncer]

just a quick question thanks ->

GetCursorPos(&pos);

that gets the cursor position, but using the windows library, how do you
detect for mouse clicks?

[Reedbeta]

You receive a WM_LBUTTONDOWN message with your window.

You can also use SetCapture() to make Windows route all mouse clicks to your window whether they were actually on your window or not. But you still need to have a window.

[rouncer]

thankyou

[z80]

I think SetCapture() works only when you are dragging outside the window.. If you release the mousebutton the trap is lost.

[marek-knows.com]

You can do everything just by watching windows messages.

WM_LBUTTONDOWN //When left mouse button is pressed down
WM_LBUTTONUP //When left mouse button is released

WM_MOUSEMOVE //When the mouse is moved

POINT pt;
pt.x = LOWORD(lParam);
pt.y = HIWORD(lParam);

this will give you mouse x,y coordinate


ClientToScreen(m_hWnd, &pt);

this will convert the coordinate to screen space