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c#eventswindows-7mousemultipoint

Handle events from multiple mouses on the same PC on Win7 or newer

So far, the best language that I have known for this case is C# but I'd love to know if other languages can do it. I need to plug multiple mouses to the computer and handle their events separately.

for example: Mouse1.MouseDragged() will move the cursor. Mouse2.MouseDragged() will make a sound or print something and NOT do what Mouse1.MouseDragged() does.

I know there is a Microsoft Multipoint SDK but I cannot seem to make it work. The rest of the applications out there for Multiple Mouses are for WinXP so I cant make them work.

Any suggestions? thanks.

Solution

  • After a very long research i found my solution thanks to Hans Passant comment.

    What i did was creating a small Win32 App in Visual Studio to catch raw input from Mouse and Keyboard using Windows.h and i simply make it send keystrokes whenever i drag a specific mouse. i still need to solve many problems, but so far it works.

    Thanks a lot