How do I find out how many buttons the mouse has got?
Use the GetSystemMetrics function with the SM_CMOUSEBUTTONS constant. You must declare everything below:
Declare Function GetSystemMetrics Lib "user32" Alias _ "GetSystemMetrics" (ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long Public Const SM_CMOUSEBUTTONS = 43
Example: To find out how many mouse buttons there are, use the following code:
number& = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CMOUSEBUTTONS)
It returns the number of buttons, or zero if there is no mouse. There are masses of information you can retrieve using the GetSystemMetrics function. There are lots of other constants you can use. They all return a long value, and they can all be used in the same way as the code above.
Public Const SM_CXSCREEN = 0 'X Size of screen Public Const SM_CYSCREEN = 1 'Y Size of Screen Public Const SM_CXVSCROLL = 2 'X Size of arrow in vertical scroll bar. Public Const SM_CYHSCROLL = 3 'Y Size of arrow in horizontal scroll bar Public Const SM_CYCAPTION = 4 'Height of windows caption Public Const SM_CXBORDER = 5 'Width of no-sizable borders Public Const SM_CYBORDER = 6 'Height of non-sizable borders Public Const SM_CXDLGFRAME = 7 'Width of dialog box borders Public Const SM_CYDLGFRAME = 8 'Height of dialog box borders Public Const SM_CYHTHUMB = 9 'Height of scroll box on horizontal scroll bar Public Const SM_CXHTHUMB = 10 'Width of scroll box on horizontal scroll bar Public Const SM_CXICON = 11 'Width of standard icon Public Const SM_CYICON = 12 'Height of standard icon Public Const SM_CXCURSOR = 13 'Width of standard cursor Public Const SM_CYCURSOR = 14 'Height of standard cursor Public Const SM_CYMENU = 15 'Height of menu Public Const SM_CXFULLSCREEN = 16 'Width of client area of maximized window Public Const SM_CYFULLSCREEN = 17 'Height of client area of maximized window Public Const SM_CYKANJIWINDOW = 18 'Height of Kanji window Public Const SM_MOUSEPRESENT = 19 'True is a mouse is present Public Const SM_CYVSCROLL = 20 'Height of arrow in vertical scroll bar Public Const SM_CXHSCROLL = 21 'Width of arrow in vertical scroll bar Public Const SM_DEBUG = 22 'True if deugging version of windows is running Public Const SM_SWAPBUTTON = 23 'True if left and right buttons are swapped. Public Const SM_CXMIN = 28 'Minimum width of window Public Const SM_CYMIN = 29 'Minimum height of window Public Const SM_CXSIZE = 30 'Width of title bar bitmaps Public Const SM_CYSIZE = 31 'height of title bar bitmaps Public Const SM_CXMINTRACK = 34 'Minimum tracking width of window Public Const SM_CYMINTRACK = 35 'Minimum tracking height of window Public Const SM_CXDOUBLECLK = 36 'double click width Public Const SM_CYDOUBLECLK = 37 'double click height Public Const SM_CXICONSPACING = 38 'width between desktop icons Public Const SM_CYICONSPACING = 39 'height between desktop icons Public Const SM_MENUDROPALIGNMENT = 40 'Zero if popup menus are aligned to the 'left of the memu bar item. True if it 'is aligned to the right. Public Const SM_PENWINDOWS = 41 'The handle of the pen windows DLL if loaded. Public Const SM_DBCSENABLED = 42 'True if double byte characteds are enabled Public Const SM_CMOUSEBUTTONS = 43 'Number of mouse buttons. Public Const SM_CMETRICS = 44 'Number of system metrics Public Const SM_CLEANBOOT = 67 'Windows 95 boot mode. 0 = normal, '1 = safe, 2 = safe with network Public Const SM_CXMAXIMIZED = 61 'default width of win95 maximised window Public Const SM_CXMAXTRACK = 59 'maximum width when resizing win95 windows Public Const SM_CXMENUCHECK = 71 'width of menu checkmark bitmap Public Const SM_CXMENUSIZE = 54 'width of button on menu bar Public Const SM_CXMINIMIZED = 57 'width of rectangle into which 'minimised windows must fit. Public Const SM_CYMAXIMIZED = 62 'default height of win95 maximised window Public Const SM_CYMAXTRACK = 60 'maximum width when resizing win95 windows Public Const SM_CYMENUCHECK = 72 'height of menu checkmark bitmap Public Const SM_CYMENUSIZE = 55 'height of button on menu bar Public Const SM_CYMINIMIZED = 58 'height of rectangle into which minimised 'windows must fit. Public Const SM_CYSMCAPTION = 51 'height of windows 95 small caption Public Const SM_MIDEASTENABLED = 74 'Hebrw and Arabic enabled for windows 95 Public Const SM_NETWORK = 63 'bit o is set if a network is present. Public Const SM_SECURE = 44 'True if security is present on windows 95 system Public Const SM_SLOWMACHINE = 73 'true if machine is too slow to run win95.