# Use this to monitor the shape of mouse cursor

use strict;
use warnings;

use Win32::API;

Win32::API::Struct->typedef( POINT => qw{
    LONG x;
    LONG y;
});

Win32::API::Struct->typedef( PCURSORINFO => qw{
    DWORD cbSize;
    DWORD flags;
    HCURSOR hCursor;
    POINT ptScreenPos;
});

my $pci = Win32::API::Struct->new('PCURSORINFO');

$pci->{cbSize} = 20; #$pci->sizeof(); # ? sizeof doesn't work for nest
+ed struct ?

Win32::API->Import("user32", "BOOL GetCursorInfo(PCURSORINFO pci)");

while (1) {
    my $result = GetCursorInfo($pci) or die $^E;

    print "Current mouse shape is $pci->{hCursor}\n";
    
    $pci->{cbSize} = 20;
    
    sleep 1;
}

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With thanks to dfaure for helping find that bug with Win32::API::Struct.

 

In reply to Re: Need to determine state of mousepointer by EdwardG
in thread Need to determine state of mousepointer by kevin_ketchum

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