Disable / Enable mouse

[falkpl]

A simple solution I do around code that I want to keep the user from interacting temporarly with the vi is to set the busy cursor and then unset it when done.  You might even be able to load a null cursor but I have not tried this.  I try to avoide low level windows dll calls because it can be a problem when MS releases new OS Versions.

[Anoop vishnu]

@ smercurio_fc

Thanks for reply. I use the same function only "paste special" , but without enabling the 2 parameters which you have shown over there. I am able to handle unicode data in my application but problem arouse when i tried to dump in to excel. So my question, will ur code work without having a COPY (Simulate CTRL C in keybord) function before ? If CTRL C required then it will be same code what i have done. Just because I am using CTRL C , i wanted to disable the mouse. Else whatever user selects while application is running may be pasted in the excel  ? Or is there anyway of dumping unicoded text in to excel . Its creating lots of headache 😞

[Anoop vishnu]

@ Falkpl

My requirement is not just limited to that VI. Blockinput function (User32dll) will disable both mouse and keybord and i am simulating keybord in my application, so that dll wont work for me anyway

[smercurio_fc]

The code snippet I showed you was just for the PasteSpecial. It assumes you do the copying someplace else. Rather than emulating Ctrl-C you can use the VI Server to write to the clipboard (or you can also use Windows API functions). How are you handling Unicode in your application? What version of LabVIEW are you using? Can you attach your VI, or a reduced version of it?