getting mouse pos and sending the user to a website in C++

[Scarberry]

how can i get the mouse (x,y) in c++?

how can i send the user to a website in C++?


thanks

[Tim]

In C++, you can't. In C++ code on a particular operating system, you can.

On Windows: GetCursorPos and ShellExecute(your_url).

[Scarberry]

thanks for all 3 qs

[scarberry]

hey im having a problem getting GetMousePos to work. could u post a simple example of putting the mouse x and y on the console screen.

thanks

[Tim]

1. Use GetCursorPos, not GetMousePos
2. Go to http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ for all the information you could ever need.

[scarberry]

lol oops. thank you i got it working now.