Can LabVIEW track the cursor, even when LabVIEW isn't the active application?

[bmihura]

I'm using LabVIEW 8.2 on WinXP. I could use a Visual Studio .NET language if desperate.

[zou]

WindowXP send mouse move message only to the active application.

You can poll the cursor position from time to time using Input Device VIs.

Or you can use c/c++ hook technique to capture the mouse move message.

George Zou

http://gtoolbox.yeah.net

[bmihura]

Your cursor polling idea with the Input Device VIs works great here, thanks. I didn't have to figure out the c/c++ hook technique!