Hm...how to better explain. There are a number of applications that
use the scroll wheel on a mouse for various things. For instance, in
Eagle, the scroll wheel adjusts the zoom level of the current view.
What I want to build is a device that lets me adjust that using a knob
for instance. The application and computer will think it's just
another mouse sending the data. I guess what I'm making is a mouse
that has no position sensors, just a scroll. The computer end is
handled by Windows and the application. I don't have to change a thing
there. I just need to make the device that looks like a mouse to the
computer. It won't replace the mouse, just act in concert with it.

Is that a bit clearer?

Josh
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On 4/13/05, Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm@telia.com> wrote:
> I don't think that your application will ever see the data coming
> from the mouse. Windows will catch all mouse data and
> act on it as needed. The application currently in "focus" will
> then get some Windows message from the kernel to "do"
> something just as if you had done something with a real mouse.
> 
> Is that what you want ?
> It's not clear if your application expects to get the "raw"
> mouse data and act on it as it likes, or if this new device
> will replace the standard mouse ?

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