Refresh Memory Please - GetCursorPos
lazarus / 1-Linux

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JCRocks · 2008-06-06 04:16

First let me say I'm glad I found this site today. I developed with
Delphi a few years ago. I wrote many software testing programs for
Telecomm companies.

Anyway, I've installed Lazarus on my Ubuntu computer and it seems to
be working great. I've compiled some tests and really enjoy this
again.

I'm trying to use GetCursorPos and I'm getting - Error: Identifier not
found "GetCursorPos". What unit should I include in the uses section?

Thanks Again -

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Leledumbo · 2008-06-06 07:40

LCLIntf

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Phil · 2008-06-06 13:43

Quote from: "JCRocks"First let me say I'm glad I found this site
today. I developed with Delphi a few years ago. I wrote many software
testing programs for Telecomm companies.

Anyway, I've installed Lazarus on my Ubuntu computer and it seems to
be working great. I've compiled some tests and really enjoy this
again.

I'm trying to use GetCursorPos and I'm getting - Error: Identifier not
found "GetCursorPos". What unit should I include in the uses section?

Thanks Again -

Functions like GetCursorPos are Windows API functions. With Delphi you
would include Windows unit to use these functions. With Lazarus LCL, a
subset of Win API functions are provided in LclIntf. These are cross-
platform too so you can use them with OS X and Windows too.

Thanks.

-Phil

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tech-pro · 2008-06-10 22:14

I think the function you want is called GetCaretPos. The way I found
this (and an example of its usage) was to type into Google "delphi get
cursor position". The only thing to watch for when looking at Delphi
stuff is that it isn't Windows-specific. But Lazarus didn't give an
error, so I assume it isn't (though I haven't compiled that code under
Linux yet.)