How can you move the cursor w/out moving the mouse?

HI,

I have tried using SetCursorPos to adjust the position of the cursor on screen, without the mouse, but I want it to adjust the cursor position relative to something else. E.g. :

FirstMousePosition.X - 10

Where 10 represents an `x` co-ordinate.

Is it possible to do this?

Any Info

Thanks

Mark

Take a look at SetCaretPos rather than SetCursorPos.

Just to move cursor:
t& = SetCursorPos(0,0)

This will only work if the formula has been declared in the declarations section:

Declare Function SetCursorPosition& Lib "user32" _
(ByVal x as long, ByVal y as long)


Iouri Boutchkine
iouri@hotsheet.com

Move cursor and simulate click

Declare Function GetCursorPos Lib "user32" (lpPoint As POINTAPI) _
As Long


Declare Function ClientToScreen Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As _
Long, lpPoint As POINTAPI) As Long


Declare Sub mouse_event Lib "user32" (ByVal dwFlags As Long, _
ByVal dx As Long, ByVal dy As Long, ByVal cButtons As Long, _
ByVal dwExtraInfo As Long)
Public Const MOUSEEVENTF_MOVE = &H1
Public Const MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN = &H2
Public Const MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP = &H4
Public Const MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTDOWN = &H8
Public Const MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTUP = &H10
Public Const MOUSEEVENTF_MIDDLEDOWN = &H20
Public Const MOUSEEVENTF_MIDDLEUP = &H40
Public Const MOUSEEVENTF_ABSOLUTE = &H8000


Public Type POINTAPI
X As Long
Y As Long
End Type
The cursor is moved On the screen by setting the coordinates For the desired position on the screen. The top-left corner is (0,0) and the bottom-right is (65535,65535). In order to move the cursor accurately, you have to convert any coordinates into this system. For this example the user will click on one command button, the program will move the cursor to the center of another button and click. Here's the code for the two functions. The second is just a response to the simulated click.
Command1 Click


Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim pt As POINTAPI, curX As Long, curY As Long
Dim dstX As Long, dstY As Long
ScaleMode = vbPixels
pt.X = Command2.Width / 2
pt.Y = Command2.Height / 2
ClientToScreen Command2.hwnd, pt
dstX = pt.X * 65535 / ScaleX(Screen.Width, vbTwips, vbPixels)
dstY = pt.Y * 65535 / ScaleY(Screen.Height, vbTwips, vbPixels)
mouse_event MOUSEEVENTF_ABSOLUTE + MOUSEEVENTF_MOVE + _
MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN + MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP, dstX, _
dstY, 0, 0
End Sub
Command2 Click


Private Sub Command2_Click()
MsgBox "Clicked me"
End Sub


Iouri Boutchkine
iouri@hotsheet.com

Rather than set a co-ordinate (0,0), I would like to set a co-ordinate FROM something else. E.g. On the screen, where I have FirstMousePosition.X, I would like to click anwhere on the screen, and for the cursor position to be moved to the co-ordinates by the object on the screen?

Can you do this?

Any Info

Thanks

Mark