C / C++ / MFC

POINT point;
GetCursorPos(&point);

// point.x   and  point.y   have the mouse position
//           with respect to the entire screen
//           NOT the application

void YOUR_CLASS::OnTimer(UINT nIDEvent) 
{
   // TODO: Add your message handler code here and/or call default
	
   CDialog::OnTimer(nIDEvent);

   POINT point;
   GetCursorPos(&point);

// point.x   and  point.y   have the mouse position
//           with respect to the entire screen
//           not the application

// do whatever you want with these values

SetTimer(1,200,NULL);   // calls OnTimer() every 200 milliseconds

CString testString = "test1-test2-test3--.txt";

int numberFound = 0;

for (int i=0; i<testString.GetLength(); i++)
	if (testString.GetAt(i) == '-') numberFound++;

int CountChar(CString str, TCHAR ch)
{
  int found = 0;
  int start = 0;
  start = str.Find(ch, start);

  while (start => 0)
  {
    found++;
    start = str.Find(ch, start);
  }

  return found;
}