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GetMouseX

Query the current horizontal position of the mouse cursor.

Declaration

Source position: mouseh.inc line 80

  function GetMouseX : Word;

Description

GetMouseX returns the current X position of the mouse. X is measured in characters, starting at 0 for the left side of the screen.

Errors

None.

See also

Name Description
GetMouseButtons Get the state of the mouse buttons
GetMouseEvent Get next mouse event from the queue.
GetMouseY Query the current vertical position of the mouse cursor.

Example

Program Example4;
{ Program to demonstrate the GetMouseX,GetMouseY functions. }
Uses mouse;
Var
  X,Y : Word;
begin
  InitMouse;
  Writeln('Move mouse cursor to square 10,10 to end');
  Repeat
    X:=GetMouseX;
    Y:=GetMouseY;
    Writeln('X,Y= (',X,',',Y,')');
  Until (X=9) and (Y=9);
  DoneMouse;
end.