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Capture and Uncapture the Mouse

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Capture and Uncapture the Mouse

The follow sample demonstrates how to make an object capture and uncapture the mouse and how this affects mouse related events from other objects in the application.

When an object captures the mouse, all mouse related events are treated as if the object with mouse capture perform the event, even if the mouse pointer is over another object.

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