Mouse Driver

Comet provides support for the standard mouse driver (MOUSE.SYS or MOUSE.COM) on the Comet console. This feature is intended for Comet consoles running in DOS or full-screen Microsoft Windows. This feature is currently NOT intended for consoles running under MS Windows with partial screen windows.

The following sections explain the basic mouse operations:

• Open the mouse
• Show/hide the mouse cursor
• Regular cursor display
• Detecting mouse clicks
• Reading the mouse
• Polling the mouse
• Close the mouse
• Mouse sample programs
• Mouse enhanced character set
• Mouse pseudocode

For an integrated example, see the Mouse demo program.

Here is a list of the Internet Basic mouse mnemonics:

Mouse driver mnemonics

Mnemonic	Hex equivalent
(BIOS Mouse On)	"@0E0905@"
(Easy Scan)	"@0E0000@"
(Enhanced Characters On)	"@0E0907@"
(Enhanced Characters Off)	"@0E0908@"
(Enhanced Mouse On)	"@0E0906@"
(Hide Mouse Cursor)	"@0E0902@"
(Mouse Off)	"@0E0904@"
(Mouse On)	"@0E0900@"
(Read Mouse)	"@0E0903@"
(Show Mouse Cursor)	"@0E0901@"

Also see and the following mnemonics:

• Enhanced Characters On
• Enhanced Characters Off