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Reading the state of mouse buttons within DO WHILE loop
Reading the state of mouse buttons within DO WHILE loop

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    DECLARE INTEGER GetAsyncKeyState IN user32 INTEGER vKey
    DECLARE INTEGER GetKeyState IN user32 INTEGER vKey
    DECLARE INTEGER SetKeyboardState IN user32 STRING @lpKeyState
     
    #DEFINE VK_LBUTTON  1
    #DEFINE VK_RBUTTON  2
     
    LOCAL cBuffer, nIndex, lStop
    lStop=.F.
     
    * clearing input-state table
    cBuffer = REPLICATE(CHR(0), 256)
    = SetKeyboardState(@cBuffer)
    DOEVENTS
     
    DO WHILE Not lStop
        * simulating time-consuming activity
        CREATE CURSOR cs (num N(10))
        FOR nIndex=1 TO 1000
            INSERT INTO cs VALUES (nIndex)
        ENDFOR
     
        ?? "."
    *    DOEVENTS
     
        * testing if any mouse key has been pressed
        * since previous call to this function
        IF GetKeyState(VK_LBUTTON) <> 0
            ? "Left button pressed."
            EXIT
        ENDIF
     
        IF GetKeyState(VK_RBUTTON) <> 0
            ? "Right button pressed."
            EXIT
        ENDIF
    ENDDO
     
     
     

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    Created: 2002-02-25 22:37:37  
    Modified: 2011-01-06 16:26:15  
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    GetAsyncKeyState
    GetKeyState
    SetKeyboardState
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