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Philip 1337
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Posted: 5th Apr 2003 16:15
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The following code seems to not work on my PC
}:>

Could anyone tell me if I am doing it wrong

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Posted: 5th Apr 2003 16:17
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hi m8
log onto chat

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Posted: 5th Apr 2003 16:18
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oh i know!

Set Cursor 0,0
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Mx#=MouseX()
My#=MouseY()
Print "Mouse Position X=",Mx#
Print "Mouse Position Y=",My#
Loop

you have a semi colon instead of a comma!

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Posted: 5th Apr 2003 16:27
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hope that helps mate cus i tried yours and it didnt work then i replaced the ; with a , and it worked fine.

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Posted: 5th Apr 2003 16:29
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you could also make it a bit more direct by saying oh and your set cursor 0,0 should go in the loop!

Do
set cursor 0,0
Print "Mouse Position X=",Mousex()
Print "Mouse Position Y=",Mousey()
Loop

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Rob K
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Posted: 5th Apr 2003 18:25
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@Frobscottle,

I think that the idea is to use the mx# and my# values elsewhere rather than calling MouseX() every time it is needed (as that is not very efficient).

Same applies to Set Cursor 0,0

@darkfox

Remember that the ";" character effectively means "new line".

So if you type:

print "MouseX";mx#

DBPro sees:

print "MouseX"
mx#

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Posted: 5th Apr 2003 18:46
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it depends on how often you are planning to ask for the co-ordinates of the mouse. if your only going to do it once then there is no point in setting up variables

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Khumba
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Posted: 5th Apr 2003 23:00
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Or:

...
Cls
Print "Mouse Position X=";Mx#
Print "Mouse Position Y=";My#
...
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Posted: 6th Apr 2003 00:03 Edited at: 6th Apr 2003 00:09
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darkfox--I don't know what they are talking about , it works fine on my machine.

the ; in basic it does not mean new line just "print next to me" as it did on my computer , for me.

It's not the size of your code but how efficiently you use it!
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Posted: 6th Apr 2003 00:10 Edited at: 6th Apr 2003 00:12
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Your correct DangYankee,

print "HELLO";
print "HELLO"

Output:

HELLOHELLO

; effectively means 'leave cursor at end of line'

I don't know where they got that info from? :S

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Posted: 6th Apr 2003 01:40 Edited at: 6th Apr 2003 01:43
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they!!!!!

im not sure about what rob k said but im pretty sure of what i said.
it doesnt tell you the mouse co-ordinates if you have a ;
it does tell you the mouse co-ordinates if you have a ,

PLAIN AND SIMPLE TRIED AND TESTED

;DONT WORK
,DOES WORK

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(i am not shouting, just making a point)

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Posted: 6th Apr 2003 01:49 Edited at: 6th Apr 2003 01:51
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I didn't see your post I was testing the program by the time I acually posted and refreashed, there you were. Gee I wasn't picking on anyone.
PS It ran fine unmodified for me....
but I did think of one more point to make the program ran fine as written, DF may have wanted the x,y,coordinate in the upper left hand corner I don't know DF didn't say.

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Posted: 6th Apr 2003 01:56
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dont worry i know him!
he just got confused between ; and ,!

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Posted: 6th Apr 2003 09:13
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DarkFox, Did we answer the question?

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Xoid
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oh sorry, I meant HE (as in Rob K), NOT THEY

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its ok people i spoke to him and he now officialy feels like a plonker

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Philip 1337
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HEY!
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lol (well you looked like you did) [img][/img]

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