Automatic capture of pointing device actions in a keystroke prog

Details Automatic capture of pointing device actions in a keystroke prog Automatic capture of pointing device actions in a keystroke prog

1986-06-13

1988-07-05

Brigance, Gerald L.

Communications: electrical

Land vehicle alarms or indicators

Internal alarm or indicator responsive to a condition of the...

340706, 340711, 178 18, G09G 100

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047558083

ABSTRACT:
In a data processing system including a keyboard a visual display device, and a pointing input device, such as a mouse, pointing input device events, as well as keyboard events, can be directly stored relative to a keystroke program by defining and storing relative to each menu, command bar, or subdivision thereof, a table of zones capable of being pointed to by the pointing input device. The pointing input device position is then compared to the coordinates of the zones and when a match of the zone coordinates and pointing input device position occurs the stored data table is further utilized to determine valid pointing input device events. The presence of the pointing input device pointer in appropriate zones, along with appropriate pointing input device actions, are the events stored relative to a keystroke program, rather than a conversion of the pointing input device actions into keystrokes by keyboard emulation.

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