Unit Mouse

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Description

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Mouse Devices

This unit provides both the Mouse device interface and the generic USB HID mouse driver.

Constants

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To be documented

Type definitions

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Public variables

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Function declarations

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Initialization functions

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procedure MouseInit;

Description: Initialize the mouse unit, device table and USB mouse driver

Note	Called only during system startup

Mouse functions

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function MousePeek:LongWord;

Description: Peek at the global mouse buffer to see if any data packets are ready

Return	ERROR_SUCCESS if packets are ready, ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS if not or another error code on failure

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function MouseRead(Buffer:Pointer; Size:LongWord; var Count:LongWord):LongWord;

Description: Read mouse data packets from the global mouse buffer

Buffer	Pointer to a buffer to copy the mouse data packets to
Size	The size of the buffer in bytes (Must be at least TMouseData or greater)
Count	The number of mouse data packets copied to the buffer
Return	ERROR_SUCCESS if completed or another error code on failure

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function MouseReadEx(Buffer:Pointer; Size,Flags:LongWord; var Count:LongWord):LongWord;

Description: Read mouse data packets from the global mouse buffer

Buffer	Pointer to a buffer to copy the mouse data packets to
Size	The size of the buffer in bytes (Must be at least TMouseData or greater)
Flags	The flags for the behaviour of the read (eg MOUSE_FLAG_NON_BLOCK)
Count	The number of mouse data packets copied to the buffer
Return	ERROR_SUCCESS if completed or another error code on failure

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function MouseWrite(Buffer:Pointer; Size,Count:LongWord):LongWord;

Description: Write mouse data packets to the global mouse buffer

Buffer	Pointer to a buffer to copy the mouse data packets from
Size	The size of the buffer in bytes (Must be at least TMouseData or greater)
Count	The number of mouse data packets to copy from the buffer
Return	ERROR_SUCCESS if completed or another error code on failure

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function MouseFlush:LongWord;

Description: Flush the contents of the global mouse buffer

Return	ERROR_SUCCESS if completed or another error code on failure

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function MouseDeviceRead(Mouse:PMouseDevice; Buffer:Pointer; Size:LongWord; var Count:LongWord):LongWord;

Description: Read mouse data packets from the buffer of the specified mouse

Mouse	The mouse device to read from
Buffer	Pointer to a buffer to copy the mouse data packets to
Size	The size of the buffer in bytes (Must be at least TMouseData or greater)
Count	The number of mouse data packets copied to the buffer
Return	ERROR_SUCCESS if completed or another error code on failure

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function MouseDeviceControl(Mouse:PMouseDevice; Request:Integer; Argument1:LongWord; var Argument2:LongWord):LongWord;

Description: Perform a control request on the specified mouse device

Mouse	The mouse device to control
Request	The request code for the operation (eg MOUSE_CONTROL_GET_FLAG)
Argument1	The first argument for the operation (Dependant on request code)
Argument2	The second argument for the operation (Dependant on request code)
Return	ERROR_SUCCESS if completed or another error code on failure

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function MouseDeviceSetState(Mouse:PMouseDevice; State:LongWord):LongWord;

Description: Set the state of the specified mouse and send a notification

Mouse	The mouse to set the state for
State	The new state to set and notify
Return	ERROR_SUCCESS if completed or another error code on failure

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function MouseDeviceCreate:PMouseDevice;

Description: Create a new Mouse device entry

Return	Pointer to new Mouse device entry or nil if mouse could not be created

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function MouseDeviceCreateEx(Size:LongWord):PMouseDevice;

Description: Create a new Mouse device entry

Size	Size in bytes to allocate for new mouse (Including the mouse device entry)
Return	Pointer to new Mouse device entry or nil if mouse could not be created

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function MouseDeviceDestroy(Mouse:PMouseDevice):LongWord;

Description: Destroy an existing Mouse device entry

Mouse	The mouse device to destroy
Return	ERROR_SUCCESS if completed or another error code on failure

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function MouseDeviceRegister(Mouse:PMouseDevice):LongWord;

Description: Register a new Mouse device in the Mouse table

Mouse	The mouse device to register
Return	ERROR_SUCCESS if completed or another error code on failure

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function MouseDeviceDeregister(Mouse:PMouseDevice):LongWord;

Description: Deregister a Mouse device from the Mouse table

Mouse	The mouse device to deregister
Return	ERROR_SUCCESS if completed or another error code on failure

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function MouseDeviceFind(MouseId:LongWord):PMouseDevice;

Description: Find a mouse device by ID in the mouse table

MouseId	The ID number of the mouse to find
Return	Pointer to mouse device entry or nil if not found

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function MouseDeviceFindByName(const Name:String):PMouseDevice; inline;

Description: Find a mouse device by name in the mouse table

Name	The name of the mouse to find (eg Mouse0)
Return	Pointer to mouse device entry or nil if not found

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function MouseDeviceFindByDescription(const Description:String):PMouseDevice; inline;

Description: Find a mouse device by description in the mouse table

Description	The description of the mouse to find (eg USB HID Mouse)
Return	Pointer to mouse device entry or nil if not found

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function MouseDeviceEnumerate(Callback:TMouseEnumerate; Data:Pointer):LongWord;

Description: Enumerate all mouse devices in the mouse table

Callback	The callback function to call for each mouse in the table
Data	A private data pointer to pass to callback for each mouse in the table
Return	ERROR_SUCCESS if completed or another error code on failure

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function MouseDeviceNotification(Mouse:PMouseDevice; Callback:TMouseNotification; Data:Pointer; Notification,Flags:LongWord):LongWord;

Description: Register a notification for mouse device changes

Mouse	The mouse device to notify changes for (Optional, pass nil for all mice)
Callback	The function to call when a notification event occurs
Data	A private data pointer to pass to callback when a notification event occurs
Notification	The events to register for notification of (eg DEVICE_NOTIFICATION_REGISTER)
Flags	The flags to control the notification (eg NOTIFIER_FLAG_WORKER)

RTL console functions

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function SysConsoleHideMouse(AUserData:Pointer):Boolean;

Description: Handler for Platform ConsoleHideMouse function

Note	To be documented

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function SysConsoleShowMouse(X,Y:LongWord; AUserData:Pointer):Boolean;

Description: Handler for Platform ConsoleShowMouse function

Note	To be documented

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function SysConsoleReadMouse(var X,Y,Buttons:LongWord; AUserData:Pointer):Boolean;

Description: Handler for Platform ConsoleReadMouse function

Note	To be documented

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