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To: Keith Hankin who wrote (16884)	1/30/1998 3:41:00 PM
From: nommedeguerre	Respond to of 24154

Keith, >>Your example is theoretical. Does such an event model that feeds the x,y pixel position exist for Mac apps to use? And are any apps written to use this and allow alternative mapping to be done? If not, then it is not really possible. Check out Bill Ulrich's post to me, apparently he uses such a device on Mac apps. Here is a Windows NT message (system event). typedef struct tagMSG { HWND hwnd; /* window handle / UINT message; / message ID / WPARAM wParam; / wParam value / LPARAM LParan; / LParam / DWORD time; / msec since startup / POINT pt; / mouse location, screen coord */ } MSG; Notice the member (pt): def- structure containing the x,y coordinates of the mouse cursor when the message was sent. Trust me if NT does it then its been done before. By replacing the mouse driver I can make it sing any tune I want. Instead of generating mouse events it could generate both mouse and keyboard events. It sounds to me like if you buy the 2-button mouse they probably give you the driver that handles most popular apps and does all the remapping for you. Bill can tell you more than I can about its ease of use and what apps are supported. I just mentioned the mouse to Derek because it might help him out somehow. Cheers, Norm

To: Keith Hankin who wrote (16884)	1/30/1998 4:23:00 PM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Keith, re: mousing the easy way... Wacom supports a couple of generic macro makers: Tempo and Quickeys The stylus tip, and both positions of the rocker switch, can be indiviually set to 'Screen Macro', which will pop up a list of macros (20 max). Taking all the menu functions in your Finder menus ('New Folder', 'Get Info' etc...) and putting them into a menu list activated by the Wacom button isn't theoretical-it's handy! And it doesn't matter where the cursor is located. Again, each application (Finder, Photoshop, etc..) can have it's own list&#151even more handy. -MrB