SCREEN _NEWIMAGE(1280, 720, 32)

_MOUSEMOVE 640, 360

WHILE _MOUSEINPUT: WEND

TYPE point_type

    x AS LONG

    y AS LONG

END TYPE

DIM Dmouse AS point_type 'Desktop mouse



DECLARE DYNAMIC LIBRARY "user32"

    FUNCTION GetCursorPos (lpPoint AS point_type)

END DECLARE

DECLARE LIBRARY

    FUNCTION glutGet& (BYVAL what&)

END DECLARE



BorderWidth = glutGet(506)

TitleBarHeight = glutGet(507)



dx = -_SCREENX - BorderWidth: dy = -_SCREENY - BorderWidth - TitleBarHeight 'these are adjusted to match screen coordinates.



DO

    CLS

    WHILE _MOUSEINPUT: WEND

    result = GetCursorPos(Dmouse)

    MMX = _MOUSEX - oldx: MMY = _MOUSEY - oldy

    DMX = Dmouse.x - oldDx: DMY = Dmouse.y - oldDy

    x = x + MMX: y = y + MMY

    dx = dx + DMX: dy = dy + DMY

    PRINT "MousemoveX:"; MMX

    PRINT "MousemoveY:"; MMY

    PRINT "Mousemove New X Coordinate:"; x

    PRINT "Mousemove New Y Coordinate:"; y

    PRINT "Actual X Coordinate:"; _MOUSEX

    PRINT "Actual Y Coordinate:"; _MOUSEY

    PRINT

    PRINT "Desktop MousemoveX:"; DMX

    PRINT "Desktop MousemoveY:"; DMY

    'Remove the remarks below to get TRUE desktop coordinates.

    'As it is, we modified these so that they'll match the current QB64PE screen coordinates.

    PRINT "Desktop Mousemove New X Coordinate:"; dx '+ BorderWidth

    PRINT "Desktop Mousemove New Y Coordinate:"; dy '+ BorderWidth + TitleBarHeight

    PRINT "Desktop Actual X Coordinate:"; Dmouse.x

    PRINT "Desktop Actual Y Coordinate:"; Dmouse.y

    _LIMIT 30

    _DISPLAY

    oldx = _MOUSEX: oldy = _MOUSEY

    oldDx = Dmouse.x: oldDy = Dmouse.y

LOOP UNTIL _MOUSEBUTTON(2)

(09-26-2023, 11:11 AM)SMcNeill Wrote: For @Tempodibasic -- Here's a quick work up of how you can get and work with Mousemove X/Y values within Windows.  Going this route keeps our coordinates in sync with the actual _MOUSEX and _MOUSEY coordinates for us, rather than generating the eventual "drift" which occurs with _mousemovementX and _mousemovementy due to rounding glitches adding up over time.

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SCREEN _NEWIMAGE(1280, 720, 32)

_MOUSEMOVE 640, 360

WHILE _MOUSEINPUT: WEND

TYPE point_type

    x AS LONG

    y AS LONG

END TYPE

DIM Dmouse AS point_type 'Desktop mouse



DECLARE DYNAMIC LIBRARY "user32"

    FUNCTION GetCursorPos (lpPoint AS point_type)

END DECLARE

DECLARE LIBRARY

    FUNCTION glutGet& (BYVAL what&)

END DECLARE



BorderWidth = glutGet(506)

TitleBarHeight = glutGet(507)



dx = -_SCREENX - BorderWidth: dy = -_SCREENY - BorderWidth - TitleBarHeight 'these are adjusted to match screen coordinates.



DO

    CLS

    WHILE _MOUSEINPUT: WEND

    result = GetCursorPos(Dmouse)

    MMX = _MOUSEX - oldx: MMY = _MOUSEY - oldy

    DMX = Dmouse.x - oldDx: DMY = Dmouse.y - oldDy

    x = x + MMX: y = y + MMY

    dx = dx + DMX: dy = dy + DMY

    PRINT "MousemoveX:"; MMX

    PRINT "MousemoveY:"; MMY

    PRINT "Mousemove New X Coordinate:"; x

    PRINT "Mousemove New Y Coordinate:"; y

    PRINT "Actual X Coordinate:"; _MOUSEX

    PRINT "Actual Y Coordinate:"; _MOUSEY

    PRINT

    PRINT "Desktop MousemoveX:"; DMX

    PRINT "Desktop MousemoveY:"; DMY

    'Remove the remarks below to get TRUE desktop coordinates.

    'As it is, we modified these so that they'll match the current QB64PE screen coordinates.

    PRINT "Desktop Mousemove New X Coordinate:"; dx '+ BorderWidth

    PRINT "Desktop Mousemove New Y Coordinate:"; dy '+ BorderWidth + TitleBarHeight

    PRINT "Desktop Actual X Coordinate:"; Dmouse.x

    PRINT "Desktop Actual Y Coordinate:"; Dmouse.y

    _LIMIT 30

    _DISPLAY

    oldx = _MOUSEX: oldy = _MOUSEY

    oldDx = Dmouse.x: oldDy = Dmouse.y

LOOP UNTIL _MOUSEBUTTON(2)