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Re: Cool WinAPI procedure, check it out!

• Posted by "William Heimbigner" <icxcnika at hotpop.com> Sep 14, 2004
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Juergen Luethje" <j.lue at gmx.de>
To: <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: Cool WinAPI procedure, check it out!


>
>
> Irv Mullins wrote:
>
> > William Heimbigner wrote:
> >>
> >> The blockInput procedure blocks keyboard and mouse input events from
> >> reaching applications.
> >
> > Why bother to code this function into our apps when Windows does
> > this automatically at least once or twice a day?
>
> *ROTFL*
>
Yah, me 2. Quite right infact.
The point of this is if you have a critical operation, you can lock the
mouse to prevent some problems. Besides: you shouldn't ask me that question.
Ask microsoft for the point of this function.
...
I bet $1 microbucks they will answer: to allow applications to temporarily
block input.
William Heimbigner
icxcnika at hotpop.com
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