Capturing Mouse Movements outside of screen resolution

[Chris Eastwood]

Hi

Here's a tough one (at least I think so).

I need to be able to use the mouse on a (very-large) mouse mat. This mouse
mat has to map to the entire screen co-ordinates. That is, I want to be able
to move the mouse (for example) 40 inches left to right and have the
on-screen cursor move from the left-hand side of the screen to the right.

I've tried quite a few ways (changing the mouse speed etc) but nothing seems
to be able to let me control the mouse in this way. The mouse always seems
bound to a very small area (suprisingly enough, the size of your average
mouse-mat).

Any ideas / suggestions ? People who have worked with the WinTab drivers in
the past may know what I'm going on about (I'm trying to emulate a wintab
device but using the mouse rather than a digitizer 'cursor').

I've a feeling that this might be accomplished with 'relative' mouse
movements but can still find no reference (either in MSDN or elsewhere) in
working with a mouse in this way.

Cheers

Chris

[Karl E. Peterson]

Have you considered buying a digitizer tablet?
--
[Microsoft Basic: 1976-2001, RIP]


"Chris Eastwood" <chris.eastwood@spammersgohomecodeguru.com> wrote in message
news:3c9ba537$1@10.1.10.29...
> Hi
>
> Here's a tough one (at least I think so).
>
> I need to be able to use the mouse on a (very-large) mouse mat. This mouse
> mat has to map to the entire screen co-ordinates. That is, I want to be able
> to move the mouse (for example) 40 inches left to right and have the
> on-screen cursor move from the left-hand side of the screen to the right.
>
> I've tried quite a few ways (changing the mouse speed etc) but nothing seems
> to be able to let me control the mouse in this way. The mouse always seems
> bound to a very small area (suprisingly enough, the size of your average
> mouse-mat).
>
> Any ideas / suggestions ? People who have worked with the WinTab drivers in
> the past may know what I'm going on about (I'm trying to emulate a wintab
> device but using the mouse rather than a digitizer 'cursor').
>
> I've a feeling that this might be accomplished with 'relative' mouse
> movements but can still find no reference (either in MSDN or elsewhere) in
> working with a mouse in this way.
>
> Cheers
>
> Chris
>
>
>
>

[Chris Eastwood]

I've already written the VB interface for the WinTab drivers. We now want to
'simulate' the same interface for those people who don't have a tablet.

Any ideas / pointers ?

Cheers

Chris

"Karl E. Peterson" <karl@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:3c9f6fc0$1@10.1.10.29...
> Have you considered buying a digitizer tablet?
> --
> [Microsoft Basic: 1976-2001, RIP]
>
>
> "Chris Eastwood" <chris.eastwood@spammersgohomecodeguru.com> wrote in
message
> news:3c9ba537$1@10.1.10.29...
> > Hi
> >
> > Here's a tough one (at least I think so).
> >
> > I need to be able to use the mouse on a (very-large) mouse mat. This
mouse
> > mat has to map to the entire screen co-ordinates. That is, I want to be
able
> > to move the mouse (for example) 40 inches left to right and have the
> > on-screen cursor move from the left-hand side of the screen to the
right.
> >
> > I've tried quite a few ways (changing the mouse speed etc) but nothing
seems
> > to be able to let me control the mouse in this way. The mouse always
seems
> > bound to a very small area (suprisingly enough, the size of your average
> > mouse-mat).
> >
> > Any ideas / suggestions ? People who have worked with the WinTab drivers
in
> > the past may know what I'm going on about (I'm trying to emulate a
wintab
> > device but using the mouse rather than a digitizer 'cursor').
> >
> > I've a feeling that this might be accomplished with 'relative' mouse
> > movements but can still find no reference (either in MSDN or elsewhere)
in
> > working with a mouse in this way.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

[Karl E. Peterson]

Hi Chris --

Wish I had *anything* to offer, but there is a reason that folks use digitizers to
digitize. I know, I used to do a lot of that. Mice are relative, and digitizers are
absolute. You just can't get there from here, so to speak. As long as the user is
free to pick up the mouse and move it, whatchugonnado?

