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dkjMusic

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How to assign a value to a pointer?
« on: May 17, 2014, 02:18:53 am »
I retrieved the following in a Google-search re setting mouse speed:
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I had the same problem. What M$ thought when they cooked this up is a complete mystery to me. Anyway, the solution:

DWORD iNewSpeed; /* between 0 and 20 */

SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETMOUSESPEED,0,(void*)iNewSpeed, NULL);

Note the cast to a pointer.. you do not pass a pointer to the variable
(which seems more logical) but you pass the value directly, disguised as a pointer.
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My question is how do I implement (void*)iNewSpeed in Free Pascal?
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taazz

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Re: How to assign a value to a pointer?
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2014, 02:58:01 am »
it is a simple cast, pointer(inewvalue).
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Re: How to assign a value to a pointer?
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2014, 03:38:00 am »
That worked. Many thanks.
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