Multiple mouse cursors on Windows 7

Question

We are using CPNMouse for an application running on Windows XP. One mouse device is detached from the normal event queue, so we can get it's position and events and draw the cursor ourselves.

Unfortunately, CPNMouse does not work on Windows Vista/7 (see here). Is there any library/SDK that provides the same capabilities on Windows 7?

Just to clarify - we want the "normal" cursor to be present and to draw another cursor, that should be mapped to a different mouse device.

Answer 1

Take a look at the MultiPoint SDK, which allows for up to 25 cursors on the same display, which also supports Windows 7.

Answer 2

You want the "Raw Input" API which comes with the Windows Platform SDK: MSDN: About Raw Input