In the next issue of QL Today I'm starting on the Pointer Environment. To this end, I've started simple but I find that easier! In the second article - which I'm writing right now - I've built a small 'pointer record' decoder but I'm looking for information of what exactly is set in the event vector at the end of each call to IOP_RPTR.
My experimentations have shown that : After the start of the program, the pointer remains inside the hit area, a click with the mouse buttons sets the vector to $2B. This is the value when SPACE or ENTER are pressed. If the pointer remains inside the windows as above, any other keypress sets it to $2D. If the pointer has been outside of the window and comes back in, SPACE, ENTER, HIT or DO buttons set it once to $3B. Other key presses set it once to $3D. Subsequent button or key presses revert to $2B and $2D as before. If the job is 'picked' the KeyStroke is set to $08 and the event vector is set to $3D - which could be 'pointer out of window' I have the QPTR toolkit documentation from many many years ago, but I'm finding some bits missing in detail - as I think Bruce discovered some time back with the Sub Windows and stuff. I found a posting by Bruce on the list - but he never got a reply! Any information from your PE Gurus gratefully received. Cheers, Norman. _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
