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getting mouse pos and sending the user to a website in C++
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2003 6:33 pm
by Scarberry
how can i get the mouse (x,y) in c++?
how can i send the user to a website in C++?
thanks
Re:getting mouse pos and sending the user to a website in C+
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 4:45 am
by Tim
In C++, you can't. In C++ code on a particular operating system, you can.
On Windows: GetCursorPos and ShellExecute(your_url).
Re:getting mouse pos and sending the user to a website in C+
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 3:16 pm
by Scarberry
thanks for all 3 qs
Re:getting mouse pos and sending the user to a website in C+
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 4:35 pm
by 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
Re:getting mouse pos and sending the user to a website in C+
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2003 10:16 am
by Tim
1. Use GetCursorPos, not GetMousePos
2. Go to
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ for all the information you could ever need.
Re:getting mouse pos and sending the user to a website in C+
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2003 7:04 pm
by scarberry
lol oops. thank you i got it working now.