Help detecting and using Two Mice in Windows OpenGL app?

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to make an openGL app (in visual c++) that allows the use
of two mice simultaneously. Does anyone know if this is possible, how
I might go about doing it or how I could find out how to do it?

Much thanks in advance,
Steve

> I'm trying to make an openGL app (in visual c++) that allows the use
> of two mice simultaneously.
>Does anyone know if this is possible,
Everything is possible

> how I might go about doing it
programming...

> or how I could find out how to do it?
Your question is extremely off-topic here.
This newsgroup is related to C++ *only*
(you remember me, my first questions to this newsgroup ;-) )

HOWEVER!

Do you have 2 mice in your PC? Or one mouse is the joystick?
In first: whoooooow!
In second: you must learn the API of your platform, or simply use the cross-platfrom library SDL.

Steve wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm trying to make an openGL app (in visual c++) that allows the use
> of two mice simultaneously. Does anyone know if this is possible, how
> I might go about doing it or how I could find out how to do it?

Windows supports multiple mice, but Windows only supports one mouse pointer. All
input from all mice are ORed together before you can read them.

> Much thanks in advance,
> Steve

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Phil Frisbie, Jr.
Hawk Software
http://www.hawksoft.com

to follow up,
I talked to a knowledgeable guy and he says its impossible to do it on
windows 2000 (some sort of security reason) and possible to do on
winxp using raw hooks. Additionally there are ways of accessing
multiple mice for windows 98/me using directx(the mice are treated as
joysticks), however its dependent on the version of directX

I found this link for windows xp...
http://link.mywwwserver.com/~jstookey/arcade/rawmouse/
where they need multiple mice for mame games...

if anyone knows contrary, please reply