mouse control/switching to other open applications (in xp)

[holytooth]

Hi,

Not sure if this is actually a usual beginner question- but I am a beginner with Irrlicht, so here goes:

While running an Irrlicht app, including the examples... once the scene opens, if I switch to another application using alt-tab, the mouse is still bound to the open irrlicht app- and because of that, impossible to move beyond the center 20 percent or so of the screen.

Is there a way to release control of the mouse?

[bitplane]

just dont draw the scene if Device->isWindowActive() == false.

[holytooth]

works, thanks!

[TOP-Proto]

how is this possible in a windows form application using a control to render to?