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'Compilable Example: (Jose Includes)
#Compiler PBWin 9, PBWin 10
#Compile EXE
#Dim All
%Unicode=1
#Include "Win32API.inc"
Global hDlg As Dword
Function PBMain() As Long
Dialog New Pixels, 0, "Test Code",300,300,200,200, %WS_OverlappedWindow To hDlg
Control Add Button, hDlg, 100,"Push", 50,10,100,20
Dialog Show Modal hDlg Call DlgProc
End Function
CallBack Function DlgProc() As Long
If Cb.Msg = %WM_Command And Cb.Ctl = 100 And Cb.CtlMsg = %BN_Clicked Then
MouseSonar 3
End If
End Function
Sub MouseSonar(sCount As Long)
Local i,oldretval,retval, SonarState As Long
'Retrieve current MouseSonar state: 1 = on, 0 = off
retval = SystemParametersInfo(%SPI_GETMOUSESONAR,0,SonarState,0)
oldretval = retval
If retVal Then
'Synthesize pressing the Control key
For i = 0 To sCount-1
keybd_event(%VK_LCONTROL, &H45, 0, 0)
keybd_event(%VK_LCONTROL, &H45, %KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0)
Sleep 500
Next i
Else
'Turn on the mouse sonar feature on the user's PC
SonarState = SonarState Xor 1
retval = SystemParametersInfo(%SPI_SETMOUSESONAR,0,ByVal SonarState,%SPIF_SENDCHANGE)
If retVal = 0 Then ? "Mouse sonar feature not supported!", %MB_Ok + %MB_IconExclamation, "Mouse Sonar"
'Synthesize pressing the Control key
For i = 0 To sCount-1
keybd_event(%VK_LCONTROL, &H45, 0, 0)
keybd_event(%VK_LCONTROL, &H45, %KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0)
Sleep 500
Next i
SonarState = SonarState Xor 1
retval = SystemParametersInfo(%SPI_SETMOUSESONAR,0,ByVal SonarState,%SPIF_SENDCHANGE) 'restore setting
End If
End Sub
'gbs_01037
'Date: 03-10-2012
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