Sorry... Karl
--
[Microsoft Basic: 1976-2001, RIP]


"Chris Eastwood" <chris.eastwood@spammersgohomecodeguru.com> wrote in message
news:3ca0e23a@10.1.10.29...
> I've already written the VB interface for the WinTab drivers. We now want to
> 'simulate' the same interface for those people who don't have a tablet.
>
> Any ideas / pointers ?
>
> Cheers
>
> Chris
>
> "Karl E. Peterson" <karl@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:3c9f6fc0$1@10.1.10.29...
> > Have you considered buying a digitizer tablet?
> > --
> > [Microsoft Basic: 1976-2001, RIP]
> >
> >
> > "Chris Eastwood" <chris.eastwood@spammersgohomecodeguru.com> wrote in
> message
> > news:3c9ba537$1@10.1.10.29...
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Here's a tough one (at least I think so).
> > >
> > > I need to be able to use the mouse on a (very-large) mouse mat. This
> mouse
> > > mat has to map to the entire screen co-ordinates. That is, I want to be
> able
> > > to move the mouse (for example) 40 inches left to right and have the
> > > on-screen cursor move from the left-hand side of the screen to the
> right.
> > >
> > > I've tried quite a few ways (changing the mouse speed etc) but nothing
> seems
> > > to be able to let me control the mouse in this way. The mouse always
> seems
> > > bound to a very small area (suprisingly enough, the size of your average
> > > mouse-mat).
> > >
> > > Any ideas / suggestions ? People who have worked with the WinTab drivers
> in
> > > the past may know what I'm going on about (I'm trying to emulate a
> wintab
> > > device but using the mouse rather than a digitizer 'cursor').
> > >
> > > I've a feeling that this might be accomplished with 'relative' mouse
> > > movements but can still find no reference (either in MSDN or elsewhere)
> in
> > > working with a mouse in this way.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>

[Chris Eastwood]

I thought there would be little I could do.

Thanks anyway Karl.

Cheers

Chris

"Karl E. Peterson" <karl@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:3ca111a0$1@10.1.10.29...
> Hi Chris --
>
> Wish I had *anything* to offer, but there is a reason that folks use
digitizers to
> digitize. I know, I used to do a lot of that. Mice are relative, and
digitizers are
> absolute. You just can't get there from here, so to speak. As long as
the user is
> free to pick up the mouse and move it, whatchugonnado?
>
> Sorry... Karl
> --
> [Microsoft Basic: 1976-2001, RIP]
>
>
> "Chris Eastwood" <chris.eastwood@spammersgohomecodeguru.com> wrote in
message
> news:3ca0e23a@10.1.10.29...
> > I've already written the VB interface for the WinTab drivers. We now
want to
> > 'simulate' the same interface for those people who don't have a tablet.
> >
> > Any ideas / pointers ?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > "Karl E. Peterson" <karl@mvps.org> wrote in message
> > news:3c9f6fc0$1@10.1.10.29...
> > > Have you considered buying a digitizer tablet?
> > > --
> > > [Microsoft Basic: 1976-2001, RIP]
> > >
> > >
> > > "Chris Eastwood" <chris.eastwood@spammersgohomecodeguru.com> wrote in
> > message
> > > news:3c9ba537$1@10.1.10.29...
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > Here's a tough one (at least I think so).
> > > >
> > > > I need to be able to use the mouse on a (very-large) mouse mat. This
> > mouse
> > > > mat has to map to the entire screen co-ordinates. That is, I want to
be
> > able
> > > > to move the mouse (for example) 40 inches left to right and have the
> > > > on-screen cursor move from the left-hand side of the screen to the
> > right.
> > > >
> > > > I've tried quite a few ways (changing the mouse speed etc) but
nothing
> > seems
> > > > to be able to let me control the mouse in this way. The mouse always
> > seems
> > > > bound to a very small area (suprisingly enough, the size of your
average
> > > > mouse-mat).
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas / suggestions ? People who have worked with the WinTab
drivers
> > in
> > > > the past may know what I'm going on about (I'm trying to emulate a
> > wintab
> > > > device but using the mouse rather than a digitizer 'cursor').
> > > >
> > > > I've a feeling that this might be accomplished with 'relative' mouse
> > > > movements but can still find no reference (either in MSDN or
elsewhere)
> > in
> > > > working with a mouse in this way.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > >
> > > > Chris
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
>