How Can I Find Mouse Speed In C#

Do you understand how mouse-speed is measured ?

"The mouse speed determines how far the pointer will move based on the distance the mouse moves. The pvParam parameter must point to an integer that receives a value which ranges between 1 (slowest) and 20 (fastest). A value of 10 is the default. The value can be set by an end-user using the mouse control panel application or by an application using SPI_SETMOUSESPEED."

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724947(v=vs.85).aspx

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Solution 2

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;


namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        public const UInt32 SPI_GETMOUSESPEED = 0x0070;


        const UInt32 SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE = 0x01;
        const UInt32 SPIF_SENDWININICHANGE = 0x02;

        [DllImport("User32.dll")]
        static extern Boolean SystemParametersInfo(
            UInt32 uiAction,
            UInt32 uiParam,
            IntPtr pvParam,
            UInt32 fWinIni);
        
        static unsafe void Main(string[] args)
        {
         /*   int speed;
            SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETMOUSESPEED, 0, new IntPtr(&speed), 0);
            Console.WriteLine(speed);

            */

           MouseOptions m = new MouseOptions();

            MouseOptions.GetDefaults();
            int speed;
            SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETMOUSESPEED, 0, new IntPtr(&speed), 0);
            Console.WriteLine(speed);

            MouseOptions.SetDefaults();


            SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETMOUSESPEED, 0, new IntPtr(&speed), 0);
            Console.WriteLine(speed);
            

            Console.ReadLine();
        }



        public class MouseOptions
        {
            [DllImport("user32.dll")]
            public static extern int SystemParametersInfo( int uAction, int uParam, IntPtr lpvParam, int fuWinIni );

            [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
            public static extern int GetLastError();
     
            public const int SPI_GETMOUSESPEED = 112;
            public const int SPI_SETMOUSESPEED = 113;


            private static int intDefaulSpeed = 10;
            private static int intCurrentSpeed;
            private static int intNewSpeed;

            public static void GetDefaults()
            {
                intCurrentSpeed = GetMouseSpeed();
            }
            public static void SetDefaults()
            {
                if ( intCurrentSpeed == 20 )
                {
                    SetMouseSpeed(intDefaulSpeed); 
                }
                else if ( intCurrentSpeed < 10 )
                {
                    SetMouseSpeed(intDefaulSpeed);   
                }
            }

            public static int GetMouseSpeed()
            {
                int intSpeed = 0;
                IntPtr ptr;
                ptr = Marshal.AllocCoTaskMem(4);
                SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETMOUSESPEED, 0, ptr, 0);
                intSpeed = Marshal.ReadInt32(ptr);
                Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(ptr);

                return intSpeed;
            }

            public static void SetMouseSpeed( int intSpeed )
            {
                IntPtr ptr = new IntPtr(intSpeed);

                int b = SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETMOUSESPEED, 0, ptr, 0);

                if (b == 0)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("False");
                }
                else if ( b == 1 )
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("true");
                }

            }
            
        }


    }

}

C#

Posted 14-Feb-18 17:22pm

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CHill60 15-Feb-18 5:15am

Question was asked and solution accepted 4 years ago. If you are going to answer old posts (and I suggest that you don't) then make sure you are bringing something new to the thread (you're not) and that you explain your solution. Don't just dump code.

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KumarSundeep · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-27T22:37:00

You can find this in namespace System.Runtime.InteropServices. Below code is the demonstration to manipulate mouse speed in C#:

C#

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace MouseSpeedSwitcher
{
    class Program
    {
        public const UInt32 SPI_SETMOUSESPEED = 0x0071;

        [DllImport("User32.dll")]
        static extern Boolean SystemParametersInfo(
            UInt32 uiAction,
            UInt32 uiParam,
            UInt32 pvParam,
            UInt32 fWinIni);

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            SystemParametersInfo(
                SPI_SETMOUSESPEED,
                0,
                uint.Parse(args[0]),
                0);
        }
    }
}