+// Windows convention of the mask is opposed to the wxWidgets one, so we need
+// to invert the mask each time we pass one/get one to/from Windows
+extern HBITMAP wxInvertMask(HBITMAP hbmpMask, int w = 0, int h = 0);
+
+// Creates an icon or cursor depending from a bitmap
+//
+// The bitmap must be valid and it should have a mask. If it doesn't, a default
+// mask is created using light grey as the transparent colour.
+extern HICON wxBitmapToHICON(const wxBitmap& bmp);
+
+// Same requirments as above apply and the bitmap must also have the correct
+// size.
+extern
+HCURSOR wxBitmapToHCURSOR(const wxBitmap& bmp, int hotSpotX, int hotSpotY);
+
+// get (x, y) from DWORD - notice that HI/LOWORD can *not* be used because they
+// will fail on system with multiple monitors where the coords may be negative
+//
+// these macros are standard now (Win98) but some older headers don't have them
+#ifndef GET_X_LPARAM
+ #define GET_X_LPARAM(lp) ((int)(short)LOWORD(lp))
+ #define GET_Y_LPARAM(lp) ((int)(short)HIWORD(lp))
+#endif // GET_X_LPARAM
+
+// get the current state of SHIFT/CTRL keys
+inline bool wxIsShiftDown()
+{
+// return (::GetKeyState(VK_SHIFT) & 0x100) != 0;
+ // Returns different negative values on WinME and WinNT,
+ // so simply test for negative value.
+ return ::GetKeyState(VK_SHIFT) < 0;
+}
+
+inline bool wxIsCtrlDown()
+{
+// return (::GetKeyState(VK_CONTROL) & 0x100) != 0;
+ // Returns different negative values on WinME and WinNT,
+ // so simply test for negative value.
+ return ::GetKeyState(VK_CONTROL) < 0;
+}
+
+// wrapper around GetWindowRect() and GetClientRect() APIs doing error checking
+// for Win32
+inline RECT wxGetWindowRect(HWND hwnd)
+{
+ RECT rect;
+
+ if ( !::GetWindowRect(hwnd, &rect) )
+ {
+ wxLogLastError(_T("GetWindowRect"));
+ }
+
+ return rect;
+}
+
+inline RECT wxGetClientRect(HWND hwnd)
+{
+ RECT rect;
+
+ if ( !::GetClientRect(hwnd, &rect) )
+ {
+ wxLogLastError(_T("GetClientRect"));
+ }
+
+ return rect;
+}
+