Re: how to trigger OnSetCursor without actual mouse movement
How about something like:
POINT lppt; /* address of structure for cursor position */
GetCursorPos(&lppt);
SetCursorPos(lppt.x+5 , lppt.y);
Tom
"NewPSC" <NewPSC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi! I wonder if somebody knows how to do this: What I am trying to do is
control the shape of the mouse cursor, depending on the state of "engine"
thread. We have OnSetCursor methods and all works well - as long as the
mouse
is physically moved! I would love to be able to post a message from the
"engine" thread to the "display" thread to trigger the appropriate
OnSetCursor method. There are multiple windows, so there are 8-10
different
OnSetCursor methods. I tried a line like:
theApp.PostFEThreadMessage(WM_SETCURSOR, 0, 0);
I'm looking at a particular window (the one the mouse is actually on top
of), but it is clear from SPY++ that the message I'm sending is not
getting
there. (Actual mouse moves DO show messages as expected.) BTW this
"PostFEThreadMessage" method works fine for sending WM_USER messages.
I've looked around and I can find many mentions of "how to change the
mouse
cursor", but they all seem to rely either on mouse movement or making a
permanent change for the window. Not quite what I'm looking for.
Am I on the right track? Thanks a bunch!
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