Getting cursor type when it's special

[zippoxer]

I need to get my cursor type when it's inside a game. I turned to GetCursorType but it returns 0 which means cbNone if I'm right.

Later, I realized I need this functionality in SCAR:

CURSORINFO ci;
ci.cbSize = sizeof(CURSORINFO);
if(GetCursorInfo(&ci))
 cout << ci.hCursor << endl;
else
 cout << "SHIT" << endl;

 

Choiceless, I enabled API calls and tried this:

program New;


type
 TCursorInfo = record
   cbSize, flags, hCursor: Integer;
   ptScreenPos: TPoint;
 end;


function GetCursorInfo(c: TCursorInfo): LongBool; external 'GetCursorInfo@user32.dll stdcall';


var
 cursorInfo: TCursorInfo;


begin
 cursorInfo.cbSize := SizeOf(cursorInfo);
 if GetCursorInfo(cursorInfo) then
   WriteLn(cursorInfo.hCursor)
 else
   WriteLn('SHIT');
end.

And failed since it always prints 0.

What did I miss?

 

If I can get the same functionality without calling Windows API, please note me

Edited November 19, 2011 by zippoxer

[FHannes]

You tried the latest version of SCAR? Also, afaik GetCursorInfo can only get the info inside of the windows your process owns. GetCursorType in SCAR is quite a lot more powerful, but also has it's limits.

[zippoxer]

Using GetCursorInfo I could get the cursor handle when it was in another process's window, also:

"To get information on the global cursor, even if it is not owned by the current thread, use GetCursorInfo." - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms648388(v=VS.85).aspx

I'm using SCAR 3.29 Final (always using the latest stable ). GetCursorType can return only the standard cursor types (as far as I understand), so that's not what I'm looking for.

I'm still trying to get the cursor handle using GetCursorInfo in SCAR, but getting a zero no matter what.

 

Edit: You probably confused with GetCursor and GetCursorInfo, GetCursor is limited to the current thread.

Edited November 19, 2011 by zippoxer

[zippoxer]

Mmm I'm still trying to do that API call properly :\

Can anyone help me?

[wundertüte]

does that mean it will not work if i setdesktopasclient ?

[FHannes]

I did not confuse them, GetCursorInfo won't work. Getting the cursor type involves a whole process of attaching the target thread and such, I can add another function to get you the cursor handle, I didn't do this previously though because the old version also returns a TCursor. I'd add a GetCursorTypeEx.

 

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does that mean it will not work if i setdesktopasclient ?

 

The function in SCAR will work for that just fine, it's independant from the client system.

Edited December 1, 2011 by Freddy

[zippoxer]

The C++ code that I've shown as the wanted functionality works. When in a game window, it helps me decide whether the cursor is sword-like or pointer-like by returning a different number for each.

[FHannes]

Hmmm... So if I return the cursor handle you're ok?

[zippoxer]

Yes but you don't have to since I can call Windows API to do that. I can, but don't know how.

If it's a public bot that wouldn't be great, but at least working.