RE: SetCursorPos on TabletPC

While there may be differences when using DirectInput, for Win32 calls
the type of pointing device (tablet, light pen, trackball, etc) should
all result in a relatively predictable and 'mouse-centric' result.  For
example, WM_MOUSEMOVE returns the x/y position, not a change delta.  So
I wouldn't expect any differences in Win32 calls with different devices.

-- George.



- George Geczy
- Lead Programmer, BattleGoat Studios
- www.supremeruler2010.com
- "Designing the Next Generation of Intelligent Strategy Games"


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[email protected]] On 
> Behalf Of brian sharon
> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 4:06 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [GD-Windows] SetCursorPos on TabletPC
> 
> 
> It must be slightly different though - a tablet PC will convert your  
> input to an absolute mouse position, while a mouse (and a Wacom  
> tablet) will take your input and convert it into a delta 
> motion based  
> on the current mouse position.  In other words, you can "warp" the  
> pointer on a tablet PC by lifting the pen, but you can't do that by  
> lifting your mouse.
> 
> That said, I can't imagine why SetCursorPos wouldn't work on 
> a tablet  
> PC, but I have no direct experience to back that up...
> 
> --brian



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