Errors while running without mouse attached

SDL Development
1

Hello,

I am trying to run on a W2K system that has no mouse physically attached.
It is an embedded system so there is no way to have a mouse connected when
the target hardware is in its final configuration. If I run the software
with a mouse connected, it runs correctly without errors. When the mouse is
not connected I get a error stating: DirectInput::CreateDevice:Device not
Registered. The error is created when the SDL_INIT(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) command
is called. The following is a simple version of code that duplicates this
error.

/* – Include the precompiled libraries – */
#ifdef WIN32
#pragma comment(lib, “SDL.lib”)
#pragma comment(lib, “SDLmain.lib”)
#endif

#include “SDL.h”

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{

printf("\nInitialization of Video\n");

/* initialize SDL */
if ( SDL_Init( SDL_INIT_VIDEO ) < 0 )
{
	fprintf( stderr, "Video initialization failed: %s\n",
		SDL_GetError( ) );
	SDL_Quit( );
}

printf("\nAfter video initialization\n");

printf("\nEnd of test.\n");
SDL_Quit( );

return 0;

}

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
Mark

2

Wright, Mark S wrote:

Hello,

I am trying to run on a W2K system that has no mouse physically
attached. It is an embedded system so there is no way to have a mouse
connected when the target hardware is in its final configuration. If I
run the software with a mouse connected, it runs correctly without
errors. When the mouse is not connected I get a error stating:
DirectInput::CreateDevice:Device not Registered. The error is created
when the SDL_INIT(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) command is called. The following is a
simple version of code that duplicates this error.

try to use windib instead DirectX (see
http://sdldoc.csn.ul.ie/sdlenvvars.php), you won’t use DirectInput

Cheers,
Murlock