Touch Screen (Stylus) Functions (Windows CE 5.0)
The following table shows the stylus functions, with a description of the purpose of each.
| Programming element | Description |
|---|---|
| ClipCursor | This function confines the cursor to a rectangular area on the screen. |
| CreateIconIndirect | This function creates an icon or cursor from an ICONINFO structure. |
| DestroyIcon | This function destroys an icon and frees any memory the icon occupied. |
| DrawIcon | This function draws an icon in the specified device context. |
| ExtractIconEx | This function retrieves the handle from the specified executable file or dynamic-link library (DLL). |
| GetCapture | This function retrieves the handle to the window, if any, that has captured the mouse or stylus input. |
| GetClipCursor | This function retrieves the screen coordinates of the rectangular area to which the cursor is confined. |
| GetCursor | This function retrieves the handle to the current cursor. |
| GetCursorPos | This function retrieves the cursor's position, in screen coordinates. |
| GetDoubleClickTime | This function retrieves the current double-click time for the mouse or stylus. |
| GetMouseMovePoints | This function retrieves points, associated with WM_LBUTTONDOWN and WM_MOUSEMOVE messages, that the OS typically discards when an application cannot process these messages as fast as the application receives these messages. |
| LoadAnimatedCursor | This function enables an application to define and load a customized, animated wait cursor. |
| LoadCursor | This function loads a cursor resource. |
| LoadIcon | This function loads the specified icon resource from the executable (.exe) file associated with an application instance. |
| mouse_event | This function synthesizes mouse motion and button clicks. |
| ReleaseCapture | This function releases the mouse or stylus capture from a window in the current thread and restores normal processing of input. |
| SetCapture | This function sets the mouse or style capture to a specified window that belongs to the current thread. |
| SetCursor | This function establishes the cursor shape. |
| SetCursorPos | This function moves the cursor to the specified screen coordinates. |
| ShowCursor | This function displays or hides the cursor. |
See Also
Touch Screen (Stylus) Reference | Touch Screen (Stylus) Application Development
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