GetMouseX() always returning 0

[evilertoaster]

Per Subject-
I'm trying to make the current mouse position display in my render window for debuging purposes.
Essentially I have this for my main loop-

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sf::Input inpt;
sf::String text("","arial.ttf",16.f);
while (1)
{

text.SetText(Convert::toString(inpt.GetMouseX())); //custom conversion works fine, GetMouseX only returns a 0
DoEvents(App); //handles things like window closing ect.
App.Draw(sprScreen); //my main screen
App.Draw(text)
App.Display();
}


Short of posting all the code here, is there anything inherently wrong with trying to get the mouse coordiantes this way?

[Laurent]

Can we see the DoEvents function ?

[evilertoaster]

sure thing-

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bool DoEvents(sf::RenderWindow &App)
{
sf::Event Event;
while (App.GetEvent(Event))
{
   if (Event.Type == sf::Event::Closed)
exit(0);
if ((Event.Type == sf::Event::KeyPressed) && (Event.Key.Code == sf::Key::Escape))
exit(0);
}
return true;
}

[Laurent]

How do you initialize inpt ?

[evilertoaster]

the first line of code on my intial post is the first and only time I initalize it.

[Laurent]

Really ? So that explains the behavior.

Try this instead

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const sf::Input& inpt = App.GetInput();

[evilertoaster]

Works like I wanted. Thanks Laurent.
Actually, thats more what I wanted initially I think...
I kept trying

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sf::Input::GetMouseX() but I beleive

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App.GetInput().GetMouseX() is what I was after  :?
Although now looking at it maybe I'll just declare a variable like....
Well anyways, thanks agian