Can someone tell me how to grab the mouse coordinates

It depends on your OS. You can use GetCursorPos in Windows.

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Thanks, and what is the range of the mouse coordinated, ie-what is the mouse top left and bottom right coordinates?
Thanks again

The top left is 0,0 and the bottom right is whatever your resolution is (example: if you are in 640x480 it would be 640,480).

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