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RegisterPointerDeviceNotifications function (winuser.h)

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Registers a window to process the WM_POINTERDEVICECHANGE, WM_POINTERDEVICEINRANGE, and WM_POINTERDEVICEOUTOFRANGE pointer device notifications.

Syntax

BOOL RegisterPointerDeviceNotifications(
  [in] HWND window,
  [in] BOOL notifyRange
);

Parameters

[in] window

The window that receives WM_POINTERDEVICECHANGE, WM_POINTERDEVICEINRANGE, and WM_POINTERDEVICEOUTOFRANGE notifications.

[in] notifyRange

If set to TRUE, process the WM_POINTERDEVICEINRANGE and WM_POINTERDEVICEOUTOFRANGE messages. If set to FALSE, these messages aren't processed.

Return value

If this function succeeds, it returns TRUE.

Otherwise, it returns FALSE. To retrieve extended error information, call the GetLastError function.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 8 [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2012 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header winuser.h
Library User32.lib
DLL User32.dll
API set ext-ms-win-rtcore-ntuser-wmpointer-l1-1-0 (introduced in Windows 10, version 10.0.14393)

See also

Functions