I need to know where the cursor is (x,y) and when it moves even when it is
not over my form. I know i can get the current location with:
System.Windows. Forms.Cursor.Po sition.X
System.Windows. Forms.Cursor.Po sition.X
But that does not raise an event and using a timer would be to processor
intensive. In MFC you would write a mousehook to solve this problem but when
i run the C# MouseHook code for from MSDN
( http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318804) it only seems to return anything
when the mouse is over the form. I am guessing i am doing something wrong
with the MouseHook.
Thanks in advance,
~Logan 5  7096 
Hi,
To achieve this you will have to install a system wide hook. As per the MSDN
documentation this is not possible using a managed assembly. You will have
to do this using C/C++ and then one option might be to expose an interface
that marshals the information back to the managed application.
Hope this helps
Chris Taylor
"Logan Mckinley" <lo***@globalwe b.net> wrote in message
news:eC******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP09.phx.gbl. .. I need to know where the cursor is (x,y) and when it moves even when it is
not over my form. I know i can get the current location with:
System.Windows. Forms.Cursor.Po sition.X
System.Windows. Forms.Cursor.Po sition.X
But that does not raise an event and using a timer would be to processor
intensive. In MFC you would write a mousehook to solve this problem but
when i run the C# MouseHook code for from MSDN
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318804) it only seems to return
anything when the mouse is over the form. I am guessing i am doing something wrong
with the MouseHook.
Thanks in advance,
~Logan
I presume they plan on filling these huge gaps in the libraries?
"Chris Taylor" <ch************ *@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:#P******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl... Hi,
To achieve this you will have to install a system wide hook. As per the
MSDN documentation this is not possible using a managed assembly. You will
have to do this using C/C++ and then one option might be to expose an interface
that marshals the information back to the managed application.
Hope this helps
Chris Taylor
"Logan Mckinley" <lo***@globalwe b.net> wrote in message
news:eC******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP09.phx.gbl. .. I need to know where the cursor is (x,y) and when it moves even when it
is not over my form. I know i can get the current location with:
System.Windows. Forms.Cursor.Po sition.X
System.Windows. Forms.Cursor.Po sition.X
But that does not raise an event and using a timer would be to processor
intensive. In MFC you would write a mousehook to solve this problem but
when i run the C# MouseHook code for from MSDN
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318804) it only seems to return
anything when the mouse is over the form. I am guessing i am doing something
wrong with the MouseHook.
Thanks in advance,
~Logan
Not being a MS Insider I can only guess, but with time I am sure more and
more of the missing functiontionali ty will be addressed. However I think
that .NET is targeting application development and for a long time to come
we will be using C/C++ to write the more system level type code. While .NET
will provide a more secure environment for application level tasks.
Those are just my thoughts
Chris Taylor
"anonymouse " <an********@dis cussions.micros oft.com> wrote in message
news:O0******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl... I presume they plan on filling these huge gaps in the libraries?
"Chris Taylor" <ch************ *@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:#P******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl... Hi,
To achieve this you will have to install a system wide hook. As per the MSDN documentation this is not possible using a managed assembly. You will
have to do this using C/C++ and then one option might be to expose an
interface that marshals the information back to the managed application.
Hope this helps
Chris Taylor
"Logan Mckinley" <lo***@globalwe b.net> wrote in message
news:eC******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP09.phx.gbl. .. I need to know where the cursor is (x,y) and when it moves even when
it is not over my form. I know i can get the current location with:
System.Windows. Forms.Cursor.Po sition.X
System.Windows. Forms.Cursor.Po sition.X
But that does not raise an event and using a timer would be to
processor intensive. In MFC you would write a mousehook to solve this problem
but when i run the C# MouseHook code for from MSDN
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318804) it only seems to return
anything when the mouse is over the form. I am guessing i am doing something
wrong with the MouseHook.
Thanks in advance,
~Logan
So does the C# MouseHook per the MSDN article i posted catch mouse movements
across all of the elements of your form?
Thanks,
~Logan
"Chris Taylor" <ch************ *@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP12.phx.gbl. .. Hi,
To achieve this you will have to install a system wide hook. As per the
MSDN documentation this is not possible using a managed assembly. You will
have to do this using C/C++ and then one option might be to expose an interface
that marshals the information back to the managed application.
Hope this helps
Chris Taylor
"Logan Mckinley" <lo***@globalwe b.net> wrote in message
news:eC******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP09.phx.gbl. .. I need to know where the cursor is (x,y) and when it moves even when it
is not over my form. I know i can get the current location with:
System.Windows. Forms.Cursor.Po sition.X
System.Windows. Forms.Cursor.Po sition.X
But that does not raise an event and using a timer would be to processor
intensive. In MFC you would write a mousehook to solve this problem but
when i run the C# MouseHook code for from MSDN
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318804) it only seems to return
anything when the mouse is over the form. I am guessing i am doing something
wrong with the MouseHook.
Thanks in advance,
~Logan
Hi,
Yes, just to be certain I took an existing form with a multiline edit
control, three buttons a menu and a single line edit control plug the code
into the form and no matter where I moved with in the confines of the form
the hook function was called.
Chris Taylor
"Logan Mckinley" <lo***@globalwe b.net> wrote in message
news:eU******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl... So does the C# MouseHook per the MSDN article i posted catch mouse
movements across all of the elements of your form?
Thanks,
~Logan
"Chris Taylor" <ch************ *@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP12.phx.gbl. .. Hi,
To achieve this you will have to install a system wide hook. As per the MSDN documentation this is not possible using a managed assembly. You will
have to do this using C/C++ and then one option might be to expose an
interface that marshals the information back to the managed application.
Hope this helps
Chris Taylor
"Logan Mckinley" <lo***@globalwe b.net> wrote in message
news:eC******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP09.phx.gbl. .. I need to know where the cursor is (x,y) and when it moves even when
it is not over my form. I know i can get the current location with:
System.Windows. Forms.Cursor.Po sition.X
System.Windows. Forms.Cursor.Po sition.X
But that does not raise an event and using a timer would be to
processor intensive. In MFC you would write a mousehook to solve this problem
but when i run the C# MouseHook code for from MSDN
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318804) it only seems to return
anything when the mouse is over the form. I am guessing i am doing something
wrong with the MouseHook.
Thanks in advance,
~Logan
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